Download or read book The Military And Politics In Nkrumah s Ghana written by Simon Baynham and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1988-05-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ghana Under Military Rule written by Robert Pinkney and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-20 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1972, this book examines the way in which the military/police regime in Ghana, which overthrew President Nkrumah in February 1966, performed two overlapping tasks – those of establishing itself as a recognised government, and of pursuing its chosen objective of eventually restoring democratic civilian rule. The author, who conducted interviews with people at many levels in Ghanaian politics, including the majority of members of General Ankrah’s Cabinet, traces the progress of the military regime, showing that it was successful in building up public support and opening up new political avenues, but that it was unable to make any fundamental economic changes. He argues that to understand the operation of the military government, it is necessary to look at its relationship with most influential sections of the civilian population, and clearly demonstrates that without the co-operation of such civilians, the new regime could never have achieved as much as it did.
Download or read book Politics of the Sword written by A. K. Ocran and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Western Involvement in Nkrumah s Downfall written by Godfrey Mwakikagile and published by New Africa Press. This book was released on 2015-03-27 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author shows the role played by Western governments and intelligence agencies in overthrowing Ghana's first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. They worked together to weaken and undermine his government, and they facilitated the military coup which ended his rule. He has used declassified material including interviews with former American ambassadors to Ghana, as well as other sources, to document his study. He contends that the Ghanaian army and police officers who overthrew Nkrumah may not have succeeded, when they did, in ousting Nkrumah had Western powers, especially the United States, not been involved in the plot to oust him. They participated in planning the coup. But he also concedes that it is possible the Ghanaian coup makers would have, on their own, succeeded later in overthrowing Nkrumah. Major Akwasi Afrifa, one of the leaders of the February 1966 coup in which Nkrumah was ousted, planned twice – in 1962 and in 1964 – to overthrow Nkrumah but the plots were discovered by the security forces before they could be carried out. The author acknowledges that Nkrumah had enemies within and faced strong opposition to his rule. But he also contends that there was a concerted effort by Western powers, especially the United States, to overthrow Nkrumah that should not be overlooked when examining his downfall. They worked in collusion with his enemies within. But even if Nkrumah did not have enemies in Ghana, the United States and other Western powers still would have worked on plans to get rid of him because he was considered to be a threat to American and Western interests in Africa. The book includes photos. His forthcoming book, “Ghana after Nkrumah,” complements this work.
Download or read book Kwame Nkrumah written by Jeffrey S. Ahlman and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-23 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new biography of Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah, one of the most influential political figures in twentieth-century African history. As the first prime minister and president of the West African state of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah helped shape the global narrative of African decolonization. After leading Ghana to independence in 1957, Nkrumah articulated a political vision that aimed to free the country and the continent—politically, socially, economically, and culturally—from the vestiges of European colonial rule, laying the groundwork for a future in which Africans had a voice as equals on the international stage. Nkrumah spent his childhood in the maturing Gold Coast colonial state. During the interwar and wartime periods he was studying in the United States. He emerged in the postwar era as one of the foremost activists behind the 1945 Manchester Pan-African Congress and the demand for an immediate end to colonial rule. Jeffrey Ahlman’s biography plots Nkrumah’s life across several intersecting networks: colonial, postcolonial, diasporic, national, Cold War, and pan-African. In these contexts, Ahlman portrays Nkrumah not only as an influential political leader and thinker but also as a charismatic, dynamic, and complicated individual seeking to make sense of a world in transition.
Download or read book Nkrumah and Ghana written by Kofi Buenor Hadjor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1989. During the days following Kwame Nkrumah's death in 1972, the idea of writing this book first took form. During the past fifteen years, Africa has gone through a major trauma. The events of these years help throw light on the Nkrumah experiment, and underline its continued relevance for Ghana and for Africa.
Download or read book Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah written by Martin Chukwuka Okany and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 1124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Military in African Politics written by William Gutteridge and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-20 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1969, this book assesses the origin and nature of the 20th Century trend towards military intervention in the politics of African states. It begins by examining the natures of African armies and their inheritance from the colonial period. It scrutinizes the Nigerian and Ghana coups of 1966 and aspects of the East African mutinies in 1964 as well as events in certain French territories including Gabon and Dahomey. The effect of foreign military aid on the role of the armed forces in Africa is analysed, including the subtle influence of overseas military experience. The problems facing army officers when they seize the reins of government are examined along with the difficulties which they encounter when attempting to reinstitute civilian rule. Throughout the book the qualities which enable armies to intervene in politics are reviewed and related to those of the other institutions of African society.
Download or read book Nkrumah the Chiefs written by Richard Rathbone and published by James Currey. This book was released on 2000 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of a radical nationalist government's attempts to destroy chieftaincy in Ghana. It shows how chiefly resistance to their destruction forced the government to seek control over rural areas by redefining chieftaincy. It should provide a context for understanding Ghana's political topography.
Download or read book Kwame Nkrumah written by June Milne and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique selection of personal correspondence at last fills an extraordinary gap in modern African history. A chronologically structured chronicle of the life and letters of Kwame Nkrumah during his years of exile in Guinea Conakry (19661971), compiled by June Milne.
Download or read book Axioms of Kwame Nkrumah written by Kwame Nkrumah and published by Panaf. This book was released on 1967 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How America toppled Nkrumah written by Koojo S. Lewis and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Africa Must Unite written by Kwame Nkrumah and published by Publications International. This book was released on 1970 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, by a great PanAfricanist leader, sets out the case for the total liberation and unification of Africa. It is essential reading for all interested in world socio-economic developmental processes. Those who might have considered in 1963, when Africa Must Unite was first published, that Kwame Nkrumah was pursuing a 'policy of the impossible', can now no longer doubt his statesmanship. Increasing turmoil through the succession of reactionary military coups and the outbreak of needless civil wars in Afirca prove conclusively that only unification can provide a realistic solution for Africa's political and economic problems. In the words of the author, "To suggest that the time is not yet ripe for considering a political union of Africa is to evade facts and ignore realities in Africa today. Here is a challenge which destiny has thrown . to the leaders of Africa."
Download or read book Political Thought of Dr Kwame Nkrumah written by Stephen Dzirasa and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Ghana Revolution from Nkrumah to Jerry Rawlings written by Ebenezer Babatope and published by Fourth Dimension Publishing Company. This book was released on 1982 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was published in the immediate aftermath of Jerry Rawlings' 1981 coup, and proclamation of the Ghana Revolution in January 1982. The author gives an account of the history of the socialist African revolution in Ghana from Nkrumah to Rawlings. He argued that Rawlings represented a continuity of the socialist African revolution, which drove Nkrumah and other revolutionary leaders to commit the resources and future of Ghana to overcome the imperial powers. He puts the case for the continuing need for a unified, self-reliant socialist state, and considers the high hopes for Rawlings' revolution and socialist ideology, with which he concurs, including his potential to inspire other African revolutions, provide the strong African leadership required for greater African economic independence, and an African presence in international relations. The book represents a historical view of Rawlings' role at a particular point in time.
Download or read book Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare written by Kwame Nkrumah and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handbook on revolutionary warfare and revolutionary tactics for members of social movements of a nationalist character in Africa South of Sahara - analyses the new stage of African political problems, leadership, recruitment, equipment, etc.
