A01=Basil Davidson
African history
African independence
African unity
Author_Basil Davidson
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colonialism
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Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
socialism
Product details
- ISBN 9781847010100
- Weight: 303g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2007
- Publisher: James Currey
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Basil Davidson's Black Star remains one of the most thoughtful and insightful views into the life and times of Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972)'.- Emmanuel Akyeampong, from the book's new Foreword
Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah seized opportunities to lead the countries of sub-Saharan Africa away from colonialism. In 1957, he became the first Prime Minister of Ghana. By the time he was overthrown in a coup in 1966 most African countries, outside the settler-dominated South, had also achieved independence.
' As a visionary Nkrumah was ahead of his times, with an astute understanding of colonialism that made the twin goals of socialism at home (Ghana) and African unity the abiding principles of his work and life.... Nkrumah's monumental role and place in modern Ghana's history mystifies him as a national hero; Black Star humanizes Nkrumah in important ways, and the reader gains a new understanding of a great man, but still a man.' - From the new Foreword by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong, Professor of History, Harvard University
Basil Davidson is author of numerous publications on Africa, among them Black Man's Burden, The Search for Africa. The African Slave Trade, African Genius and The Lost Cities of Africa
