Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution
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Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution by C L R James
In this new edition of Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution, C. L. R. James tells the history of the socialist revolution led by Kwame Nkrumah, showing how Ghana's independence movement brought a new phase of revolutionary history.
“This little-known text holds a well-kept secret: Ghana was far more important than Haiti in transforming CL. R. James’s theory of revolution. Leslie James’s illuminating introduction situates the book within a broader radical Pan-African context. Assembled from over a decade of critical observation, Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution demolishes the myth of the beneficent West and reveals the perils and possibilities of Africa’s postcolonial revolutions to chart a socialist future for the world.” -- Robin D. G. Kelley, author of * Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times *
“Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution helps bring into focus a key feature of C. L. R. James’s intellectual preoccupations from the mid-1940s into the 1960s: how he thought about Africa and African independence for a decolonizing Caribbean. A fulsome portrait of his political thought.” -- Minkah Makalani, author of * In the Cause of Freedom: Radical Black Internationalism from Harlem to London, 1917–1939 *
“Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution helps bring into focus a key feature of C. L. R. James’s intellectual preoccupations from the mid-1940s into the 1960s: how he thought about Africa and African independence for a decolonizing Caribbean. A fulsome portrait of his political thought.” -- Minkah Makalani, author of * In the Cause of Freedom: Radical Black Internationalism from Harlem to London, 1917–1939 *
C. L. R. James (1901–1989), a Trinidadian historian, political activist, and writer, is the author of Beyond a Boundary, World Revolution, 1917–1936: The Rise and Fall of the Communist International, and other books, all also published by Duke University Press.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781478006220 |
| ISBN 10 | 1478006226 |
| Title | Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution |
| Author | C L R James |
| Series | The C L R James Archives |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Year published | 2022-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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