Kwame Nkrumah was a Ghanaian politician, political theorist, and revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana following Ghana's independence from the United Kingdom in 1957. He was an advocate of pan-Africanism and a founding member of the Organization of African Unity, predecessor of the African Union. The CIA organized a coup against Nkrumah on 24 February 1966.[1]
Nkrumah is the author of Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism (1965), as well as various other works, including Towards Colonial Freedom (1957), Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah (1957), I Speak of Freedom (1961), Africa Must Unite (1964), Consciencism: Philosophy and Ideology for Decolonisation (1964), Challenge of the Congo (1967), and Dark Days in Ghana (1968).[2]
References
- ↑ Charles Quist-Adade (2021-02-24). "How Did a Fateful CIA Coup—Executed 55 Years Ago this February 24—Doom Much of Sub-Saharan Africa?" CovertAction Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-01-26.
- ↑ Inusah Mohammed. “Which of Kwame Nkrumah’s Books Have You Read as a Ghanaian?” MyJoyOnline.com. April 28, 2020. Archived 2022-11-03.