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Kwame Nkrumah and the Dawn of the Cold War

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

Kwame Nkrumah and the Dawn of the Cold War

By Marika Sherwood

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About the book

The West African National Secretariat (WANS) has almost been forgotten by history. A pan-Africanist movement founded in 1945 by Kwame Nkrumah and colleagues in London and France, WANS campaigned for independence and unity. Nkrumah returned to the Gold Coast in late 1947. The colonial government accused him of being a communist and fomenting the riots of early 1948. He was jailed. This led to the beginning of the Cold War in West Africa.Drawing on archival research including the newly released MI...Show more

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9780745338910

Publisher

Pluto Press

Published year

2019

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1

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Kwame Nkrumah and the Dawn of the Cold War

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Hardcover

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