Inspired by Gandhi's non-violent campaign of civil disobedience to achieve political ends, Kwame Nkrumah led present-day Ghana to independence. This analysis of his political, social and economic thought centres on his own writings, and re-examines his life and thought by focusing on the political discourse and controversies surrounding him.

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AMA BINEY Lecturer in West African History, African-American History and the History of Black People in Britain in the United Kingdom. She has over seventeen years lecturing experience and taught at Middlesex University and Birkbeck College, University of London as well as at the college level. She co-edited with Adebayo Olukoshi, Speaking Truth to Power: Selected Pan-African Postcards of Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem.

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The Discourse on Nkrumah Nkrumah's Intellectual Influences, 1927-1945 From Activist to Leader of the CPP Nkrumah and the Diarchic Partnership, 1951-1957 Nkrumah and the Opposition, 1954-1957 Nkrumah's Politics, 1958-1966 Economic, Social & Cultural Policies, 1958 1966 Nkrumah's Political Writings, 1958-1966