Kwame Nkrumah: The Father of African Nationalism

by David Birmingham

Book Overview

The first African statesman to achieve world recognition was Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972), who became president of the new Republic of Ghana in 1960. He campaigned ceaselessly for African solidarity and for the liberation of southern Africa from white settler rule. His greatest achievement was to win the right of black peoples in Africa to have a vote and to determine their own destiny. He turned a dream of liberation into a political reality. He was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821412426
• ISBN13: 9780821412428
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 153 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 7.9"