Kwame Nkrumah: A Case Study of Religion and Politics in Ghana

By Ebenezer Obiri Addo

This book examines how Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first post-colonial political leader legitimized his rule. It argues that Nkrumah found in religion a way to weld ethnicnically diverse groups with primordial attachments together. Through his employment he was able to spearhead the building of a nation he named Ghana.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761813187
• ISBN13: 9780761813187
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"