Nkrumah & the Chiefs: The Politics of Chieftaincy in Ghana, 1951-1960

by Richard Rathbone

Book Overview

Kwame Nkrumah, who won independence for Ghana in 1957, was the first African statesman to achieve world recognition. Nkrumah and his movement also brought about the end of independent chieftaincy--one of the most fundamental changes in the history of Ghana.

Kwame Nkrumah's Convention Peoples' Party was committed not only to the rapid termination of British colonial rule but also to the elimination of chiefly power. This book is an account...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821413058
• ISBN13: 9780821413050
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 154 Pages