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The Theory and Practice of African One Partyism

The CPP Re-examined

Bibliographic Data

ID2139196
AuthorsSelwyn D Ryan (York University, corresponding author), Selwyn Ryan (York University)
Year1970
Volume4
Issue2
Pages145-172
Publication date1970-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0008-3968 • E-ISSN: 1923-3051
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00083968.1970.10803599
OpenAlexW2225555470
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited1

When Kwame Nkrumah was ousted from power in February 1966, the CPP, generally regarded as the most dynamic of the African single parties, failed to rally to his defence. Many of its leading members indeed openly welcomed the coup.' While most Ghanaians understood the reasons for this seemingly unheroic behaviour, foreign observers, especially those who had made Nkrumah their ideological 'beast of burden' were aghast. How could a party which had dominated the Ghanaian and African scene for a decade and a half and which had

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Unique citing works1
Citations per year0,05
Citation span2004 - 2004 (1)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 1
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