Ama Biney
Biographic Data
| ID | 1016522 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ama Biney |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ama |
| FAMILY NAME | Biney |
| SIGNATURE | BINEY A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Liverpool |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Africans and “the Windrush generation” 1948 – 1973
Ghana's contribution to the anti-apartheid struggle
Pan-Africanism, Intersectionality and African Problems
From Activist to Leader of the CPP, 1945–1951
Nkrumah claimed he traveled to London “to study law and, at the same time, to complete my thesis for a doctorate in philosophy. As soon as I arrived in London, therefore, I enrolled at Grays Inn and arranged to attend lectures at the London School of Economics.” 1 He departed for London in late May 1945, where he was met by George Padmore and Joe Appiah. Padmore was, according to Sherwood, “the London-based guru of colonial revolutionaries” 2 and…
Nkrumah’s Intellectual Influences, 1927–1945
Nkrumah’s autobiography sheds light on the influences that shaped his thinking during his school days. However, his Autobiography must be read as a profoundly political document. It was written after he became prime minister of the Gold Coast in 1951. He dictated his life experiences to his British secretary, Erica Powell, and it was first published in 1957, the same year as the country’s independence. It is, therefore, not a dispassionate accoun…
Nkrumah and the Dyarchic Partnership, 1951–1954
The period after the Convention People’s Party (CPP) electoral victory of February 1951 was characterized by an intense struggle between newly emerging political forces. Opposition forces sought to challenge the CPP’s claim to be a national party representative of the chiefs and the commoners of the Gold Coast. The period from 1951 to the attainment of independence in 1957 was one in which the CPP won two general elections, in 1954 and 1956. It s…
Nkrumah’s Foreign Policy, 1958–1966
Nkrumah earnestly believed in a central role for Ghana in international affairs. Undoubtedly, “From the beginning his personality dominated Ghana’s external relations, because he felt that he had a specific mission for Africa which could be fully realised only under his control at the helm.”1 Nkrumah’s vision of African unity, together with the strategies he employed to fulfill his foreign policy objectives, caused conflict and bitterness among s…
Nkrumah’s Politics, 1958–1966
The objective of this chapter is to analyse Nkrumah’s politics from independence to the demise of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) government in early 1966. The question is, how did Nkrumah’s political thought inform the institutions he established between 1958 and 1966? Significantly, during this period there was a marked change in emphasis in Nkrumah’s public announcements. As he himself claims, “With the achievement of Independence, the mai…
Amy Ashwood Garvey Pan-Africanist, Feminist & Mrs. Garvey No.1 Or A Tale of Two Amies
The Political and Social Thought of Kwame Nkrumah
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 thou
The Development of Kwame Nkrumah's Political Thought in Exile, 1966–1972
The focus of this article is an examination of the evolution of Nkrumah's political thought during the last years of his life. There is a discernible radicalization as Nkrumah's intellectual thought developed between 1966 and 1972. He had clearly abandoned the constitutional path to independence and begun to adopt revolutionary armed struggle as the only solution to Africa's myriad problems of capitalism, neo-colonialism and imperialism. The unfo…
Dead Aid
Ama Biney, Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is Another Way for Africa. Dambisa Moyo, Africa Today, Vol. 56, No. 1, Special Issue: Christianity and HIV/AIDS in East and Southern Africa (Fall 2009), pp. 115-117
The Development of Kwame Nkrumah's Political Thought in Exile, 1966–1972
The focus of this article is an examination of the evolution of Nkrumah's political thought during the last years of his life. There is a discernible radicalization as Nkrumah's intellectual thought developed between 1966 and 1972. He had clearly abandoned the constitutional path to independence and begun to adopt revolutionary armed struggle as the only solution to Africa's myriad problems of capitalism, neo-colonialism and imperialism. The unfo…
Pan-Africanism, Intersectionality and African Problems
The Development of Kwame Nkrumah's Political Thought in Exile, 1966–1972
The focus of this article is an examination of the evolution of Nkrumah's political thought during the last years of his life. There is a discernible radicalization as Nkrumah's intellectual thought developed between 1966 and 1972. He had clearly abandoned the constitutional path to independence and begun to adopt revolutionary armed struggle as the only solution to Africa's myriad problems of capitalism, neo-colonialism and imperialism. The unfo…
Dead Aid
Ama Biney, Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is Another Way for Africa. Dambisa Moyo, Africa Today, Vol. 56, No. 1, Special Issue: Christianity and HIV/AIDS in East and Southern Africa (Fall 2009), pp. 115-117
From Activist to Leader of the CPP, 1945–1951
Nkrumah claimed he traveled to London “to study law and, at the same time, to complete my thesis for a doctorate in philosophy. As soon as I arrived in London, therefore, I enrolled at Grays Inn and arranged to attend lectures at the London School of Economics.” 1 He departed for London in late May 1945, where he was met by George Padmore and Joe Appiah. Padmore was, according to Sherwood, “the London-based guru of colonial revolutionaries” 2 and…
Nkrumah’s Intellectual Influences, 1927–1945
Nkrumah’s autobiography sheds light on the influences that shaped his thinking during his school days. However, his Autobiography must be read as a profoundly political document. It was written after he became prime minister of the Gold Coast in 1951. He dictated his life experiences to his British secretary, Erica Powell, and it was first published in 1957, the same year as the country’s independence. It is, therefore, not a dispassionate accoun…
Nkrumah and the Dyarchic Partnership, 1951–1954
The period after the Convention People’s Party (CPP) electoral victory of February 1951 was characterized by an intense struggle between newly emerging political forces. Opposition forces sought to challenge the CPP’s claim to be a national party representative of the chiefs and the commoners of the Gold Coast. The period from 1951 to the attainment of independence in 1957 was one in which the CPP won two general elections, in 1954 and 1956. It s…
Nkrumah’s Foreign Policy, 1958–1966
Nkrumah earnestly believed in a central role for Ghana in international affairs. Undoubtedly, “From the beginning his personality dominated Ghana’s external relations, because he felt that he had a specific mission for Africa which could be fully realised only under his control at the helm.”1 Nkrumah’s vision of African unity, together with the strategies he employed to fulfill his foreign policy objectives, caused conflict and bitterness among s…
Nkrumah’s Politics, 1958–1966
The objective of this chapter is to analyse Nkrumah’s politics from independence to the demise of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) government in early 1966. The question is, how did Nkrumah’s political thought inform the institutions he established between 1958 and 1966? Significantly, during this period there was a marked change in emphasis in Nkrumah’s public announcements. As he himself claims, “With the achievement of Independence, the mai…
Amy Ashwood Garvey Pan-Africanist, Feminist & Mrs. Garvey No.1 Or A Tale of Two Amies
The Political and Social Thought of Kwame Nkrumah
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 thou
Pan-Africanism, Intersectionality and African Problems
Ghana's contribution to the anti-apartheid struggle
Africans and “the Windrush generation” 1948 – 1973
Political science (10 works) · Politics (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · African history and culture studies (7 works) · Law (7 works) · History (5 works) · Independence (probability theory) (4 works) · African studies and sociopolitical issues (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (3 works)