Ryan Colton
Biographic Data
| ID | 5844524 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryan Colton |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryan |
| FAMILY NAME | Colton |
| SIGNATURE | COLTON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2148-9154 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Death and Burial of Kwame Nkrumah: Legitimacy, Authority, and International Relations Under Authoritarian Rule
In April 1972 Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President, passed away in a hospital bed in Bucharest, Romania. Nkrumah’s death, often treated as an endnote in the growing scholarship on the Pan-Africanist possibilities of the 1950s and 1960s, became a flashpoint between the Ghanaian and Guinean governments. This article explores the conflict over Kwame Nkrumah’s burial, examining how interested parties across West Africa attempted to assert their own…
Petitioning and Ghana's National Reconciliation Commission: Good Citizens, Bad Citizens, and Performing the Moral Economy
The 2002–4 National Reconciliation Commission in Ghana sought to reflect upon the country's tumultuous post-independence history. The truth commission received thousands of statements and documents about the lived experiences of Ghanaians during periods of authoritarian rule. This rich and largely unutilized archive is particularly valuable because the holdings of the national archives for these periods are fragmentary. This article will demonstr…
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The Death and Burial of Kwame Nkrumah: Legitimacy, Authority, and International Relations Under Authoritarian Rule
In April 1972 Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President, passed away in a hospital bed in Bucharest, Romania. Nkrumah’s death, often treated as an endnote in the growing scholarship on the Pan-Africanist possibilities of the 1950s and 1960s, became a flashpoint between the Ghanaian and Guinean governments. This article explores the conflict over Kwame Nkrumah’s burial, examining how interested parties across West Africa attempted to assert their own…
Petitioning and Ghana's National Reconciliation Commission: Good Citizens, Bad Citizens, and Performing the Moral Economy
The 2002–4 National Reconciliation Commission in Ghana sought to reflect upon the country's tumultuous post-independence history. The truth commission received thousands of statements and documents about the lived experiences of Ghanaians during periods of authoritarian rule. This rich and largely unutilized archive is particularly valuable because the holdings of the national archives for these periods are fragmentary. This article will demonstr…
Sociology (2 works) · African history and culture studies (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Cambodian History and Society (1 works) · Commission (1 works) · Economic system (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (1 works) · History (1 works) · History (1 works)