Postcolonial Reconstruction in Ghana, 1952–66
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9200281 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Izaak Hecht (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 51-60 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Monthly Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0027-0520 • E-ISSN: 0027-0520 |
| Publisher | Monthly Review Foundation (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14452/mr-072-01-2020-05_5 |
| OpenAlex | W3023835521 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
In 1952, the West African nation of Ghana, recently having freed itself from British imperialism, set out on a project of radical economic reconstruction unmatched anywhere on the continent in scope and ambition. Having attained political independence with the creation of a sovereign parliament and executive office, the Convention People's Party under the leadership of Kwame Nkrumah drew up extensive plans for ensuring the conditions necessary for real, not just on-paper, independence
Convention · Independence (probability theory) · Kwame · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scope (computer science) · Sociology · Sovereignty · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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