Revisiting Kwame Nkrumah’s African Personality
The Diaspora Context and the Making of Ghana Television
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9333066 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emmanuella Amoh (0000-0002-3465-1720, Purdue University West Lafayette, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 33-56 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ghana Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1536-5514 • E-ISSN: 2333-7168 |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.3368/gs.25.1.33 |
| OpenAlex | W4320928058 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In 1963, President Kwame Nkrumah announced there would be a national television, which was to be Ghanaian, socialist, and African in content, departing from the commercialism and sensationalism of Western television. The goals of what would become Ghana Broadcasting television were part of Nkrumah’s pursuit of an African Personality. This article examines the complexity of the African Personality, which lies within diaspora African politics, and the tension between Africanism and Westernization. Using Ghana television as a lens, it asserts that the African Personality was not anti-Western or an essentialization of African culture. Rather, it was a revolutionary praxis envisioned by Nkrumah and his diaspora network for decolonization, Pan-Africanism, and postcolonial nation-building
Diaspora · History of Africa · Kwame · Media studies · Personality · Political science · Sociology · Westernization · African history and culture studies · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |