Title Africa's many divides and Africa's future : pursuing Nkrumah's vision of pan-Africanism in an era of globalization / edited by Charles Quist-Adade and Vincent Dodoo

Published Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (335 pages) Contents Chapter onePerspectives on African independence -- Chapter twoGlobal African unity in the era of globalization Summary "If in the past the Sahara divided us, now it unites us," Kwame Nkrumah declared more than half a century ago. Keenly aware of Africa's many artificial divides, Nkrumah was determined to lead a revolution that would bridge them. One way to achieve this goal, Nkrumah proposed, was a continental pan-African government, which would provide the African people with the opportunity to pool and marshal their enormous real and potential economic, human and natural resources for the optimal development of their continent. A continental union government, Nkrumah was convinced, would ensure that Africa e Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters Subject Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972. Nkrumah, Kwame 1909-1972 Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972. African cooperation -- Congresses Pan-Africanism -- Congresses. Postcolonialism -- Africa -- Congresses African cooperation. African history. Development studies. Interdisciplinary studies. Pan-Africanism. Panafrikanismus Politics and government. Postcolonialism. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. Africa -- Politics and government -- Congresses Africa. Kumasi Genre/Form Actes de congrès. Conference papers and proceedings. Conference papers and proceedings. Form Electronic book Author Dodoo, Vincent, editor. Quist-Adade, Charles, editor. Biennial Kwame Nkrumah International Conference (2nd : 2012 : Kumasi, Ghana) ISBN 1443884030 9781443884037

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