Book extract: Leslie James introduces the new edition of Nkrumah and the Ghana revolution by C. L. R. James

James, Leslie (2022) Book extract: Leslie James introduces the new edition of Nkrumah and the Ghana revolution by C. L. R. James. LSE Review of Books (10 Mar 2022). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

On 6 March 2022, Ghana celebrated 65 years of independence. Originally published in 1977, in Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution, C. L. R. James tells the history of the socialist revolution led by Kwame Nkrumah, the first president and prime minister of Ghana. In this edited excerpt from her Introduction to Duke University Press’s new edition, editor Leslie James argues that James was not simply writing a history of the transition to political independence in Ghana, but an account of Africa’s contribution to revolutionary theory that showcased James’s global thinking at work.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) D History General and Old World > DT Africa H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CT Biography
Date Deposited:	06 Jul 2022 14:30
Last Modified:	14 Sep 2024 03:31
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/114774

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