GHANA'S FIRST REPUBLIC 1960-1966; THE PURSUIT OF THE POLITICAL KINGDOM

Originally published in 1976, this book describes one of the most important and colourful episodes in black Africa's twentieth-century history. Kwame Nkrumah, the dynamic leader who brought Ghana to independence in 1957, abandoned the Westminster model of representative government to which his...

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Main Author: Jones, Trevor, 1936-
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: ABINGDON : ROUTLEDGE, 2023
Series:Routledge library editions: Alcohol and alcoholism ; v. 7
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