Independent Africa: The First Generation of Nation Builders

by Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong

Book Overview

Independent Africa explores Africa's political economy in the first two full decades of independence through the joint projects of nation-building, economic development, and international relations.

Drawing on the political careers of four heads of states: Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Ahmed S kou Tour of Guinea, L opold S dar Senghor, and Julius Kambarage Nyerere of Tanzania, Independent Africa engages four major themes: what does...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253066654
• ISBN13: 9780253066657
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher