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OverviewIn this new edition of 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. Although James wrote it in the immediate post-independence period around 1958, he did not publish it until nearly twenty years later, when he added a series of his own letters, speeches, and articles from the 1960s. Although Nkrumah led the revolution, James emphasizes that it was a popular mass movement fundamentally realized by the actions of everyday Ghanaians. Moreover, James shows that Ghana's independence movement was an exceptional moment in global revolutionary history: it moved revolutionary activity to the African continent and employed new tactics not seen in previous revolutions. Featuring a new introduction by Leslie James, an unpublished draft of C. L. R. James's introduction to the 1977 edition, and correspondence, this definitive edition of Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution offers a revised understanding of Africa's shaping of freedom movements and insight into the possibilities for decolonial futures. Full Product DetailsAuthor: C. L. R. James , Leslie JamesPublisher: Duke University Press Imprint: Duke University Press Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9781478006220ISBN 10: 1478006226 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 01 April 2022 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsEditor's Note vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction. Ghana and the Worlds of C.L.R. James / Leslie James xi Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution Introduction | 1977 Edition 5 Part I 1. The Myth 23 2. The Masses Set the Stage 33 3. The People in 1947 41 4. The Revolution in Theory 50 5. The Men on the Spot 65 6. The People and the Leader 76 7. Positive Action 104 8. The Party under Fire 113 9. The Tip of the Iceberg 124 Part II 1. Government and Party 135 2. 1962: Twenty Years After 149 3. Slippery Descent 152 4. Lenin and the Problem 158 5. “ . . . Always out of Africa” 179 Appendix 1 | Correspondence, 1957 189 Notes on Appendix 1 / Leslie James 189 Extract of letter from C.L.R. James to the Correspondence Publishing Committee, Addressed to Martin Glaberman 190 Letters from C.L.R. James to the Correspondence Publishing Committee 191 Appendix 2 | “Africa: The Threatening Catastrophe—A Necessary Introduction,” 1964 199 Note on Appendix 2 / Leslie James 199 Introduction from “Nkrumah Then and Now” 200 Notes 221 Index 229ReviewsThis little-known text holds a well-kept secret: Ghana was far more important than Haiti in transforming C. L. R. James's theory of revolution. Leslie James's illuminating introduction situates the book within a broader radical Pan-African context. Assembled from over a decade of critical observation, Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution demolishes the myth of the beneficent West and reveals the perils and possibilities of Africa's postcolonial revolutions to chart a socialist future for the world. -- Robin D. G. Kelley, author of * Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times * Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution helps bring into focus a key feature of C. L. R. James's intellectual preoccupations from the mid-1940s into the 1960s: how he thought about Africa and African independence for a decolonizing Caribbean. A fulsome portrait of his political thought. -- Minkah Makalani, author of * In the Cause of Freedom: Radical Black Internationalism from Harlem to London, 1917-1939 * Author InformationC. L. R. James (1901–1989), a Trinidadian historian, political activist, and writer, is the author of Beyond a Boundary, World Revolution, 1917–1936: The Rise and Fall of the Communist International, and other books, all also published by Duke University Press. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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