{"product_id":"nkrumah-and-the-ghana-revolution-9781478006220","title":"Nkrumah and the Ghana Revolution","description":"In this new edition of \u003ci\u003eNkrumah and the Ghana Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 Featuring a new introduction by Leslie James, an unpublished draft of C. L. R. James's introduction to the 1977 edition, and correspondence, this definitive edition of \u003ci\u003eNkrumah and the Ghana Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e offers a revised understanding of Africa's shaping of freedom movements and insight into the possibilities for decolonial futures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eC. L. R. James (1901-1989), a Trinidadian historian, political activist, and writer, is the author of \u003ci\u003eBeyond a Boundary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWorld Revolution, 1917-1936: The Rise and Fall of the Communist International\u003c\/i\u003e, and other books, all also published by Duke University Press.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50561656619282,"sku":"9781478006220","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_02e1ad8a-696f-4e10-ba4a-1aaa37b4c1e9.jpg?v=1731850164","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nkrumah-and-the-ghana-revolution-9781478006220","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}