Independent Africa: The First Generation of Nation Builders - Couverture souple

Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku

 
9780253066657: Independent Africa: The First Generation of Nation Builders
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0253066654 ISBN 13 : 9780253066657
Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2023

Synopsis

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 Sékou Touré of Guinea, Léopold Sédar Senghor, and Julius Kambarage Nyerere of Tanzania, Independent Africa engages four major themes: what does it mean to construct an African nation-state and what should an African nation-state look like; how does one grow a tropical economy emerging from European colonialism; how to explore an indigenous model of economic development, a "third way," in the context of a Cold War that had divided the world into two camps; and how to leverage internal resources and external opportunities to diversify agricultural economies and industrialize.

Combining aspects of history, economics, and political science, Independent Africa examines the important connections between the first generation of African leaders, and the shared ideas that informed their endeavors at nation-building and worldmaking.

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À propos de l?auteur

Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong is Ellen Gurney Professor of History and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. He also serves as the Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Center for African Studies. He is the author of Drink, Power, and Cultural Change: A Social History of Alcohol in Ghana c. 1800 to Recent Times, and Between the Sea and the Lagoon: An Eco-social History of the Anlo of Southeast Ghana ca. 1850 to Recent Times.

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Éditeur
Indiana University Press
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0253066654
ISBN 13 
9780253066657
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
362
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0253066646 ISBN 13 :  9780253066640
Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2023
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