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About the Author
C. 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.
Reviews
"This 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 *
Book Information
ISBN 9781478006220
Author C. L. R. James
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Duke University Press
Publisher Duke University Press
Weight(grams) 340g