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Book/Printed Material Ghana's policy at home and abroad : text of speech given in the Ghana Parliament, August 29, 1957

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Title

  • Ghana's policy at home and abroad : text of speech given in the Ghana Parliament, August 29, 1957

Summary

  • On March 6, 1957, Ghana became the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve independence from a European colonial power. The new state was made up of the former British colony of the Gold Coast and the Trusteeship Territory of Togoland. The country's first prime minister (and later president) was Kwame Nkrumah (1909-72), a U.S.-educated political activist who led the fight for independence from Britain. In this speech, delivered to the parliament of Ghana and circulated internationally by the country's newly-established embassies, Nkrumah gave a progress report on the first six months of independence. He emphasized three themes - non-alignment in international affairs, economic development, and the importance of improvements in education and social services. He also spoke of the need to show "how an African society can be transformed without losing its essentially African character. We must seek methods by which the old and the new can be blended." World Digital Library.

Names

  • Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972
  • Ghana. President (1961-1966 : Nkrumah)

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Information Office, Embassy of Ghana, [1957].

Headings

  • -  Ghana--Politics and government--1957-1979

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • 14 p.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • African Section Pamphlet Coll

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2008700222

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Nkrumah, Kwame, and Ghana. President. Ghana's policy at home and abroad: text of speech given in the Ghana Parliament. [Washington, D.C.: Information Office, Embassy of Ghana, 1957] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008700222/.

APA citation style:

Nkrumah, K. & Ghana. President. (1957) Ghana's policy at home and abroad: text of speech given in the Ghana Parliament. [Washington, D.C.: Information Office, Embassy of Ghana] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2008700222/.

MLA citation style:

Nkrumah, Kwame, and Ghana. President. Ghana's policy at home and abroad: text of speech given in the Ghana Parliament. [Washington, D.C.: Information Office, Embassy of Ghana, 1957] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2008700222/>.