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Ghana without Nkrumah

Ghana without Nkrumah by amaah.
Cover of Africa Report magazine, 1966. The Ghana without Nkrumah issue

President-for-life Kwame Nkrumah posing with army officers before the military coup that deposed him in 1966.

The feature articles in this issue:
The Winter of Discontent by Irving Markovitz - an article long referenced in CIA world factbook reports in years to come - but actually an article that is very difficult to obtain for some reason.
The Men in Charge by Joe Kraus

My commentary is here: Africa, 1966 

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megapics (ccs)  Pro User  says:

Yes - I was in Ghana (teaching at Prempeh College) at the time of the bloodless coup which ousted Dr Nkrumah. In Kumasi, there was much rejoicing in the streets, and complete strangers came up to us and shook our hands, saying, "We are free! We are free!"

But I think Ghana has had a tough time, economically, with world trade rule weighted against it - but I had better not start on that theme, or you will have a comment many pages long!
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Andi663119  Pro User  says:

Thanks for posting. Very interesting.
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