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Ghana's Independence: Triumph and Paradox
- Transition
- Indiana University Press
- Issue 98, 2008
- pp. 6-22
- 10.2979/trs.2008.-.98.6
- Article
- Additional Information
In becoming sub-Saharan Africa's first independent state fifty years ago, Ghana created high expectations for radical change throughout Africa-and beyond. David E. Apter explores the long-range effects of Ghana's revolution and the puzzling questions about President Kwame Nkrumah and the Convention People's Party that linger on.