Black Star: A View Of The Life And Times Of Kwame Nkrumah
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Few figures in twentieth-century history burned as brightly — or as controversially — as Kwame Nkrumah, the architect of Ghanaian independence and a towering symbol of Pan-African liberation. In Black Star: A View of the Life and Times of Kwame Nkrumah, Basil Davidson chronicles the rise and fall of one of Africa's most visionary and polarising statesmen, tracing his journey from humble origins in the Gold Coast to the heights of international political power, and ultimately to his overthrow in a 1966 military coup. Davidson situates Nkrumah's story within the sweeping currents of decolonisation, Cold War geopolitics, and the fierce struggle for African self-determination, presenting a portrait that is both intimate and historically expansive. Davidson, one of the foremost Western historians of Africa, writes with authority and moral clarity, drawing on personal acquaintance with Nkrumah and deep knowledge of the continent's political landscape. Black Star is not merely a biography but an indictment of the forces — internal and imperial — that conspired against African independence movements. The book argues that Nkrumah's failures cannot be separated from the structural violence of neo-colonialism, a contention that remains urgently relevant today. For anyone seeking to understand how Africa's post-independence promise was won and then imperilled, this work is essential reading.
Author: Basil Davidson
Format: Paperback
Published: 1973, Allen Lane
Genre: African history
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Few figures in twentieth-century history burned as brightly — or as controversially — as Kwame Nkrumah, the architect of Ghanaian independence and a towering symbol of Pan-African liberation. In Black Star: A View of the Life and Times of Kwame Nkrumah, Basil Davidson chronicles the rise and fall of one of Africa's most visionary and polarising statesmen, tracing his journey from humble origins in the Gold Coast to the heights of international political power, and ultimately to his overthrow in a 1966 military coup. Davidson situates Nkrumah's story within the sweeping currents of decolonisation, Cold War geopolitics, and the fierce struggle for African self-determination, presenting a portrait that is both intimate and historically expansive. Davidson, one of the foremost Western historians of Africa, writes with authority and moral clarity, drawing on personal acquaintance with Nkrumah and deep knowledge of the continent's political landscape. Black Star is not merely a biography but an indictment of the forces — internal and imperial — that conspired against African independence movements. The book argues that Nkrumah's failures cannot be separated from the structural violence of neo-colonialism, a contention that remains urgently relevant today. For anyone seeking to understand how Africa's post-independence promise was won and then imperilled, this work is essential reading.