Building the Ghanaian Nation-State : Kwame Nkrumah's Symbolic Nationalism.
Fuller, H.
Building the Ghanaian Nation-State : Kwame Nkrumah's Symbolic Nationalism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (297 pages) - African Histories and Modernities Series . - African Histories and Modernities Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword: Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah-His Symbolic Nationalism and Nation Building -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Timeline of Important Dates in the Life of Kwame Nkrumah -- Ghanaian Premiers, 1951-Present -- INTRODUCTION The Symbolism of Ghanaian Nationalism -- Chapter 1 Banal Symbols of the New Nation-State -- Chapter 2 Philatelic Nationalism -- Chapter 3 Economic Nationalism -- Chapter 4 Civitatis Ghaniensis Conditor -- Chapter 5 Exhibiting the Nation -- Chapter 6 Monumental Nationalism -- Chapter 7 Pan-African Nationalism -- Chapter 8 The Downfall of Kwame Nkrumah -- Chapter 9 The Death and Symbolic "Resurrection" of Kwame Nkrumah -- Chapter 10 From "Redeemer" to Redeemed? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Ghana has always held a position of primacy in the African political and historical imagination, due in no small part to the indelible impression left president Kwame Nkrumah. This study examines the symbolic strategies he used to construct the Ghanaian state through currency, stamps, museums, flags, and other public icons.
9781137448583
Africa-Politics and government.
Electronic books.
JQ1870-3981
Building the Ghanaian Nation-State : Kwame Nkrumah's Symbolic Nationalism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (297 pages) - African Histories and Modernities Series . - African Histories and Modernities Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword: Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah-His Symbolic Nationalism and Nation Building -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Timeline of Important Dates in the Life of Kwame Nkrumah -- Ghanaian Premiers, 1951-Present -- INTRODUCTION The Symbolism of Ghanaian Nationalism -- Chapter 1 Banal Symbols of the New Nation-State -- Chapter 2 Philatelic Nationalism -- Chapter 3 Economic Nationalism -- Chapter 4 Civitatis Ghaniensis Conditor -- Chapter 5 Exhibiting the Nation -- Chapter 6 Monumental Nationalism -- Chapter 7 Pan-African Nationalism -- Chapter 8 The Downfall of Kwame Nkrumah -- Chapter 9 The Death and Symbolic "Resurrection" of Kwame Nkrumah -- Chapter 10 From "Redeemer" to Redeemed? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Ghana has always held a position of primacy in the African political and historical imagination, due in no small part to the indelible impression left president Kwame Nkrumah. This study examines the symbolic strategies he used to construct the Ghanaian state through currency, stamps, museums, flags, and other public icons.
9781137448583
Africa-Politics and government.
Electronic books.
JQ1870-3981