{"product_id":"independent-africa-the-first-generation-of-nation-builders-paperback-softback-9780253066657","title":"Independent Africa; The First Generation of Nation Builders (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253066657","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIndependent Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe First Generation of Nation Builders\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEmmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253066657\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 September 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e362 pages, 13 b\u0026amp;w illus. - 13 Illustrations, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.531 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent Africa \u003c\/i\u003eexplores Africa's political economy in the first two full decades of independence through the joint projects of nation-building, economic development, and international relations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on the political careers of four heads of states: Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Ahmed Sékou Touré of Guinea, Léopold Sédar Senghor, and Julius Kambarage Nyerere of Tanzania, \u003ci\u003eIndependent Africa\u003c\/i\u003e engages four major themes: what does it mean to construct an African nation-state and what should an African nation-state look like; how does one grow a tropical economy emerging from European colonialism; how to explore an indigenous model of economic development, a \"third way,\" in the context of a Cold War that had divided the world into two camps; and how to leverage internal resources and external opportunities to diversify agricultural economies and industrialize.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCombining aspects of history, economics, and political science, \u003ci\u003eIndependent Africa\u003c\/i\u003e examines the important connections between the first generation of African leaders, and the shared ideas that informed their endeavors at nation-building and worldmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAcronyms and Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. Africa in the Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003e2. Religion, Culture, and the Arts in the Making of the Africa Nation State\u003cbr\u003e3. Economic Imaginaries: African Leaders and Development Economics\u003cbr\u003e4. Pan-African Socialism: The African Developmental State, Regional Integration, and Worldmaking\u003cbr\u003e5. Nkrumah, Cocoa, and the United States: The Vision of an Industrialized African Nation-State\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670837817624,"sku":"9780253066657","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/independent-africa-the-first-generation-of-nation-builders-paperback-softback-9780253066657","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}