Topics: Ghana, covering political development; the 1966 one party state; the character of Nkrumah himself; the background to the coup and the fall of Nkrumah. the significance of Ghana for one-party state politics; the communist black approach; the economic take-off point; pan-Africanism.

A series of seminars on Africa given by the Department of Political Studies at The University of Auckland. They were presented part of the Political Studies Stage 3 paper: 30.32 (c) A topic in the politics of new states. 1966: New Nations in Africa.

Primary Title
  • New Nations in Africa: Ghana
Secondary Title
  • Lecture 3
Date Broadcast
  • 1966
Duration
  • 49:44
Episode
  • 3
Channel
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcaster
  • The University of Auckland Library
Owning Organisation
  • The University of Auckland Library
Programme Description
  • A series of seminars on Africa given by the Department of Political Studies at The University of Auckland. They were presented part of the Political Studies Stage 3 paper: 30.32 (c) A topic in the politics of new states. 1966: New Nations in Africa.
Episode Description
  • Topics: Ghana, covering political development; the 1966 one party state; the character of Nkrumah himself; the background to the coup and the fall of Nkrumah. the significance of Ghana for one-party state politics; the communist black approach; the economic take-off point; pan-Africanism.
Classification
  • Unknown
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Radio
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • Politics
Contributors
  • Bill Mandle (Lecturer)