I Speak of Freedom

The political independence of Ghana in 1957 became the catalyst of freedom in many other African countries. In the midnight pronouncement of independence on 5 - 6 March 1959, Kwame Nkrumah declared:

"The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of the African continent".

I Speak of Freedom contains selections from the speeches of Nkrumah between 1947 and 1960, linked by narrative. The main theme is Ghana's independence, political freedom preparing the way for a progressive socialist programme of economic and social development, the intensification of the Pan-African struggle against colonialism and neo-colonialism and for the total liberation and unification of Africa.

Kwame Nkrumah (born September 1909, Nkroful, Gold Coast [now Ghana]—died April 27, 1972, Bucharest, Romania) was a Ghanaian nationalist leader who led the Gold Coast’s drive for independence from Britain and presided over its emergence as the new nation of Ghana. He headed the country from independence in 1957 until he was overthrown by a coup in 1966.

• Publisher: Panaf
  
• Publish Date: January 06, 2009
  
• Pages: 304
  
• Language: English
  
• Type: Paperback
  
• EAN/UPC: 9780901787149
  
• Dimensions: 7.8 X 5.1 X 0.6 inches | 0.7 pounds
  
• BISAC Categories: Biography & Memoir