Building the Ghanaian Nation-State
Kwame Nkrumah’s Symbolic Nationalism
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, Social Science, Sociology
| Author: | H. Fuller | ISBN: | 9781137448583 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US | Publication: | December 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | H. Fuller |
| ISBN: | 9781137448583 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Publication: | December 10, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
