Class Struggle In Africa [Paperback]

Kwame Nkrumah (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0901787124 | ISBN-13: 978-0901787125 | Publication Date: December 15, 2006

Recent African history has exposed the close links between the interests of imperialism and neo-colonialism and the African bourgeoisie. This book reveals the nature and extent of the class struggle in Africa, and sets it in the broad context of the African Revolution and the world socialist revolution. 86pp; 1 map

Product Details

• Paperback: 100 pages
• Publisher: Panaf Books (December 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0901787124
• ISBN-13: 978-0901787125
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,676 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #70 in Books > History > Africa > West Africa

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Review of Class Struggle in Africa, September 11, 2007

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This review is from: Class Struggle In Africa (Paperback)

Class Struggle in Africa provides an excellent analysis of the various economic classes in Africa and a historical analysis of the development of these classes. In addition, Nkrumah provides a solution to problem of neo-colonialism and other manifestations of capitalism. This book will be of interest to anyone seeking to understand the class reality of Africa today.

1 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor Throughout, January 6, 2008

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Sam Barwick "graduate student, research assis... (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Class Struggle In Africa (Paperback)

Kwame Nkrumah's ideas are as much a failure in theory as they are in practice. His book, like much communist literature, goes from describing the problem to insisting on communism as the only solution, typically with weak supports. One case in point is his insistence that the military should be under the control of the communist party of the country, without explaining why he seems to belive this would be better than the military being non-partisan.

In his government, Nkrumah attempted to put several of these ideas into practice, and Ghana suffered. When the expected backlash happened, he removed press freedoms and implemented a one-party dictatorship. He was ousted in absentia to thunderous applause.