14. "Kwame Nkrumah: Vision and Tragedy" by David Rooney
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Title: Kwame Nkrumah: Vision and Tragedy Author: David Rooney Genre: Non-Fiction (Political) Publishers: Sub-Sahran Publishers Pages: 338 Year: 1988 (this edition, 2007) Country: Britain The activities marking the centenary celebration of Ghana's first president Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah would be launched next week, in addition to this, and as part of the celebration, his birthday (September 21) has been declared a national holiday by the present government (see the September 4, 2009 edition of the Daily Graphic: Nkrumah's birthday declared a holiday). However, how many Ghanaians truly know the man, Nkrumah, apart from being the person who won Ghana its independence. Most of us born way after the Nkrumah era (1950 to say 1970) know little of this son of Africa who has being both deified and demonised in one breath, whilst being labelled as a "great African and not a great Ghanaian" by academicians such as Professor Ali Mazrui. David Rooney...