Ghana
Basics
CIA World Factbook. Includes map.
UN Development Program, Human Development Indicators
On the Web: Articles
On the Web: Specialized Sites
In the Library: Articles
Seidman, Ann. "Nkrumah's dream," Monthly Review (9/75):56-60.
In the Library: Non-Fiction Books
Afari-Gyan, Kwadwo. Nkrumah's Ideology (Legon: U. Ghana, 1985).
Agyemon, Opoku. Nkrumah's Ghana & East Africa: Pan-Africanism & African Interstate Relations (Cranbury NJ: Associated University, 1992).
Armah, Kwesi. Ghana: Nkrumah's Legacy (London: Collings, 1974).
Danso-Boafo, Alex Kwaku. The Political Biography of Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia (Accra: Ghana Universities, 1996).
Davidson, Basil. Black Star-A View of the Life & Times of Kwame Nkrumah (NY: Praeger, 1974).
Hadjor, Kofi Buenor. Nkrumah & Ghana: The Dilemma of Post-Colonial Power (NY: Kegan Paul, 1988).
Hart, David. The Volta River Project: A Case Study in Politics & Technology (Edinburgh: Edinburgh U, 1980).
James, C.L.R. Nkrumah & the Ghana Revolution (London: Allison & Busby, 1977).
Jarmon, Charles. The Nkrumah Regime: An Evaluation of the Role of Charismatic Authority (Lawrenceville VA: Brunswick, 1981).
Laronce, Cecile. Nkrumah, le panafricanisme et les Etats-Unis (Paris: Karthala, 2000).
Lawler, Nancy Ellen. Soldiers, Airmen, Spies, & Whisperers: the Gold Coast in World War II (Athens OH: Ohio U, 2002).
McKown, Robin. Nkrumah: A Biography (NY: Doubleday, 1973).
Rathbone, Richard. Nkrumah & the Chiefs: The Politics of Chieftaincy in Ghana, 1951-60 (Athens: Ohio U, 2000).
Robertson, Claire C. Sharing the Same Bowl (Bloomington IN: Indiana U. 1984).
In the Library: Fiction
Aidoo, Ama Ata. No Sweetness Here (NY: Doubleday, 1971).
__________. Our Sister Killjoy; or, Reflections from a Black-Eyed Squint (London: Longman, 1977).
__________. Changes: A Love Story (NY: Feminist Press, 1993).
Aidoo, Kofi. Of Men & Ghosts (Harlow: Longman, 1994).
Ali, Mohammed Naseehu. "Mallam Sile," New Yorker (4/11/05):66-71.
Armah, Ayi Kwei. The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968).
__________. Fragments (NY: Macmillan, 1969).
__________. Why Are We So Blest? A Novel (NY: Doubleday, 1972).
__________. The Healers: A Historical Novel (London: Heinemann, 1979).
__________. Two Thousand Seasons (London: Heinemann, 1979).
Awoonor, Kofi. Comes the Voyager At Last: A Tale of Return to Africa (Trenton NJ: Africa World, 1992).
Bebey, Francis. The Ashanti Doll (Westport CT: Lawrence Hill, 1977).
Boateng, Yaw M. The Return: A Novel (NY: Pantheon, 1977).
Busia, Akosua. The Seasons of Beento Blackbird: A Novel (Boston: Little, Brown, 1996).
Darko, Amma. Beyond the Horizon (Portsmouth NH: Heinemann, 1995).
Koranteng, Kwasi. The President's Son (London: Macmillan, 1989).
Kwakye, Benjamin. The Clothes of Nakedness (Portsmouth NH: Heinemann, 1998).
Laing, B. Kojo. Search Sweet Country (NY: Beech Tree, 1986).
Native, A. Marita, or, the Folly of Love: A Novel (ed. Stephanie Newell; Boston, Brill, 2002).
Thomas, Audrey Callahan. Coming Down from Wa (NY: Viking, 1995).
In the Library: For Young Readers
In the Library: Poetry
In the Library: Drama
In the Library: Photography
CD & Audio
Film & Video
"Witches in Exile" [2004], dir. Allison Berg, 70m. From Runaway Films.