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Proposal and Annotated Bibliography

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Course: HIST-1013-001

Proposal

The transnational individual chosen for the article is Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana. Nkrumah's narrative is unique in that he was a prominent individual in the twentieth century who was confronted with colonization in Africa. He was successful in leading Ghana to independence from the British in 1957, establishing Ghana as the first sub-Saharan country to achieve freedom. Prior to independence, Nkrumah was a political supporter of the country's independence. However, he was more than a politician because he made significant contributions to African political thought, particularly Pan-Africanism, a movement that advocates solidarity amongst peoples of African origin.

The fight against colonialism is the primary focus of this article. However, the study topic is "what was Kwame Nkrumah's contribution to the struggle against colonialism?" On the other hand, "what was Kwame Nkrumah's contribution to the struggle against colonialism?" As the leader of the first independent country in Sub-Saharan Africa, Kwame Nkrumah played an important role in the struggle for independence throughout the African continent. His life's experiences and accomplishments also made significant contributions to African political theory and ideas. The importance of European philosophy in Africa, even after independence, was also stressed, as was the influence of former colonists through neo-colonialism.

I want to approach the research question by first researching Kwame Nkrumah's background in order to gain a better understanding of his life, experiences, and accomplishments. Following that, it will be critical to investigate his political theory and identify influences, particularly those originating from Eurocentric intellectual circles. It is also vital to look at contemporary conceptions of Kwame Nkrumah in order to understand how the world sees and remembers him, particularly from the perspective of African Americans. Notably, reading and analyzing research materials on Kwame Nkrumah will aid in conceptualizing the unique contributions he made to the African continent and his own country.

Annotated Bibliography

Aggarwal, Anju. "Politico-cultural Philosophy of Kwame Nkrumah." In Proceedings of the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy, vol. 32, pp. 3-7. 2018.

The article attempts to analyze the political philosophy of Kwame Nkrumah. The article argues that Nkrumah advocated for a socialist system with African values and European political culture elements.

Emiljanowicz, Paul. "Tensions, Ambiguities, and Connectivity in Kwame Nkrumah: Rethinking the “National” in Postcolonial Nationalism." Interventions 21, no. 5 (2019): 615-634. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801x.2019.1585920

The article argues that Nkrumah is a decolonial theorist whose vision was not only the national concerning Ghana. Instead, his vision also consisted of transnational elements of solidarity and struggle.

Emiljanowicz, Paul. "From Karl Marx to Kwame Nkrumah: Towards a decolonial political economy." In Marxism and Decolonization in the 21st Century, pp. 68-88. Routledge, 2021.

The value of the article is that it asserts that Nkrumah focused on the colonial experience of Africa, thus separating Eurocentric ideas from definitions of class and solidarity. The article points out that Nkrumah used colonization and neo-colonialism as experiences to develop Pan-Africanism.

Getachew, Adom. "Kwame Nkrumah and the quest for independence." Dissent 66, no. 3 (2019): 33-40. https://doi.org/10.1353/dss.2019.0050

Provides insight that Ghana gaining independence marked the beginning of nation-states. Nkrumah declaring that independence is the birth of a new Africa is evident of the shift.

Uimonen, Paula. "Decolonising cosmopolitanism: An anthropological reading of Immanuel Kant and Kwame Nkrumah on the world as one." Critique of Anthropology 40, no. 1 (2020): 81-101. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308275x19840412

Reveals that Nkrumah emphasized liberty and equality for everyone; he decolonized cosmopolitanism. It is a more egalitarian and inclusive view of the world than European philosophers.