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Ghana

First sub-Saharan African colony to gain independence, under Kwame Nkrumah.

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Further reading

• The History of Ghana Roger Gocking · 2005

  A concise history of Ghana through independence under Nkrumah.

• Africa Since 1940 Frederick Cooper · 2002

  Decolonization and post-1940 Africa including Ghana (broad context).

• The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born Ayi Kwei Armah · 1968 · fiction

  Landmark post-independence Ghanaian novel of disillusionment under Nkrumah's successors, correctly placed in ghana_modern (1957-2026) rather than the pre-independence Gold Coast colony.

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Sources

• Ghana — Wikipedia