Kwame Nkrumah formed the Convention People’s Party in the Gold Coast. Its demand for immediate self-government and mass organizing widened the struggle beyond negotiations among established...
Kwame Nkrumah announced Positive Action in Accra, calling for strikes, boycotts and noncooperation to press for self-government. Collective withdrawal of labour and cooperation challenged the...
Ghana became independent as Britain relinquished control of the territories forming the new state. Years of nationalist organization and mass pressure had challenged colonial political authority....
