Excerpt Full Speech Step to Freedom: Address by Osagyefo the President in Accra to the Nationalist Conference of African Freedom Fighters, on 4th June, 1962. The Conference which took place in Ghana – Accra, brought together freedom fighters from all over Africa including independent and colonized states, to address the way forward to the objective…
Category: Kwame Nkrumah
Neo-Colonialism, the Last Stage of Imperialism
Kwame Nkrumah, 1965 Neo-Colonialism, the Last Stage of Imperialism Introduction The neo-colonialism of today represents imperialism in its final and perhaps its most dangerous stage. In the past it was possible to convert a country upon which a neo-colonial regime had been imposed — Egypt in the nineteenth century is an example — into a…
Kwame Nkrumah: Class Struggle in Africa
Kwame Nkrumah Class Struggle in Africa Recent African history has exposed the close links between the interests of imperialism and neo-colonialism and the African bourgeoisie. This book reveals the nature and extent of the class struggle in Africa, and sets it in the broad context of the African Revolution and the world socialist revolution.
The Mechanisms of Neo-colonialism
Kwame Nkrumah, 1965 Neo-Colonialism, the Last Stage of Imperialism The Mechanisms of Neo-colonialism IN order to halt foreign interference in the affairs of developing countries it is necessary to study, understand, expose and actively combat neo-colonialism in whatever guise it may appear. For the methods of neo-colonialists are subtle and varied. They operate not only…
The Political and Social Thought of Kwame Nkrumah
Author: Ama Biney Kwame Nkrumah remains a towering figure in African history. Inspired by Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violent campaign of civil disobedience, he led what is now the nation of Ghana to independence in 1957. Nkrumah made Ghana a beacon of hope for not only Ghanaians but also people of African descent throughout the world. The…
Kwame Nkrumah: Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare – A Guide to the Armed Phase of the African Revolution
Kwame Nkrumah, 1968 Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare – A Guide to the Armed Phase of the African Revolution Opening with a diagnosis of present-day imperialist and neocolonialist intervention in Africa and the repressive role of racist-settler minority governments, the author explains why the armed phase of the African Revolution became necessary. …
The Enduring Relevance of Kwame Nkrumah’s Road Map to Revolution
A-APRP In 2018 the All African People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP) commemorated the 50th anniversary of the publication of Kwame Nkrumah’s historic book “Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare.” The Central Committee of the A-APRP (the organization’s leadership body) re-read and discussed the book’s continuing relevance during a series of meetings. What follows is an “interview” with the…
Nkrumaists Must Challenge the Consolidation of the Busia-Danquah Political Ideology in Ghana
Zaya Yeebo The author argues that the failure of the Ghanaian Left to build on the legacy of Kwame Nkrumah is giving a good opportunity to the centre-right ruling party to develop and cement its neo-liberal ideology. On Monday, 7 January 2019 Ghanaians have been offered a unique opportunity to celebrate another holiday. The New…
All African People’s Conference at 60
A-APRP Two 60th Anniversary Commemorations of the First All African People’s Conference December 5-13, 2018 The first All African People’s Conference (AAPC) commemoration December 5-8, organized by the University of Ghana Legon was an intellectual gathering bringing together intellectuals and activists to expound on the “Unfinished Business” of the First AAPC. The conference cosponsored by…
Pan-Africanism as Internationalism
A-APRP January 1st marks the revolutionary anniversaries of Haiti and Cuba, two of the most successful and perhaps the most important revolutions in the Western Hemisphere (known to the indigenous as Turtle Island). As we remember the contributions of comrade Fidel Castro and go into the new year, the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party invites you to…
Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the All African People’s Conference
A conference in Accra, Ghana, revisited the 1958 All African People’s Conference, under the banner of “The Unfinished Business of Liberation and Transformation”. The legendary convenor of that first conference, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, famously said, “The objective is African Union. We must unite now or perish.” Yaw Adjei-Gyamfi considers how far we have journeyed towards…
Nkrumah’s All Africa People’s Conference: The Zimbabwean Factor
Brooks Marmon This December marks the 60th anniversary of the All African People’s Conference (AAPC) in Accra, Ghana. The nearly weeklong event in 1958 convened some 200 people representing 60 organisations from 27 countries, including prominent pan-African personalities like Patrice Lumumba and Tom Mboya. It marked a decisive shift in the organisation of pan-Africanist conferences…
