Martin Meredith
Martin Meredith
Martin Meredith is a historian, journalist, and biographer who has written several books on Africa and its modern history...
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Ghana embarked on independence as one of the richest tropical countries in the world, with an efficient civil service, an impartial judiciary and a prosperous middle class.
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The result of Nkrumah's handling of the economy was calamitous. Ghana by 1965 had become virtually bankrupt.
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The result of Nkrumah's handling of the economy was calamitous, ... Ghana by 1965 had become virtually bankrupt.
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No other African state was launched with so much promise for the future,
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What is so striking about the 50-year period since independence is the extent to which African states have suffered so many of the same misfortunes, ... a flamboyant, autocratic figure, accustomed to living in style and demanding total obedience.