{"product_id":"independent-africa-the-first-generation-of-nation-builders-9780253066657","title":"Independent Africa: The First Generation of Nation Builders","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Emmanuel Kwaku Akyeampong\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: World - African\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent Africa \u003c\/i\u003eexplores Africa's political economy in the first two full decades of independence through the joint projects of nation-building, economic development, and international relations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the political careers of four heads of states: Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Ahmed Sékou Touré of Guinea, Léopold Sédar Senghor, and Julius Kambarage Nyerere of Tanzania, \u003ci\u003eIndependent Africa\u003c\/i\u003e engages four major themes: what does it mean to construct an African nation-state and what should an African nation-state look like; how does one grow a tropical economy emerging from European colonialism; how to explore an indigenous model of economic development, a \"third way,\" in the context of a Cold War that had divided the world into two camps; and how to leverage internal resources and external opportunities to diversify agricultural economies and industrialize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining aspects of history, economics, and political science, \u003ci\u003eIndependent Africa\u003c\/i\u003e examines the important connections between the first generation of African leaders, and the shared ideas that informed their endeavors at nation-building and worldmaking.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45032281243799,"sku":"9780253066657","price":2958.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780253066657.webp?v=1769198629","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/independent-africa-the-first-generation-of-nation-builders-9780253066657","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}