African Nationalism: Ghana and Kenya
Comparative study of independence movements in West and East Africa.
Key Questions
- 1How did Kwame Nkrumah influence Pan-Africanism?
- 2What were the causes and consequences of the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya?
- 3How did colonial borders complicate the creation of new African states?
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