Nkrumah surely must be turning in his grave

From: New African | Date: February 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

The BBC's "Black Power" documentary, transcribed and with added comment by Osei Boateng.

BBC narrator [1992]:

Thirty-five years ago, one man set out to turn this country into a modern utopia. He was Kwame Nkrumah, the first leader of a newly black African country. His aim was to transform Ghana into a society shaped and driven by the power of science.

At the heart of Nkrumah's plan was a giant dam that would produce huge quantities of cheap electricity, enough power to build a modern industrial state in the heart of Africa within a generation.

But what Nkrumah did not foresee was, with ...

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