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- catalog abstract ""Many African countries are now described as "Fourth World"--Nations that essentially have no future. How could this have happened? Through the scope of the 1960s, the first decade of African Independence, Peter Schwab presents a compelling and provocative answer to this question. Designing West Africa tells the story of a pivotal decade in African history, when the fate of the continent was decided. Focusing on the six most visible leaders of the period - Sekou Toure, Kwame Nkrumah, and others - Schwab shows how Africa served as a ground for the larger international conflict of the Cold War. He does not fall back solely on blaming non-African involvement for the failure to build a viable leadership for the continent; rather, he critiques the African leaders themselves for their individual failings."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13260282.
- catalog coverage "Africa, West Economic conditions 1960-".
- catalog coverage "Africa, West Politics and government 1960-".
- catalog coverage "Africa, West Social conditions 1960-".
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""Many African countries are now described as "Fourth World"--Nations that essentially have no future. How could this have happened? Through the scope of the 1960s, the first decade of African Independence, Peter Schwab presents a compelling and provocative answer to this question. Designing West Africa tells the story of a pivotal decade in African history, when the fate of the continent was decided. Focusing on the six most visible leaders of the period - Sekou Toure, Kwame Nkrumah, and others - Schwab shows how Africa served as a ground for the larger international conflict of the Cold War. He does not fall back solely on blaming non-African involvement for the failure to build a viable leadership for the continent; rather, he critiques the African leaders themselves for their individual failings."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-167) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction : U.S., European, and West African ideological designs -- William V.S. Tubman : Liberia's conservative designer -- Félix Houphouët-Boigny : a French client in the Ivory Coast -- Senegal and Léopold Sédar Senghor : francophile nation and poet -- Nigeria : the state that lost its future -- Kwame Nkrumah : Ghana's nationalist icon -- Sékou Touré : Guinea's Fidel Castro, and his connection to the political thought of Mali's Modibo Keita -- Conclusion : The appalling aftermath.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 177 p. :".
- catalog identifier "1403965498".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Palgrave Macmillan,".
- catalog spatial "Africa, West Economic conditions 1960-".
- catalog spatial "Africa, West Politics and government 1960-".
- catalog spatial "Africa, West Social conditions 1960-".
- catalog subject "966.03/2 22".
- catalog subject "DT476.5 .S39 2004".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : U.S., European, and West African ideological designs -- William V.S. Tubman : Liberia's conservative designer -- Félix Houphouët-Boigny : a French client in the Ivory Coast -- Senegal and Léopold Sédar Senghor : francophile nation and poet -- Nigeria : the state that lost its future -- Kwame Nkrumah : Ghana's nationalist icon -- Sékou Touré : Guinea's Fidel Castro, and his connection to the political thought of Mali's Modibo Keita -- Conclusion : The appalling aftermath.".
- catalog title "Designing West Africa : prelude to 21st-century calamity / Peter Schwab.".
- catalog type "text".