13 Books Published by Panaf Books on AALBC — Book Cover Collage

Kwame Nkrumah intended to write on the Zimbabwean struggle. First published 1974, this book contains key documents from the file on Rhodesia which he opened after U.D.I. in 1965. The letters and papers, many of which are published for the first time here, show the thinking of Nkrumah on the problem of minority regimes in Africa. How accurate it was, as subsequent events have proved. A connecting narrative and chronology from 1887 have been added by the publishers.

This book, by a great PanAfricanist leader, sets out the case for the total liberation and unification of Africa. It is essential reading for all interested in world socio-economic developmental processes. Those who might have considered in 1963, when Africa Must Unite was first pub­lished, that Kwame Nkrumah was pursuing a ’policy of the impossible’, can now no longer doubt his statesmanship. Increasing turmoil through the succession of reactionary mili­tary coups and the outbreak of needless civil wars in Afirca prove conclusively that only unification can provide a realistic solution for Africa’s political and economic problems. In the words of the author, "To suggest that the time is not yet ripe for considering a political union of Africa is to evade facts and ignore realities in Africa today. Here is a challenge which destiny has thrown . to the leaders of Africa."

This new and expanded edition is a valuable guide to the political thought of Nkrumah. Part one, by the editors of the theoretical journal of the convention peoples party, deals with Nkrumah’s policies to 1964. Part Two, by the editors of Panaf Books, concerns the period after 1964. Of particular significance in the new Part Two is a survey of the very important books written by Nkrumah during the Conakry period between March 1966 and August 1971. The themes include: forms of the independence struggle; colonialism, imperialism and neocolonialism; economic development; the role of the vanguard party; class struggle; and the unification of Africa.

Dark Days in Ghana Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah, foremost exponent of African Unity and socialism never saw Ghana in isolation from the rest of Africa or from the world revolutionary struggle.

Challenge of the Congo Kwame Nkrumah

First published in 1967, this book provides a contemporary account of Congo's recent history by one of the Heads of State most closely involved.

Consciencism: Philosophy and Ideology for de-colonisation Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah here sets out his personal philosophy.

The Political independence of Ghana in 1957 became the catalyst of freedom in many other African countries.

Revolutionary Path Kwame Nkrumah

This book was compiled during the last two years of the author's life.

When first published in 1965, caused such an uproar in the US State Department that a sharp note of protest was sent to Kwame Nkrumah and the $25 million of American "aid" to Ghana was promptly cancelled.

The Struggle Continues The six pamphlets in this book reflect the indomitable spirit of Kwame Nkrumah, the symbol of fighting Africa. The first, What I Mean by Positive Action, was written in 1949 when the campaign for the independence of Ghana was at its height. The other five pamphlets were all written between 1966 and 1968 in Conakry, Guinea, where this great Pan-Africanist carried on the socialist revolutionary struggle to which he devoted his whole life.

1 What I Mean by Positive Action
2 The Spectre of Black Power
3 The Struggle Continues
4 Ghana: The Way Out
5 The Big Lie
6 Two Myths

All except the first, which was written in 1949 at the height of the national liberation struggle, were written in Conakry between 1967 and 1968. Not only is Kwame Nkrumah’s theoretical work highly original and consistent, it is also a practical guide to revolutionary action.

Recent African history has exposed the close links between the interests of imperialism and neo-colonialism and the African bourgeoisie. This book reveals the nature and extent of the class struggle in Africa, and sets it in the broad context of the African Revolution and the world socialist revolution.