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Filtering by: Creator Merrifield, Matthew S. Location Ghana, , Ghana, (Administrative Boundary) Degree Level Master's

Nuclear Imperialism: Examining Atomic Test Reactions and UN Intervention in Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana, 1957-1966

Creator:

Bremigan, Shelby R.

Abstract:

France’s decision to test their nuclear weapons program in the Sahara in 1960 wholly reshaped how the Cold War infiltrated into West Africa. During a time of nation building, Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah urged Ghana and Africa, more broadly, to break ties with colonial powers and rebuke further attempts of...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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the definitions used in this thesis: I draw from Matthew Heaton’s definition of pan-Africanism as “a