History

Organising the farmers : cocoa politics and national development in Ghana

Upphovsperson:	Beckman, Björn
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1976
Ämnesord:	Ghana, West Africa, History, Post war, Farmers, Cocoa, Farmers' associations, Development policy, National plans, Political science, Statsvetenskap

The United Ghana Farmers' Council was the farmers' wing of the Convention People's Party, which, led by Kwame Nkrumah, gained independence for Ghana in 1957. The Farmers' Council was dissolved and banned in 1966, together with other CPP organisations, after a military coup had overthrown the Nkrumah government. This book is primarly about the Farmers' Council and its functions in the political and economic system established by the CPP.