An Examination of Legitimation in Kwame Nkrumah’s Anti-colonial Resistance Discourse
Journal of Asian and African Studies
Published online on March 18, 2026
Abstract
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This article analyzes the strategies employed by Kwame Nkrumah, a pioneering pan-Africanist and Ghana’s independence leader, to legitimize his resistance discourse against colonialism. The findings show that Nkrumah used authorization, moral evaluation, ...
This article analyzes the strategies employed by Kwame Nkrumah, a pioneering pan-Africanist and Ghana’s independence leader, to legitimize his resistance discourse against colonialism. The findings show that Nkrumah used authorization, moral evaluation, ...