Ghana • Kwame Nkrumah, the man and the ideal

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Comedian Emil Abossolo plays Kwame Nkrumah on the stage of the Independence Theater, accompanied by guitarist Kyekyeku.

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By: Vladimir Cagnolari

56 mins

Kwame Nkrumah traveled through the United States and England.

There he developed an acute awareness of the situation of black peoples, who then live, wherever they are, under domination.

He tells his story, and how he became the champion of this ever-fruitful idea: Pan-Africanism.

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Cast: Emil Abossolo (actor), Kyekyeku (musician, guitar).

The Independence Theater

is a theatrical podcast freely inspired by the history of African independence, told in six episodes by six “Fathers of the Nation”.

A series written and directed by Vladimir Cagnolari, produced and captured by the Africolor festival and adapted by RFI for listening through headphones.

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