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Nkrumah’s “Industrial Middlemen”

Sindhis and Ghana’s Postcolonial Industrial Drive, 1951–1966

Tracy Mensah
African Economic History, November 2023, 51 (2) 52-78; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.51.2.52
Tracy Mensah
Tracy Mensah (tmensah{at}email.wcu.edu) is an Assistant Professor of African History at Western Carolina University.
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vol. 51 no. 2 52-78
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3368/aeh.51.2.52
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African Economic History
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0145-2258
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2163-9108
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  • Published online November 6, 2023.
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  1. Tracy Mensah (tmensah{at}email.wcu.edu) is an Assistant Professor of African History at Western Carolina University.
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    • Introduction
    • Situating Sindhis as Intermediaries in Africanist Scholarship
    • Nkrumah and the Industrialization Rhetoric in Ghana
    • “Our industrial future is bright”: Sindhis and the Post-Independence Industrial Drive
    • “Glamour in Industry:” The Glamour Garment Factory
    • Nkrumah’s ‘‘Industrial Middlemen’’: Consolidating Industrial Roles
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