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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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African Economic History
Vol. 51, Issue 2
1 Nov 2023
Nkrumah’s “Industrial Middlemen”
Tracy Mensah
African Economic History Nov 2023, 51 (2) 52-78; DOI: 10.3368/aeh.51.2.52
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- Article
- Abstract
- 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
- Conclusion
- Footnotes
- Figures & Data
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- References
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