Nkrumah Vs Cia

C Evaluation of Sources

Two of the sources used were:

Department of State (The United States). Foreign Relations of the United States 1964-1968, Volume XXIV, Africa. Washington DC.

This article is from previously published factual materials released by The Department of State, Washington DC. Although the articles deals with the entire United States Foreign Policy for Africa, there are very critical sections pertaining to reasons for Nkrumah's overthrow, letters from the National Security Council to President Johnson, letters from J.A. Ankrah to President Johnson, telegraphs of Nkrumah's discussions with William P. Mahoney, the U.S. ambassador to Ghana, to The Department of State, and memorandums form CIA Director, John A. McCone, and the Deputy Chief of the CIA's Africa Division, (name not declassified). General J.A. Ankrah's letter to the President Johnson is valuable as it provides the views of a supporter, an eyewitness and a participant of Nkrumah's overthrow. General J.A. Ankrah became the successor of Nkrumah on 24 February 1966 and justified the seizure of power by the military. The letters from the National Security Council and Mahoney are valuable to a certain extent as they provide information of level at which the United States was directly involved with the coup plotters. The limitation of this source could be that the important facts that directly link the U.S. to coup staged in Ghana could be censored as the government of the U.S. might seek to secure a positive reputation in public. However, the Department of State does not convey the idea that the U.S was not concerned of situations in Ghana during 1966.

Obeng, Samuel. 1997. Selected Speeches of Kwame Nkrumah. Vol 1. Accra. Afram Publications.

This book is a compilation of previously published (in 1972) Nkrumah's speeches from 8 January 1960 to 24 December 1960. The main value of this book is a primary of source of Nkrumah's speeches compiled by an eminent Ghanaian citizen, Samuel Obeng, who was an Information Officer in charge of Press Liasion and Administration during and after Nkrumah's regime. The time scope of the speeches in very important as it provides the ideology of Nkrumah during 1960 to a certain extent. The limitations could be that the

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