The Prediction of globalisation in kwame nkrumahs neo-colontialism
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2015
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university of Oum-El-Bouaghi
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The hero of African decolonisation and the first black post-colonialist leader, Kwame Nkrumah, studied in both countries the United States of America (USA) and Britain as well as visited most of Western nations. While he targeted the colonial empires like the United Kingdom (UK) during decolonisation, he also attacked the USA for the post-independence problems which he termed neo-colonialism. Neo-colonialism is, for Nkrumah, the colonialists' switch of tactics when encountered with challenges from their colonies. They adopt policies for aid programmes and slogans of freedom in order to perpetuate colonisation. In short, it is the modern phase of imperialism. However those colonial countries were themselves under the spell of USA neo-liberal capitalism. According to Nkrumah, USA played catalyst between colonisers and colonised during decolonisation in order to reach its Neo-colonialist status. Thus, Nkrumah has written Neo-colonialism, the Last Stage of Imperialism in 1965 to denounce this US neo-liberal capitalism which is itself a major constituent of today globalisation. Purposely, this Mémoire attempts to analyse this book of Nkrumah in the light of globalisation to confirm thatNeo-colonialism was really a prophecy of an Americanised globalisation.
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Globalisation, Neo-colonialism