Literature Review
Introduction

Primary Sources
--Nkrumah's Speeches
--Nkrumah's
Written Works
--Testimony of Key
African Revolutionaries
Secondary Sources

Tertiary Sources
Primary Source Data
 
For purposes of analysis, Nkrumah's published speeches are organized into three categories: 
(a) theoretical, 
(b) operational, and 
(c) incidental. 
The first category primarily addresses admonishments on theory, ideology, and epistemic perspectives.  Questions of ethics and strategy also fall in this category but more often overlap into the operational field.  Operational presentations often give specific directions on action to be taken by an agency (e.g., movements, party, government, self-conscious organized social sectors, police, youth).  Incidental speeches address of events and important activities that Nkrumah chose to interpret to selective audiences.
 
Speeches deemed necessary for explaining Nkrumahist ideological positions were considered "key speeches" and were selected because of their relative comprehensiveness plus their frequency of appearance in Nkrumah's and other's written works.  Some speeches were used to highlight Nkrumah's speech style in an effort to culturally locate his aesthetic and mobilization techniques.
 
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