A.B. Assensoh is emeritus professor of Indiana University and courtesy emeritus professor at University of Oregon. Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh is professor of political science and vice president of equity and inclusion at University of Oregon.

• Chronology (1909-1972)Chapter 1: Birth, Early Education and EmploymentChapter 2: Overseas Student Years: Nkrumah’s American and UK Sojourns, 1935-1947Chapter 3: Kwame Nkrumah and Pan-Africanism: A New InterpretationChapter 4: Years of Activism and Post-Colonial Gold Coast, 1947-1960Chapter 5: Ghana: Kwame Nkrumah’s Political Kingdom, 1960-1966Epilogue: The 1966 Coup, Exile, Death, and Cultural Legacy of Kwame Nkrumah

Indeed, Professors Assensoh and Alex-Assensoh have written a book that creatively combines a fresh intellectual biography of Kwame Nkrumah with the genealogical history of Pan-Africanism, and they have done so in the most concise and comprehensive way. Above all, it is also a timely contribution to African History, Pan-African Studies and Africana Studies in general.