The document discusses Kwame Nkrumah and neocolonialism. It states that Nkrumah helped lead Ghana to independence from Britain in 1957 and was elected as its first president. However, in 1966 the CIA backed a coup that overthrew Nkrumah's government and realigned Ghana with Western nations. It defines colonialism as direct political control and economic extraction, while neocolonialism uses indirect political means for economic extraction.

1. Globalization and Culture
Labor & Consumption I
Week 7
March 7, 2018

2. Kwame Nkrumah: Neocolonialism

3. Kwame Nkrumah: Neocolonialism
● Was born around 1909 in British-controlled Gold Coast
in Africa
● Lived and studied in Pennsylvania, New York, and
London (1935-47)
● Spent time in Harlem, involved in Black community
organizing there
● Returned to the Gold Coast and helped lead its
independence movement
● Ghana became independent nation in 1957
● Nkrumah elected first president
● A 1966 CIA-backed coup overthrew Nkrumah’s
government, and realigned Ghana with the western bloc

4. Kwame Nkrumah: Neocolonialism
How are colonialism and neocolonialism similar
and different?

5. Kwame Nkrumah: Neocolonialism
Colonialism:
● Extraction of economic resources through
direct political control
Neocolonialism:
● Extraction of economic resources through
indirect political means

6. Amazing Scalpels and Swagger Jacking:
Aren Aizura and Stephen Crockett
● In Aizura’s article, what are the visitors to the
clinics paying for? What services do the workers
provide?
● In Crockett’s, what are the businesses in DC
selling?
● How do these articles relate to our first
conversation about globalization and culture?
What roles does culture play in these cases?
● How do these articles connect to
neocolonialism?
● What alternatives could you propose?