Emmanuel Akyeampong

Register here by 12 May 2021 Emmanuel Akyeampong, STIAS Fellow, Ellen Gurney Professor of History and of African and African American Studies and Oppenheimer Faculty Director of the Center for African Studies at Harvard University will present a webinar with the title: Early Independent Africa’s Abortive Attempt at Industrialization: The Case of Ghana under Kwame Nkrumah Abstract It is anticipated that the post-Covid-19 world will see a moderation of the hyper-globalization that has characterized the last couple of decades and usher in a renewed emphasis on national sovereignty and autonomy in economic decisions.