@jaminanderson: Nationalism freed Africa; it also chained it to new masters. When Ghana won independence in 1957, Kwame Nkrumah promised that “the independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked with the total liberation of Africa.” It was the birth cry of Pan-African nationalism… a vision that built schools, dams, and dreams of unity. But the same nationalism that empowered a continent also silenced its people. Was it liberation or control? Hope or hubris? Maybe both. 🎥 Part 2: 6 books that unpack how nationalism empowered and betrayed post-colonial Africa. #KwameNkrumah #PanAfricanism #AfricanHistory #PostcolonialAfrica #ReadTheSystem