ISYS 3215 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Provisional National Defence Council, National Liberation Council, Kwame Nkrumah

• School: Boston College
• Department: Information Systems
• Course: ISYS 3215
• Professor: John Gallaugher

Document Summary

European nations controlled much of the ghana area. 1821 british took control of trading ports. Convention people"s party won in 1954 with kwame nkrumah as prime minister: uk relinquished control of ghana and it became independent. After independence the gov. sought to create a stable, modern state out of ghana. Preventive detention act: detention without a trial for up to 5 years. New constitution created with a very powerful president. National liberation council came into power pledged to protect citizen"s rights. Go through a lot of political unrest and changes. Rawlings got rid of president and parliament: provisional national defense council allowed people to voice political concerns through committees. Consultive assembly created because of international pressures. Jerry rawlings elected president and parliament put back in. John kufour took over after he defeated rawlings: new patriotic party retains power. Opinion: what ghana can teach the rest of africa about democracy.