White Malice: The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa

A revelatory account of how African Independence was systematically undermined by the United States.

"Fascinating information, original research, and bold ideas." —NPR

"A triumph of archival research." —Jacobin

In 1958 in Accra, Ghana, the Hands Off Africa conference brought together the leading figures of African independence in a public show of political strength and purpose. The charismatic Kwame Nkrumah, who had just won Ghana’s independence, led a determined appeal for Pan-Africanism.

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