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| Title: | Developing Charisma: Nkrumag as a "CARGO" Benefactor in Ghana |
| Authors: | IIJIMA, Michio |
| Keywords: | African Independent Church movement Cargo Cult Christianity Charismatic authority kwame Nkrumah William Wade Harris |
| Issue Date: | Dec-1998 |
| Publisher: | The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University |
| Journal title: | African Study Monographs |
| Volume: | 19 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start page: | 171 |
| End page: | 185 |
| Abstract: | Some scholars view that Kwame Nkrumah's strength in the general elections of the 1950's simply resulted from the CPP's promise of economic benefits. But Nkrumah's appeal and influence might be more understood in his charisma akin to that of the prophets of the African Independent Churches. Nkrumah frequently used Chiristian symbolism, and prophet-like authority, to offer psychological 'healing' and economic security in a situation of social anomie of rapid transition. Nkrumah can be compared to 'cargo' benefactor in this context. His offer of economic benefits helped establish Nkrumah as a charismatic 'prophet' of 'Nkrumah Cult' in Ghana. |
| DOI: | 10.14989/68180 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2433/68180 |
| Appears in Collections: | Vol.19 No.4 |
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