On this day in 1966, Kwame Nkrumah was deposed as President of Ghana in a CIA coup. His editor & confidante June Milne believed the publication of his book ‘Neo-Colonialism’ the previous year was the “final straw” in the CIA’s decision to depose him.
The CIA wrote a review of Nkrumah's book at the end of 1965 that concluded by reporting copies of it had been sent to the African Division of the Deputy Directorate for Plans (DDP) - the CIA's covert action arm - for study & “whatever action these components consider advisable”.
I wrote about this and the broader context of books as propaganda here: roape.net/2021/11/04/lib…
In the same fascinating interview, Milne also speaks in detail about her belief that Nkrumah was poisoned to death and did not die of natural causes.
The book can be read here: prisoncensorship.info/archive/books/…
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