Civitatis ghaniensis conditor: Kwame nkrumah, symbolic nationalism and the iconography of ghanaian money 1957 - The Golden Jubilee

Nations and Nationalism

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 520-541

  Fuller, Harcourt ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civitatis Ghaniensis Conditor; Ghana money; GhanaCedi; Iconography and money; Kwame Nkrumah; Nationalism; Symbolic nationalism

Indexed keywords

ICONOGRAPHY; INDEPENDENCE; LEADERSHIP; MONUMENT; NATION STATE; NATIONALISM; POLITICAL HISTORY; SYMBOLISM;

ACCRA; AFRICA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 47649126817     PISSN: 13545078     EISSN: 14698129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8129.2008.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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