Arts and Africa - BBC African Service, London

ARTS, AFRICA, EXILE, STATE, Overthrown, Accusations, DETENTION, Defendant
Date: 
07 November 1986
Collection: 
Centre for African Literary Studies
Creator: 
BBC
Contributor: 
Bernth Lindfors Collection
Resource Type: 
Interviews
Language: 
English
Coverage: 
South Africa
Resource Identifier: 
ALS 4/5 - The Bernth Lindfors African Literature Collection - BBC African Service London
File Type: 
Document
Extent: 
5 pages
Rights Holder: 
UKZN - Centre for African Literary Studies

In this programme Kwaku Mensa-Bonsu has been telling Alhassan Manu about his intentions in writing the play "The Trial of Kwame Nkrumah" and why he sets it in the underworld. The play is about Ghana's first Head of State, Kwame Nkrumah, who was overthrown in a coup and died in exile six years later.

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