<P> These forces made Dr J.B. Danquah form the United Gold Coast Conversion (UGCC) in 1947, and Nkrumah was invited to be this party's General Secretary . Other officers were George Alfred Grant (Paa Grant), Edward Akufo - Addo, William Ofori Atta, Emmanuel Obetsebi - Lamptey, Ebenezer Ako - Adjei, and J. Tsiboe . Their aim was Independence for Ghana . They rejected the Burns constitution amendment of a number of its clauses . It also granted a voice to chiefs and their tribal councils by providing for the creation of regional assemblies . No bill amending the entrenched clauses of the constitution or affecting the powers of the regional bodies or the privileges of the chiefs could become law except by a two - thirds vote of the National Assembly and by simple majority approval in two - thirds of the regional assemblies . When local CPP supporters gained control of enough regional assemblies, however, the Nkrumah government promptly secured passage of an act removing the special entrenchment protection clause in the constitution, a step that left the National Assembly with the power to effect any constitutional change the CPP deemed necessary . </P> <P> Nkrumah discussed his political views in his numerous writings, especially in Africa Must Unite (1963) and in NeoColonialism (1965). These writings show the impact of his stay in Britain in the mid-1940s . The pan-Africanist movement, which had held one of its annual conferences, attended by Nkrumah, at Manchester in 1945, was influenced by socialist ideologies . The movement sought unity among people of African descent and also improvement in the lives of workers who, it was alleged, had been exploited by capitalist enterprises in Africa . Western countries with colonial histories were identified as the exploiters . According to the socialists, "oppressed" people ought to identify with the socialist countries and organizations that best represented their interests; however, all the dominant world powers in the immediate post-1945 period, except the Soviet Union and the United States, had colonial ties with Africa . Nkrumah asserted that even the United States, which had never colonized any part of Africa, was in an advantageous position to exploit independent Africa unless preventive efforts were taken . </P> <P> According to Nkrumah, his government, which represented the first black African nation to win independence, had an important role to play in the struggle against capitalist interests on the continent . As he put it, "the independence of Ghana would be meaningless unless it was tied to the total liberation of Africa ." It was important, then, he said, for Ghanaians to "seek first the political kingdom ." Economic benefits associated with independence were to be enjoyed later, proponents of Nkrumah's position argued . But Nkrumah needed strategies to pursue his goals . </P> <P> On the domestic front, Nkrumah believed that rapid modernization of industries and communications was necessary and that it could be achieved if the workforce were completely Africanized and educated . Even more important, however, Nkrumah believed that this domestic goal could be achieved faster if it were not hindered by reactionary politicians--elites in the opposition parties and traditional chiefs--who might compromise with Western imperialists . From such an ideological position, Nkrumah supporters justified the Deportation Act of 1957, the Detention Acts of 1958, 1959 and 1962, parliamentary intimidation of CPP opponents, the appointment of Nkrumah as president for life, the recognition of his party as the sole political organization of the state, the creation of the Young Pioneer Movement for the ideological education of the nation's youth, and the party's control of the civil service . Government expenditure on road building projects, mass education of adults and children, and health services, as well as the construction of the Akosombo Dam, were all important if Ghana were to play its leading role in Africa's liberation from colonial and neo-colonial domination . </P>

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