Paper short abstract:

This paper describes the outstanding role of Nkrumah’s Ghana in the establishment and success of a number of African nationalist parties. It is based on sources which are mostly new and unpublished

Paper long abstract:

One of the strongest instruments to build African nationalism has been the nationalist party. In this field, Ghana played a major role during the African independence period. This paper describes how Nkrumah's Ghana contributed in the establishment and success of a number of African nationalist parties. Between 1957 and 1966, Ghana helped these parties in achieving independence and in strengthening their power inside the nations. Ghana granted them with financial aid and it provided political training to party members. Nkrumah wanted particularly to promote the Convention People's Party as a model for all the Nationalist parties he was supporting. Some institutions had been created in Ghana with the purpose of achieving these goals. The Winneba's Ideological Institute was established in 1961 to teach to both CPP members and other African nationalists how to work with the masses in the process of nation building. This paper illustrates the action of these institutions, such as the Winneba's Ideological Institute and the Bureau of African Affairs, by using mostly new and unpublished archival sources.