Tunde Adeleke has written a timely, must-read book about Kwame Nkrumah, the founder and first prime minister of Ghana and 'father of African nationalism,' and his final years living in exile in Conakry, Guinea, following his overthrow by a military coup in 1966. Through cogent analysis and lyrical prose, Adeleke charts Nkrumah's epic struggle to return to Ghana, regain political power, and restore a revolutionary pan-Africanism until his death in 1972.

Erik S. McDuffie, Associate Professor of African American Studies and History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Tunde Adeleke has written a book that is sure to advance Kwame Nkrumah scholarship. Anchored on a meticulous study of Nkrumah's exilic writings framed by his overly optimistic faith in his return to Ghana's presidency and a radical change to his Pan-Africanism marked increasingly by a penchant for authoritarianism, this book is written with nuance, authority, verve, and sophistication. It performs the rare task of writing about a leading African thinker's complexity and the evolution of his thinking over time. Nkrumah scholarship will never be the same again.

Olu´fe´mi Ta´i´wo`, Professor of Africana Studies, Cornell University, USA