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Interview with Margaret Christensen from Ghana

Anacostia Community Museum

Object Details

Creator

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

Names

Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Nkrumah, Kwame, 1909-1972

Collection Creator

Anacostia Community Museum

Citation

Interview with Margaret Christensen from Ghana, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Margaret Christensen talks about growing up in Ghana and the new government which overthrew Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. She explains Dr. Kwame Nkrumah had a plan known as African socialism; and he created hospitals, schools, and social welfare. She talks about the cost of housing and utilities; and factories and manufacturing opportunities in Ghana under Nkrumah's rule. Christensen explains the new government devalued money, so everything is expensive and they need to stand in line for milk and other goods.
Interview. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Interview from 000540-001234 (also on AV000829: Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa: A Trilogy; African Children Play Music; and African Liberation Day in Washington, D.C.). Undated
sova.acma.09-023_ref567

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa77dd11e3b-6906-469d-ba7b-c4a408456b37

Place

Ghana
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States

Topic

Socialism
Ghana -- Politics and government
African Americans

Creator

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

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Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989

Extent

1 Video recording (open reel, 1/2 inch)

Date

circa 1972

Custodial History

Created for Anacostia Neighborhood Museum.

Archival Repository

Anacostia Community Museum Archives

Identifier

ACMA.09-023, Item ACMA AV000829

Type

Archival materials
Video recordings
Interviews

Genre/Form

Video recordings
Interviews

Note

002608

Collection Restrictions

Use of the materials requires an appointment. Some items are not accessible due to obsolete format and playback machinery restrictions. Please contact the archivist at acmarchives@si.edu.
ACMA.09-023_ref567
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/qa77dd11e3b-6906-469d-ba7b-c4a408456b37
ACMA.09-023
ACMA

Record ID

ebl-1568815250523-1568815250669-0

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Museum Events, Programs, and Projects, 1967-1989

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