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
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Place
Ghana
Anacostia (Washington, D.C.)
Washington (D.C.)
United States
Topic
Socialism
Ghana -- Politics and government
African Americans
Creator
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
See more items in
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
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ACMA.09-023
ACMA
Record ID
ebl-1568815250523-1568815250669-0