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Howard University Digital Howard @ Howard University Manuscript Division Finding Aids Finding Aids 10-1-2015 GIZENGA, Dabu MSRC Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://dh.howard.edu/finaid_manu Recommended Citation Staff, MSRC, "GIZENGA, Dabu" (2015). Manuscript Division Finding Aids. 79. https://dh.howard.edu/finaid_manu/79 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Finding Aids at Digital Howard @ Howard University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Manuscript Division Finding Aids by an authorized administrator of Digital Howard @ Howard University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. DABU GIZENGA COLLECTION ON KWAME NKRUMAH Collection 128-1 to 128-27 Prepared by: W. Paul Coates June 1981 MANUSCRIPT DIVISION SCOPE NOTE The Dabu Gizenga*collection on Kwame Nkrumah spans the time period of 1939-1974. The collection measures approximately 13½ linear feet. The collection contains newsclippings, journal articles and documents, printed materials, tape recorded interviews, photographs, and artifacts. The Moorland-Spingarn Research Center acquired the Dabu Gizenga collection by bequest of Gizenga's (Jesse A. Dixon's) will, in 1980. Two major themes are emphasized in the collection: (1) the life of Kwame Nkrumah and, (2) Pan-Africanism. The major portion of the collection is devoted to Kwame Nkrumah, first Prime Minister and President of Ghana. Items within the collection document Nkrumah's education, rise to power and rule as leader of Ghana, his writings, speeches, and the coup d'etat which eventually overthrew the Nkrumah government in 1966. Another significant amount of material contained within this collection concerns Pan- Africanism. The collection is strong in material which views Pan-Africanism as a theory and a working experience utilized by Africans throughout the diaspora. An additional area of interest within the collection is the files on individuals. These files for the most part concern individuals who shared some relationship with Kwame Nkrumah. Some notable individuals include Julius Nyerere, C. L. R. James and George Padmore. A few organizations have also been included that have no apparent relationship to Kwame Nkrumah. Photographs within this collection include photographs of Dabu Gizenga, Kwame Nkrumah and events in Ghana following the overthrow of Nkrumah. Artifacts within the collection include stamps and currency of Ghana; also memorabilia from the Young Pioneers, an Nkrumahist youth organization. 2 SCOPE NOTE continued The collection originally included books, journals, newspapers, recorded music, and posters. Books, newspapers, and journals have been transferred to the M.S.R.C. Library Division. Recorded music and posters have been transferred to the M.S.R.C. Music, and Prints and Photographs Departments respectively. *Dabu Gizenga was also known as Jesse Andre Dixon. Within this collection he most often identifies himself and is identified as Dabu Gizenga. We have elected to continue the use of the name Dabu Gizenga as it appears to be the donor's stated preference. 3 Series Description Series A Dabu Gizenga Box 128-1 This series contains some personal items of Thedra Dixon, mother of Dabu Gizenga (Jesse Dixon). It also contains correspondence, which for the most part concerns Gizenga's pursuit of information about Kwame Nkrumah. The series also contains questionnaires used to gather information about Kwame Nkrumah, notes used to conduct tape recorded interviews, other holographic notes and a type- script of a play entitled "Scotch Tape". Series B Kwame Nkrumah Box 128-1 This series has been arranged into related subseries. It is the largest series of the to Box 128-17 collection and contains information on Kwame Nkrumah and Ghana. The subseries contain newsclippings, pamphlets, journals, journal articles, and some correspondence. Some of the subject areas covered in these subseries include biographical information about Nkrumah; his speeches and writings; his "American years"; his education in the U.S. and England; and the coup which toppled Nkrumah from power. The subseries also contains articles and newsclippings which report Nkrumah's death in 1972. Series C File on Individuals Box 128-17 This series is primarily concerned with individuals who shared some relationship with Kwame Nkrumah. Included in this series are both friends and foe of Nkrumah. The files for the most part are newsclippings, and some contain correspondence. Notable individuals within this file include: Julius Nyerere, J. B. Danquah, C. L. R. James, George Padmore. There are some files in this series devoted to organizations such as the N.A.A.C.P., the Ku Klux Klan and others. Series D Pan-Africanism Box 128-21 This series is devoted to information collected about Pan-Africanism as both to Box 128-23 a theoretical and a practical movement. The series contains articles, journals, newsclippings, pamphlets, leaflets, and conference proceedings. Of special interest are folders which document the proceedings of the Sixth Pan-African Congress held in Tanzania in 1974. Series E Printed Material Box 128-24 This series is composed of journals, newspapers, pamphlets, and articles which to Box 128-25 cover a wide spectrum of interest. Much of the material in this series has a direct bearing on Africa and African affairs. The series is dominated by a large number of isolated journals. 4 Series Description Series F Photographs Box 128-26 This series contains photographs of Dabu Gizenga, Kwame Nkrumah, Nkrumahist Ghana, and post-coup Ghana. Other photographs in this series are of Lincoln University, a symposium on Nkrumahism held at Howard University in 1974, and students at Jackson State College. Series G Artifacts Box 128-26 This series consists of items from Nkrumahist Ghana: currency, stamps, Young Pioneer buttons and a scarf. The Young Pioneers were a Ghanaian Nkrumahist Youth Organization Series H Tape Recordings Box 128-27 This series consists primarily of cassette tapes. The tapes are of two types: (1) interviews conducted by Dabu Gizenga with people who knew or had impressions of Kwame Nkrumah; (2) speeches and programs about Nkrumah. The interviews comprise the largest amount of tape. Gizenga Conducted interviews with people in Africa, Jamaica, London, and the United States. Interviewees include Mrs. Marcus Garvey, Dr. Rayford Logan, C.L.R. James, Basil Davidson, and others. 5 Container List Series A Dabu Gizenga Box Folder 128-1 1 Personal Papers of Thedra Dixon 2 Correspondence A-Z 3 Questionnaire for Nkrumah research, information on questionnaire construction 4 Notes for tape interviews 5 "Scotch Tape" - a play 6 Notes on Consciencism 7 Notes from The Spark, Summer 1972 8 Notes from a class on Marxism-Leninism Series B Kwame Nkrumah 9 The Achievements of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, by Kweisi Yen 10 How Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Conquered Colonialism by J. E. Edu 11 Legend of Kwame Nkrumah - J. Beni-Bengor Blay 12 NDI Nzoputa Africa: Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, by F. C. Ogbalu 13 Bibliographies on Nkrumah 14 Bibliographies on Nkrumah 15 Bibliographies on Nkrumah 16 Biographical newsclippings 128-2 17 Biographical sketches 18 Films on Nkrumah 19 Dr. Nkrumah in the Struggle for Freedom a drama by Thomas Orlando Iguh 20 Poetry on Nkrumah Death of Nkrumah 21 The African World 22 Amanee 23 Black News 24 Black World, July 1972 25 Black World, July 1972 26 Bulletin D'information, No. 7 - Mai 1972 27 Daily Graphic 28 "The Death of Kwame Nkrumah" by Victor Du Bois 29 Editorials 30 FAREWELL AFRICA - John Alex-Hamah 31 Ghana Government press releases 32 Ghanaian Times 33 Ghanaian Times 34 Ghanaian Times 35 Horoya 6 Container List Series B Kwame Nkrumah continued Box Folder Death of Nkrumah 128-3 36 Journal articles 37 Journal articles 38 Legon Observer 39 Memorials 40 Newsclippings - April 1972 41 Newsclippings - May 1972 42 Newsclippings - June 1972 43 Newsclippings - July 1972 44 Newsclippings - August 1972 45 Newsclippings - 1973 46 Rumanian medical reports 47 Third World 48 Tri Continental 49 West Africa 50 The Wills of Dr. Nkrumah 51 Wire copy 52 Weekly Spectator 53 Zambia Daily Mail Education File 128-4 54 African Interpreter, April 1943 55 The African Interpreter, Summer 1943 56 The African Interpreter, Spring 1944 57 The African interpreter, February 1943 58 "Moses Armah and his friend Kwame Nkrumah," by Moses Armah 59 Education outlook, University of Pennsylvania 60 Transcripts and correspondence University of Pennsylvania 61 Howard University and Nkrumah 62 International African Opinion, July 1938 63 The Effect of Lincoln University Upon the Leaders of British West Africa, by Evelyn Rowand 64 Lincoln University - general information and notes 65 Lincoln University, 1930-1939 66 Lincoln University, 1940-1942 67 Lincoln University, 1943-1951 68 Lincoln University, 1952-1960 69 Lincoln University: The Lion. 1939, 1941, 1943, 1945 70 Lincoln Bulletin, Summer 1951 71 The New African 7 Container List Series B Kwame Nkrumah continued Box Folder Education File 128-4 72 Copies of the Kwame Nkrumah Papers from the National Archives of Ghana 73 Copies of the Kwame Nkrumah Papers from the National Archives of Ghana 128-5 74 Request for, and correspondence concerning financial aid. 1940-1945 75 The West African Moniter, 1949 76 Wasu Magazine 77 Young Nkrumah in the United Kingdom, 1945-1947 78 "Kwame Nkrumah: The American Years" by John H. Clarke 79 "A note on Nkrumah's American Experience," by Sherman Katz 80 Nkrumah and the Christian Experience, 1935-1945 Writings 81 The Big Lie 82 "Why The Spark?" 83 The Spectre of Black Power 84 The Struggle Continues 85 The Myths 86 The Way Out 87 Forwards to Books 88 Articles by Nkrumah 89 Articles by Nkrumah Speeches 90 Academy of Sciences dinner, Nov. 30, 1963. 91 The Accra Assembly, June 21, 1962 92 Address by Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah at the closing session of the Casablanca Conference - 7, January, 1961 93 Address to The Non-Aligned Countries Conference, 1964 94 Address to the National Assembly on African Affairs, Aug.
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