# Episode 15: Kwame Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Post-Colonial Foreign Interference

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Podcast: [Under the Mat: A Dark History Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/under-the-mat-a-dark-history-podcast-7022252)
Published: 2025-04-28T06:01:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 804

## Resource

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