You’ve heard the clips. Now hear the complete investigation.

In Episode 4 of The Shadow Files, Joshua T. Berglan follows the documentary trail surrounding Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s 1966 coup, and the role Western governments played in the political, economic, and informational pressure surrounding his removal.

The investigation begins in February 1964—two years before the coup—with a U.S. State Department proposal discussing an “Action Program for Ghana,” “psychological warfare,” and pressure that could contribute to Nkrumah’s downfall.

From there, the documents reveal American awareness of coup plotting, economic pressure intended to further weaken Nkrumah, the extraordinary statement that “the plotters are keeping us briefed,” British covert propaganda, intellige ...