Both nakruma and williams pointed to the united states as an exemplar, because it had used confederation to become the most powerful nation on earth. Of course, was and is a settler, colonialist nation and an imperialist one. What does their appeal to the us? Example reveal? Did these black leaders now govern in unitary nation states imposed upon rather plural societies,. all while seeking to create even larger federated polities? Situation served to facilitate internal colonization and imperialism.