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The day in 1965 when Nkrumah unveiled 50 Russian cars to revolutionize public transport

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  • Simpa Panyin Nunoo M. 1 year ago

    How can "Russian cars" revolutionize transport? Russian cars are like tractors.

  • Amegahoho 1 year ago

    Ask again. It has been so many years after KNUST producing engineers yet we cannot manufacture our own and keep glamorizing imports from other countries. And those cars, those of us old enough know they did not last because t ...
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  • Winston 1 year ago

    At this point the Akyems and Ashanti's were plotting on Nkrumahs life. Today these same 2 groups are killing us.

  • Ghana Stinks 1 year ago

    Some idiots think we had internet during the 60s so they think 50 cars in the 60s is nothing comparing it to today rather than that time. Osiefu Akyem mafia is not new. DJ danquah Fraternity have been betraying us for decades ...
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  • 3hinta S3m 1 year ago

    Our visionary and legendary first president - Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was a man who thought deeply about the future of Ghana! Then Ghanaians made that serious by being deceived into voting for our current wee smoking presi ...
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  • Aristocrat 1 year ago

    They were the Sputnik vrand of cars but Ghanaians called them OPONKOR ABODAM

  • Aristocrat 1 year ago

    Point of Correction! They were VOLGA brand of cars, not Sputnik.

  • Amegahoho 1 year ago

    And Moskvich brand as well.

  • OZYMANDIAS 1 year ago

    Yes, I was in Secondary School Form 2 in Cape Coast. The taxis were known as PONKO ABODAM, literally meaning THE HORSE IS GONE MAD. They were robust, very versatile and had a lot of speed. The drivers wore white shirts, black ...
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  • Mort 1 year ago

    Nkrumah was a forward thinking President, not the ones we are now saddled with- corrupt, incompetent, tribalistic , “ Agyapadie “ seeking galamsayers -

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  • IBRAHIM 1 year ago

    Hmmmm! The only leader in Ghana's history.