Nkrumah hated being challenged publicly – K B Asante

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Ebo Graham 10 years ago

President for life and life imprisonment for opponents. Nkrumad was a mad dictator

President for life and life imprisonment for opponents. Nkrumad was a mad dictator
Mr.N 10 years ago

Kwame Nkrumah was brutal dictator who hated every opposing view please K B Asante get the records right after all you are 90 years. Ghanaians should thank God for this day Feb 24, 1966. If you want to know how Ghana would if ...
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Kwame Nkrumah was brutal dictator who hated every opposing view please K B Asante get the records right after all you are 90 years. Ghanaians should thank God for this day Feb 24, 1966. If you want to know how Ghana would if this day had not happened Ghana will be like Robert Gabriel Mugabe's Zimbabwe. Kwame Nkrumah would have will all the country assets to his family and made his Children rulers.
Ben 10 years ago

God Bless Him.

God Bless Him.
facts 10 years ago

Today's CPP is not The CPP of old. The CPP was a one and the only one political party in Ghana. Today all other parties would have their share in that. Their assets cannot be given back to anyone political party today. NO CO ...
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Today's CPP is not The CPP of old. The CPP was a one and the only one political party in Ghana. Today all other parties would have their share in that. Their assets cannot be given back to anyone political party today. NO COURT IN GHANA CAN GIVE ANYTHING TO THEM LEGALLY!
Mahmoud 10 years ago

The British spy agency known as "Swift" had managed to infiltrate the inner circles of the Nkrumah government and not the opposition.

The British spy agency known as "Swift" had managed to infiltrate the inner circles of the Nkrumah government and not the opposition.
Saint Ghfuo: Nyantakyi must go! 10 years ago

Will your argue and bicker with your spouse, boss, parents, teacher in public? Ghana didn't deserve Nkrumah

Will your argue and bicker with your spouse, boss, parents, teacher in public? Ghana didn't deserve Nkrumah
DIAMOND 10 years ago

Well said.
Common management sense.
Why argue with your boss in public?
Only fools will do that.

Well said.
Common management sense.
Why argue with your boss in public?
Only fools will do that.
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

UNLESS ONE IS HUNGRY AND A THIEF NO NKRUMAIST WILL JOIN NDC. TRUE NKRUMAIST WILL NEVER ABANDON CPP! VOTE NDC OUT FOR A BETTER CPP AND NPP

UNLESS ONE IS HUNGRY AND A THIEF NO NKRUMAIST WILL JOIN NDC. TRUE NKRUMAIST WILL NEVER ABANDON CPP! VOTE NDC OUT FOR A BETTER CPP AND NPP
ODURO ASARE BRIGHT 10 years ago

BARRACK OBAMA

BARRACK OBAMA
justicepee 10 years ago

they should changed the stupid kotoka international airport,and make it nkrumah international airport, assholes,what kotoka did was pure evil, licking americans asses,hopeless man.they gained nothing,look at ghana now corrupt ...
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they should changed the stupid kotoka international airport,and make it nkrumah international airport, assholes,what kotoka did was pure evil, licking americans asses,hopeless man.they gained nothing,look at ghana now corruption taken over,

kwaku 10 years ago

God allowed K B Asante to live this long to tell this truth the real Kwame Nkrumah now we know this is from the horses mouth

God allowed K B Asante to live this long to tell this truth the real Kwame Nkrumah now we know this is from the horses mouth
LOGAN 10 years ago

wHAT DO U LEARN OUT OF THIS? tHOSE WHO OVERTHREW HIM HAVE THEY SOLVED OR PROBLEMS? iF nKRUMAH HAD LIVED HIS FULL SPAN OF LIFE WE WOULD NOT BE IN TROUBLE AS WE ARE IN NOW.wHO HAS BEEN ABLE TO PLAY THE ROLE AS AFRICA'S MAN OF D ...
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wHAT DO U LEARN OUT OF THIS? tHOSE WHO OVERTHREW HIM HAVE THEY SOLVED OR PROBLEMS? iF nKRUMAH HAD LIVED HIS FULL SPAN OF LIFE WE WOULD NOT BE IN TROUBLE AS WE ARE IN NOW.wHO HAS BEEN ABLE TO PLAY THE ROLE AS AFRICA'S MAN OF DESTINY?GHANIANS ARE TOO MUCH POWER DRUNK
k,no problem,a 10 years ago

kwaku how do you look at this? You don't challenge your superiors in public.It is never accepted anywhere. I believe the news paper is quoting KB out of context.If KB supports challenging superiors in public then he is a fool ...
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kwaku how do you look at this? You don't challenge your superiors in public.It is never accepted anywhere. I believe the news paper is quoting KB out of context.If KB supports challenging superiors in public then he is a fool.
BBC NEWS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

Cpp must come together with the great NDC party, to keep the tribalistic Npp Motorbikes thieves on opposition.

Cpp must come together with the great NDC party, to keep the tribalistic Npp Motorbikes thieves on opposition.
LOGAN 10 years ago

Unfortunately you are rather mad and do not understand the politics of the day .

Unfortunately you are rather mad and do not understand the politics of the day .
Dirty Muhammad 10 years ago

He was towing communist line.

He was towing communist line.
DIAMOND 10 years ago

Communist, you say?
Challenge your boss PUBLICLY in the most capitalistic environment and see your fate.

Communist, you say?
Challenge your boss PUBLICLY in the most capitalistic environment and see your fate.
Onipaba of Akyem Maase 10 years ago

Is Kwasi Pratt listening? We never saw Nkrumah before his demise. But the history seems distorted to make this man assume the level of infalibility. Whenever this man is criticized, Pratt pours venom. If a leader doesn't acce ...
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Is Kwasi Pratt listening? We never saw Nkrumah before his demise. But the history seems distorted to make this man assume the level of infalibility. Whenever this man is criticized, Pratt pours venom. If a leader doesn't accept criticism in privacy, he does same publicly. I'm with the opinion that, Nkrumah is the root cause of our present predicament. He lived on the glory of ignorance. He was never democratic.
Yaw 10 years ago

Akyem will always hate the liberator. In spite of all the hatred, it is only Nkrumah who is revered in Africa. Your steely disapproval of the African hero will not stick but his name shall always remain;Nkrumah never die.

Akyem will always hate the liberator. In spite of all the hatred, it is only Nkrumah who is revered in Africa. Your steely disapproval of the African hero will not stick but his name shall always remain;Nkrumah never die.
Koo Dwomo 10 years ago

The late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's overthrow was a necessary evil, CIA or not. Nkrumah was a despot, and Ghana just after independence did not need that after colonialism to dictatorship was worth it. Nkrumah will forever remain in ...
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The late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's overthrow was a necessary evil, CIA or not. Nkrumah was a despot, and Ghana just after independence did not need that after colonialism to dictatorship was worth it. Nkrumah will forever remain in the memories of Ghanaians for good and evil. To me personally, Dr. Nkrumah's overthrow was the only recognized best thing Ewes of Ghana ever gave to mother Ghana through the thoughtful leadership oF E.K. Kotoka, may his soul rest in peace.

Koo Dwomo 10 years ago

The late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's overthrow was a necessary evil, CIA or not. Nkrumah was a despot, and Ghana just after independence did not need that after colonialism to dictatorship wasn't worth it. Nkrumah will forever remain ...
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The late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's overthrow was a necessary evil, CIA or not. Nkrumah was a despot, and Ghana just after independence did not need that after colonialism to dictatorship wasn't worth it. Nkrumah will forever remain in the memory of Ghanaians for good and evil. To me personally, Dr. Nkrumah's overthrow was the only recognized best thing Ewes of Ghana ever gave mother Ghana throough the thoughtful leadership of E.K. Kotoka, may his soul rest in peace
Bomber 10 years ago

Can you read and understand? Kotoka, an Ewe. led the coup so why mention Akyem?

Can you read and understand? Kotoka, an Ewe. led the coup so why mention Akyem?
Onipaba of Akyem Maase 10 years ago

You call Nkrumah a liberator? You may have to see your great grand dad. At the time he was hustling abroad, did he care? In the United states, black Africans take advantage of their minority to mount demonstrations to seek fo ...
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You call Nkrumah a liberator? You may have to see your great grand dad. At the time he was hustling abroad, did he care? In the United states, black Africans take advantage of their minority to mount demonstrations to seek for ghost justice and freedom. Immigrants normally join this in order to gain favor that is not due them. Ask nkruma's ghost what was he doing abroad. Copying the likes of Lurher King jr and Malcom X but with selfish agenda. Let's use our heads to work out solutions. Nkrumah is nothing but and imposed myth to the ignorant.
Close Observer 10 years ago

PRATT AND HIS LONG FANGS.

IS IT NOT CLEAR THAT THE USELESS NDC PARTY CANNOT DO ANYTHING GOOD? VOTE THEM OUT IN 2016.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE INSULTED BY PEOPLE YOU HAVE EMPLOYED WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW YOUR MONEY IS SP ...
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PRATT AND HIS LONG FANGS.

IS IT NOT CLEAR THAT THE USELESS NDC PARTY CANNOT DO ANYTHING GOOD? VOTE THEM OUT IN 2016.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE INSULTED BY PEOPLE YOU HAVE EMPLOYED WHEN YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW YOUR MONEY IS SPENT.

NDC DOES NOT WANT TO HEAR PROBITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ANYMORE.

GHANAIANS have given 26 years out of the country's 58 years to the NDC PARTY. We have seen nothing, but USELESS RULE. THEY ARE NOW KILLING SMALL BUSINESSES. VOTE THEM OUT IN 2016

YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE WHO HAVE PLANS TO BANK MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BEFORE THEY QUIT POLITICS TO LEAD YOU; they won't have time for you, they will be taking care of their own.
NEITHER DO YOU WANT PEOPLE WHO WILL WEAR LADIES GARMENT ON FOREIGN TRIPS.
THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DISGRACE YOU.
To get your life back and be respected all over the world VOTE NDC OUT IN 2016
VOTE THE CLUELESS, NO VISION, IDEAS STARVED AND HOPELESS YOUNG MAN OUT IN 2016
ANTI-KWESI PRATT 10 years ago

he was a real life communist who had his critics detained several times...he ordered the killing and exile of Ghanaians

he was a real life communist who had his critics detained several times...he ordered the killing and exile of Ghanaians
Yaw 10 years ago

If people will shoot at u, throw bombs at u when they can wait for the next election to contest u, all u have to do is disband them, throw them in jail and stop their foolishness. An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. I would ...
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If people will shoot at u, throw bombs at u when they can wait for the next election to contest u, all u have to do is disband them, throw them in jail and stop their foolishness. An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. I would have surely done worst.
CORNEY 10 years ago

The reason why he was overthrown is this type of mindset,he was doing that and eventually God pulled the plug and he was removed,throwing people in jail without trial is inhuman.

The February 24 was the actual Ghana's Libe ...
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The reason why he was overthrown is this type of mindset,he was doing that and eventually God pulled the plug and he was removed,throwing people in jail without trial is inhuman.

The February 24 was the actual Ghana's Liberation day which we should be celebrating in grand style.
ama ghana 10 years ago

All around the globe , whether democratic or not which first citizen is happy to be challenged or even critized without merit. Pls tell me. After 24 feb 1966 coup, has ghana made any progress? Still the salt that seasond afri ...
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All around the globe , whether democratic or not which first citizen is happy to be challenged or even critized without merit. Pls tell me. After 24 feb 1966 coup, has ghana made any progress? Still the salt that seasond africa and ghana and that is nkrumah
CORNEY 10 years ago

It is hard for appointees to challenge any leader anywhere publicly but this KB Asante guy is only making us to believe Nkrumah was very good only that he hated to be challenged by his appointees publicly but the fact is tha ...
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It is hard for appointees to challenge any leader anywhere publicly but this KB Asante guy is only making us to believe Nkrumah was very good only that he hated to be challenged by his appointees publicly but the fact is that the man didn't want anybody to challenge him either privately or publicly,his opponents could not challenge him and his appointees could not challenge him privately,the guy became a god,he was voodoo that people worshipped,you dare not say anything bad about him or his government,this was the guy who didn't have a deputy throughout his reign because he did not believe in succession,he thought he could rule forever,he didn't even think about death to select somebody to succeed him should he pass away.
Gye Nyame 10 years ago

@Ama: The economy was already in the gutter by about 1964. Nkrumah was the first to ask for an IMF bailout and tell Ghanaians to tighten their belts. By the time of the coup the coffers were empty.

@Ama: The economy was already in the gutter by about 1964. Nkrumah was the first to ask for an IMF bailout and tell Ghanaians to tighten their belts. By the time of the coup the coffers were empty.

Kwadwo 10 years ago

It is refreshing to hear an insider like Mr Asante publicly reveal a flaw of Nkrumah. This is what ardent Nkrumaists refuse do and justify everything he did on articles posted on Ghanaweb. To them, "Nkrumah does no wrong", ...
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It is refreshing to hear an insider like Mr Asante publicly reveal a flaw of Nkrumah. This is what ardent Nkrumaists refuse do and justify everything he did on articles posted on Ghanaweb. To them, "Nkrumah does no wrong", and those who opposed him at the time were villains, specifically JB Danquah. They have even labelled him a ' terrorist", 'CIA asset" and state that his incarceration without charge or trial and death in prison was justifiable. This is unconscionable to me.
Kowadis 10 years ago

Why don't you show us which leader "likes" being "publicly opposed"?

Busia, the champion of "freedom", FIRED Cameron Duodu for his "NO DIALOGUE" screamer in the Daily Graphic, when PP was in power!

Why don't you show us which leader "likes" being "publicly opposed"?

Busia, the champion of "freedom", FIRED Cameron Duodu for his "NO DIALOGUE" screamer in the Daily Graphic, when PP was in power!
4 Year Old 10 years ago

Which past or present leader likes being challenged in public?

Which past or present leader likes being challenged in public?
CONCERNED GHANAIAN 10 years ago

Mr. K.B.ASANTE is not almost 90-year-old as the report says: he celebrated his 90th Birthday last year.
Ghanaians will realize his worth after he has passed away. We should count ourselves blessed to have him still with us, ...
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Mr. K.B.ASANTE is not almost 90-year-old as the report says: he celebrated his 90th Birthday last year.
Ghanaians will realize his worth after he has passed away. We should count ourselves blessed to have him still with us, and stop associating him with such insults as "CANNOT THINK". I wonder how many among us do "THINK"?
Mr. Smith 10 years ago

Kowadis, I will raise hell even if my wife does that in public. I may not allow it at home either. No boss no matter how small the business is will allow that. Is KB not human? Total rubbish!!

Kowadis, I will raise hell even if my wife does that in public. I may not allow it at home either. No boss no matter how small the business is will allow that. Is KB not human? Total rubbish!!
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Kwadwo,

There is nothing strange about this. Whoopi Goldberg, Mill Maher, and Dan Rather, to mention but three, lost their jobs for publicly challenging George W. Bush.

In fact, I have not known of a single leader who l ...
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Kwadwo,

There is nothing strange about this. Whoopi Goldberg, Mill Maher, and Dan Rather, to mention but three, lost their jobs for publicly challenging George W. Bush.

In fact, I have not known of a single leader who loves being challenged in publicl. NOT ONE.

Even President Obama once got mad at one of his top advisors when he [David Axelrod] tried to tell Pres. Obama in private what to do or how he should go about debating Mitt Romney (See Axelrod's book "Believer: My 40 Years in Politics").

And as for J.B. Danquah, please don't bring him into this. The man could not stand Nkrumah anywhere. He was not Nkrumah's equal in any field of human endeavor. Danquah cried like a baby when he went to prison.

Mind you, Danquah did not have what it takes to chllenge Nkrumah. Nkrumah and the CPP whipped him in 1954 and 1956 in Danquah's own constituency, Central Akyem Abuakwa! Nkrumah whipped him again in 1960. Finally, Nkrumah whipped him again when he took over the UGCC when Danquah (and the others) did not have a clue what organizational management meant in practice. Forget Danquah!

In other words, whenever it got rough with the Colonial Government Danquah (and the others) shunned Nkrumah fearing he could be sent to prison. Don't bring up the name "Danquah" when we are dealing with brave, visionary, and prescient men and women.

In the end what Asante has said is typical of most, if not all, leaders in the West/Non-West! This will only appear strange to you if you are not a student of "leadership," politics, and statecraft. Thus, he is merely saying what is a comon practice in statecraft!

Thanks.
Yaw 10 years ago

Mr. Kwarteng
For God's sake why do you think every body should have been prepared to hand their liberty to KWame Nkrumah?

Barely two years after independence Nkrumah was throwing people into prison without trial. Should a ...
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Mr. Kwarteng
For God's sake why do you think every body should have been prepared to hand their liberty to KWame Nkrumah?

Barely two years after independence Nkrumah was throwing people into prison without trial. Should all of us thank Nkrumah for that?

Nkrumah was an ordinary fallible human so please stop worshipping him
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

You want me to hero-worship Danquah? And who is hero-worshing Nkrumah? I don't know of any individual who hero-worships Nkrumah?

What I am saying is this: Asante's statement is typical of every leader, if not typical of h ...
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You want me to hero-worship Danquah? And who is hero-worshing Nkrumah? I don't know of any individual who hero-worships Nkrumah?

What I am saying is this: Asante's statement is typical of every leader, if not typical of humanity! Most human beings I know of won't like to be challenged in public, even in private. I gave you the examples of Bush and Obama.

Saddam Hussein's overthrow by the West more than anything else stems from his public challenge to Western leaders, though he had been a darling of the West in the 8-year Iran-Iraq War.

So let us not hypocrtitically deal with Nkrumah as though what Asante is saying is only unique to him [Nkrumah]. We all saw in my last article how Danquah and Ofori Atta used Distict Commissioner W.K.A. Jones (Colonial Police) to beat up and arrest citizens of Akyem Abuakwa who publicly challenged Danquah and Ofori Atta! Was I hero-worshing Danquah when I brought this up in my latest essay?

What nonesense is this? It is a trait of Nkrumah but not Danquah! Let us stop this nonsense. Please next time you the moniker you are well known for!

Thanks.
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Yaw,

Like I said before, what Asante said is done everywhere. It is part and parcel of statecraft.

Government appointees swear oath (of secrecy) to the presidency to serve it and from there go on to work at the pleasure ...
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Yaw,

Like I said before, what Asante said is done everywhere. It is part and parcel of statecraft.

Government appointees swear oath (of secrecy) to the presidency to serve it and from there go on to work at the pleasure of the presidency. Again this is done everywhere.

It is quite different when it is a member of the opposition or a member of parliament whose political party the president/incumbent represents. Government appointees are entirely a different picture.

That is why in certain countries government appointees leave for other countries where they publicly criticize governments whose cabinet they were formally members of.

A diplomat like Asante should have known this. Maybe commentators are making to much of something that is part of everyday statecraft.

Go to Obama's and Bush's (let me mention the most recent US governments) and you will see that what Asante is saying is associated with administrations of Obama/Bush.

Oh Ghana!
Opium Wars 10 years ago

francis Kwarteng, I suggest you read: "The Destruction of Black Civilization" and "The Rebirth of African Civilization" by Chancellor Williams, if you have not done so already. And whiles you are at it, take a look at the "Op ...
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francis Kwarteng, I suggest you read: "The Destruction of Black Civilization" and "The Rebirth of African Civilization" by Chancellor Williams, if you have not done so already. And whiles you are at it, take a look at the "Open Society and its Enemies" by K. Popper.

I believe these works will help to re-orient you and wake you up from your pseudo-scientific thinking and slumber.

Nkrumah is our hero too, but let us admit, he made some mistakes and not just cover them up. For by acknowledging his mistakes, we show that he is human and therefore liable to err.
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Opium Wars,

I read William Chancellor's "The Destruction of Black Civilization" in 1997? I have also read all his other books.

I have also read Popper's "Open Society and Its Enemies." I even referenced Popper's book i ...
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Opium Wars,

I read William Chancellor's "The Destruction of Black Civilization" in 1997? I have also read all his other books.

I have also read Popper's "Open Society and Its Enemies." I even referenced Popper's book in my critique of Philip Baidoo, Jr.'s article on Ghanaweb about two months ago.

Opium Wars, you should go to Ghanaweb and check out my article "RE: NNRUMAHISM'S SOCIALISM: FULL OF IDEAS, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK," DECEMBER 30, 2014, and you should see me mention Popper's book. Then see my Ghanaweb article "THE HISTORICAL ROOTS AND LEGACY OF RELIGIOUS TERRORISM-PART 2," October 13, 2013, and I mention Chancellor Williams.

Popper had been seriosult critiqued for misreading Plato, etc. Besides, Popper's book in question has provided philosophical foundation for many wrongs to be done around the world (by mostly Western institutions) in the name of democracy, etc.

So, what is the point of mentioning Popper's and Chancellor's books? As for Chancellor's book, those Chancellor "blames" for destroying African civilizations are non-African. Unless you mean the strategies Chancellor's outlined at the close of the book for making the African world better!

If that is the case, then that was excatly Nkrumah was doing. You can't read Chancellor Williams without reading Nkrumah. Read Nkrumah's speech "The African Genius" and his book "Cosnciencism: Philosophy and Ideology for Decolonization" (if you haven't already) and you will know what I am saying!

Nkrumah is the best Africa has had in the past last millions years! In other words, Popper's and Chancellor's works are irrelevant to what Asante is saying. What Asante is saying is part and parcel of diplomacy and statecraft.

I don't need Popper's and Chacellor's works to tell me that! Chancellor lived in a so-called l"iberal democracy" that denied Africans/blacks their humanity! This "liberal democracy" that Popper's work describes has been behind coups, installment of dictartorships around the world, Apartheid, Jim Crowism, funded proponets of Nazism and Communists, human experiments, colonialism, imperailism, Scramble for Africa, etc.

In fact, Popper's "liberal democracy" implemented what Harriet Washington describes in her famous book "MEDICAL APARTHEID: THE DAR HISTORY OF MEDICAL EXPERIMENATION ON BLACK AMERICANS FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT," James Jones' "BAD BLOOD: THE TUSKAGEE SYPHILIS EXPERIMENT," Douglass Blackmon's "SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME: THE RE-ENSLAVEMENT OF BLACK AMERICANS FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO WORLD WAR 11," Michelle Alexander's "THE NEW JIM CROW: MASS INCARCERATION IN THE AGE OF COLORBLINDNESS," David Olusoga's/Casper Erichsen's "THE KAISER'S HOLOCAUST: GERMANY'S FORGOTTEN GENOCIDE AND THE COLONIAL ROOTS OF NAZISM," Adam Hochschild's "KING LEOPOLD GHOST: A STORY OF GREED, TERROR, AND HEROISM IN COLONIAL AFRICA."

Popper's "liberal democracy" or open society produced what these short lists of well-known scholarly works describe. Therefore, Popper doesn't have to tell me what his "open soecity" is capable of doing or has done to human civilization, history, etc!

Thanks.
Opium Wars 10 years ago

francis kwarteng, I think they are very much relevant, inasmuch as, from our last exchanges, and from what you seem to be saying here, you appear to take certain things for granted. And in your usual fallacious and specious w ...
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francis kwarteng, I think they are very much relevant, inasmuch as, from our last exchanges, and from what you seem to be saying here, you appear to take certain things for granted. And in your usual fallacious and specious way of reasoning, you take certain things for granted and compare the rot in Western Societies to that of Africa when it suits you. This will not do.

For most of the examples you give to support your arguments, to my mind, are "luxuries" which Africa and Africans cannot afford. Hence the importance of curbing the infighting.

With regard to Popper, it is to make your assessment of Nkrumah more critical than you have hitherto done; and for you not to follow some blind idolization and adoration of Nkrumah than is warranted. Like I said: Nkrumah is our hero too. But he made mistakes. Let's accept that.

You shoot yourself in the foot when you say: "Chancellor lived in a so-called liberal democracy" that denied Africans/blacks their humanity!... human experiments, colonialism, imperailism, Scramble for Africa, etc."

And these are the bitter lessons which therefore asks us to learn in order to get "our ducks in a row" and stop the foolishness of infighting amongst ourselves.
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Opium Wars,

Are you on opiate? You have still not demonstrated to me why Chancellor's work has any relevance to what Asante is saying!

Then again, what has Chancellor's Williams work got to do with infighting among Afr ...
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Opium Wars,

Are you on opiate? You have still not demonstrated to me why Chancellor's work has any relevance to what Asante is saying!

Then again, what has Chancellor's Williams work got to do with infighting among Africans?

Williams' work essentially deals with how "outsiders" destroyed African civilizations and here you are talking about infighting among Africans.

How exactly does Williams work explain infighting among Africans in the specific areas where non-Africans destroyed African civilizations more than 7,000 years ago?

What scientifically irrelevant connections are you drawing between Williams' work and infighting among Africans? Could you stop making non-existent comparisons and vacuous references by showing me where in the book (edition, page number, etc) he specifically referred to the destruction of African civilization as being due to infighting among Africans?

Which ethnic/racial group on the planet are exempt from infighting? What sort of specious, irrelevant, and hollow comparison is this?

Tell me what how Popper's "liberal democracy" or "open society" came/come to be associated with most of the heinous crimes in human history, at least in the past 500 years---slavery, scientific racism, colonialism, imperialism, annihilation of Native Americans and Australian Aborigines, Jim Crowism, Racial Profiling, Apartheid, Scramble for Africa, World War 1/World War 2, Planting Dictators around the World, Overthrowing Liberal Regimes That Do Not Represent Western Interest?

Tell me why Popper's "liberal democracy" or "open society" came to be associated with the heinous crimes described in these books:

1) MEDICAL APARTHEID: THE DAR HISTORY OF MEDICAL EXPERIMENATION ON BLACK AMERICANS FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT (Harriet Washington)

2)BAD BLOOD: THE TUSKAGEE SYPHILIS EXPERIMENT (James Jones)

3) SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAME: THE RE-ENSLAVEMENT OF BLACK AMERICANS FROM THE CIVIL WAR TO WORLD WAR 11 ( Douglass Blackmon)

4)THE NEW JIM CROW: MASS INCARCERATION IN THE AGE OF COLORBLINDNESs (Michelle Alexander)

5) THE KAISER'S HOLOCAUST: GERMANY'S FORGOTTEN GENOCIDE AND THE COLONIAL ROOTS OF NAZISM (David Olusoga/Casper Erichsen)

6)KING LEOPOLD GHOST: A STORY OF GREED, TERROR, AND HEROISM IN COLONIAL AFRICA (Adam Hochschild)

7)DARK CONTINENT: EUROPE'S TWNETIETH CENTURY (Mark Mazower)

Now tell me that tell me how the way non-Africans destroyed African civilizations got to do with Asante's statment?

Now tell me evils assocaited with Popper's "liberal democracy" or "open society" got to do with what Asante is saying?

Now tell me what non-Africans who destroyed African civilizations some 7,000 years ago got to do with Nkrumah's political appointees challenging him in public, something that is part and parcel of statecraft as practiced in the Westnon-West?

Explain to me why Popper's "liberal democracy" or "open society" continues to deny black people their rights in America? Explain to me why Popper's "liberal democracy" oe "open society" like America's continues to send in droves black men/women to prison for crimes fo which white men/women are set free?

Tell me what correlations, if any, these abberations got to do with Nkrumah disaproving of his political appointees who challenge him in public? Tell me about the direct correlations.

I don't want to hear you talk about remote irrelevancies and uncorrelated irrelevancies. And as for me my reading of Popper and Chancellor says nothing about Nkrumah disproving of his his political appointees who publicly challenged him! THERE ARE NO LESSONS THERE IN THEIR WORKS FOR ME WHERE WHAT ASANTE'S SAYS HAS ANY RELEVANCE.

It is the same intellectually weak Danquah "su ma" and unscientific argument you are rehashing here, with its tired Mary Lefkowitz that, Mary Lefkowitz that, you are bringing up again.

You are not even telling me how Mary Lefkowitz and several others on the right/conservative have attacked Chacellor Williams' "Destruction of Black Civilization." Why have you refused telling me that, or you did not know Lefkowitz and several others have attacked this work as well for its alleged a-historicity and unscientific interpretation of classical scholarship?

Are you going to tell me how Nkrumah set out to execute the systematic programs Chancellor suggests at the end of the book, which he titled as "THE BLACK WORLD AT THE CROSSRODAS," "ORGANIZING A RACE FOR ACTION," and most importantly "THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME: A MASTER PLAN" until your Daquanhs, Busias, Kotokas, Afrifas, Obetsebi-Lamptey's, and the National Liberation Movement, etc., destroyed everything?

And do I care if Nkrumah is your hero too, and whther he made mistakes? No. They do not matter to me in the least. In other words, they do not matter to what Asante is saying.

What matters to me is your telling me in no uncertain terms what the works of Chancellor and Popper got to say about Asante's claim that Nkrumah did not like his political appointees challenging him in public (a claim that defines the norm in diplomacy and statecraft)! Please, until then, stop disturbing my ears with irrelevancies and circling around uncorrelated contentions and unscientific vacuities, for they are not helping your case.

For your information, the Bush Administration made sure Dan Rather, Whoopi Goldber, and Bill Maher lost their jobs when they publicly challenged/poked fun at Bush, etc. You can read the sources I gave Kwodwo for further information. This happened in Popper's "liberal democracy" or "open society."

Stop your fallacious and specious arguments and tell give an answers based on direct correlations. I do not want to read your circumlocutory diversions and nonissues. They are all irrelevant!

What has this got to do with infighting among Americans where people lose their jobs because they happen to publicly challenge a sitting president on an unpopular war? Maybe Chancellor Williams' and Poppers' works have the answers where infighting among Americans are concerned.

As for me my scientific, mathematical, philosophical, psychological, and management backgrounds tell me that "infighting" is the engine for progress and innovativeness!

Thanks.
Opium Wars 10 years ago

francis kwarteng, it appears your grasp of Chancellor Williams works is tenuous at best. Read Chapter XVI, Direction of Civilization in the "Rebirth of African Civilization"
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francis kwarteng, it appears your grasp of Chancellor Williams works is tenuous at best. Read Chapter XVI, Direction of Civilization in the "Rebirth of African Civilization"
and then you will see the connection I am trying to draw.

Williams like Popper shows the pseudo-scientific nature of Marxism.

Now, let us agree to disagree that infighting is detrimental to our progress. What I believe in is, critical discussions which are catalyst, and not brutal dictatorship that says: I know best and all others are wrong.
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Opium Wars,

Are you still on opiate? No, I don't have to agree to disagree with you since you have no clue what you are talking about…Hahahahahaha. How do you read my brother Opium Wars (not an insult; just want to know) ...
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Opium Wars,

Are you still on opiate? No, I don't have to agree to disagree with you since you have no clue what you are talking about…Hahahahahaha. How do you read my brother Opium Wars (not an insult; just want to know)?

I HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED YOU ARE CLUELESS ON THE MATTERS YOU DICUSS. HERE IS WHY (Read these books):

1) Wall Street and the Rise of Nazism (Antony C. Sutton)

2) Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution (Antony C. Sutton)

3) Western Technology and Soviet Economic Development (THREE VOLUMES; 1917-1930; 1930-1945; 1945-1965; Antony C. Sutton)

4) Hydra in America: Suppressed History of a Century (Wall Street and the Rise of the Fourth Reich; Glen Yeadon)

5) IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America’s Most Powerful Corporation (Edwin Black)

6) Nazi Nexus: America’s Corporate Connections to Hitler’s Holocaust (Edwin Black)

THE FIRST FOUR BOOKS WILL GIVE CLASSIFIED DATE FROM CONGRESSINAL INVESTIGATION RECORDS, STATE DEPARTMENT, CIA/FBI DECLASSIFIED DATA,LETTERS, ETC., AND ADDITIONAL DECLASSIFIED DATA FROM RUSSIA, GERMANY, AND THE REST OF THE WEST. So you see, there is so much between America/West versus Communism/Nazism that Karl Popper did not tell you in his book. Like I have repeatedly told and several others, you can never discuss the birth of Nazism and Communism without talking about Wall Street and industrial capitalists from America and the West in general. Their money and technology helped give birth to Nazism and Communism.

Then you will know Popper's "liberal democracy" or 'open society" funded the rise of Nazism and Communism. And you know what else? I always ask people not just to read. I just don't read. I ASK THEM TO READ CRITICALLY INCLUDING PERFORMING SOURCE CRITICISM. I always question the backgrounds of writers (education, environment, class, sources, etc) to know why they write the way they write and what they write!

In other words, did Karl Popper have the declassified data that Antony C. Sutton, Glen Yeadon, and Edwin Black relied on to write their books? Probably not if not outright NO. What you, Opium Wars, does is to just read without the benefit of critical reading and source criticism (I am not saying this as an insult; you know me. I am merely having fun with you and the topic at stake)!

Karl Popper did not know that American/Western financial and political institutions had funded Nazism and Communism and thereby helped give birth to Nazism and Communism by so doing! That is why Antony C. Sutton and Glen Yeadon used the verb "RISE."

Let me give you one quick example: Try reading extensively about the US Kilgore Committee (the 1940s), the so-called Subcommittee on War Mobilization of the Military Affairs Committee, to see US industrial capitalists (Wall Street; and also from the West) provided heavy financial and technological resources to Nazis (and Communists) helping to give birth to Nazism and Communism. Karl Popper did not discuss this in his book.

Let me ask again: How do you read Opium Wars? Have you forgotten I asked you to read Nkrumah's "The African Genius" and "Consciencism: Philosophy and Ideology for Decolonization," just this two? Just these two works by Nkrumah should tell you all you need to know about what both Nkrumah and Chancellor calls "Rebirth of African Civilization."

I told you on a different occasions that Nkrumah was doing exactly what Chancellor Williams and several others, including Drs. Kwame Botwe-Asamoah, Ama Mazama, Cheikh Anta Diop, Theophile Obenga, Kofi Kissi Dompere, and several others have called "Rebirth of African Civilization." Others prefer to it African Renaissance. MIND YOU, ALL THESE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT ASANTE SAID ABOUT NKRUMAH AND HIS POLITICAL APPOINTEES CHALLENGING HIM PUBLIC.

I am also surprised you did not see Chancellor's "Rebirth of African Civilization" and his later chapters "THE BLACK WORLD AT THE CROSSROADS," ORGANIZING A RACE FOR ACTION," "THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME: A MASTER PLAN." Go and read Nkrumah's "The African Genius," his seminal theories on the African Union, African Command, his four-set resolutions (authored with Du Bois and others) for the United Nations before he left the US for Britain, and his "Consciencism" and "The African Genius" and you will see where Chancellor's "master plan" and "organizing a race for action" and Nkrumah's grand plans intersect. REMEMBER THAT MYOPIC POLITICIANS LIKE DANQUAH, BUSIA, OBETWEBI-LAMPTEY, MODESTO APALOO, AFRIFA, KOTOKA, SG ANTOR, AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT (THAT IS, BUSIA AND DANQUAH) DESTROYED THESE PROGRESSSIVE AGENDA NKRUMAH HAD FOR THE BLACK WORLD.

Don't worry, my dear brother. We are all exchanging ideas and this should not lead to animosity between us. Sometimes the language will get harsh and uncomfortable but it is still part of the game of debating.

What I want to say in ending is that people like Busia, Danquah, Kotoka, and Afrifa did more harm to Africa than most people are willing to admit because of ethnic and political reasons. Nkrumah was the best that happened to Africa. Busia, Danquah, Kotoka, Afrifa, etc., were the worst that happened to Africa.

Listen to Bob Marley’s “Wake Up and Live!”

Have a great week.
Opium Wars 10 years ago

francis kwarteng, what you have just demonstrated and shown us, is your state of mind - pretending to be knowledgeable on matters that frankly goes way beyond you.

Let me state my position again. I am an Africanist whose ...
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francis kwarteng, what you have just demonstrated and shown us, is your state of mind - pretending to be knowledgeable on matters that frankly goes way beyond you.

Let me state my position again. I am an Africanist whose main concern is with Africa and the well being of Africans. Hence, anyone who is in this way inclined, is my co-worker.

The authorities you cite to do with Nazism and Communism etc., have no weight with me. This is simply because their concerns are far removed from ours.

Now, what K.B Asante is saying is that Nkrumah did not like being challenged in public. This in itself is no big deal since propriety demands it. However, from the history, we see this takes a sinister turn when, for example, all opposition and dissent are silenced and the intolerance becomes totalitarianism. And this, is what you fail to see.

Nkrumah as I keep telling you, is my hero too. Nevertheless, unlike you, I call him out where I see failings. I do not bury my head in the sand and try and justify his short-comings. This then, in a nutshell, is the general thrust of my argument. Throwing in Popper is to do with his critique of pseudo-scientists. (Please note: we deal with issues and not prejudices.)

I do not know what your problem with Danquah is, but as I keep telling you, he is also our hero for the reasons I mentioned to you sometime ago. And no amount of your "emotionalism" can change that.

It has gotten to a point where we can only agree to disagree, because you are not saying anything useful to advance your argument. Persisting therefore can only lead to the swapping of prejudices. This something I try to avoid.

In conclusion, let me say that the African Renaissance is possible without totalitarianism nor pseudo scientists of any sort.
k,no problem,a 10 years ago

Kwarteng, you are the greatest.

Kwarteng, you are the greatest.
macho 10 years ago

don't you think you are pseudo scientist yourself?... asking that we focus on someone's flaws as a way of showing that he is human(a fact that we already know) is a total waste of time.. an exercise of that nature should only ...
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don't you think you are pseudo scientist yourself?... asking that we focus on someone's flaws as a way of showing that he is human(a fact that we already know) is a total waste of time.. an exercise of that nature should only be made so that lessons would be learnt but not to dishonor anyone. k b asante only want lessons to be learnt and not to politicize
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Macho,

It is a "flaw" only when you are ignorant about diplomacy, politics, and statecraft. K.B. Asante may be confused because what he is saying is not a flaw.

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Macho,

It is a "flaw" only when you are ignorant about diplomacy, politics, and statecraft. K.B. Asante may be confused because what he is saying is not a flaw.

It is a normal practice in diplomacy, politics, and statecraft. In other words it is done everywhere, it being the norm in modern politics, statecraft, and diplomacy.

It is unfortunate because that ignorance on your part makes you a pseudo-political scientist. I say this because what Asante is saying is not a flaw, but rather, an idea that is public knowledge in the realms of modern politics, statecraft, and diplomacy.

Alas, some uninformed commentators are reading too much into Asante's comment because they have no idea it is the norm in politics. Get any good text on politics, statecraft, and diplomacy. It is all there!

Have a good day!
Kwadwo 10 years ago

Francis, what Asante is talking about suggest " how dare you attitude"of Nkrumah. It suggests megalomania. He felt omnipotent and this explains his delusional fantasies of power that manifested in his loud cry for African uni ...
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Francis, what Asante is talking about suggest " how dare you attitude"of Nkrumah. It suggests megalomania. He felt omnipotent and this explains his delusional fantasies of power that manifested in his loud cry for African unity and his need to allow parliament to declare him president for life. It further explains why he locked up members of his cabinet and some opposition without trial or charge. He simply couldn't stand dissent in public. This is atypical and not found in the western leaders you cited. Obama and Bush receive scathing crictism all the time.
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Kwadwo,

I wonder if you live in the US and follow news like I do. Sometimes I am so shocked about you "ignorance"(i DON'T USE THE WORD AS AN INSULT, HENCE IN QUOTES) of certain controversies in the public domain.Go to ABC ...
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Kwadwo,

I wonder if you live in the US and follow news like I do. Sometimes I am so shocked about you "ignorance"(i DON'T USE THE WORD AS AN INSULT, HENCE IN QUOTES) of certain controversies in the public domain.Go to ABC News and listen to waht the Bush Administration did to her carreer (Link: abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/multi-million-dollar-high-rise-penthouse-29177656).

You should get more info here: www.google.com/search?biw=1280&bih=545&noj=1&sclient=psy-ab&q=whoopi+goldberg+and+george+bush&oq=whoopi+goldberg+AND+GEORGE+&gs_l=serp.1.1.0i22i30l7.1375.4750.1.6719.12.12.0.0.0.0.266.1891.1j7j4.12.0....0...1c.1.19.serp.vlUoE_JFrtY&gws_rd=ssl).

Read the one on Dan Rather (Link: www.mediaite.com/tv/dan-rather-defends-george-bush-report-slams-corporate-owned-media-on-real-time/). Get Mill Maher interviews Dan Rather what what the Bush Administration did to his career (Mill Maher interviewed him on his show "REAL TIME").

You can also go to ABC and find out ehat Mill Maher said there which made the Bush Administration go after him. PLEASE DON'T COME BACK AND TELL ME YOU DID NOT WATCH THESE. YOU ARE FOND OF RUNNING AWAY FROM EVIDENCE WHEN YOU ASK FOR THEM.

If you are a student of diplomacy, politics, and statecraft, then you should know what Asante is saying is the norm!

Thus, he hasn't said anything new. I have known this even before "coming of age." Pick any good text on politics and read it.

It is all there. If you want give me some time and will get you a good textbook (one I have read before) on this question. Interestingly, I spoke at llength with an American-based Ghanaian professor who used to teach these topics.

American Admistrations (Western adminisrations) fire appointees all the time for reasons such as public criticism, etc. Some in the Bush Adminstration either lost their jobs, demoted, transfered to departments they did not like, etc., for publicly challenging/questioning the Bush Administration on America's lack of evidence justifying his the Iraq War, etc.

The Spanish Jurist (judge) who has been publicly challenging the Spanish government (and leading an international team of jurists) to indict the Bush Administration for war crimes, Kwadow, what do you think has since happened to him at the hands of the Spanish government?

For your assignment get me this Spanish jurist name and what the Spanish government has done to his career! Sometimes I wonder the planet and century you Kwadwo live in!

Finally, you need to dedicate a large portion of your reading hours consuming memoirs of men and women who have worked with varous administrations in the American governments across the decades, even centuries, to see who was fired. I don't have the time to get a reading list. This is something you can do on your own.

Give me me time!
Adote 10 years ago

Mr. Corney, my friend, please, let's stop this Ghanaian sickness of putting our heads in the sand to supporting or criticizing one party or another, with no logical thinking process. Whatever Dr. Nkrumah's faults were he disp ...
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Mr. Corney, my friend, please, let's stop this Ghanaian sickness of putting our heads in the sand to supporting or criticizing one party or another, with no logical thinking process. Whatever Dr. Nkrumah's faults were he displayed real love for Ghana; rapid Industrialization (GIHOC Industries) to create jobs for Ghanaians in most of the regions. Tell me which Industries Rawlings, Kuffour, and Mahama have built to create jobs for Ghanaians, they rather destroyed what Nkrumah built and you call that Liberation of Ghana, rather, they made themselves and their families rich at the expense of Ghanaians. It is laughable and pathetic to think that Liberation and Freedom is what is going on in Ghana now, when civility is gone to the dogs, you insult and disrespect each other at the drop of a pin, freedom should be checked, otherwise, the society will degenerate and we will have another Somalia in Ghana. You are annoyed at Nkrumah because he put people who were throwing bombs, killing innocent Ghanaians, in jail. What a PITY! At least during Nkrumah's time water flowed in the pipes mounted at some strategic places in the cities/towns everyday. What do you have now, after your Liberation? IT IS REALLY SAD.
CORNEY 10 years ago

First of all,Nkrumah became a prime minister and later a president inheriting a country that had no debt but left debt behind,nobody is saying he did not do anything for the country but he became a tyrant which destroyed the ...
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First of all,Nkrumah became a prime minister and later a president inheriting a country that had no debt but left debt behind,nobody is saying he did not do anything for the country but he became a tyrant which destroyed the good things he did.
At the time he was a president it was okay with companies in the hands of government but as we move on those government institutions have made Ghanaians very corrupt which made a lot of those companies to collapse and seeing that the companies were rather making governments to lose more money anybody in his right mind will privatize those companies and if I have my own way I will privatize all the state companies including VRA which are all waste of resources for the government to be operating.

You seem not to know Ghana very well including the capital.
During Norumah's time water was not available to Ghanaians as it is today,most cities or towns didn't have treated water in their homes.
Tell me when the water started flowing from Weija and Kpong to Accra/Tema,tell me if it was Nkrumah who did that.
Why we always say everything in Ghana was Nkrumah but when it comes to his bad side we say no people are wrong,was he God?

Yes,February 24 was the actual liberation or freedom day for Ghana or Ghanaians,a day that people can freely talk about the government without being hauled to jail,a day that people have the right to belong to any association or political party they want,thanks to the gallant soldiers who made that happened.
Adote 10 years ago

Mr. Corney, fine, the companies Nkrumah created through GIHOC were privatized, according to your assertion, are these privatized companies still in operation, providing jobs to Ghanaians?
This is the problem, we all know tha ...
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Mr. Corney, fine, the companies Nkrumah created through GIHOC were privatized, according to your assertion, are these privatized companies still in operation, providing jobs to Ghanaians?
This is the problem, we all know that about 95% of the GIHOC companies are no more, but here you are defending Rawlings, Kuffour and Mahama that they have done a good job by privatizing GIHOC holdings, when a lot of Ghanaian graduates cannot find jobs because of the closure of these same companies. Is it SAD to defend such a situation? Please, maybe my memory have failed me, tell me which President built the Weija and Kpong water treatment plants. Thanks in advance for giving me the necessary education on these water plants.
Gye Nyame 10 years ago

Ask JJ and his friends what they did with the factories but one thing I can tell you is that Ghana Airways, Black Star line, were running at a loss long before Nkrumah left office. Many of the factories built were not produci ...
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Ask JJ and his friends what they did with the factories but one thing I can tell you is that Ghana Airways, Black Star line, were running at a loss long before Nkrumah left office. Many of the factories built were not producing much by the time of the coup.
Nana Ansah 10 years ago

Tell me when the water started flowing from Weija and Kpong to Accra/Tema,tell me if it was Nkrumah who did that.

Weija was built in 1952 by damming the Densu river basin to create a huge reservoir when Nkrumah was Leade ...
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Tell me when the water started flowing from Weija and Kpong to Accra/Tema,tell me if it was Nkrumah who did that.

Weija was built in 1952 by damming the Densu river basin to create a huge reservoir when Nkrumah was Leader of Government Business. Kpong was ready with the building of Tema Harbour and Townships in 1962. It was Nkrumah who built Tema Harbour and Townships. Any further questions?

You youngsters have no idea as to how far Nkrumah brought us and where he started. That is why he is affectionately called Osagyefo - figuratively redeemer
Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

ask Mahamah what he has been doing with the money he borrowed and JJ what he did for Ghana in his 20 years of "Nothing"... half education is dangerous!!!!

ask Mahamah what he has been doing with the money he borrowed and JJ what he did for Ghana in his 20 years of "Nothing"... half education is dangerous!!!!
Concerned 10 years ago

First of all Corney sometimes makes ugly remarks and her ugliness is making you assume only a man can be this ugly. Her bitterness at beautiful things should not be taken seriously. She's got to be twisted to think Rawlings w ...
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First of all Corney sometimes makes ugly remarks and her ugliness is making you assume only a man can be this ugly. Her bitterness at beautiful things should not be taken seriously. She's got to be twisted to think Rawlings who murdered hundreds of innocent people and left us hipic as his only legacy is a hero and call Nkrumah, the greatest African all kinds of derogatory names. Nothing personal Corney
Pelicles 10 years ago

Name those who were throwing bombs? When Nkrumah was the president, how big was Accra and was the city well developed? No. He was busily focusing his attention on uniting the entire continent of Africa at a time he knew was ...
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Name those who were throwing bombs? When Nkrumah was the president, how big was Accra and was the city well developed? No. He was busily focusing his attention on uniting the entire continent of Africa at a time he knew was impossible.

When the British left, they handed over the reigns of Ghana and not Africa to him. Do you get that and it was his mandate to develop the nation. He used our money for subversive activities across the continent and what does that mean?

Instead of focusing his attention in developing the nation to the envy of all with solid statutes and regulations, he was busily thinking of the entire continent of Africa, a fruitless and useless idea.
Adote 10 years ago

Are you serious? You did not know that during Nkrumah's Presidency the opposition party (UP) members were throwing and planting bombs at functions Nkrumah attended, by the way have you heard about Kulungugu bombing before? Ev ...
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Are you serious? You did not know that during Nkrumah's Presidency the opposition party (UP) members were throwing and planting bombs at functions Nkrumah attended, by the way have you heard about Kulungugu bombing before? Even Busia boasted with it, he thought that was an accomplishment of his party. Please do some research on bombings in Ghana in the 60's. Have a good day.
Gye Nyame 10 years ago

Objectivity means talking about pros and cons of an issue, not just being one sided. Nkrumah was a smart man but he let the left, KGB and Chinese influence him during the cold war time to his own detriment.

Objectivity means talking about pros and cons of an issue, not just being one sided. Nkrumah was a smart man but he let the left, KGB and Chinese influence him during the cold war time to his own detriment.
Contemporary Youth 10 years ago

Corney NDC guru,haha! are you saying, the overthrow of Ghana's first president was sanctioned by the Almighty God? Hmmmm. I wish instincts of Ghanaians would be heightened to make the boldest and best decisions. Amen.

Corney NDC guru,haha! are you saying, the overthrow of Ghana's first president was sanctioned by the Almighty God? Hmmmm. I wish instincts of Ghanaians would be heightened to make the boldest and best decisions. Amen.
ROSE 10 years ago

You are a big idiot.

You are a big idiot.
k,no problem,a 10 years ago

Yes you are right but which people. That is where the CPP erred. Arrest suspects, investigate them, put them before court and try them. From court they can be remanded until the case is properly disposed of.If the Cpp had do ...
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Yes you are right but which people. That is where the CPP erred. Arrest suspects, investigate them, put them before court and try them. From court they can be remanded until the case is properly disposed of.If the Cpp had done that and got some people convicted nobody today could talk because the records would be there. Now for instance Dankwah may have been a dangerous man but where is the evidence was he tried and convicted. If we had concrete evidence against him why did we not try him?
mam 10 years ago

Ghana's problem started after he was overthrown

Ghana's problem started after he was overthrown
Kowadis 10 years ago

Just google: Johnson library: Ghana.

There you will find "declassified" CIA
info about "having insiders in the coup planning"!

Just google: Johnson library: Ghana.

There you will find "declassified" CIA
info about "having insiders in the coup planning"!
KOGYAM 10 years ago

KWESI PRATT, DID YOU HEAR THAT? THE VERY FREEDOM OF SPEECH WHICH YOU HAVE FOUGHT FOR OVER THE YEARS WITH RAWLINGS REGIME WAS THE SAME WEAK POINT OF NKRUMAH AS SAID HERE BY K.B ASANTE WHO WAS A CABINET MINISTER AND KNEW BETTER ...
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KWESI PRATT, DID YOU HEAR THAT? THE VERY FREEDOM OF SPEECH WHICH YOU HAVE FOUGHT FOR OVER THE YEARS WITH RAWLINGS REGIME WAS THE SAME WEAK POINT OF NKRUMAH AS SAID HERE BY K.B ASANTE WHO WAS A CABINET MINISTER AND KNEW BETTER THAN YOU KWESI WHO LEARNT ABOUT NKRUMAH.
SO IF NPP SAYS NKRUMA KILLED J.B DANKWA BECAUSE HE HATED OPEN CRITICISM THEY ARE RIGHT!!
Egya Blay 10 years ago

We continue to argue and pass some untoward comment about Kwame Nkrumah which very unfounded. My problem is people will not even spend GHC 1 to buy a book and read to know about some of these people and the political histor ...
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We continue to argue and pass some untoward comment about Kwame Nkrumah which very unfounded. My problem is people will not even spend GHC 1 to buy a book and read to know about some of these people and the political history of Ghana; yet spew what they hear from others. After 50 years, over 25 million Ghanaians are still depending on his projects meant for 7 million only at his time. It is sad that people are tribal seated that they even call a spade a big spoon and will put a piece of wood under a microscope before they can see that it is a wood.

I believe we are enjoying the shit of the coup after 50 years now. Its about time people stop pettifogging and concentrated on how to put the shit Ghana in the right direction.

I have had a chat with some hundred and if not thousands of people and none knows an icon in Ghana except Kwame Nkrumah who ever remains Man of the Millennium in Africa.

As Mahama said ''Ghanains are short-minded'' and therefore we will remain in our mess if we don't change the way we think.
Egya Blay 10 years ago

We continue to argue and pass some untoward comments about Kwame Nkrumah which are very unfounded. My problem is people will not even spend GHC 1 to buy a book and read to know about some of these people and the political his ...
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We continue to argue and pass some untoward comments about Kwame Nkrumah which are very unfounded. My problem is people will not even spend GHC 1 to buy a book and read to know about some of these people and the political history of Ghana; yet spew what they hear from others.

After 50 years, over 25 million Ghanaians are still depending on his projects meant for 7 million only at his time. It is sad that people are tribal seated that they even call a spade a big spoon and will put a piece of wood under a microscope before they can see that it is a wood.

I believe we are enjoying the shit of the coup after 50 years now. Its about time people stoped pettifogging and concentrated on how to put 'the shit Ghana' in the right direction.

I have had a chat with some hundreds and if not thousands of people and none knows an icon in Ghana except Kwame Nkrumah who ever remains Man of the Millennium in Africa.

As Mahama said ''Ghanains have short-memories'' and therefore we will remain in our mess if we don't change the way we think.
HARDER-@89 10 years ago

Being human no one will wish to be challenged or contested against openly and more so when he happens to be ya boss,ya employer or butters ya bread. and in this regard nkrumah was no exception...as for the complicity of the c ...
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Being human no one will wish to be challenged or contested against openly and more so when he happens to be ya boss,ya employer or butters ya bread. and in this regard nkrumah was no exception...as for the complicity of the cia in his overthrow it is neither here nor there because essentially a person's real enemy(ies)are in his household....aboa bi b3 kawu a efri wu tuma mu....
HUMANISM 10 years ago

Nkrimah was woven out of the fabric of Lenin, Stalin, Brezhnev and currently Putin. All these communist individuals are DICTATORS for life.

In fact, almost all Ghanaians who went to school in Russia/Soviet Union actually ...
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Nkrimah was woven out of the fabric of Lenin, Stalin, Brezhnev and currently Putin. All these communist individuals are DICTATORS for life.

In fact, almost all Ghanaians who went to school in Russia/Soviet Union actually study PROPAGANDA even though some of them are awarded degrees in Political Science. They
have a special university where they train people from the third world.

Dictatorship in Communist Russia suits the leadership in Africa and other third world countries.

Has anyone ever seen Russia providing financial aid to any third world country, like the western countries do ?
China is trying her best to help Africa, financially........ but not Russia. Russia will sell u arms and nothing else; and keep dictators in power forever.
CORNEY 10 years ago

If Putin is a dictator then all world leaders are dictators.
Russia is no more in the communist era,the western leaders are also keeping dictators in power,something Rusdia is not doing currently.

If Putin is a dictator then all world leaders are dictators.
Russia is no more in the communist era,the western leaders are also keeping dictators in power,something Rusdia is not doing currently.
HUMANISM 10 years ago

Russia is a dictatorship. You would not understand until you open a news media outlet in Moscow and you try to ask Putin legitimate questions about how he runs Russia.

He was 8 yrs president, nxt 8 yrs prime minister, nxt ...
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Russia is a dictatorship. You would not understand until you open a news media outlet in Moscow and you try to ask Putin legitimate questions about how he runs Russia.

He was 8 yrs president, nxt 8 yrs prime minister, nxt 8 yrs president ..... and this arrangement will go on for the life of Putin.
He wrote the constitution for himself ...... like African leaders.

He believes in raw power.
Has Russia ever helped any African Country financially ?
MOI 10 years ago

LET THE MAN NKRUMAH REST IN PEACE. NPP SHOULD LEAVE HIM ALONE TO REST.

LET THE MAN NKRUMAH REST IN PEACE. NPP SHOULD LEAVE HIM ALONE TO REST.
Freedomic 10 years ago

They are out! Out of the woodwork. Jealousy and envy of the Nkrumah still rages on.

They are out! Out of the woodwork. Jealousy and envy of the Nkrumah still rages on.
Menua Kwadwo 10 years ago

K B Asante is talking about Nkrumah here and you are complaining about NPP. What is the matter with you people?

K B Asante is talking about Nkrumah here and you are complaining about NPP. What is the matter with you people?
kre 10 years ago

Is that the history you know about Nkrumah?

Is that the history you know about Nkrumah?
Maami Esi 10 years ago

Nkrumah never dies

Nkrumah never dies
abena kwabena 10 years ago

I SAW IT, I LIVED IT AND I CAN COMPARE. THERE IS NO ONE LIKE NKRUMAH. HE WAS WELL EDUCATED, SO HE SET GOALS AND WORKED HARD TO ACHIEVE THEM. EXAMPLE IS "THE 7 YEARS DEVELOPMENT PLAN" MY ADVISE IS THAT WE SHOULD STOP FIGHTING ...
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I SAW IT, I LIVED IT AND I CAN COMPARE. THERE IS NO ONE LIKE NKRUMAH. HE WAS WELL EDUCATED, SO HE SET GOALS AND WORKED HARD TO ACHIEVE THEM. EXAMPLE IS "THE 7 YEARS DEVELOPMENT PLAN" MY ADVISE IS THAT WE SHOULD STOP FIGHTING EACH OTHER AND COME TOGETHER AND DO THINGS FOR OURSELVES. THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN'T DO IF WE WORK TOGETHER. GHANA UNDER NKRUMAH WAS HIGHLY MOTIVATED, WE QUICKLY BECAME THE LEADING PRODUCER OF COCOA BEANS AND THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN AFRICA. EVERYONE WANTED TO HELP IN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. TODAY THE PEOPLE FEEL INFERIOR AND THE PHILOSOPHY IS "EVERYTHING FOREIGN IS BETTER".
Freedomic 10 years ago

While he is dead and gone, this man achievements continue to outweigh and outshine his detractors best efforts!

A dine BRIAN like that!

While he is dead and gone, this man achievements continue to outweigh and outshine his detractors best efforts!

A dine BRIAN like that!
Freedomic 10 years ago

While he is dead and gone, this man achievements continue to outweigh and outshine his detractors best efforts!

A fine BRAIN like that!

While he is dead and gone, this man achievements continue to outweigh and outshine his detractors best efforts!

A fine BRAIN like that!
Canada 10 years ago

Whites never wanted black around the world to come together. Nkrumah had ideas that challenged the imperliast. The self reliance and cooperation of black from the caribean to africa was a threat. This is why Marcus Garvey was ...
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Whites never wanted black around the world to come together. Nkrumah had ideas that challenged the imperliast. The self reliance and cooperation of black from the caribean to africa was a threat. This is why Marcus Garvey was harassed by the fbi.
Kwofie Benibengor 10 years ago

GHANAIANS SHOULD CONSIDER 24TH FEB.AS A DARK DAY IN GHANA N BE PREPARED TO MOVED THE NATION FORWARD.DICTATOR OR NOT,GHANA N THE REST OF AFRICA WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER THAN TODAY.K.B ASANTE SHOULD HAVE USE THIS DAY TO ADVICE GH ...
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GHANAIANS SHOULD CONSIDER 24TH FEB.AS A DARK DAY IN GHANA N BE PREPARED TO MOVED THE NATION FORWARD.DICTATOR OR NOT,GHANA N THE REST OF AFRICA WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER THAN TODAY.K.B ASANTE SHOULD HAVE USE THIS DAY TO ADVICE GHANAIAN TO BE LOYAL N SINCERE NOT TO SELL GHANA TO CIA .KWAME WHO ENEMIES GHANA PROGRESS BENT ON REMOVING HIM IS DEAD N GONE.U AND I ARE STILL SUFFERING.NO LEADER LIKES TO BE CRITICISED IN PUBLIC,IT IS NOT EVEN OUR CULTURE.PAPA KB USE YOU AGE N EXPERIENCE TO EDUCATE THE YOU COS GOD KNOWS WHY HE HAS SPARED YOUR LIFE.DONT SOW SEED OF HATRED FOR KWAME FOR YOU KNOWS VERRY WELL THAT HE NEVER N WILL NEVER DIE.
okaniba,atlanta,usa 10 years ago

nkrumah was a dictator, and dictators dont want to be challenged period.but dictators are disgraced before they fall from power.who helped nkrumah to be a dictator?dictators dont want to deal with intelligent people,they alwa ...
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nkrumah was a dictator, and dictators dont want to be challenged period.but dictators are disgraced before they fall from power.who helped nkrumah to be a dictator?dictators dont want to deal with intelligent people,they always surround themselves with sycophants and nkrumah surrounded himself with verandah boys some of them did not complete elementary school like a dc, kwame kwakye he imposed on my home town.
NANA EGYIR 10 years ago

"Seek ye first the political kingdom and all else shall be added onto you." by Kwame Nkrumah. Instead of "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Matt 6.33.
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"Seek ye first the political kingdom and all else shall be added onto you." by Kwame Nkrumah. Instead of "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Matt 6.33.
This statement of Denial by Kwame Nkrumah brought his downfall. Kwame Nkrumah studied the word of God and was seduced by demon to deny his maker and instead be worshipped.
JAY 10 years ago

What white folks hate to see is that they do not want black folks to unite and do positive things toward community and nation building as a whole. Slavery has been abolished but is alive in a sheep skin....since everybody wan ...
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What white folks hate to see is that they do not want black folks to unite and do positive things toward community and nation building as a whole. Slavery has been abolished but is alive in a sheep skin....since everybody wants visa to the west! watch out black folks.
Aj 10 years ago

Dude,we blacks blame the whites folke for every damn shit.but look at what's happening now in Africa,Dr Congo,south sudan,central Africa Rep., and somalia all this countries fighting themselves due to tribal gimmicks. if Dr N ...
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Dude,we blacks blame the whites folke for every damn shit.but look at what's happening now in Africa,Dr Congo,south sudan,central Africa Rep., and somalia all this countries fighting themselves due to tribal gimmicks. if Dr Nkrumah have had vice President the coup would not have come on.all our problems in Africa are tribal,many languages. USA sat down and came out with master plan by adopting one language. Ghana with only 24million ppl can not think of adopting one language so that life would be comfortable for it's ppl.
Neither NDC Nor NPP 10 years ago

It is quite clear that the dementia is beginning to take hold in Asante's constitution.

Who hated public criticism and challenge more than the terror-master, Busia?

Asante, have you forgotten "No court, no court"? Or t ...
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It is quite clear that the dementia is beginning to take hold in Asante's constitution.

Who hated public criticism and challenge more than the terror-master, Busia?

Asante, have you forgotten "No court, no court"? Or the NUGS being ordered to appear before parliament by Busia to apologize for their political stance?

Besides his "achievements" in terrorism, Busia hated any competition or challenge. He was behind the NLC barring all former CPP officials from standing for elections. This discriminatory measure was enforced to eliminate Gbedemah, the corrupt former CPP Minister who ran away with stolen millions and collaborated with Busia in Togo to conduct the bombing campaign in Ghana!
G. K. Berko 10 years ago

Nkrumah's overthrow was a collective project by the European Colonial Powers and the United States. Period!

Indisputable evidence exists to directly incriminate the British, the French, and the Americans. Others like the D ...
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Nkrumah's overthrow was a collective project by the European Colonial Powers and the United States. Period!

Indisputable evidence exists to directly incriminate the British, the French, and the Americans. Others like the Dutch and Belgians had a much quieter role in it, at least, by being aware of the impending Coup and sitting on the fence to see it happen.

It was in the interest of the West, in general, that Nkrumah was toppled. All the West saw him as a dangerous Pan-African activist whose efforts to lead the Colonies to liberate themselves from the Western Colonial Powers was unacceptable to them.

The West feared Nkrumah's efforts as a potential threat to their control of Natural Resources they have been almost freely extracting from Africa to not only develop their Countries, but also ensure employment to their Citizens.

Nkrumah's later drift to the Soviets, ostensibly, for some protection from the threatening West, further aggravated the fears of the West on his activities. The West envisaged Nkrumah would be charting a new route for African Resources away from its members to the Russians, and thereby threatening even the Western Military balance with the East.

Not even Nkrumah's strong membership in the Non-Aligned Movement, nor his efforts to bring Peace between the West and the East, as his trip to Vietnam and China to encourage Peace treaty to be signed to end the Vietnam War, was enough to the West to let him be.

Luckily for the West, there were local disgruntled elements in Ghana who had their own personal agenda to be fulfilled by Nkrumah's ouster. And they sold themselves to West cheaply to be used for that purpose, under the guise of bringing and sustaining Democracy to all Ghanaians.

Well, by now, we have all seen how Ghana has fared. The debate on the appropriateness for Nkrumah's overthrow still goes on. The Country sits divided on the goals, ambitions and activities of J. B. Danquah and his UP cohorts, to whom the current NPP, led by Akufo-Addo, is trying tooth-and-nail to reclaim glory to honor, while demonizing Nkrumah as the worst tyrant that the World has ever known.

Nkrumah's followers and the CPP, and some in the other Parties, especially the NDC, have strongly objected to the attempt to re-write the facts of History to enhance the image of Danquah at the expense of Nkrumah, whose stringent anti-terrorist reaction to the murderous attempts on his life and those of other innocent Citizens by the Opposition, culminated in the PDA and Danquah's detention and untimely demise in Jail.

There is no doubt in the complicity of the CIA, MI5 and others in Nkrumah's overthrow. But what is most important is why he was overthrown.

We should not attempt to cover up any shortcomings of Nkrumah's. But we should as well expose the motives of the Opposition and their collaborators in the West.

Nkrumah's short-lived tyranny alone, which pales in deviousness in comparison to most other Dictatorships in Africa and elsewhere in the World, could not be ample justification or reason for the West to see him go.

After all, just next door, in Cote d'Ivoire, Houphouet Boigny was comfortably enjoying his own vicious tyranny under the full auspices of the French and the Americans.

So also was the tyranny of Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore, for example, left intact and even encouraged to thrive by the West.

We should therefore ask why the selective acceptance of tyranny by the West which many would expect to prefer and champion Democracy all over the World.

The simple answer is that any Dictatorship that would allow the West a free range to exploit its Country to bolster the economies of the West was deemed a glorious ally by the West. It did not matter how brutal the Dictatorship would be to its own folks. If that was not the case, Mobutu would not have survived as long as he did in Congo, and the Arab Oil-rich Countries with incomparable brutal monarchical Dictatorships would not still be around to enjoy immense luxury at the chagrin of their local populations.

Ghana has had plenty of lessons to learn from, and to know exactly how to manage her land and People to sustainable success. Our Youths do not need to be lied to in order to appreciate how the Nation must be governed for the benefits of all.

It is in the face of bare truths-- the errors, animosities, the raw hatred, the personality conflicts, the violent partisan clashes, and the few successes, etc.-- that we could correctly reposition ourselves to make the most of what is left of Ghana.

So, let us deal with the past as it really was, and wisely find the best way forward as a Country. The mistakes of our forefathers must not dim our visions, nor damp our spirits to progress. The successes they made must not be an end themselves but encourage us to do more in these times of relative stability. We should all accept the truth that divisiveness, either by Partisanship or tribal feuds, would only deepen our predicament and postpone further our development and advance in this World.

Therefore, let the Nkrumahists and Nkrumah's Family also take this opportunity to forgive Danquah and the UP/NLM elements that waged brutal battles with Nkrumah to lead to his ouster and death in a foreign Land.

There can never be any true reconciliation in Ghana to let her heal and garner all her potentials for her well-being, if her Children remain mutually antagonistic and endlessly seeking the extermination of one another.

Our Democracy demands Partisanship but not mutual destruction. Our Partisanship demands a National sharing of ideas and goals within the individual Parties (which must open up their doors to all tribes and ethnic groups), not tribal loyalties. Our National ideas and goals must not be shaped by the selfish, individualistic desires of a few tribes or individuals, but by the collective aspirations of all Citizens.

We can only attain those goals by being honest to one another, fair in treating one another, and identifying what we would benefit most from the Nation as Citizens that we would have the Nation offer equitably to all of us.

Long Live Ghana!!!
k,no problem,a 10 years ago

Ah! Who are you Berko? This is a masterpiece we need people like you to be at the forefront of politics.

Ah! Who are you Berko? This is a masterpiece we need people like you to be at the forefront of politics.
Efo Kwaku Canada 10 years ago

Nkrumah started a big project to unite Africa which was good but he was not able to achieve it so he wasted Ghanaians resources for nothing , he should have start that confederation from West Africa , eventually he became dic ...
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Nkrumah started a big project to unite Africa which was good but he was not able to achieve it so he wasted Ghanaians resources for nothing , he should have start that confederation from West Africa , eventually he became dictator so grading Nkrumah as speaking he was useless president who didn't achieve anything with 6 million people with country having surplus after budget , K4 administration started with HIPC left with middle income but NDC idiot don't get it , national infrastructure amenities Nkrumah didn't solve not even one problem after 6 years of ruling Ghana upon all the millions ,
Freedomic 10 years ago

Tell us ungrateful jealous one.

Tell us ungrateful jealous one.
Efo Kwaku Canada 10 years ago

Jealous of who ? did Nkrumah achieved Africa unity? You educated ignorance people has brought Ghana to square one because you don't analyse things ,and weigh the best do you know Ghana GDP at the time of Nkrumah ? and the res ...
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Jealous of who ? did Nkrumah achieved Africa unity? You educated ignorance people has brought Ghana to square one because you don't analyse things ,and weigh the best do you know Ghana GDP at the time of Nkrumah ? and the resources Ghana was having? With 6 million people ? Visit Cuba and you will know the ideas of Nkrumah either the man was great or not , NDC lead administration by bustards took Ghana into HIPC and the useless NDC administration is taking Ghana back to HIPC what a fuck are you talking about
G. K. Berko 10 years ago

Efo, you have embarrassingly exposed your utter ignorance. Do you even know what HIPC stands for? With the HIPC came the total forgiveness of our Debts. Nkrumah had debts to pay, after the West pulled the rug from under him ...
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Efo, you have embarrassingly exposed your utter ignorance. Do you even know what HIPC stands for? With the HIPC came the total forgiveness of our Debts. Nkrumah had debts to pay, after the West pulled the rug from under him and IMF/World Bank lent to him deliberately exorbitantly.

Meanwhile, you probably would never have seen the inside walls of a School Building to learn there, had it not been the free elementary Education that Ghana had. Do you even know the number of Factories Nkrumah built as part of our National investment?

Do you know how much it would cost, even in those days, to fund various infrastructure in Ghana? All you are doing is spewing self-gratuitous adulation to justify your partial to empty claims. You do not need to destroy Nkrumah's image to enhance Kufuor's or Danquah's or Busia's. Each of them, to me contributed something to our National growth, no matter what the various fanatics rate them in for level of their contributions.

Nkrumah never wasted our Money. He invested wisely. It is the saboteurs that would have think his investments were prestigious, just as they lied to us at the time of the Coup. It was their way of minimizing the Citizen's eventual nostalgia for any relative better past under Nkrumah. The Coup architects came up with a host of lies to not only diminish and taint Nkrumah's image, but also to let the average unsuspecting Ghanaian feel no loss for his ouster.

Nkrumah's projects and programs are the foundation for our Economy that has held us up, somehow, to date, despite the huge mismanagement by various subsequent administrations or Governments.

I wish Nkrumah had never had to create the PDA. I wish Danquah would never have been in jail. But I also wish we would had the local Peace and quiet that Lee Kuan Yew had to develop Singapore. This is because, Nkrumah's vision and economic Plans and Actions were not necessarily different from Lee's, except that the former's wider role in African humanism was used against him to derail his progress.

Can you name me one self-reliant economic outfit that the Colonial masters, the British, built in Gold Coast to make her less dependent on the British? Open your mind. Don't let your sentimental partisanship, or even any direct personal animosity with Nkrumah blind you to the truth.

Long Live Ghana!!!
Efo Kwaku Canada 10 years ago

You're really learner and I really appreciate your insight about Nkrumah as a great leader but my question was did he achieved Africa unity ?If not then he wasted Ghanaians resources to champion that course, all Africa countr ...
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You're really learner and I really appreciate your insight about Nkrumah as a great leader but my question was did he achieved Africa unity ?If not then he wasted Ghanaians resources to champion that course, all Africa countries that had independent in 60's was Nkrumah so those at the other side thought Nkrumah was wasting their money and resources
SARPONG 10 years ago

HIPC did not totally forgive all of our debts. Our debt in 2001 was 8.9 billion dollars, comprising 4.7 billion dollars external debt and 4.2 billion dollars internal debt.

HIPC forgave us the external debt only and not th ...
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HIPC did not totally forgive all of our debts. Our debt in 2001 was 8.9 billion dollars, comprising 4.7 billion dollars external debt and 4.2 billion dollars internal debt.

HIPC forgave us the external debt only and not the internal debt that the government owed to Ghanaians, banks and contractors. You need to check your facts.

Nkrumah debts was created by him because when he assumed power in 1957, he was given at least 100 million pounds at that time with no debt to worry about but by 1963, was was in debt with gdp per person decreasing at an alarming rate.

Nkrumah was begging the western countries he was calling imperialist behind the scenes to fund his budgetswhen he was raving against them like a llunatic in public.

When are you Nkrumah apologists going to tell the truth about your god Nkrumah?
harun 10 years ago

Mr asate pls we are yet to come to terms with those overtrow the great leader so stop making ill words about him

Mr asate pls we are yet to come to terms with those overtrow the great leader so stop making ill words about him
Military Man 10 years ago

"The almost 90-year-old Asante, who served as a Secretary in Nkrumah’s Government told Morning Starr host Kafui Dey Tuesday February 24, 2015 in an interview that Dr. Nkrumah, who was overthrown exactly 49 years ago in a mi ...
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"The almost 90-year-old Asante, who served as a Secretary in Nkrumah’s Government told Morning Starr host Kafui Dey Tuesday February 24, 2015 in an interview that Dr. Nkrumah, who was overthrown exactly 49 years ago in a military coup led by Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka and the National Liberation Council, always preferred that people who disagreed with him did so privately rather than publicly."

I hate to say that to a 90-year old man because I have much respect for old age but can someone tell me if the quote above IS NOT all what diplomacy is about?

Nkrumah had class and that trait is as CLASSY as it can get and anyone who thinks that was a character flaw should have his or her head examined.

The 90-year old fellow is losing his marbles apparently. Sorry to say that
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Military Man,

Well said.

This is done everywhere. I wonder why people are "pretending" (or is it ignorance?) this should be different in Nkrumah's case.

What Asante says is part and parcel of statecraft. If a pres ...
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Military Man,

Well said.

This is done everywhere. I wonder why people are "pretending" (or is it ignorance?) this should be different in Nkrumah's case.

What Asante says is part and parcel of statecraft. If a president appoints you, you serve at his/her pleasure and if you have any problem with his/her policies, you take them up with him/her personally or during cabinet meetings. You don't go about challenging the president in public.

This is different when the one criticizing the president is a member of the Opposition or even a member of the president's political party.

And it is quite radically different when the person a president appoints to serve the public go about challenging the president in the public on issues that are meant for the president's cabinet to address. No government does.

Isn't the duty of presidential appointees to serve the people on behalf of the president? Don't appointees swear oaths to serve their presidents?

You are right Nkrumah had class and what he did, according to Asante, is classy and is a fixture of statecraft.

Take care, Military Man.
Military Man 10 years ago

Show me one person in authority who does like being challenged publicly, especially from people supposedly hired to serve him or work for him and I will tell you that person is NOT a human being but a saint.

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Show me one person in authority who does like being challenged publicly, especially from people supposedly hired to serve him or work for him and I will tell you that person is NOT a human being but a saint.

Did Nkrumah ever claim that he was a saint?
T'pau 10 years ago

Don't go too far. Just have a read of some of the discussion forum on GhanaWeb and look at the way people hue insults on others when their views are being challenged.

Such people would have definitely thrown their 'opponen ...
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Don't go too far. Just have a read of some of the discussion forum on GhanaWeb and look at the way people hue insults on others when their views are being challenged.

Such people would have definitely thrown their 'opponents' in jail if they had power and able to do so.

All the insults we see on a forum like this, is a reminiscent of the inherent hatred of being challenged.

Nkrumah rightly resisted unfounded and baseless opposition in order to move the country forward.

In my view, a Blackman always needs a 'push' or some 'force' for him/her to move in the right direction; and that is why democracy alone seems not to be working for us.
SARPONG 10 years ago

Nkrumah is not my favorite politician because of his life President, one party and PDA but if this was the only character flaw, then he was a Saint. Atleast his title as the PPresident of Ghana entitled him for that courtesy ...
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Nkrumah is not my favorite politician because of his life President, one party and PDA but if this was the only character flaw, then he was a Saint. Atleast his title as the PPresident of Ghana entitled him for that courtesy not to be challenged in public, that was disrespectful.
macus 10 years ago

Yes, it's obvious of that man.

Yes, it's obvious of that man.
G. K. Berko 10 years ago

Could we challenge the CIA to produce unredacted version of the declassified information on its full activities on Nkrumah and his overthrow?

Under the blackened, permanently obscured sections of the declassified CIA repor ...
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Could we challenge the CIA to produce unredacted version of the declassified information on its full activities on Nkrumah and his overthrow?

Under the blackened, permanently obscured sections of the declassified CIA report on Nkrumah lies the facts offering the full expanse of the Agency's complicity and true reasons for his overthrow. We all know the Agency would never produce an unedited copy for the Public consumption because that would expose others who were in cahoot with the Agency.

But I believe such exposure would not cause any harm to the entities protected in the report but only help Ghana deal better with her past for a stronger Democracy today. No one has the power to be vindictive to any who might have aided the CIA and the MI5 to usurp Nkrumah's power.

If it is the credibility of the USA as a champion of World Democracy that the Agency is afraid could be injured by such revelation, I would say nothing from Ghana's point of view could harm the USA worse than what the USA has been enduring around other parts of the world--Iraq, Afghanistan, Lybia, in recent times, and Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Grenada in the recent past.

Long Live Ghana!!!
SOCCERMAN 10 years ago

Then CIA was too good

Then CIA was too good
Paa Joe 10 years ago

DOES IT MAKE A SENSE FOR A MEMBER OF A GOVERNMENT OR CABINET MEMBER TO CHALLENGE ITS LEADER IN A PUBLIC.

ASANTE, THIS IS PURELY A DISQUALIED REMARK.

WILL YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE CHALLENGED BY ANY OF YOUR STAFF IN PUBLI ...
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DOES IT MAKE A SENSE FOR A MEMBER OF A GOVERNMENT OR CABINET MEMBER TO CHALLENGE ITS LEADER IN A PUBLIC.

ASANTE, THIS IS PURELY A DISQUALIED REMARK.

WILL YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE CHALLENGED BY ANY OF YOUR STAFF IN PUBLIC
ONE UNITED SOCIALIST AFRICA.K GARVEY 10 years ago

To those political elite who damn Kwame Nkrumah you are nothing but reactionary intellegentsia,cliques etc enlisted in Nkrumah's work CLASS STRUGGLE IN AFRICA .you form part of the clique who aids and albeit the neo colonia ...
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To those political elite who damn Kwame Nkrumah you are nothing but reactionary intellegentsia,cliques etc enlisted in Nkrumah's work CLASS STRUGGLE IN AFRICA .you form part of the clique who aids and albeit the neo colonialist imperialist interest operating in Africa,with crumbs from IMF and imperialist outfit you are made stooges,puppet,idealistic and apologist for a theft system.1966 coup has nothing to do with dictatorship,mismanagement and any other shit fabrications produce,it root cause has to do with the neo colonialist forces and their agent seeking to divide and rule Africa.1966 was sponsored by cia using local stooges and unpatrotic sons of Africa.there was so many cia sponsored coups in Africa and Nkrumah himself indicted it as an evidence to reconquer Africa.....dont be fooled!!! Ghanaians it time for us to organised to lift the arm struggle up FORWARD TO AFRICA UNITY...
James 10 years ago

This ninety year old man may be suffering from Dementia.

This ninety year old man may be suffering from Dementia.
James 10 years ago

G.K.Berko's words of wisdom and his teachings must transform Nkrumah haters.

G.K.Berko's words of wisdom and his teachings must transform Nkrumah haters.
emmanuel Papayaw Owusu 10 years ago

All the so called Nkrumahists have betrayed Nkrumah in the way they present him. I am waiting for the day that the truth Nkrumahist will rise up to defend the course of Nkrumah. The KB Asante and their associates are helping ...
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All the so called Nkrumahists have betrayed Nkrumah in the way they present him. I am waiting for the day that the truth Nkrumahist will rise up to defend the course of Nkrumah. The KB Asante and their associates are helping the NPP to demonise Nkrumah to the youth. of this nation, simply because of the detention of Danquah . And, I found it difficult to understand why they so called Nkrumahists standby indefensible and cowards will die many times that is why CPP is dead in spirit, rise up in your slumber
more 10 years ago

Bless You.... Live may you live long and continue fighting more for US ... Thank. You.. Bless You..

Bless You.... Live may you live long and continue fighting more for US ... Thank. You.. Bless You..
Kwesi Mends 10 years ago

Busia jailed a Legon student who challenged him publicly.

Busia jailed a Legon student who challenged him publicly.
Pazuki 10 years ago

You are a traitor,you couldn't achieve what Nkrumah had,you will be hurting to your grave.

You are a traitor,you couldn't achieve what Nkrumah had,you will be hurting to your grave.
appiah 10 years ago

Nkrumah was just incapable to handle any competition and he just excommunicated all people having divergent opinion on anything. What was even worst is that he criminalize all people who disagreed with him. Nkrumah was always ...
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Nkrumah was just incapable to handle any competition and he just excommunicated all people having divergent opinion on anything. What was even worst is that he criminalize all people who disagreed with him. Nkrumah was always right and so if you disagreed with him you are not only wrong you are a nation wrecker and a saboteur. This is the false start that destroyed our independence with most of the best brains and patriots. Nkrumah was a great man with great flaws. He eliminated truth from our political system and replaced it with propaganda and dishonesty. J.J. added to that violence and tribalism and until we reintroduce honest into our political system progress and prosperity will continue to elude Ghana.
TEE 10 years ago

NEVER PERIOD

NEVER PERIOD
TEE 10 years ago

NKRUMAH THE ONLY GIFTED HUMAN BEING GIVEN BY GOD TO GHANA

NKRUMAH THE ONLY GIFTED HUMAN BEING GIVEN BY GOD TO GHANA
Apeatse 10 years ago

A true African. Americans couldn't control him. They couldn't bribe him and push him around, so they paid Ghanaians to kill him. All the new leaders are sankwas compared to Kwame Nkrumah. Nkrumah never executed any of his opp ...
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A true African. Americans couldn't control him. They couldn't bribe him and push him around, so they paid Ghanaians to kill him. All the new leaders are sankwas compared to Kwame Nkrumah. Nkrumah never executed any of his opponents even though they kept trying to shoot and bomb him sever times. They even used schoolchildren because Nkrumah loved children. The children died.
Michael K. Tettevi 10 years ago

The way Dr. Nkrumah treated Dr. J.B. Danquah clearly showed that there was rivalry among the Big 6 who claimed for independence. How could such a group of rivals have lead the then Gold Coast to independence ? 9 years later t ...
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The way Dr. Nkrumah treated Dr. J.B. Danquah clearly showed that there was rivalry among the Big 6 who claimed for independence. How could such a group of rivals have lead the then Gold Coast to independence ? 9 years later the government was overthrown.
Kwame 10 years ago

It is uncalled for for a civil servant to oppose a minister in public moreover the president. I was once in a meeting with a managing director of a motor vehicle importing firm who insulted a minister and his party, though I ...
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It is uncalled for for a civil servant to oppose a minister in public moreover the president. I was once in a meeting with a managing director of a motor vehicle importing firm who insulted a minister and his party, though I am not a member of that party, yet I can not allow a foreigner to insult the minister. However the minister did not ask me to intervene and keep the peace, thus I also keep the peace.
ONUA JOE 10 years ago

What does KB mean by challeged publickly?The dictated hated other opinions and so he ended up being surrounded by YES MEN.All the objective thinking guys were branded saboteurs and in his book DARK DAYS IN GHANA,Nkrumah himse ...
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What does KB mean by challeged publickly?The dictated hated other opinions and so he ended up being surrounded by YES MEN.All the objective thinking guys were branded saboteurs and in his book DARK DAYS IN GHANA,Nkrumah himself admitted that all his ministers who were with him in Hanoi on the day of his overthrow were cowards.He mentioned the fact that Quaison Sackey visited the toilet numerous times when the news broke out.He refered to Ghana as Nkrumah's Ghana.Is that not enough to tell young Ghanaians that the man was simply a dictator?
Antef 10 years ago

Akora Kwarteng's flute! Opium Wars is right. Nkrumah was a dictator. Period!

Akora Kwarteng's flute! Opium Wars is right. Nkrumah was a dictator. Period!

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