Okoampa gyimii, it's unfortunate we share a territory with your kind but I'm damned happy you're advocating for seccession. Is there anyway I may be of help to enable you secede quickly? And please, don't forget to take that ... read full comment
Okoampa gyimii, it's unfortunate we share a territory with your kind but I'm damned happy you're advocating for seccession. Is there anyway I may be of help to enable you secede quickly? And please, don't forget to take that man with you...what's his name? Oh yeah, they call hom akuffo addo or something like that. Please, kindly make him number one on the list to secede with you, bozo.
Mimi 10 years ago
Boateng wo ye aboa paaaaaaaaaa which part do you come from?If they break away and Ashanti is also gone where will your Ghana be? I hope this happen's one day, this was what Dr.Nkrumah tried hard to prevent after independence, ... read full comment
Boateng wo ye aboa paaaaaaaaaa which part do you come from?If they break away and Ashanti is also gone where will your Ghana be? I hope this happen's one day, this was what Dr.Nkrumah tried hard to prevent after independence, the Ashanti nationality they didn't want to be part of this bogus and stupid union.I now understand them because they new the union was a useless and hopeless thing, most of the people who formed the union were backward and weren't ready to move with time so I agree with the writer.
K. Boateng 10 years ago
Please be quick; you're more than humans so you should quickly break away from we the animals, after no one has a gun at your heads forcing you to remain in Ghana, secede and be gone!
Please be quick; you're more than humans so you should quickly break away from we the animals, after no one has a gun at your heads forcing you to remain in Ghana, secede and be gone!
KOFI ANTOBAM 10 years ago
All Akans MUST secede from this EWE BOGUS GHANA.A word to the wise is enough.
All Akans MUST secede from this EWE BOGUS GHANA.A word to the wise is enough.
K. Boateng 10 years ago
All Akans have nothing to do with your primitive-stone age nonsense. Go hang with your precambrian worldview.
All Akans have nothing to do with your primitive-stone age nonsense. Go hang with your precambrian worldview.
C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago
What a pity! Ahoofe and ilks' lunacy is spreading to some like you! Something must be done to curb its contagious nature.
Sickos!
Andy-K
What a pity! Ahoofe and ilks' lunacy is spreading to some like you! Something must be done to curb its contagious nature.
Sickos!
Andy-K
ILLITERATE APONKYI SARPONG 10 years ago
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Dedicated to Krobo Edusei’s Sister who was murdered in her yard by the NLM thugs, while preparing food for her Children.
Introduction
When the unrefined boxer faces a refined boxer (like Mohammed Ali) in the ring, the former’s only hope to win the fight is to relentlessly hit below the belt of his trained opponent. And when he cannot defend himself against the punches of his superior opponent, he removes his gloves and starts fighting the fans, referee and his trainer. Such are the brute tactics of the acolytes of Dr. J. B. Danquah, whenever the facts of history are brought into the open. Danquah’s politics in Ghana were completely driven by his commitment to strengthening and maintaining the rule of the Ofori Atta’s dynasty and the draconian “Chieftaincy” system (indirect rule via the native headmen) introduced by British colonialism. As Kofi Awoonor notes, Ofori Atta I, in particular, “was a classical example of a chief removed from the bounds of the original African democratic system and exalted to the British colonial master’s table.” With J. B. Danquah as Ofori Atta's “Attorney-General” (legal advisor), the latter manipulated the indirect rule system to acquire political power and personal wealth through unpopular destoolment of his opposing sub-kings, physical punishment of protesters, taxations, tribunal system, money laundering and land policy. This was one of the many reasons why Danquah was defeated in the 1954 and 1956 general elections in the Akyem Abuakwa Central constituency. In his bid for the presidency in 1960, the “Doyen of Gold Coast Politics” got 10% of the total votes; Volta Region was the only province where Danquah won.
Who are the Akyems?
My interviews (ethnographic research into Akyem history) with some Akyem traditionalists, including Osofo Nana Kwadwo of Kofi Gyemprem Shrine, Osabarima Adusei Peasah IV of Tafo and the late Professor Adu Boahen did not yield any conclusive result regarding the etymology of the name “Akyem.” But, based on Rev. C. C. Reindorf’s account, the name Akyem was given to the Akyem kingdom by the Adanse-Asante for being suppliers of salt (enkyen) into the interior. According to Osabarima Adusie Peasah IV and Reindorf, the Akyem migrated from Kwaman under the leadership of King Okru Banin. As Osofo Nana Kwadwo told me, they first settled on the bank of River Birem at Bunso, where Okomfo Asare emerged from the depth of the river on Tuesday with a palm frond in his hand. Hence, Ohum (Akyem festival), the names Bunso (bun no so), Beremu, (Birem) Birem Abena and the expression, “Akyem kwaa onom Beremu.”
The Akyem (including Begoro kingdom), Reindorf points out, was the parent group of Akwamu. Reindorf further points out that Akyem was an equally powerful nation, on par with that of Denkyira. But until the arrival of the refugee Abuakwa people, under Kuntunkruku, migrated from Adanse and begged to settle in Akyem, the Akwamu had submerged its ancestral Akyem kingdom. Hence, the saying in Tafo is that, “Abuakwa be too Akyem,” meaning “before the arrival of the Abuakwa (from Adanse) there was Akyem.” That explained why Danquah spoke of rehabilitating the image of Abuakwa so that it could lead the nation, after his failure in obtaining a stay of execution of death sentences for the convicted murderers of Akyea Mensah. So, why would Ofori Atta and Danquah turn around, harass and label the Juaben, Ga, Shai, Krobo, Ewe, Akwapim, Northern and Kwahu people in Akyem as “atubrafoo”—“stranger-settlers,” to borrow Busia’s expression?
The Origin of the Tyrannical Rule of Danquah’s Brother, Ofori Atta I According to Reindorf, Jarle Simensen and oral tradition, the first batch of refugees from Adanse to settle in Akyem was led by Kuntunkruku, who later became the first Omanhene of Akyem Abuakwa. Ofori Panin, who died about 1730, led the next batch of Adanse (Abuakwa) immigrants. The reign of Ofori Panin marked the turning point in Akyem history, as it was the period of wars for kingdoms. It was their defeat of Akwamu Empire in 1733 that brought towns like Asamankese, Akwatia, Tafo, Maase, Apedwa, Apappam and Asafo under Kyebi dynasty. In spite of this, there was hardly any land in Akyem, which came directly under the Kyebi royal stool. Therefore, when Ofori Atta came to the throne in 1912, and to prevent the Omanhene from being “reduced to the position of a beggar,” he devised a “centralization of land control” policy, in order to draw land to the royal stool. But, the policy as Mensah Sarbah, Casely-Hayford and Kobina Sekyi argued, was a breach of the general Akan land law in which public or stool land was attached to the stools of divisional and village “chiefs.” And the towns with big lands were Tafo, Begoro and Asamankese. The only means for Ofori Atta to achieve his goal was through judicial and political authority over the Akyem state with the backing of the Colonial Government, especially the District Commissioner W. J. A. Jones.
Ofori Atta I was born in 1881 to Akosua Buor Gyankromah (the first cousin of Omanhene Amoako Atta I) and E. Boakye Danquah (nephew of the Omanhene of New Juaben). Danquah, on the other hand, was born at Bepong in Kwahu in 1895 to a different mother. In 1903, A. E. B. Danquah (later Ofori Atta I) was called to Kyebi together with his brother A. E. A. Danquah (a police officer) to form the core of a new secretariat at the palace of Amoako Atta II. This was after A. E. B. Danquah (Ofori Atta I) had served as a sergeant in the British volunteer force in the 1900 British war against the Asantes. After the successor to Amoako Atta II was dethroned less than one year on the throne, A. E. B. Danquah was elected Omanhene in 1912 with the stool name Ofori Atta. As indicated above, there was no extensive land attached to the Paramount stool. But with the indirect rule, political power became the main source of wealth for the new Kyebi dynasty. Ofori Atta introduced his own financial policy through arbitrary tribunal income and various forms of political tribute in connection with installation of kings and queens, festivals and other forms. The new Omanhene soon found the District Commissioner (Jones) as his influential mentor, and appealed to the Colonial Governor to aid the Omanhene in containing the internal conflicts of the state and solidify his position as the new traditional aristocrat. It must be pointed out that it was during Ofori Atta’s regime that the Gold Coast became the showcase of British indirect rule. Ofori Atta accepted British supremacy and became proud of his citizenship in the British Empire. As Simensen points out, Ofori Atta “gave eloquent proof of his loyalty to the Empire” by “contributing large sums of money “to cover the cost of an aeroplane during the First Imperial War (WWI). In appreciation of this, “a war plane was christened “Akim Abuakwa,” and on receiving his C. B. E. in 1919, Ofori Atta was presented with a linguist stick with silver mountings and a miniature aeroplane on the top. This large financial contribution to Britain in its imperial war for world domination (including the Gold Coast) could have been used to develop Akyem Abuakwa. But no, Ofori Atta just aimed at securing greatest possible advantage in terms of economic benefit and political power for himself, his family, the royal lineage and the town Kyebi, with Danquah as his legal wizard. The Omanhene “had about forty wives and more than eighty children who naturally came to represent an important resource for him, both at the local and national levels” (Jarle Simensen, 95). It was one of these children, Aaron Kofi Asante Ofori Atta of Tafo, that defeated Danquah in the 1954 and 1956 elections. There is also a well documented rumour that Ofori Atta desired to have one out of every man’s wives brought to his palace to serve him (see “Akyem Abuakwa and the Politics of the Interwar Period in Ghana,” an anthology of papers presented at two seminars at Legon in 1971).
The Tyrannical Rule of Ofori Atta with Danquah as the “State Attorney General” Soon after the arrival of Dr. J.B. Danquah from Britain with a Ph. D. degree in philosophy, Ofori Atta instrumented the Native Administrative Ordinance of 1927. Between 1927 and 1943, Danquah served as Ofori Atta’s secretary, ambassador, and legal advisor (Attorney General). This was what gave rise to J.B. Danquah’s political career. In 1928, Danquah accompanied his brother Ofori Atta’s rise to knighthood for his meritorious service to the British Empire. It was around this time that Danquah published the two books, “Akan Laws and Customs and the Akim Abuakwa Constitution” and “The Akim Laws Handbook” to impress the British public with the majestic state of Akyem Abuakwa and its ruler. Ofori Atta’s land policy of 1919 and section 123 of the Native Administrative Ordinance of 1927 aimed at securing a large share of the benefits of land commercialization. The land commercialization policy was tied up with the political and judicial authority to control the “immigrant tenants” particularly. J. B. Danquah’s support of the 1927 Ordinance stemmed from his worship of the principle of colonial laissez faire “as the best way to secure both orderly Government and dedication to the British Empire.” This meant “Personal (Omanhene) rights and citizenship (exclusively Akyems) as opposed to Family Rights (the local stool family) and communal ownership of land (held in trust by the local king/queen). Danquah would advance the same argument against the 1951 Local Government Ordinance authored by Nkrumah’s Minister of Local Government, E. O. Asafu-Adjaye. In effect, the 1927 Ordinance gave legislative power to control the sale of stool lands and regulate the financial and judicial position of the “strangers-immigrants.” But this did not only bring conflict between the so-called “settler-immigrant and Ofori Atta,” it also brought conflict between the Omanhene and divisional kings of Tafo, Asamankese and Begoro. These alien policies thus led to major uprisings in Akyem Kotoku and Akyem Abuakwa against the Ofori Atta’s dynasty. And were it not for the arrests and beatings of the protesters by the colonial government’s police force, the Amantoo-mmiensa’s (king/queen makers of Akyem Omanhene) uprising and those of the commoners in Asamankese, Tafo, Asafo and other places, would have toppled Ofori Atta’s regime. In the case of Tafo, the Tafohene (the original Omanhene of Akyem) challenged Ofori Atta’s alien laws. And when the Tafohene challenged Ofori Atta’s notion as to the origin of the Akyem state and customary practice in land matters, Ofori Atta clamped down on him (see Simensen’s work on Akim Abuakwa, Vol. I and II). Nevertheless, the Tafohene’s open defiance of Ofori Atta’s policies foreshadowed Danquah’s defeat in the general elections. Meanwhile, the Amanhene of New Juaben, Akwapim and Kwahu expressed serious concerns about the ill-treatment meted out to their subjects by Ofori Atta I. In 1932, the Konor of Manya Krobo also protested the Ofori Atta’s land declaration as it interfered with the rights of his subjects in the disputed border areas. But in January 1928, Ofori launched an offensive assault on the New Juabens in Akyem Abuakwa with a new by-law. This new bye-law imposed a 1% tax on each cocoa tree owned by all non-Akyem farmers who held their land on a usufruct basis. The Juaben settlers in Tafo led a protest against the law saying that it singled them out for special tax, even though they were willing to partition their farms permanently with 1/3 going to the Omanhene. They also viewed the special tax as an effort to exploit the 1927 Ordinance for Ofori Atta’s personal gain. Their complaint was that since the enactment of the 1927 Ordinance, they (New Jaubens) had being feeling the “iron hands of Okyenhene” (see Simensen, 201). As pointed out earlier, the father of Ofori Atta and J.B. Danquah was the nephew of the New Juaben Omanhene. The next victims of Ofori Atta’s “iron hands” were the Kwahu traders. He ordered his sub-kings “to evict from Akyem Abuakwa all Kwahu traders who did not own their houses in the country.” Subsequently, the Kwahu traders were thrown out of their stores. Besides, Ofori Atta turned down an appeal by a forty-member delegation of the Kwahu traders. And Akyem landlords who showed sympathy with the evicted Kwahu traders were summoned to Kyebi for questioning. Speaking to this, he said “we should not be blamed for selfishness if we try to see in the first instance to the substantial erection of our own National Edifice” (see Ofori Atta’s speech to the Presbyterian Church (N/A Kibi, 11-197-41). In his “An Epistle To the Educated Youngman” in 1927, Danquah echoed Ofori Atta’s lamentation that “Mother Akim Abuakwa is being dismembered slice by slice like bread on a breakfast table,” and “future generations might have to rent from strangers their own ancestral land.” But, when Governor Guggisberg visited Kyebi in February 1922, one Donkor of Fankyereko told the Governor ‘that the bones on the Akim state drums were those of….rebellious sub-chiefs.” Certainly, as the Ofori Atta’s special secretary, ambassador, as well as legal wizard, Dr. J. B. Danquah was an accomplice in the Ofori Atta totalitarian rule and his method of silencing dissidents. Can we imagine what would have happened to rebels, bomb throwers, assassins and coup plotters under Danquah’s premiership?
Certainly, this is not a proud legacy.
Indeed, imposing J.B. Danquah as a “Patriotic Saint of Ghana” is a persecution of the ghosts of the 300 Young Pioneers (children) and Krobo Edusei’s Sister who were murdered by the Danquah-Busia thugs, for following Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
Kwame Botwe-Asamoah, Ph. D.
Professor of African and African American History
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Dr. Botwe-Asamoah is the author of the Cheikh Anta Diop Award for excellence in scholarship book, Kwame Nkrumah’s Politico-Cultural Thought and Policies, published by Routledge. You can contact this author for a list of readings.
Che 10 years ago
Okoampa, you are a professor, so PLEASE BEHAVE LIKE ONE, JESUS. OR LEAVE WE THE AKYEMS OUT OF YOUR LUNANCY.
Okoampa, you are a professor, so PLEASE BEHAVE LIKE ONE, JESUS. OR LEAVE WE THE AKYEMS OUT OF YOUR LUNANCY.
BISHOP 10 years ago
This man is known to have argued with every body and disagreed with every thing around him. He cant get along with his wife, kids, family both at home and abroad. He hates his employers, co-workers, students, and even sensibl ... read full comment
This man is known to have argued with every body and disagreed with every thing around him. He cant get along with his wife, kids, family both at home and abroad. He hates his employers, co-workers, students, and even sensible people in the NPP cannot tolerate him.
He might even argue with God almighty one day. How can such a person be a spokesman of a major political party? NPP needs to decide on the fate of such hoodlums in the party fast.
What kind of person is this?
Martin Brew 10 years ago
We can't wait to help you and your primitive lot get out. Hurry and tell us when the secession will occur. We'll do our best to see you primitive lot off into an enclave all your own. Nkwaseafuo.
We can't wait to help you and your primitive lot get out. Hurry and tell us when the secession will occur. We'll do our best to see you primitive lot off into an enclave all your own. Nkwaseafuo.
James B. Otafregya 10 years ago
And if you need help to pack, just let us know: we shall come in our quantity to help you pack and carry your things.
And if you need help to pack, just let us know: we shall come in our quantity to help you pack and carry your things.
Tarzan 10 years ago
You made laugh so hard my sides hurt. Nice one.
You made laugh so hard my sides hurt. Nice one.
GOLD COAST 10 years ago
Big brother Ahoofe,like Adofo(CRAZY TWINS)is desperate;for old age is catching up with him,as his mental condition deteriorates.He has put all his hopes on Akufo-Addo and NPP winning the presidency,so he can secure a top gove ... read full comment
Big brother Ahoofe,like Adofo(CRAZY TWINS)is desperate;for old age is catching up with him,as his mental condition deteriorates.He has put all his hopes on Akufo-Addo and NPP winning the presidency,so he can secure a top government job - and for the first time in his life,be able to buy a house.But he knows it ain't gonna happen - so he's going bonkers.
Right now,he's probably laughing himself to death,while reading the negative comments - in his two bedroom apartment which he shares with roaches and mice in the Bronx ghetto.
Folks,Ahoofe ain't going nowhere,so brace yourselves for more of his irrational outpourings.
PEACE
Ebo Kobena Ayinda 10 years ago
Good riddance Ahoofe. You are just repeating your uncle, JB Danquah's clarion call prior to independence. Good bye "Okyeman."
Good riddance Ahoofe. You are just repeating your uncle, JB Danquah's clarion call prior to independence. Good bye "Okyeman."
MenayeAFUAforiwa 10 years ago
Please,do not fault Okyeman for what this man says, he is a carbon copy of his father who never agreed with any Okyeni in New York City. Always at luggarheads with fellow Akyems or anyone who did not agree with him.He was a l ... read full comment
Please,do not fault Okyeman for what this man says, he is a carbon copy of his father who never agreed with any Okyeni in New York City. Always at luggarheads with fellow Akyems or anyone who did not agree with him.He was a loner. But his mother was a one of the respectable and beautiful ladies everybody would like to associate with.An odd match eh?
ILLITERATE APONKYI SARPONG 10 years ago
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Dedicated to Krobo Edusei’s Sister who was murdered in her yard by the NLM thugs, while preparing food for her Children.
Introduction
When the unrefined boxer faces a refined boxer (like Mohammed Ali) in the ring, the former’s only hope to win the fight is to relentlessly hit below the belt of his trained opponent. And when he cannot defend himself against the punches of his superior opponent, he removes his gloves and starts fighting the fans, referee and his trainer. Such are the brute tactics of the acolytes of Dr. J. B. Danquah, whenever the facts of history are brought into the open. Danquah’s politics in Ghana were completely driven by his commitment to strengthening and maintaining the rule of the Ofori Atta’s dynasty and the draconian “Chieftaincy” system (indirect rule via the native headmen) introduced by British colonialism. As Kofi Awoonor notes, Ofori Atta I, in particular, “was a classical example of a chief removed from the bounds of the original African democratic system and exalted to the British colonial master’s table.” With J. B. Danquah as Ofori Atta's “Attorney-General” (legal advisor), the latter manipulated the indirect rule system to acquire political power and personal wealth through unpopular destoolment of his opposing sub-kings, physical punishment of protesters, taxations, tribunal system, money laundering and land policy. This was one of the many reasons why Danquah was defeated in the 1954 and 1956 general elections in the Akyem Abuakwa Central constituency. In his bid for the presidency in 1960, the “Doyen of Gold Coast Politics” got 10% of the total votes; Volta Region was the only province where Danquah won.
Who are the Akyems?
My interviews (ethnographic research into Akyem history) with some Akyem traditionalists, including Osofo Nana Kwadwo of Kofi Gyemprem Shrine, Osabarima Adusei Peasah IV of Tafo and the late Professor Adu Boahen did not yield any conclusive result regarding the etymology of the name “Akyem.” But, based on Rev. C. C. Reindorf’s account, the name Akyem was given to the Akyem kingdom by the Adanse-Asante for being suppliers of salt (enkyen) into the interior. According to Osabarima Adusie Peasah IV and Reindorf, the Akyem migrated from Kwaman under the leadership of King Okru Banin. As Osofo Nana Kwadwo told me, they first settled on the bank of River Birem at Bunso, where Okomfo Asare emerged from the depth of the river on Tuesday with a palm frond in his hand. Hence, Ohum (Akyem festival), the names Bunso (bun no so), Beremu, (Birem) Birem Abena and the expression, “Akyem kwaa onom Beremu.”
The Akyem (including Begoro kingdom), Reindorf points out, was the parent group of Akwamu. Reindorf further points out that Akyem was an equally powerful nation, on par with that of Denkyira. But until the arrival of the refugee Abuakwa people, under Kuntunkruku, migrated from Adanse and begged to settle in Akyem, the Akwamu had submerged its ancestral Akyem kingdom. Hence, the saying in Tafo is that, “Abuakwa be too Akyem,” meaning “before the arrival of the Abuakwa (from Adanse) there was Akyem.” That explained why Danquah spoke of rehabilitating the image of Abuakwa so that it could lead the nation, after his failure in obtaining a stay of execution of death sentences for the convicted murderers of Akyea Mensah. So, why would Ofori Atta and Danquah turn around, harass and label the Juaben, Ga, Shai, Krobo, Ewe, Akwapim, Northern and Kwahu people in Akyem as “atubrafoo”—“stranger-settlers,” to borrow Busia’s expression?
The Origin of the Tyrannical Rule of Danquah’s Brother, Ofori Atta I According to Reindorf, Jarle Simensen and oral tradition, the first batch of refugees from Adanse to settle in Akyem was led by Kuntunkruku, who later became the first Omanhene of Akyem Abuakwa. Ofori Panin, who died about 1730, led the next batch of Adanse (Abuakwa) immigrants. The reign of Ofori Panin marked the turning point in Akyem history, as it was the period of wars for kingdoms. It was their defeat of Akwamu Empire in 1733 that brought towns like Asamankese, Akwatia, Tafo, Maase, Apedwa, Apappam and Asafo under Kyebi dynasty. In spite of this, there was hardly any land in Akyem, which came directly under the Kyebi royal stool. Therefore, when Ofori Atta came to the throne in 1912, and to prevent the Omanhene from being “reduced to the position of a beggar,” he devised a “centralization of land control” policy, in order to draw land to the royal stool. But, the policy as Mensah Sarbah, Casely-Hayford and Kobina Sekyi argued, was a breach of the general Akan land law in which public or stool land was attached to the stools of divisional and village “chiefs.” And the towns with big lands were Tafo, Begoro and Asamankese. The only means for Ofori Atta to achieve his goal was through judicial and political authority over the Akyem state with the backing of the Colonial Government, especially the District Commissioner W. J. A. Jones.
Ofori Atta I was born in 1881 to Akosua Buor Gyankromah (the first cousin of Omanhene Amoako Atta I) and E. Boakye Danquah (nephew of the Omanhene of New Juaben). Danquah, on the other hand, was born at Bepong in Kwahu in 1895 to a different mother. In 1903, A. E. B. Danquah (later Ofori Atta I) was called to Kyebi together with his brother A. E. A. Danquah (a police officer) to form the core of a new secretariat at the palace of Amoako Atta II. This was after A. E. B. Danquah (Ofori Atta I) had served as a sergeant in the British volunteer force in the 1900 British war against the Asantes. After the successor to Amoako Atta II was dethroned less than one year on the throne, A. E. B. Danquah was elected Omanhene in 1912 with the stool name Ofori Atta. As indicated above, there was no extensive land attached to the Paramount stool. But with the indirect rule, political power became the main source of wealth for the new Kyebi dynasty. Ofori Atta introduced his own financial policy through arbitrary tribunal income and various forms of political tribute in connection with installation of kings and queens, festivals and other forms. The new Omanhene soon found the District Commissioner (Jones) as his influential mentor, and appealed to the Colonial Governor to aid the Omanhene in containing the internal conflicts of the state and solidify his position as the new traditional aristocrat. It must be pointed out that it was during Ofori Atta’s regime that the Gold Coast became the showcase of British indirect rule. Ofori Atta accepted British supremacy and became proud of his citizenship in the British Empire. As Simensen points out, Ofori Atta “gave eloquent proof of his loyalty to the Empire” by “contributing large sums of money “to cover the cost of an aeroplane during the First Imperial War (WWI). In appreciation of this, “a war plane was christened “Akim Abuakwa,” and on receiving his C. B. E. in 1919, Ofori Atta was presented with a linguist stick with silver mountings and a miniature aeroplane on the top. This large financial contribution to Britain in its imperial war for world domination (including the Gold Coast) could have been used to develop Akyem Abuakwa. But no, Ofori Atta just aimed at securing greatest possible advantage in terms of economic benefit and political power for himself, his family, the royal lineage and the town Kyebi, with Danquah as his legal wizard. The Omanhene “had about forty wives and more than eighty children who naturally came to represent an important resource for him, both at the local and national levels” (Jarle Simensen, 95). It was one of these children, Aaron Kofi Asante Ofori Atta of Tafo, that defeated Danquah in the 1954 and 1956 elections. There is also a well documented rumour that Ofori Atta desired to have one out of every man’s wives brought to his palace to serve him (see “Akyem Abuakwa and the Politics of the Interwar Period in Ghana,” an anthology of papers presented at two seminars at Legon in 1971).
The Tyrannical Rule of Ofori Atta with Danquah as the “State Attorney General” Soon after the arrival of Dr. J.B. Danquah from Britain with a Ph. D. degree in philosophy, Ofori Atta instrumented the Native Administrative Ordinance of 1927. Between 1927 and 1943, Danquah served as Ofori Atta’s secretary, ambassador, and legal advisor (Attorney General). This was what gave rise to J.B. Danquah’s political career. In 1928, Danquah accompanied his brother Ofori Atta’s rise to knighthood for his meritorious service to the British Empire. It was around this time that Danquah published the two books, “Akan Laws and Customs and the Akim Abuakwa Constitution” and “The Akim Laws Handbook” to impress the British public with the majestic state of Akyem Abuakwa and its ruler. Ofori Atta’s land policy of 1919 and section 123 of the Native Administrative Ordinance of 1927 aimed at securing a large share of the benefits of land commercialization. The land commercialization policy was tied up with the political and judicial authority to control the “immigrant tenants” particularly. J. B. Danquah’s support of the 1927 Ordinance stemmed from his worship of the principle of colonial laissez faire “as the best way to secure both orderly Government and dedication to the British Empire.” This meant “Personal (Omanhene) rights and citizenship (exclusively Akyems) as opposed to Family Rights (the local stool family) and communal ownership of land (held in trust by the local king/queen). Danquah would advance the same argument against the 1951 Local Government Ordinance authored by Nkrumah’s Minister of Local Government, E. O. Asafu-Adjaye. In effect, the 1927 Ordinance gave legislative power to control the sale of stool lands and regulate the financial and judicial position of the “strangers-immigrants.” But this did not only bring conflict between the so-called “settler-immigrant and Ofori Atta,” it also brought conflict between the Omanhene and divisional kings of Tafo, Asamankese and Begoro. These alien policies thus led to major uprisings in Akyem Kotoku and Akyem Abuakwa against the Ofori Atta’s dynasty. And were it not for the arrests and beatings of the protesters by the colonial government’s police force, the Amantoo-mmiensa’s (king/queen makers of Akyem Omanhene) uprising and those of the commoners in Asamankese, Tafo, Asafo and other places, would have toppled Ofori Atta’s regime. In the case of Tafo, the Tafohene (the original Omanhene of Akyem) challenged Ofori Atta’s alien laws. And when the Tafohene challenged Ofori Atta’s notion as to the origin of the Akyem state and customary practice in land matters, Ofori Atta clamped down on him (see Simensen’s work on Akim Abuakwa, Vol. I and II). Nevertheless, the Tafohene’s open defiance of Ofori Atta’s policies foreshadowed Danquah’s defeat in the general elections. Meanwhile, the Amanhene of New Juaben, Akwapim and Kwahu expressed serious concerns about the ill-treatment meted out to their subjects by Ofori Atta I. In 1932, the Konor of Manya Krobo also protested the Ofori Atta’s land declaration as it interfered with the rights of his subjects in the disputed border areas. But in January 1928, Ofori launched an offensive assault on the New Juabens in Akyem Abuakwa with a new by-law. This new bye-law imposed a 1% tax on each cocoa tree owned by all non-Akyem farmers who held their land on a usufruct basis. The Juaben settlers in Tafo led a protest against the law saying that it singled them out for special tax, even though they were willing to partition their farms permanently with 1/3 going to the Omanhene. They also viewed the special tax as an effort to exploit the 1927 Ordinance for Ofori Atta’s personal gain. Their complaint was that since the enactment of the 1927 Ordinance, they (New Jaubens) had being feeling the “iron hands of Okyenhene” (see Simensen, 201). As pointed out earlier, the father of Ofori Atta and J.B. Danquah was the nephew of the New Juaben Omanhene. The next victims of Ofori Atta’s “iron hands” were the Kwahu traders. He ordered his sub-kings “to evict from Akyem Abuakwa all Kwahu traders who did not own their houses in the country.” Subsequently, the Kwahu traders were thrown out of their stores. Besides, Ofori Atta turned down an appeal by a forty-member delegation of the Kwahu traders. And Akyem landlords who showed sympathy with the evicted Kwahu traders were summoned to Kyebi for questioning. Speaking to this, he said “we should not be blamed for selfishness if we try to see in the first instance to the substantial erection of our own National Edifice” (see Ofori Atta’s speech to the Presbyterian Church (N/A Kibi, 11-197-41). In his “An Epistle To the Educated Youngman” in 1927, Danquah echoed Ofori Atta’s lamentation that “Mother Akim Abuakwa is being dismembered slice by slice like bread on a breakfast table,” and “future generations might have to rent from strangers their own ancestral land.” But, when Governor Guggisberg visited Kyebi in February 1922, one Donkor of Fankyereko told the Governor ‘that the bones on the Akim state drums were those of….rebellious sub-chiefs.” Certainly, as the Ofori Atta’s special secretary, ambassador, as well as legal wizard, Dr. J. B. Danquah was an accomplice in the Ofori Atta totalitarian rule and his method of silencing dissidents. Can we imagine what would have happened to rebels, bomb throwers, assassins and coup plotters under Danquah’s premiership?
Certainly, this is not a proud legacy.
Indeed, imposing J.B. Danquah as a “Patriotic Saint of Ghana” is a persecution of the ghosts of the 300 Young Pioneers (children) and Krobo Edusei’s Sister who were murdered by the Danquah-Busia thugs, for following Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
Kwame Botwe-Asamoah, Ph. D.
Professor of African and African American History
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Dr. Botwe-Asamoah is the author of the Cheikh Anta Diop Award for excellence in scholarship book, Kwame Nkrumah’s Politico-Cultural Thought and Policies, published by Routledge. You can contact this author for a list of readings.
JOHN 10 years ago
According to dependable sources Ahoofe's father was equally controversial,argumentative and cantankerous.Like father,like son,so goes the saying.
According to dependable sources Ahoofe's father was equally controversial,argumentative and cantankerous.Like father,like son,so goes the saying.
Francis kofie 10 years ago
This is garbage from a very confused mind. He is to be pitied.
This is garbage from a very confused mind. He is to be pitied.
mRNA + tRNA 10 years ago
Who cares if Okyeman Secede!!!What use is Okyeman anyway, Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D?
Who cares if Okyeman Secede!!!What use is Okyeman anyway, Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D?
Maka Maka 10 years ago
HALEILUYA GOOD RIDDANCE. ANY WHY SHOULD GHANAWEB BE BORDERING US LUNATIC WRITE UPS OF THIS MENTALLY SICK ANIMAL.
HALEILUYA GOOD RIDDANCE. ANY WHY SHOULD GHANAWEB BE BORDERING US LUNATIC WRITE UPS OF THIS MENTALLY SICK ANIMAL.
seidu 10 years ago
it does not matter how many degrees one holds or ones level of education, when you are born stupid so shall it be and PhD holder okwampa ahoofe is one.
it does not matter how many degrees one holds or ones level of education, when you are born stupid so shall it be and PhD holder okwampa ahoofe is one.
Ada Boy 10 years ago
One statement stands unchallenged and unmatched supremely in Ghana,"the educated fools".
The difference between pinhead Ahoofe and the humble Ghanaian heroine is that she has the capacity to reach out to those who caused her ... read full comment
One statement stands unchallenged and unmatched supremely in Ghana,"the educated fools".
The difference between pinhead Ahoofe and the humble Ghanaian heroine is that she has the capacity to reach out to those who caused her the severe angst.
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY 10 years ago
Just go now. We don't need you and we have no use for you.
Just go now. We don't need you and we have no use for you.
Mimi 10 years ago
Useless trokosi what do Ghana benefit from your area? You are the course of Ghana's woes before you joined there was peace, you came to divide, to create loot and share our resources, you will pay every penny of that before G ... read full comment
Useless trokosi what do Ghana benefit from your area? You are the course of Ghana's woes before you joined there was peace, you came to divide, to create loot and share our resources, you will pay every penny of that before Ghana is no more.kwasiabi kwa like you.
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY 10 years ago
What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for?
AFEVIA 10 years ago
OKYEMAN AUTONOMY NOW AND AKUFFO ADDO WILL BE DECLARED THE PRIME MINISTER AND OKYEHENE AUTOMATICALLY BECOMES THE PRESIDENT (CEREMONIAL). THAT WILL BE A CONSOLATION AKUFFO ADDO AFTER ANOTHER HUMILIATING DEFEAT AT THE SC. OKYEMA ... read full comment
OKYEMAN AUTONOMY NOW AND AKUFFO ADDO WILL BE DECLARED THE PRIME MINISTER AND OKYEHENE AUTOMATICALLY BECOMES THE PRESIDENT (CEREMONIAL). THAT WILL BE A CONSOLATION AKUFFO ADDO AFTER ANOTHER HUMILIATING DEFEAT AT THE SC. OKYEMAN TO BE THE GHANAIAN LESOTHO.
Cut the Crap ! 10 years ago
Good news and good riddance !
Go back to your bush and leave us Ghanaians to get on with our lives without your daily sermons advertising your tribalism, inferiority complex and bush boy English .
Long live Ghana,
Ghan ... read full comment
Good news and good riddance !
Go back to your bush and leave us Ghanaians to get on with our lives without your daily sermons advertising your tribalism, inferiority complex and bush boy English .
Long live Ghana,
Ghana will never die,
Only one thing will die,
That is " All Die be Die "
Soroku 10 years ago
Akyem is a combination of Denkyiras,Adansis and Ashantes.Most Akyems still have their siblings and blood relatives from their roots and origin.Secede,impossible
Akyem is a combination of Denkyiras,Adansis and Ashantes.Most Akyems still have their siblings and blood relatives from their roots and origin.Secede,impossible
korkorbi 10 years ago
Infact its like you are one of the few educated fools from Ghana.Anything and everything you write is poison.Why are you always thinking evil? WHY?.Your parents must be very worried about you. PREACH PEACE AND HARMONY AND STO ... read full comment
Infact its like you are one of the few educated fools from Ghana.Anything and everything you write is poison.Why are you always thinking evil? WHY?.Your parents must be very worried about you. PREACH PEACE AND HARMONY AND STOP THIS SILLY THINGS YOU ALWAYS WRITE.
HARRY 10 years ago
LISTEN TO HIM.WHO CARES!.THAT IS WHERE YOU SHOULD DIRECT AKUFFO ADDO TO GO AND WAIT FOR HIS TURN AS OKYEHENE BUT NOT THE PRESIDENT OF GHANA. THE OKYEHENE STOOL COULD BE AN INHERITANCE.
LISTEN TO HIM.WHO CARES!.THAT IS WHERE YOU SHOULD DIRECT AKUFFO ADDO TO GO AND WAIT FOR HIS TURN AS OKYEHENE BUT NOT THE PRESIDENT OF GHANA. THE OKYEHENE STOOL COULD BE AN INHERITANCE.
Azumah Nelson 10 years ago
This man is crazy.
This man is crazy.
Martin Brew 10 years ago
Who needs you and your tribalistic lot? You and your stupid Okyeman can secede for all we care; the sooner the better. Your high-achieving lot my ass. FYI, your people are still living in darkness eking meager subsistence fro ... read full comment
Who needs you and your tribalistic lot? You and your stupid Okyeman can secede for all we care; the sooner the better. Your high-achieving lot my ass. FYI, your people are still living in darkness eking meager subsistence from the bush and defecating all around themselves just like any other tribe in Ghana. Don't talk to us about high-achieving Okyeman. Nkwaseasem ara kwa.
AUDI Q5 10 years ago
Kwame, you're simply acting out what your ancestral family have always been: SEPERATISTS!! Clearly, this demonstrates your frustration with the up coming Supreme Court verdict that will see your cousin lose. Your secession ca ... read full comment
Kwame, you're simply acting out what your ancestral family have always been: SEPERATISTS!! Clearly, this demonstrates your frustration with the up coming Supreme Court verdict that will see your cousin lose. Your secession call has nothing to do with how Mrs Theodosia Okoh was shamefully treated by the Accra mayor. I think the rest of Ghana would be better off without arrogant, pompous, and divisive Akyems of your type!
Yaw Amofa 10 years ago
Okoampa, many towns does Okyeman have? What is the land size? And the worst of all being landlocked? Hahahahahaha!
Okoampa, many towns does Okyeman have? What is the land size? And the worst of all being landlocked? Hahahahahaha!
I&I 10 years ago
Dear Ahoofe, I am all for secession if includes all the Six Akan Regions. (to those ignorants out there)Greater Accra Region belongs to the Akuapims and the Fantis. So let me know when the movement starts. I will contribute i ... read full comment
Dear Ahoofe, I am all for secession if includes all the Six Akan Regions. (to those ignorants out there)Greater Accra Region belongs to the Akuapims and the Fantis. So let me know when the movement starts. I will contribute in anyway possible.
GAWUKO 10 years ago
All Kwame can do is dream, dream, dream! But if his dream should become a reality, which is fortunately most unlikely, the Okyeman will be a failed state, with leaders like Prof. Dr. Kwame Okoampah-Ahoofe Jnr.
All Kwame can do is dream, dream, dream! But if his dream should become a reality, which is fortunately most unlikely, the Okyeman will be a failed state, with leaders like Prof. Dr. Kwame Okoampah-Ahoofe Jnr.
I&I 10 years ago
Ghana was destined to fail the moment Nkrumah added the Volta Region to the young nation. These ewes have staged all the coups in Ghana including the first one that overthrew the very president who made them part of Ghana. I ... read full comment
Ghana was destined to fail the moment Nkrumah added the Volta Region to the young nation. These ewes have staged all the coups in Ghana including the first one that overthrew the very president who made them part of Ghana. I will rather be part of All Akan States instead of a failed state ruled buy ewe foreigners.
C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago
Ignorant moron, didn't you read on Ghanaweb recently how an Ewe, Gbedema, plucked Nkrumah from sleeping on the floor in a brewery, took him home to be sharing his bed and nurtured him to become what he became? I wrote about h ... read full comment
Ignorant moron, didn't you read on Ghanaweb recently how an Ewe, Gbedema, plucked Nkrumah from sleeping on the floor in a brewery, took him home to be sharing his bed and nurtured him to become what he became? I wrote about how the same Ewe man made him head of the CPP and later Head of Govt Business.
If some Ewes were part of the original Gold Coast long before the whole of the then Asante Kingdom and the Northern Territories were even colonised, how come Nkrumah born in 1909 made VR a part of Ghana? Which part of Ghana do you come from?
It is such a pity that Ghanaweb is flooded with so many ignorant morons and idiots with no breeding at all, not to mention proper education.
Andy-K
I&I 10 years ago
Andy K, you just can't handle the truth so you are rewriting history. Your volta region was never a part of Ghana until just before Ghana's Independence. Your evil region with it's evil people was a German Protectrate under N ... read full comment
Andy K, you just can't handle the truth so you are rewriting history. Your volta region was never a part of Ghana until just before Ghana's Independence. Your evil region with it's evil people was a German Protectrate under Nazi Germany. Meanwhile, haven't the ewes staged all the coups in Ghana including the last one by rawshit and kofi awonoor targeting the Akans? Bitch once again you just can't handle the truth.
C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago
Indeed, I can't handle your kind of "truth", abject ignorance boiled hard and served as the gospel! Why is it is only you Akans who doesn't know Ghana's history and you about writing nonsense? I am challenging ALL so-called o ... read full comment
Indeed, I can't handle your kind of "truth", abject ignorance boiled hard and served as the gospel! Why is it is only you Akans who doesn't know Ghana's history and you about writing nonsense? I am challenging ALL so-called on this issue, to come out and say if what you wrote is the truth?
Are you aware that the Anlo, Tongu and up to Peki areas of the present VR were part of the original Gold Coast proper? And thus were never under the Germans?
And are you also aware that the part of the VR under the Germans, from the Ho area through Hohoe to northern VR, in addition to the eastern part of present N/R and E/R, which together formed the TVT, were first under the British, from the end of the Sagrenti War to 1884, before the British gave it to the Germans on the conclusion of the Berlin [Scramble for Africa] Conference in 1884?
As for the coups, the list of the coup makers are out there. If you are so blinkard and you only see and can read Ewe names, that's your problem! Your kind jubilated when Kotoka and Harlley led the Army and the Police to overthrow Nkrumah. And you jubilated when JJ overthrew Limann and served in his junta, so bugger off with your hypocrisy and double standards!
Andy-K
Create, loot and share 10 years ago
You are in effect confirming what I&I is saying so what is your point?
Ewes are notorious coup makers and that is a fact.
You are in effect confirming what I&I is saying so what is your point?
Ewes are notorious coup makers and that is a fact.
Create, loot and share 10 years ago
It is clear from Okoampa's article that the war on Akans that rawlings and his henchmen started is still on-going and flourishing. I just discovered that Theodosia Okoh has Akan blood running in her veins. So interesting! I w ... read full comment
It is clear from Okoampa's article that the war on Akans that rawlings and his henchmen started is still on-going and flourishing. I just discovered that Theodosia Okoh has Akan blood running in her veins. So interesting! I was wondering why Okoh Vanderpuye could do such a thing to another Ga woman. Now I understand why.
OTCHERE DARKO 10 years ago
I knew that it could only be the inward-looking "Akyem nationalist" with no shame (Okoampa Ahoofe).
But who would lose if "Okyeman" were to secede?????
It be the Akyemfuor themselves who would lose.
I knew that it could only be the inward-looking "Akyem nationalist" with no shame (Okoampa Ahoofe).
But who would lose if "Okyeman" were to secede?????
It be the Akyemfuor themselves who would lose.
OTCHERE DARKO 10 years ago
It would be the Akyemfuor themselves who would lose.
It would be the Akyemfuor themselves who would lose.
Bulala 10 years ago
The biggest joke of the year. You can insult President John Mahma it will not unmake him the man of the moment Wait till the Supreme Court verdict. You cac then attack n see what would happen. Nkwasia boasem.
The biggest joke of the year. You can insult President John Mahma it will not unmake him the man of the moment Wait till the Supreme Court verdict. You cac then attack n see what would happen. Nkwasia boasem.
Tarzan 10 years ago
Man, where does Okoampa get these kind of crazy ideas from? Secession??? Come on, the only place I know this idea comes up often is Texas. Governor Rick Perry is the "Chief Secessionist" in the USA and Okoampa steals these ... read full comment
Man, where does Okoampa get these kind of crazy ideas from? Secession??? Come on, the only place I know this idea comes up often is Texas. Governor Rick Perry is the "Chief Secessionist" in the USA and Okoampa steals these crazy ideas from him. It is said if one runs naked after a naked mad person, the such a one is equally mad. Ankafo-mate Okoampa!!!
Nana Yaw 10 years ago
Rwanda lost almost a million people about over a decade ago, they will be glad to welcome you. You and your people have already expressed to the rest of us about your deep desire to make a road trip to Kigali. Ofui like you w ... read full comment
Rwanda lost almost a million people about over a decade ago, they will be glad to welcome you. You and your people have already expressed to the rest of us about your deep desire to make a road trip to Kigali. Ofui like you will never be missed!!!
Nana Yaw 10 years ago
Mother Ghana will be grateful if you could convince psychos like Ken Agyapong, Sekou Nkrumah, Ken Kuranche, Kofi Jumah and Obetsebi Lamptey to join you in your permanent exile to Kigali!!!
Mother Ghana will be grateful if you could convince psychos like Ken Agyapong, Sekou Nkrumah, Ken Kuranche, Kofi Jumah and Obetsebi Lamptey to join you in your permanent exile to Kigali!!!
oyinasky 10 years ago
So why are you leaving Otokunor, De Sosoo, Gyan Boateng, Nii Lantey Vanderpyue,kOKU aNYINDOHO behind?Let them join your selection.
So why are you leaving Otokunor, De Sosoo, Gyan Boateng, Nii Lantey Vanderpyue,kOKU aNYINDOHO behind?Let them join your selection.
Nana Yaw 10 years ago
I could not agree with you more!
I could not agree with you more!
Nana 10 years ago
Was the name not restored?
Was the name not restored?
Francis kofie 10 years ago
This garbage is coming from a confused mind. He is to be pitied.
This garbage is coming from a confused mind. He is to be pitied.
atomic 10 years ago
cry from afar! is it not interesting that a man thousands of miles away will call on okyeman to secede. okoampa's complex and fixation is too deep i fear he has become a threat to his own person and others around him. he need ... read full comment
cry from afar! is it not interesting that a man thousands of miles away will call on okyeman to secede. okoampa's complex and fixation is too deep i fear he has become a threat to his own person and others around him. he needs psychiatric help and our tolerance
Remember 10 years ago
Runaway greener pasture seeker! What is your own contribution to the system?
Runaway greener pasture seeker! What is your own contribution to the system?
oyinasky 10 years ago
What a fool.
What a fool.
ABU 10 years ago
Ghana stands losing nothing if Okyeman should secede,Okyeman lying in a very favourable climate of Ghana one needs to visit Kyebi the enclaves capital to see its state of despair and poverty due to the lazy and unproductive n ... read full comment
Ghana stands losing nothing if Okyeman should secede,Okyeman lying in a very favourable climate of Ghana one needs to visit Kyebi the enclaves capital to see its state of despair and poverty due to the lazy and unproductive nature of the indegents.Only the aged women engage in subsistent farming,with the healthy and strong alchoholics drinking "ensa fufuo"all day long and playing of chest.Litigation their principal occupation.New-Tafo Akim a town with vitality due to the nature of its non indegen inhabitants
Abeeku Mensah 10 years ago
It's kind of sad Okoampa-Ahoofe's pea brain is showing signs of strain and stress in a field of study that require no serious mental exercise needed in the sciences. Ghana would surely be in trouble if his brain had been use ... read full comment
It's kind of sad Okoampa-Ahoofe's pea brain is showing signs of strain and stress in a field of study that require no serious mental exercise needed in the sciences. Ghana would surely be in trouble if his brain had been used for something more beneficial to society.
nana akufo addo 10 years ago
It looks like as he grows, his mental capabilities reduce proportionally! I have never come across an elderly person who talks so much nonsense like this okoampa guy! He is a disgrace to akyems in general n akufo addo in part ... read full comment
It looks like as he grows, his mental capabilities reduce proportionally! I have never come across an elderly person who talks so much nonsense like this okoampa guy! He is a disgrace to akyems in general n akufo addo in particular!
ABU 10 years ago
The main reason we all must refrain sending Nana Addo to the Flag Staff House as his team is mainly made up of such mentality and evil.
The main reason we all must refrain sending Nana Addo to the Flag Staff House as his team is mainly made up of such mentality and evil.
nana akufo addo 10 years ago
Oh, now we know this ahoofe guy is akufo addo's tribesman! No wonder he's been spewing all the nonsense here on ghanaweb! Secede? We can't wait for you people to get out! GET OUT!
Oh, now we know this ahoofe guy is akufo addo's tribesman! No wonder he's been spewing all the nonsense here on ghanaweb! Secede? We can't wait for you people to get out! GET OUT!
Kofi Karikari 10 years ago
Dont hide in USA and be misbehaving.
Dont hide in USA and be misbehaving.
James B. Otafregya 10 years ago
Okoampa, be very brave and get your people ready to break away from Ghana and see how Okyeman, the laziest tribe in Ghana will suffer.
Go to Kyebi and its environs and see how able-bodied strong men sit under trees drink N ... read full comment
Okoampa, be very brave and get your people ready to break away from Ghana and see how Okyeman, the laziest tribe in Ghana will suffer.
Go to Kyebi and its environs and see how able-bodied strong men sit under trees drink Nsaafuo and play Dame all day long. The few of them may be hunting Okusie and other weaving Adwokuo for trapping tcrabs and tiny fishes.
If you can break away with this lot, Bro go ahead and the only thing Ghana may lose is a bunch of lazy people.
JOHN 10 years ago
When will this Community College professor write something sensible?
When will this Community College professor write something sensible?
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 10 years ago
It is not fair to condemn a whole group because of the misbehavior of a single member.
KOA is a pariah in his own town, and a people that have been sensible enough to ostracize such a character deserve our commendation, not ... read full comment
It is not fair to condemn a whole group because of the misbehavior of a single member.
KOA is a pariah in his own town, and a people that have been sensible enough to ostracize such a character deserve our commendation, not our condemnation.
G. K. Berko 10 years ago
The Professor is the only entity deserving of isolation. The great people of Akyem must not be held to his embarrassing treasonous proposition.
Long live Ghana!!!
The Professor is the only entity deserving of isolation. The great people of Akyem must not be held to his embarrassing treasonous proposition.
Long live Ghana!!!
Paul Amuna 10 years ago
Can this moronic Okoampa tell us if he has managed in even a small way to make any traction into emancipation of his lot and fellow "Okyemfuo" and by extension other blacks (and minorities) in his local neighbourhood in New Y ... read full comment
Can this moronic Okoampa tell us if he has managed in even a small way to make any traction into emancipation of his lot and fellow "Okyemfuo" and by extension other blacks (and minorities) in his local neighbourhood in New York (not New York city or State, just his own nook and cranny).
So he actually meant it when he started his "Road to Kigali Series". Since he failed miserably with that, and can see the writing on the wall for those he supports in the election petition, this is his only consolation and perhaps 'Last Call'? Shameless and pathetic idiot and a non-patriot. He will continue to hide behind an American passport as his consolation for hiding in New York to continue his cowardly vitriolic writings.
Funny some of my closest friends call me "Okyeman" and I have had a long, fond and friendly association with "Okyemfuo" dating back well over 33 years myself. I have loved and respected the people of the region and it surprises me that Okoampa (through his own one-man survey) has declared that his is the "most reviled ethnic group" in Ghana!!!
Which study showed that? what methodology was used to gather the data? what are the reasons for such a conclusion? Perhaps being the PhD the he is, he can tell us the answers to these questions.
I have stated before and state here again that Okoampa is one of the most UNPATRIOTIC individuals I have come across and I personally feel ashamed to have the misfortune of sharing a national passport with him.
This guy does not deserve to be called a Ghanaian in my opinion.
Nyansasem 10 years ago
Over GHC 1B have been given to AGAMS Group of companies, including RLG, Asongtaba, etc. Yet, life goes on as usual in Ghana and Mahama has not been called unpatriotic by his followers, yet.
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Over GHC 1B have been given to AGAMS Group of companies, including RLG, Asongtaba, etc. Yet, life goes on as usual in Ghana and Mahama has not been called unpatriotic by his followers, yet.
Would you find time to talk about that? I am yet to see or read anything from you condemning Mahama's spending proliferation and tribal politics. Yet, you delight in condemning others on trivialities.
Oh, almost ALL, if not all KKKs have black friends, so what is knew about classifying yourself as Okyeman.
Omanbapa Osei Oyeadieyie 10 years ago
.. and can you tell us how Edward Kuffour (son of Ex-Prez Kuffour) who was had gone bankrupt and was living on social in the US ( aka Dole in the UK) suddenly got US$ 5 Million contract to supply Ghanaians with toy prepaid el ... read full comment
.. and can you tell us how Edward Kuffour (son of Ex-Prez Kuffour) who was had gone bankrupt and was living on social in the US ( aka Dole in the UK) suddenly got US$ 5 Million contract to supply Ghanaians with toy prepaid electric meters from China?
It appears some of us forget much faster that they reason!!
SUMBRUNGU 10 years ago
A burnt-out case; his psyhiatric condition is beyond redemption.
A burnt-out case; his psyhiatric condition is beyond redemption.
Bernard 10 years ago
I,m half Fante and half Ga but, i m ust confess that Ewes are the most intelligent and nice people i have ever met. They are trustworthy, patient but above all the finest and the bravest. Without the other tribes especially ... read full comment
I,m half Fante and half Ga but, i m ust confess that Ewes are the most intelligent and nice people i have ever met. They are trustworthy, patient but above all the finest and the bravest. Without the other tribes especially the Ewes, what the banished NPP Okoampah is suggesting is the quickest and total disappearance of his Okyeman/Akyemfuokrom empire. The truth is the Ewes, Gas, Fantes, Dagombas, and all deserving tribes tribes that matter in Ghana,s development will reign supreme. Only backward and non entities such as Okoampah still believes in this Asante/Akyem Kuu klux klan mentality.
km agyin 10 years ago
We can go on and on if we want to count the number of people whose contributions to this country have not been given official recognition.This gov't as part of its attempt at atonement for their blunder on the Hockey stadium ... read full comment
We can go on and on if we want to count the number of people whose contributions to this country have not been given official recognition.This gov't as part of its attempt at atonement for their blunder on the Hockey stadium The Asante nation up to now has not been given official recognition for been the last to stand against the British. Our fight for independence started from that time. The Scots celebrate their only victory against the English every year.The one victory which the Asante empire won over the British should have been celebrated each year. The Matyrs of the Christianborg crossroad massacre by the colonialists (Sergent Adjetey & co) have not been given any substantial honor.(a befitting monument should be erected at the spot). Prof Busia and Dr Limann are consigned to the distant past. How did we sink so low as a people and a nation. They still demand patriotism from us.A nation that does not honor its heroes is not fit to die for.
km agyin 10 years ago
Mrs Okoh in addition should be given official recognition as the designer of our national flag without delay. In this the President's conciliatory gesture will be considered genuine by the people. It must be done before she d ... read full comment
Mrs Okoh in addition should be given official recognition as the designer of our national flag without delay. In this the President's conciliatory gesture will be considered genuine by the people. It must be done before she dies, she is 91 years old for Christ's sake.
Kwobia ( Toronto ) 10 years ago
This writer is a racist.His musings reflects a culture of superiority and entitlement which Martin Luther King condemned.This guy is lucky to be an American.
This writer is a racist.His musings reflects a culture of superiority and entitlement which Martin Luther King condemned.This guy is lucky to be an American.
G. K. Berko 10 years ago
As much as your allegation of exclusive persecution of Akyems deserves the highest attention of all of us, especially the advocates of unified Ghana, your separatist prescription is the most cowardly and unfathomably idiotic, ... read full comment
As much as your allegation of exclusive persecution of Akyems deserves the highest attention of all of us, especially the advocates of unified Ghana, your separatist prescription is the most cowardly and unfathomably idiotic, given the shallowness of the evidence you offered. I do not think you really understand the full ramifications of secession.
You seem to be always seeking any action, event or utterance of whatever degree of discord to your opinion to exaggerate its inimical impact on your constituency.
If separatism was any better idea Dr. Busia would have made it his priority to lay down the foundation for its eventual occurrence. There is no doubt that you belong to the clique that cherishes the ever-elusive, unattainable euphoric dream of Akyem or Akan secession.
You started off, way back, with the thinly veiled bigoted fallacy of Akan Supremacy and when you encountered the imminent rejection of the notion of unconditional acceptance of Nana Akufo-Addo as the pre-eminent Akan Political leader and NPP flag bearer by the Alan Kyeremateng faction of NPP, you scaled down to seek secession for only Akyem. What a loser you are!
You are not the only Akyem elite who cares about that indispensably resourceful, abundantly Divine-blessed and lovely People, or even the most discerning and knowledgeable, let alone persuasive.
You have shown a deep-seated, possibly incorrigible, proclivity to bigotry. And that is not typical of Akyems, many of whom I am related to and know very intimately.
As a modern scholar, supposedly enlightened, you should be wiser to denounce the Nazist Goebbelsian propaganda of inciting people to pogrom.
The most betraying of your evil desire is your choice of sojourning 1000s of miles away in the comfort of peaceful USA while luring the unsuspecting kin of yours back in Ghana to tow the treacherous fatal line of secession.
May the Good Lord expose you to all for whom you really are--a dangerous insatiably selfish, disoriented treasonous bigot!
I hope the rest of Akyems would totally reject your insipid, mendacious, and unjustifiably genocidal propaganda and see the likes of Paa Willie and Amoako Atta as preferred models to champion the collective hopes of all of them.
Long live Ghana!!!
Paul Amuna 10 years ago
Berko, thanks for such an illuminating and passionate defence of our nation, the Akyem people and for exposing this extremely bigoted, unpatriotic and treacherous individual who seems to have a small following of equally bigo ... read full comment
Berko, thanks for such an illuminating and passionate defence of our nation, the Akyem people and for exposing this extremely bigoted, unpatriotic and treacherous individual who seems to have a small following of equally bigoted, tribalistic, inward-looking and blinded idiots like Nyansasem who hide behind their intellectualism to come to this forum merely to seek ONE-NATION honest commentators for unnecessary aggravation of the spirit.
Mohammed Dimbie 10 years ago
What sort of English and creative writing does this dunce teach at the Nasau Community College to write this trash:
"As I write this, my face is surfused with tears;..."?
Coining his own word ("surfused")?
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What sort of English and creative writing does this dunce teach at the Nasau Community College to write this trash:
"As I write this, my face is surfused with tears;..."?
Coining his own word ("surfused")?
My friend, the original word is "suffuse(d)" and it is used in sense other than "tears"!!!!
Kwabena, Lashibi 10 years ago
I heard Mad. Theodosia Okoh being interviewed on MultiTV's PM Express recently and the woman says both of her parents are from Anum, a Guan speaking people. So why is this diasporan teacher disturbing our ears and minds with ... read full comment
I heard Mad. Theodosia Okoh being interviewed on MultiTV's PM Express recently and the woman says both of her parents are from Anum, a Guan speaking people. So why is this diasporan teacher disturbing our ears and minds with separatist Akyem sentiments? Even if she is an Akyem, so what? Give us a break!!!
This man is really idiot indeed!
Okoampa gyimii, it's unfortunate we share a territory with your kind but I'm damned happy you're advocating for seccession. Is there anyway I may be of help to enable you secede quickly? And please, don't forget to take that ...
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Boateng wo ye aboa paaaaaaaaaa which part do you come from?If they break away and Ashanti is also gone where will your Ghana be? I hope this happen's one day, this was what Dr.Nkrumah tried hard to prevent after independence, ...
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Please be quick; you're more than humans so you should quickly break away from we the animals, after no one has a gun at your heads forcing you to remain in Ghana, secede and be gone!
All Akans MUST secede from this EWE BOGUS GHANA.A word to the wise is enough.
All Akans have nothing to do with your primitive-stone age nonsense. Go hang with your precambrian worldview.
What a pity! Ahoofe and ilks' lunacy is spreading to some like you! Something must be done to curb its contagious nature.
Sickos!
Andy-K
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Okoampa, you are a professor, so PLEASE BEHAVE LIKE ONE, JESUS. OR LEAVE WE THE AKYEMS OUT OF YOUR LUNANCY.
This man is known to have argued with every body and disagreed with every thing around him. He cant get along with his wife, kids, family both at home and abroad. He hates his employers, co-workers, students, and even sensibl ...
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We can't wait to help you and your primitive lot get out. Hurry and tell us when the secession will occur. We'll do our best to see you primitive lot off into an enclave all your own. Nkwaseafuo.
And if you need help to pack, just let us know: we shall come in our quantity to help you pack and carry your things.
You made laugh so hard my sides hurt. Nice one.
Big brother Ahoofe,like Adofo(CRAZY TWINS)is desperate;for old age is catching up with him,as his mental condition deteriorates.He has put all his hopes on Akufo-Addo and NPP winning the presidency,so he can secure a top gove ...
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Good riddance Ahoofe. You are just repeating your uncle, JB Danquah's clarion call prior to independence. Good bye "Okyeman."
Please,do not fault Okyeman for what this man says, he is a carbon copy of his father who never agreed with any Okyeni in New York City. Always at luggarheads with fellow Akyems or anyone who did not agree with him.He was a l ...
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According to dependable sources Ahoofe's father was equally controversial,argumentative and cantankerous.Like father,like son,so goes the saying.
This is garbage from a very confused mind. He is to be pitied.
Who cares if Okyeman Secede!!!What use is Okyeman anyway, Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D?
HALEILUYA GOOD RIDDANCE. ANY WHY SHOULD GHANAWEB BE BORDERING US LUNATIC WRITE UPS OF THIS MENTALLY SICK ANIMAL.
it does not matter how many degrees one holds or ones level of education, when you are born stupid so shall it be and PhD holder okwampa ahoofe is one.
One statement stands unchallenged and unmatched supremely in Ghana,"the educated fools".
The difference between pinhead Ahoofe and the humble Ghanaian heroine is that she has the capacity to reach out to those who caused her ...
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Just go now. We don't need you and we have no use for you.
Useless trokosi what do Ghana benefit from your area? You are the course of Ghana's woes before you joined there was peace, you came to divide, to create loot and share our resources, you will pay every penny of that before G ...
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What are you waiting for?
OKYEMAN AUTONOMY NOW AND AKUFFO ADDO WILL BE DECLARED THE PRIME MINISTER AND OKYEHENE AUTOMATICALLY BECOMES THE PRESIDENT (CEREMONIAL). THAT WILL BE A CONSOLATION AKUFFO ADDO AFTER ANOTHER HUMILIATING DEFEAT AT THE SC. OKYEMA ...
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Good news and good riddance !
Go back to your bush and leave us Ghanaians to get on with our lives without your daily sermons advertising your tribalism, inferiority complex and bush boy English .
Long live Ghana,
Ghan ...
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Akyem is a combination of Denkyiras,Adansis and Ashantes.Most Akyems still have their siblings and blood relatives from their roots and origin.Secede,impossible
Infact its like you are one of the few educated fools from Ghana.Anything and everything you write is poison.Why are you always thinking evil? WHY?.Your parents must be very worried about you. PREACH PEACE AND HARMONY AND STO ...
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LISTEN TO HIM.WHO CARES!.THAT IS WHERE YOU SHOULD DIRECT AKUFFO ADDO TO GO AND WAIT FOR HIS TURN AS OKYEHENE BUT NOT THE PRESIDENT OF GHANA. THE OKYEHENE STOOL COULD BE AN INHERITANCE.
This man is crazy.
Who needs you and your tribalistic lot? You and your stupid Okyeman can secede for all we care; the sooner the better. Your high-achieving lot my ass. FYI, your people are still living in darkness eking meager subsistence fro ...
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Kwame, you're simply acting out what your ancestral family have always been: SEPERATISTS!! Clearly, this demonstrates your frustration with the up coming Supreme Court verdict that will see your cousin lose. Your secession ca ...
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Okoampa, many towns does Okyeman have? What is the land size? And the worst of all being landlocked? Hahahahahaha!
Dear Ahoofe, I am all for secession if includes all the Six Akan Regions. (to those ignorants out there)Greater Accra Region belongs to the Akuapims and the Fantis. So let me know when the movement starts. I will contribute i ...
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All Kwame can do is dream, dream, dream! But if his dream should become a reality, which is fortunately most unlikely, the Okyeman will be a failed state, with leaders like Prof. Dr. Kwame Okoampah-Ahoofe Jnr.
Ghana was destined to fail the moment Nkrumah added the Volta Region to the young nation. These ewes have staged all the coups in Ghana including the first one that overthrew the very president who made them part of Ghana. I ...
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Ignorant moron, didn't you read on Ghanaweb recently how an Ewe, Gbedema, plucked Nkrumah from sleeping on the floor in a brewery, took him home to be sharing his bed and nurtured him to become what he became? I wrote about h ...
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Andy K, you just can't handle the truth so you are rewriting history. Your volta region was never a part of Ghana until just before Ghana's Independence. Your evil region with it's evil people was a German Protectrate under N ...
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Indeed, I can't handle your kind of "truth", abject ignorance boiled hard and served as the gospel! Why is it is only you Akans who doesn't know Ghana's history and you about writing nonsense? I am challenging ALL so-called o ...
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You are in effect confirming what I&I is saying so what is your point?
Ewes are notorious coup makers and that is a fact.
It is clear from Okoampa's article that the war on Akans that rawlings and his henchmen started is still on-going and flourishing. I just discovered that Theodosia Okoh has Akan blood running in her veins. So interesting! I w ...
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I knew that it could only be the inward-looking "Akyem nationalist" with no shame (Okoampa Ahoofe).
But who would lose if "Okyeman" were to secede?????
It be the Akyemfuor themselves who would lose.
It would be the Akyemfuor themselves who would lose.
The biggest joke of the year. You can insult President John Mahma it will not unmake him the man of the moment Wait till the Supreme Court verdict. You cac then attack n see what would happen. Nkwasia boasem.
Man, where does Okoampa get these kind of crazy ideas from? Secession??? Come on, the only place I know this idea comes up often is Texas. Governor Rick Perry is the "Chief Secessionist" in the USA and Okoampa steals these ...
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Rwanda lost almost a million people about over a decade ago, they will be glad to welcome you. You and your people have already expressed to the rest of us about your deep desire to make a road trip to Kigali. Ofui like you w ...
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Mother Ghana will be grateful if you could convince psychos like Ken Agyapong, Sekou Nkrumah, Ken Kuranche, Kofi Jumah and Obetsebi Lamptey to join you in your permanent exile to Kigali!!!
So why are you leaving Otokunor, De Sosoo, Gyan Boateng, Nii Lantey Vanderpyue,kOKU aNYINDOHO behind?Let them join your selection.
I could not agree with you more!
Was the name not restored?
This garbage is coming from a confused mind. He is to be pitied.
cry from afar! is it not interesting that a man thousands of miles away will call on okyeman to secede. okoampa's complex and fixation is too deep i fear he has become a threat to his own person and others around him. he need ...
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Runaway greener pasture seeker! What is your own contribution to the system?
What a fool.
Ghana stands losing nothing if Okyeman should secede,Okyeman lying in a very favourable climate of Ghana one needs to visit Kyebi the enclaves capital to see its state of despair and poverty due to the lazy and unproductive n ...
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It's kind of sad Okoampa-Ahoofe's pea brain is showing signs of strain and stress in a field of study that require no serious mental exercise needed in the sciences. Ghana would surely be in trouble if his brain had been use ...
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It looks like as he grows, his mental capabilities reduce proportionally! I have never come across an elderly person who talks so much nonsense like this okoampa guy! He is a disgrace to akyems in general n akufo addo in part ...
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The main reason we all must refrain sending Nana Addo to the Flag Staff House as his team is mainly made up of such mentality and evil.
Oh, now we know this ahoofe guy is akufo addo's tribesman! No wonder he's been spewing all the nonsense here on ghanaweb! Secede? We can't wait for you people to get out! GET OUT!
Dont hide in USA and be misbehaving.
Okoampa, be very brave and get your people ready to break away from Ghana and see how Okyeman, the laziest tribe in Ghana will suffer.
Go to Kyebi and its environs and see how able-bodied strong men sit under trees drink N ...
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When will this Community College professor write something sensible?
It is not fair to condemn a whole group because of the misbehavior of a single member.
KOA is a pariah in his own town, and a people that have been sensible enough to ostracize such a character deserve our commendation, not ...
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The Professor is the only entity deserving of isolation. The great people of Akyem must not be held to his embarrassing treasonous proposition.
Long live Ghana!!!
Can this moronic Okoampa tell us if he has managed in even a small way to make any traction into emancipation of his lot and fellow "Okyemfuo" and by extension other blacks (and minorities) in his local neighbourhood in New Y ...
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Over GHC 1B have been given to AGAMS Group of companies, including RLG, Asongtaba, etc. Yet, life goes on as usual in Ghana and Mahama has not been called unpatriotic by his followers, yet.
Would you find time to talk abou ...
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.. and can you tell us how Edward Kuffour (son of Ex-Prez Kuffour) who was had gone bankrupt and was living on social in the US ( aka Dole in the UK) suddenly got US$ 5 Million contract to supply Ghanaians with toy prepaid el ...
read full comment
A burnt-out case; his psyhiatric condition is beyond redemption.
I,m half Fante and half Ga but, i m ust confess that Ewes are the most intelligent and nice people i have ever met. They are trustworthy, patient but above all the finest and the bravest. Without the other tribes especially ...
read full comment
We can go on and on if we want to count the number of people whose contributions to this country have not been given official recognition.This gov't as part of its attempt at atonement for their blunder on the Hockey stadium ...
read full comment
Mrs Okoh in addition should be given official recognition as the designer of our national flag without delay. In this the President's conciliatory gesture will be considered genuine by the people. It must be done before she d ...
read full comment
This writer is a racist.His musings reflects a culture of superiority and entitlement which Martin Luther King condemned.This guy is lucky to be an American.
As much as your allegation of exclusive persecution of Akyems deserves the highest attention of all of us, especially the advocates of unified Ghana, your separatist prescription is the most cowardly and unfathomably idiotic, ...
read full comment
Berko, thanks for such an illuminating and passionate defence of our nation, the Akyem people and for exposing this extremely bigoted, unpatriotic and treacherous individual who seems to have a small following of equally bigo ...
read full comment
What sort of English and creative writing does this dunce teach at the Nasau Community College to write this trash:
"As I write this, my face is surfused with tears;..."?
Coining his own word ("surfused")?
My friend, ...
read full comment
I heard Mad. Theodosia Okoh being interviewed on MultiTV's PM Express recently and the woman says both of her parents are from Anum, a Guan speaking people. So why is this diasporan teacher disturbing our ears and minds with ...
read full comment