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The Ashante UP Kingpins could not stand Busia. They orchestrated the coup that toppled Busia. The plan was for Col Acheampong to hand over after a year to Victor but Col Acheampong was no ones fool. He reneged and instead mad ...
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That Danquah,Busiah,Dombo tradition is nothing but an evil,divisive,myopic,diabolic and self-serving institution.One can smell their evil ways from a thousand miles away.
WOW!.GOOD STUFF. WHAT A DIRTY POLITICAL TRADITION.
AFRICA/ALL PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT USE ALL/EVERY MEANS, /AT ALL COST/BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY RADICAL MEANS TO UNITE. AFRICA/ALL PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, USE YOUR RESOURCES TO FUND YOUR RADICAL MEANS OF U ...
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WOW!.GOOD STUFF. WHAT A DIRTY POLITICAL TRADITION.
It's really a good stuff and I thank Mr. Clark wholeheartedly for this history. Phew! Busia was really an evil calibre of a politician and an intellectual fool. May he rot wherever he may be.
You are a simpleton indeed.You read a lopsided article and you swallow it hook line an sinker.
HOW IS THE ARTICLE LOPSIDED?
so is the writer trying to say up's/npp are evil but cpp/ndc are angles?. I kind of wonder when will these educated fools in Ghana learn the meaning of common sense. so can't they use their so called education to unite the co ...
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Hahaha. Its like pointing one finger at your accuser forgetting that the other four are fixed on you. The pot calling the kettle black. How dare you forget the evil and toxic political atmosphere created by your "god" Nkrumah ...
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What do you know about standing your ground? It was Krobo Edusei, who started hunting down those sycophants, for trying to undermine an independent enterprise whose forethought, they the Matemehus' had felt was premature at b ...
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You are very repugnant indeed. You people are trying hard to rehabilitate and paint Nkrumah as an angel when indeed he was Belzebub reincarnate . Nkrumah was a KGB agent who was helping the communist establish their brand of ...
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Nkrumah said it, "There will be DARK DAYS IN GHANA". It will last for a very long time to come.I see you got a little bit of that ideological education he gave you, but not a whole lot. You said Nkrumah's "incurred the disple ...
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Idiot,Yes African belongs to Africans indeed.You can not even manufacture a pin. Your gold mines belong to whites .You pride yourself for speaking the whiteman's langusge in Africa . Fool . Nkrumah sold Ghana to the communist ...
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MINOR CASE no insults, So don't you still know and understand that lack of political will on the part of those managing Ghanaian Industries and institutions, is the bane of the manufacturing deficiencies you are worried about ...
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here we go again, another pepeni idiot pratt trying to mislead the Akans and lull us into a comfort zone so we are unprepared . war will definitely come not because of a petition but rather because of the injustices , corrupt ...
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I presume you are an African. If you are what is this stupid nonsensical name Joe Canada. And you have the impudence to demean others as being educated fools and having no common-sense?
Very evidently you did not have a v ...
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While Mr Clark tried to highlight the Ghanaian public historically, his biased objectivity has ruined the entire essence of the article. Most of us are grown up enough to have witnessed Mr Clark's stuff in reality. The realit ...
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YOURS IS A BLATANT AND INFANTILE LIE.HOW OLD ARE YOU?
With all due respect, the "certified idiots" are Akuffo Addo, Obetsebi Lamptey and their yenti gyae hoodlums. That is what Mr Kwame Pianim was trying to get across. I am 27 years old. Thank you!!!
We condemn your ability to take history out of context, to twist history to suit your fantastic allegations.
Akufo-Addo and the NPP are crying foul because they feel robbed of their victory. They claim that they have evidenc ...
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Interesting stuff.if not desperation who on earth will wish four million votes to throw out to enable a deperate politician to become president.r
Although Edward's article has a lot of historical lessons in it, it painted a picture of highly disorganised and aimless politicians who wanted to occupy power for power or politics sake.
It portrayed the NLC and UP regimes ...
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Once in a while one reads refreshing piece of history of our beloved country and the political shenanigans that have kept us back. This piece is from top of the list. Please don't let your ink dry. Ghana and Ghanaians could d ...
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Why waste your time on Busia-a willing servant of the colonialists and a terrorist into the bargain?
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
George Santayana
Remember, Nkrumah was overthrown in 1966 - more than 40 years ago. Many young Ghanaians do not know who he was and what he was about, th ...
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I applaud this article for its elucidation and putting developments in their proper historical context. I, however, believe, notwithstanding, that the NDC is no better alternative to the political entities established by the ...
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The historical facts are quite interesting and informative but next time try to avoid the biases and allow others to reach their own conclusions. It would make it more respectful.The title also betrays the tendentious nature ...
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the writer should leave Dr Nkrumah alone.his job is done and he was not tribalistic like the pndc or ndc we all know as at now.decentralize the capital and let the nation goes on federal,so that we can see the region who are ...
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This is great stuff. God bless you Clark
If Nana is really hungry for power as the author alleges, he should have taken up arms. Going to the court to challenge the election result is the right way but those without etiquette see it as an affront to our democracy.
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Nana & Co. have no option than to go to court as they were told by Afari Gyan. The option of taking up arms doesn't exist at all! They'd be crushed in no time, as the Police and the Army were rather partial to the NDC. Beside ...
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Some of you people talk from your ass. Libyan Gadaffi was more entrenched in power than your Rawlings yet he suffered an ignoble fate. BTW selling dog chains and obroni wawu is more respectable way of making a living than st ...
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You may call people whatever names you want but one thing which is clear and must be permanently remembered is that the Ewe man will heartily expect any other to rule the nation other than Asante/Akyem bushmen
Yeah! so in spite of all the attempts to remove JJ from power, did anyone succeed through the barrel of the gun or the ballot box?
As for the overthrow of Ghaddafi, the credit goes to the whole of NATo forces, nit that rag ...
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he would have,lucky for Ghana he is not brave.,just stupid.
Two points: The NLCD 380 Constituent Assembly Amendment Decree, was conducted under the guns of the NLC and can in no way be presented as having any kind of democratic credibility. Those who the NLC did not consent their pa ...
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Edward you are right on point.......
It's a shame how these lot never see the good in anyone, let alone Osagyefo.
However, with these Danquah-Busia, NPP and NDC (sheep in wolves clothing)lot present in Ghana, our dear nat ...
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Do you really believe this selective crap that you have concocted here? How could Busia possibly go to Kotoka and Afrifa and ask them to hand over power to him on a silver platter? You don't believe that both Afrifa and Kotok ...
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Even when the cpp was a proscribed party they managed to win elections under the guise of pnp.The ndc is by and large supporters of the cpp who are trying to keep the UP tradition at bay because they are traitors and can not ...
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You obviously did not understand my posting. What has privilige got to do with an indidvidual's urge to succeed?Is that also true with Bill Clinton who lost his fatehr early in life and was brought up by his staff nurse mothe ...
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This stubborn adherence to western values must have strayed your mind from thinking African and hence a pride in the African.
Go to Ethiopia the head quarters of the AU and you will find a giant statue of the Osagyefo grac ...
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Yes you are right on this point. The ways and means to achieve the goal of becoming president is at stake.
Some do that to destroy resources of Ghana the country they claim they care about. That is a concern to me.
If ...
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Sir, I have read your previous article and today's and am sorry to says that it might be better to think and try to find solutions to Ghana's present economic and social problems rather than wasting our time on Nkrumah, Danqu ...
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Ditto!
Beautiful/cognitively intelligent.
The bastard who wrote this pathetic article has sent a death threat to me via my senior colleagues at my school.
We have him on our radar: Clark lives in Hicksville, Long Island, and works for the MTA, operators of the rai ...
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If anybody is guilty of threats then go no further than yourself.Your series on the rd to Kigali in Rwanda was not only distasteful but borders on treason and incitement.In fact you should be on the rader of the security serv ...
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Anyone who'll threaten the Okoampa with death must be crazy!!! Crazy! The Okoampa is already on a self-destructive path and should not be derailed from his trajectory.
On another note, Mr Clark, how about those who were mani ...
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Oh!!! you are one of those people who give ghanaians to USA authorities all because of opinion differences. Then turn round and claim democracy. You reason like an arab. You should have married from middle-east.
Busia anti develoment and subversive activities is the genesis of Ghana's woes. He was like a trojan horse in the fabric of the state at taht time. Sadly enough, his mindset still lives in some people in the the mould of NPP
When you these later day saints speak about our country Ghana I feel like throwing up, do you know how our country got her independence from the British? Don't bring yourself you have no right to talk about our elders, let al ...
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THIS ARTICLE IS NOT WORTH COMMENTING ON! GO AND READ DR. PETER OMARI'S BOOK - 'THE ANATOMY OF AN AFRICAN DICTATOR'. YOU CAN GET IT AT LEGON BOOKSHOP.
I read Peter Omari's book THE ANATOMY OF AN AFRICAN DICTATOR many years ago and these are my comments:
1.Peter Omari was not objective and candid.
2.Peter Omari was biased and had a pro-imperialist mindset like K.A BUSIA
YOU ARE A LIAR. WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS NOT TRUE. OMARI WAS OBJECTIVE AND GAVE A DAY TO DAY ACCOUNT OF NKRUMAH'S DIRTY POLITICS WITH FACTS.
Peter Omari, is he the only person lived in Nkrumah's days? to give correct accounts over any writings?.
Is his opinions ordain or inspired by God? It was just another book by someone who does not fancy the president.
YOU DON'T NEED TO FANCY ANYBODY BEFORE PUTTING DOWN THE FACTS. FACTS ARE FACTS, WHETHER YOU LIKE THE PERSON OR NOT!
Kwame Nkrumah's arch enemies,the imperialists who subverted him and caused his downfall now call him AFRICA'S MAN OF THE MILLINEUM.Nkrumah has been vindicated and this has made Peter Omari's book a mere fairy tale.Any commen ...
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@saint james u said it all GOD bless.nkrumah never dies.
You see, not that Nkrumah did not do anything at all. Omari basically reported and analyzed the other side of the coin. If you talk about his achievements you must also talk about his bad sides. The one-party state though had ...
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That book is used toilet papers! Pure trash! Even those who overthrew the CPP didn't claim Nkrumah was a dictator. They said they staged the dastardly coup in order to "avert a creeping dictatorship". Creeping dictatorship in ...
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YOU CAN GO AND BRING BACK THE OSAGYEFO WITH HIS DIRTY POLITICS AND WE SHALL OVERTHROW HIM AGAIN. GHANA WAS NOT FOR HIM.
We shall overthrow him a thousand times. Those days were "bagyimiba days , to wit,period of ignorance and he took advantage of us. They are trying to make a despot ,dictator, and a murderer a saint. Tweeaaa.
GHANAIANS HAVE CRAB SPIRIT AND THAT IS WHY THE ECONOMY OF GHANA CONTINUE TO BE MISMANAGED. ALL THE WELL EDUCATED PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE THE MOST CROOKS AND FAIL TO DO THE WALK. USELESS WITH BEAUTIFUL HOMES YET WHEN IT RAI ...
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Nkrumah is the only Patrotic President, the rest are all idiots and selfish fools especialy Kuffour&
Busia
'Gaping Sycophant'. You fit exactly into this description by Hon. Kwaku Boateng after the fall of his own CPP government that Nkrumah made all his supporters, aides, ministers, etc., "gaping sycophants"
It must be made clear that among the many international collaborators of the mercenary-traitors was West Germany (officially, the Federal Republic Of Germany). Busia's pre-election campaigning outfit, The Centre For Civic Edu ...
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NOBODY CAN ERASE NKRUMAH FROM OUR HISTORY.NKRUMAH IS THE BEST LEADER.NKRUMAH MADE IMMENSE CONTRIBUTION TOTHE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF GHANA.
NKRUMAH NEVER DIES.
You surely need a history tutor.We all want to learn our history but this is way off the tangent.
LEST WE FORGET:
1.Busia opposed Ghana's independence
2.Busia opposed the construction of the Volta dam.
3.Busia opposed Free Education.
4.Busia banned Ghana's Trade Union Congress(TUC) when the Labour union challe ...
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Ghana probably will become a better place after all you dinasaurs are gone. The average Ghanaian doesnt care about all the dirt being dug up from the past.We want an economic independence,not this everlasting talkfest!
You are a big idiot to write this article, Nkrumah would never had said thanx for this useless article.Do you know how Dr.Nkrumah came to Ghana from abroad? Did your mother or father paid for his ticket to come down to Ghana? ...
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Poor revisionists who cant help themselves. Ghanaians are sick and tired of the verbal war of attrition going on.Ghana have more pressing needs than the stupid, holier than thou, posturing between the totally aloof political ...
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Ghana's yellow, velvet and Arab spring of 23/2/1966 that has sent the socioeconomic activities of the country 100 years back, instigated by Kofi Abrefa Busia and implemented by the military and police junta that are all stoog ...
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THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.