WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTIKEL AND WHAT DO U PLAN TO ACHIEVE?
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTIKEL AND WHAT DO U PLAN TO ACHIEVE?
Pito Brewer 10 years ago
He either has too much time on his hands, or else is just plain nuts.
He either has too much time on his hands, or else is just plain nuts.
Koo 10 years ago
The one-party state thing and the President for life thing Okoampa-Ahoofe is referring to was something Ghanaians agreed to in a bid to curb all the excesses of the multi-party democracy we started with but which was seriousl ... read full comment
The one-party state thing and the President for life thing Okoampa-Ahoofe is referring to was something Ghanaians agreed to in a bid to curb all the excesses of the multi-party democracy we started with but which was seriously misunderstood and abused by certain traitors who teamed up with the West to cause mayhem under the guise of doing opposition party politics. In response to these gross abuses which stemmed from massive ignorance and foreign machinations using unpatriotic Ghanaians as their agents, our Parliament and the masses at the time opted for the one-party idea which was very popular at the time as the easiest way of getting consensus for rapid national development.
Okoampa-Ahoofe and his ilk should go and read the Hansard of the early and mid-1960s as well as the Daily Graphic publications of that period in order to be educated instead of relying on Western sponsored propaganda against Kwame Nkrumah. There is no denying the fact that Nkrumah did not singlehandedly turn Ghana into a one-party state. It was Ghanaians who opted for that political arrangement to build quick and ready consensus to catapult us into first-world status as fast as lightening. The West knew that this was going to work and their worst fear was that it may be replicated in other African countries since Nkrumah's Ghana was the country to watch and copy from throughout Africa. Africa has over 60 percent of the world's natural resources so if Africa freed itself from western exploitation, then the days of glory in the West were surely going to come to an end. Note that China does not have a fraction of Africa's natural resources yet the industrial rise of China has greatly wreaked havoc on many western economies. Africa's industrial rise is tantamount to economic death for the West. I entreat Okoampa-Ahoofe to read the CIA declassified files on the true reasons why the CIA of America and MI 6 of Britain teamed up with local traitors to overthrow Kwame Nkrumah and I bet my bottom cedis that Okoampa-Ahoofe will laugh at his own folly after he has read and educated himself on such matters. It is a shame that Okoampa-Ahoofe prides himself with a PhD and is eager to boast about the fact that he has successfully defended his PhD thesis yet he displays such crash ignorance on the geopolitics of Africa.
Okoampa-Ahoofe, can you deny that the head of state in Britain stays on the throne for life and is not elected up to date but the British would never agree to team up with any foreign agency to overthrow their crown? The British crown has been a benevolent dictatorship and that dictatorial crown unified the British to conquer one-third of the world under their feet at a certain point in time. Today, that crown has lost much of the dictatorial powers it once had but the story of that crown tells a tale of the benefits of benevolent dictatorship in galvanizing a people to achieve great heights. Secondly, the Chinese are currently taking the world by storm and guess the political arrangement that has galvanized and focused their energies to make this possible? It is a benevolent dictatorship under a one-party state. In fact, the first Chinese leader, Mao Zedong, was not someone who had successfully defendant a PhD thesis the way Okoampa-Ahoofe would have liked to see yet he was President for life and hence he stayed on for 27 good years and even died on the post but by the time of his death, he had laid the solid foundation that has given the Chinese the competitive edge today to compete and win hands down on the global stage. The list of countries that have used such strategies to advance socially and economically before they opened up their political space is endless. Kwame Nkrumah was one African leader who had a clear understanding of all these issues and he was sure where he wanted Ghana to be by 1970, by 1980, by 1990, by 2000 and beyond. The British and Americans hated him for dreaming such ambitious dreams and acting boldly to realize these dreams and hence they worked day and night to make sure that his dreams were thwarted.
Well, Nkrumah is dead and gone but we are the ultimate losers and instead of weeping over our great loss, we have people like Okoampa-Ahoofe who have been fed on so much anti-Nkrumah propaganda to continue to blame Nkrumah ignorantly. Consider this, Okoampa-Ahoofe: After Nkrumah's overthrow, has the West ever influenced any of the rest of the coups in Ghana? The answer is an absolute no because none of these governments has posed a threat to the western agenda (i.e. the colonial and current neo-colonial agenda) of keeping us as a natural resource base for their factories and a market for their manufactured goods. Therefore, the 1966 coup was not about restoring political freedom for Ghanaians else the West would have equally been interested in uprooting JJ Rawlings when he took away our political rights for over a decade. Note that the West was ok with JJ Rawlings because he did not threaten the neocolonial structure of our economy for all those years. In fact, he deepened this neocolonial structure by the time of his exit and Kufour, Mills and lately Mahama have deepened it and continue to deepen it by the day.
It is therefore disheartening to read Okoampa-Ahoofe's display of gross ignorance or hypocrisy on this subject when he seems to be saying by implication that the 1966 coup was justified since Nkrumah was our problem simply because he took a hardline position to free us from economic domination by the West. Okoampa-Ahoofe came close to this realization when he stated in the last-but-two paragraph of his write-up as follows: “Of course, Mr. Padmore's time was remarkably different in terms of race relations and scholastic opportunities …” If charity begins at home, then why would the West seek to keep Africans down as second class citizens in the West yet they will suddenly love Africans on the continent so much that they will plan and sponsor the 1966 coup and spare no effort to uproot Kwame Nkrumah in order to secure freedom and so-called democracy for Ghanaians? Okoampa-Ahoofe should ponder over these questions and come again!!!
by Koko Azometi
Agyeman 1 10 years ago
WEll done Kojo Azometi, I tell you there are some people in Ghana still who have no brain to think so is that idiot Okoampa who says he had Phd. Just imagine, some one who claimed he had such degree, but had no idea about how ... read full comment
WEll done Kojo Azometi, I tell you there are some people in Ghana still who have no brain to think so is that idiot Okoampa who says he had Phd. Just imagine, some one who claimed he had such degree, but had no idea about how the Western people wanted African for, just as we see today. Let him Okoampa continue swim his own blood, because, there`s nothing you will tell him about good idea Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah had for Ghana and will believe you, the useless idea about Mate meho has been indoctrinated in his brain for far too long by his ancestors.
Cliff Haizel 10 years ago
Nkrumah was Africa's worst tyrant who killed all political opponents in prisoners and denied them decent burial. Nkrumah, Hitler, Iddi Amin, Maumar Gadafy and Pol Pot were all dictaors and all suffered the same fate; they all ... read full comment
Nkrumah was Africa's worst tyrant who killed all political opponents in prisoners and denied them decent burial. Nkrumah, Hitler, Iddi Amin, Maumar Gadafy and Pol Pot were all dictaors and all suffered the same fate; they all ended up in disgrace. ALL OF THEM WERE UNHAPPY BECAUSE OF THE NUMEROUS ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS ON THEM
Quesi 10 years ago
Kwasia man in NY. Nkrumah brought Ghana together, he was no tribalist like you fool
Kwasia man in NY. Nkrumah brought Ghana together, he was no tribalist like you fool
Nana Ansah 10 years ago
As the saying goes: "Those who know the least, speak or shout the loudest.
This diehard miserable fool will die a wretched death in his cockroaches and rats infested NY Ghetto apartment and nobody will miss him.
Ahoota ... read full comment
As the saying goes: "Those who know the least, speak or shout the loudest.
This diehard miserable fool will die a wretched death in his cockroaches and rats infested NY Ghetto apartment and nobody will miss him.
Ahootan, your sewage Ph.D. is a sordid details of your personality if you have any at all.
The more you pour your hate sewage on Ghanaweb about the greatest and visionary African of all times; the more your pronvince politician and ardent admirer, the lazy minded Danquah sinks into oblivion. Danquah is already insignificant and you are giving him the final straw? You know how that story goes. Bo!
Koo Pia 10 years ago
Ghanaians never gave in to ONE party state. Stop that nonsense and lies.
If Nkrumah knew he was going to ALWAYS win elections why would he even table a motion of one party?
And twerps like most of you on this thread are ... read full comment
Ghanaians never gave in to ONE party state. Stop that nonsense and lies.
If Nkrumah knew he was going to ALWAYS win elections why would he even table a motion of one party?
And twerps like most of you on this thread are attacking Okoampa with emotional outbursts instead of facts. Quote your facts for propaganda doesn't always work with some of us.
Vodoo Xebieso 10 years ago
Shut your mouth. How old were you when the referendum for a one-party state was held? Maybe your father did not even meet your mother by then.
Just get this straight: You and the mad Akyem dog and bastard Ahoofe can paint ... read full comment
Shut your mouth. How old were you when the referendum for a one-party state was held? Maybe your father did not even meet your mother by then.
Just get this straight: You and the mad Akyem dog and bastard Ahoofe can paint Dr. Nkrumah in colours darker than black. to majority of Ghanaians, he was a great fellow and an accomplisher.
By the way, what kind words about Dr. Nkrumah would one expect to hear from those whose parents and relations tried to thwart Ghana's march to progress and were jailed for life by Dr. Nkrumah?
Your father or grandfather must have been jailed by the Osagyefo which he rightly deserved.
Kojo T 10 years ago
Nkrumah had a de facto one party state. Those splinter parties could not effect change , NLM, NPP, Freedom party Muslim party were all sectional and could articulate their needs through a broad based forum. 2 Nkrumah achieved ... read full comment
Nkrumah had a de facto one party state. Those splinter parties could not effect change , NLM, NPP, Freedom party Muslim party were all sectional and could articulate their needs through a broad based forum. 2 Nkrumah achieved more for Ghana so stop comparing him with the murderer Danquah 3 Idi amin fed his opponents to the crocodiles 4 UGCC had had no dvelopment plans 5 Who would chain a descrepit old man and where was okoampa to witness this Please stop peddling false hoods
Appletus 10 years ago
Wow...what a piece! Why don't you turn this into a rejoinder? I bet many readers would be happy to be informed of this pristine thought provoking but objective analysis.
Please do turn this into a rejoinder.
Wow...what a piece! Why don't you turn this into a rejoinder? I bet many readers would be happy to be informed of this pristine thought provoking but objective analysis.
Please do turn this into a rejoinder.
Koo 10 years ago
china is a one party dictatorship bu they are doing great. Has western democracy taken any third world nation anywhere?
china is a one party dictatorship bu they are doing great. Has western democracy taken any third world nation anywhere?
GOLD COAST 10 years ago
This mentally challenged Community College teacher was rejected by Harvard,NYU and Columbia,and had to settle for a third level college in Pennsylvania to get his doctorate.
And he has the nerve to question Osagyefo's schola ... read full comment
This mentally challenged Community College teacher was rejected by Harvard,NYU and Columbia,and had to settle for a third level college in Pennsylvania to get his doctorate.
And he has the nerve to question Osagyefo's scholarship. And by the way,Nkrumah received his master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania,an Ivy League school and one of the best in the world.
This paranoid teacher has no friends and his own family has rejected him in New York City. Ahoofe is practically unknown in his field(he received his doctorate in African Studies from Temple University)as he has not produced anything worth publishing - except some information from newspaper clippings that has allowed him to stay at that Community College. No university will accept him since his scholarship is far below standards. For this,he blames his professors at Temple.
Because of his deranged mind, Ahoofe was kicked out of NPP-USA and Danquah Institute.He then formed his own Sintim Public Policy Center in his kitchen(Nobody hears about it anymore).
Ahoofe,who has not done anything good for Ghana since he left our shores 30years ago(he is stuck at the bottom of America's tertiary institutions)is without a doubt,suffering from an inferiority complex - due to his inability to achieve anything worthy of recognition. Thus,the constant and vitriolic attacks on Nkrumah,the Show Boy of Africa(Cover TIME Magazine in 1953)and Africa's Man of the Millennium.
PEACE
Adam 10 years ago
Danquah may have obtained a real PhD (it was the writing of a booklet in those days) but the fact still remains that Nkrumah was far far more significant in Ghanaian and African politics than Danquah.
Yes, Nkrumah made mis ... read full comment
Danquah may have obtained a real PhD (it was the writing of a booklet in those days) but the fact still remains that Nkrumah was far far more significant in Ghanaian and African politics than Danquah.
Yes, Nkrumah made mistakes and he may have been egalomaniac but Danquah made far more mistakes. He couldn't even win a simple national elections!!!
And having a classroom PhD is not the mark of success as a scholar or leader. Winston Churchil never had a PhD. Not even Napoleon. Okoampah has a classroom PhD. What is he known for? Articles on ghanaweb!!!
TEE 10 years ago
KWAME NKUMAH HIS NAME NEVER DIES AND HE WILL HUNT AFRICA/GHANA FOR EVER AND EVER. FORWARD EVER. OSAGYEFO KWAME WE MISS YOU
KWAME NKUMAH HIS NAME NEVER DIES AND HE WILL HUNT AFRICA/GHANA FOR EVER AND EVER. FORWARD EVER. OSAGYEFO KWAME WE MISS YOU
Mark Osei 10 years ago
WHY ARE YOU WASTING YOUR TIME,AHOOFE?NKRUMAH IS UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE GREATEST AFRICAN OF ALL TIME.HAHAHAHAHA.WHAT A COMIC RELIEF.I JUST CAME BACK FROM WORK AND I AM TIRED.AHOOFE GIVE ME MORE.
WHY ARE YOU WASTING YOUR TIME,AHOOFE?NKRUMAH IS UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE GREATEST AFRICAN OF ALL TIME.HAHAHAHAHA.WHAT A COMIC RELIEF.I JUST CAME BACK FROM WORK AND I AM TIRED.AHOOFE GIVE ME MORE.
Jonas Amponsah 10 years ago
Ahoofe,whether you like it or not Nkrumah is the greatest African.J.B.Danquah and Busia,the imperialist and neo-colonialist agents were no match to Nkrumah.
Ahoofe,whether you like it or not Nkrumah is the greatest African.J.B.Danquah and Busia,the imperialist and neo-colonialist agents were no match to Nkrumah.
James Appiah 10 years ago
In African politics,there is only ONE visionary and that is the great Kwame Nkrumah.AHOOFE,I challenge you to name one person who had a better vision for Africa than Nkrumah.
In African politics,there is only ONE visionary and that is the great Kwame Nkrumah.AHOOFE,I challenge you to name one person who had a better vision for Africa than Nkrumah.
James Appiah 10 years ago
In African politics,there is only ONE visionary and that is the great Kwame Nkrumah.AHOOFE,I challenge you to name one person who had a better vision for Africa than Nkrumah.
In African politics,there is only ONE visionary and that is the great Kwame Nkrumah.AHOOFE,I challenge you to name one person who had a better vision for Africa than Nkrumah.
James Appiah 10 years ago
In African politics,there is only ONE visionary and that is the great Kwame Nkrumah.AHOOFE,I challenge you to name one person who had a better vision for Africa than Nkrumah.
In African politics,there is only ONE visionary and that is the great Kwame Nkrumah.AHOOFE,I challenge you to name one person who had a better vision for Africa than Nkrumah.
James Appiah 10 years ago
In African politics,there is only ONE visionary and that is the great Kwame Nkrumah.AHOOFE,I challenge you to name one person who had a better vision for Africa than Nkrumah.
In African politics,there is only ONE visionary and that is the great Kwame Nkrumah.AHOOFE,I challenge you to name one person who had a better vision for Africa than Nkrumah.
TEE 10 years ago
THE IS NO MATCH IN AFRICA YOU CAN COMPARE OSAGYEFO WITH PERIOD, GHANAIANS SHOULD BE THANKFUL AND BE PROUD AS A BLACK STAR ALL BECAUSE OF NKRUMAH. K?AME NKUMAH NEVER DIES
THE IS NO MATCH IN AFRICA YOU CAN COMPARE OSAGYEFO WITH PERIOD, GHANAIANS SHOULD BE THANKFUL AND BE PROUD AS A BLACK STAR ALL BECAUSE OF NKRUMAH. K?AME NKUMAH NEVER DIES
OSEI TUTU 10 years ago
Ahoofe has not published anything noteworthy
Ahoofe has not published anything noteworthy
KK, USA 10 years ago
That is very true from reading his articles. Good observation!
That is very true from reading his articles. Good observation!
Kojo Samla 10 years ago
The Busia -Danquah comedians have done everything possible to wipe the name of Nkrumah off everything but have failed miserably. What is this certificate stealer saying?
The Busia -Danquah comedians have done everything possible to wipe the name of Nkrumah off everything but have failed miserably. What is this certificate stealer saying?
OKOE 10 years ago
YOU LEARNT ENGLISH AND MASTERED IT WELL AND CAN BABBLE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE MAY BE BETTER THAN THE QUEEN, SO WHAT? I WILL REGARD YOUR SCHOLARSHIP MORE IF YOU WERE BETTER IN TWI. THIS IS THE LANGUAGE WE SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND. OU ... read full comment
YOU LEARNT ENGLISH AND MASTERED IT WELL AND CAN BABBLE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE MAY BE BETTER THAN THE QUEEN, SO WHAT? I WILL REGARD YOUR SCHOLARSHIP MORE IF YOU WERE BETTER IN TWI. THIS IS THE LANGUAGE WE SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND. OUR MOTHERS WILL WONDER WHAT THE FUSS IS ABOUT THIS YOUR PHD IN WHAT. YOU ARE NOBODY TO TELL WETHER OR NOT DR. NKRUMAH IS VISIONARY. YOU VALUE ENGLISH LANGUAGE BUT TO THE AVERAGE GHANAIAN YOU ARE A NOBODY. THE DAYS WHEN SPEAKING AND WRITING THE QUEEN'S LANGUAGE AND BE SOMEBODY ARE GONE. YOU SEE, FOOD, POWER OR ELECTRICITY AND WATER ARE WHAT PEOPLE NEED FROM THEIR SCHOLARS NOT ENGLISH LITERATURE MY FRIEND. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MY MAN, SO SHUT UP!!!
Kojo Azemeti 10 years ago
The one-party state thing and the President for life thing Okoampa-Ahoofe is referring to was something Ghanaians agreed to in a bid to curb all the excesses of the multi-party democracy we started with but which was seriousl ... read full comment
The one-party state thing and the President for life thing Okoampa-Ahoofe is referring to was something Ghanaians agreed to in a bid to curb all the excesses of the multi-party democracy we started with but which was seriously misunderstood and abused by certain traitors who teamed up with the West to cause mayhem under the guise of doing opposition party politics. In response to these gross abuses which stemmed from massive ignorance and foreign machinations using unpatriotic Ghanaians as their agents, our Parliament and the masses at the time opted for the one-party idea which was very popular at the time as the easiest way of getting consensus for rapid national development.
Okoampa-Ahoofe and his ilk should go and read the Hansard of the early and mid-1960s as well as the Daily Graphic publications of that period in order to be educated instead of relying on Western sponsored propaganda against Kwame Nkrumah. There is no denying the fact that Nkrumah did not singlehandedly turn Ghana into a one-party state. It was Ghanaians who opted for that political arrangement to build quick and ready consensus to catapult us into first-world status as fast as lightening. The West knew that this was going to work and their worst fear was that it may be replicated in other African countries since Nkrumah's Ghana was the country to watch and copy from throughout Africa. Africa has over 60 percent of the world's natural resources so if Africa freed itself from western exploitation, then the days of glory in the West were surely going to come to an end. Note that China does not have a fraction of Africa's natural resources yet the industrial rise of China has greatly wreaked havoc on many western economies. Africa's industrial rise is tantamount to economic death for the West. I entreat Okoampa-Ahoofe to read the CIA declassified files on the true reasons why the CIA of America and MI 6 of Britain teamed up with local traitors to overthrow Kwame Nkrumah and I bet my bottom cedis that Okoampa-Ahoofe will laugh at his own folly after he has read and educated himself on such matters. It is a shame that Okoampa-Ahoofe prides himself with a PhD and is eager to boast about the fact that he has successfully defended his PhD thesis yet he displays such crash ignorance on the geopolitics of Africa.
Okoampa-Ahoofe, can you deny that the head of state in Britain stays on the throne for life and is not elected up to date but the British would never agree to team up with any foreign agency to overthrow their crown? The British crown has been a benevolent dictatorship and that dictatorial crown unified the British to conquer one-third of the world under their feet at a certain point in time. Today, that crown has lost much of the dictatorial powers it once had but the story of that crown tells a tale of the benefits of benevolent dictatorship in galvanizing a people to achieve great heights. Secondly, the Chinese are currently taking the world by storm and guess the political arrangement that has galvanized and focused their energies to make this possible? It is a benevolent dictatorship under a one-party state. In fact, the first Chinese leader, Mao Zedong, was not someone who had successfully defendant a PhD thesis the way Okoampa-Ahoofe would have liked to see yet he was President for life and hence he stayed on for 27 good years and even died on the post but by the time of his death, he had laid the solid foundation that has given the Chinese the competitive edge today to compete and win hands down on the global stage. The list of countries that have used such strategies to advance socially and economically before they opened up their political space is endless. Kwame Nkrumah was one African leader who had a clear understanding of all these issues and he was sure where he wanted Ghana to be by 1970, by 1980, by 1990, by 2000 and beyond. The British and Americans hated him for dreaming such ambitious dreams and acting boldly to realize these dreams and hence they worked day and night to make sure that his dreams were thwarted.
Well, Nkrumah is dead and gone but we are the ultimate losers and instead of weeping over our great loss, we have people like Okoampa-Ahoofe who have been fed on so much anti-Nkrumah propaganda to continue to blame Nkrumah ignorantly. Consider this, Okoampa-Ahoofe: After Nkrumah's overthrow, has the West ever influenced any of the rest of the coups in Ghana? The answer is an absolute no because none of these governments has posed a threat to the western agenda (i.e. the colonial and current neo-colonial agenda) of keeping us as a natural resource base for their factories and a market for their manufactured goods. Therefore, the 1966 coup was not about restoring political freedom for Ghanaians else the West would have equally been interested in uprooting JJ Rawlings when he took away our political rights for over a decade. Note that the West was ok with JJ Rawlings because he did not threaten the neocolonial structure of our economy for all those years. In fact, he deepened this neocolonial structure by the time of his exit and Kufour, Mills and lately Mahama have deepened it and continue to deepen it by the day.
It is therefore disheartening to read Okoampa-Ahoofe's display of gross ignorance or hypocrisy on this subject when he seems to be saying by implication that the 1966 coup was justified since Nkrumah was our problem simply because he took a hardline position to free us from economic domination by the West. Okoampa-Ahoofe came close to this realization when he stated in the last-but-two paragraph of his write-up as follows: “Of course, Mr. Padmore's time was remarkably different in terms of race relations and scholastic opportunities …” If charity begins at home, then why would the West seek to keep Africans down as second class citizens in the West yet they will suddenly love Africans on the continent so much that they will plan and sponsor the 1966 coup and spare no effort to uproot Kwame Nkrumah in order to secure freedom and so-called democracy for Ghanaians? Okoampa-Ahoofe should ponder over these questions and come again!!!
Francis Kwame Oduro. 10 years ago
Kojo,thanks for your thought-provoking response.I hope all anti-Nkrumah writers will read your response.
Kojo,thanks for your thought-provoking response.I hope all anti-Nkrumah writers will read your response.
Kofi Badu 10 years ago
Ahoofe,you have been challenged by Francis Kwame Oduro to name one African who had a better vision for Africa than Kwame Nkrumah.Some of us are anxious to read your response.If you are not able to respond, then you must be as ... read full comment
Ahoofe,you have been challenged by Francis Kwame Oduro to name one African who had a better vision for Africa than Kwame Nkrumah.Some of us are anxious to read your response.If you are not able to respond, then you must be ashamed of yourself,admit your idiocy and leave this forum permanently.We are tired of reading your garbage.
Shabi 10 years ago
Excellent Kojo.
Excellent Kojo.
Observer 10 years ago
Kojo, your comment is an eye opener.
Kojo, your comment is an eye opener.
JOE 10 years ago
Ahoofe is a nincompoop lacking critical thinking skills I doubt he will take up your challenge. Thanks for a very insightful response to the rantings of an imbecile.
Ahoofe is a nincompoop lacking critical thinking skills I doubt he will take up your challenge. Thanks for a very insightful response to the rantings of an imbecile.
Colegate 10 years ago
I immediately new the sauce of this article when I saw the header.
I immediately new the sauce of this article when I saw the header.
Shabi 10 years ago
Suffice it to say, this writer is clearly on the precipice of some monumental mental melt-down.
The paranoia that he and a few other characters of his ilk, have inflicted on themselves, is derived from the foolhardiness o ... read full comment
Suffice it to say, this writer is clearly on the precipice of some monumental mental melt-down.
The paranoia that he and a few other characters of his ilk, have inflicted on themselves, is derived from the foolhardiness of swimming against the tide of common-sense - that is, the common recognition that in the affairs of world history, Kwame Nkrumah stands out as the tallest of Black African heroes. No other Blackman can equal his achievements.
It is needless to waste much time on this 'queer' writer but I am nevertheless appalled that as a presumed member of the Dept of English, albeit in a largely unknown small-time community College somewhere in the backwaters of New York, his flighty, woozy and infantile effort to impress with needless and superfluous verbose has not helped him carry his reactionary viewpoints across to the public for whom he purportedly writes.
And by the way, can the writer translate into friendly and digestible English, the following, which was picked from the 7th paragraph of his obtuse article; "...Even C. L. R. James, a largely autodidact scholar and intimidate friend and classmate of George Padmore's,...."
Vodoo Xebieso 10 years ago
Thanks for your observation. The idiot is always over-reaching himself in the use of grandiloquent language.
Thanks for your observation. The idiot is always over-reaching himself in the use of grandiloquent language.
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY 10 years ago
Thank God no one knows of your fucking J.B. Danquah and Busia.
Thank God no one knows of your fucking J.B. Danquah and Busia.
Azumah Nelson 10 years ago
This guy is insane.
This guy is insane.
GAWUKO 10 years ago
Are you, Dr. KOA, describing yourself as a fanatic of JB Danquah and are you also saying that Akyem State, Cest moi, KOA?
Are you, Dr. KOA, describing yourself as a fanatic of JB Danquah and are you also saying that Akyem State, Cest moi, KOA?
Kplamasi 10 years ago
I do not think that thousand of you will make one Nkrumah. You see you are a failure and you can deal with it. It is only in US in which a Clown like you would be allowed to teach. What a jerk
I do not think that thousand of you will make one Nkrumah. You see you are a failure and you can deal with it. It is only in US in which a Clown like you would be allowed to teach. What a jerk
Agya koo 10 years ago
Dr Nkrumah really fascinate you and it's for this reason you want to him for your own gains but it's not working.he was very grat and wise so to bring him down is impossible so stop it now.
Dr Nkrumah really fascinate you and it's for this reason you want to him for your own gains but it's not working.he was very grat and wise so to bring him down is impossible so stop it now.
ASHKENAZI 10 years ago
AHOOFE IS AN INSIGNIFICANT ANT WHO CAN NOT READ HISTORY SO HOW CAN HE WRITE ONE?
AHOOFE IS AN INSIGNIFICANT ANT WHO CAN NOT READ HISTORY SO HOW CAN HE WRITE ONE?
samson 10 years ago
Your jaundiced view cannot change world history. Nkrumah was voted the greatest African of the millenium in a global poll by the BBC. Your puny mind and thinking cannot change that. Period!!!
Your jaundiced view cannot change world history. Nkrumah was voted the greatest African of the millenium in a global poll by the BBC. Your puny mind and thinking cannot change that. Period!!!
Mike 10 years ago
Please stop all these lies.You guys hate this man so bad that it smells on you every time you open your mouth or pen down info.
Please stop all these lies.You guys hate this man so bad that it smells on you every time you open your mouth or pen down info.
Vodoo Xebieso 10 years ago
AHOOFE IS A MAD MAN WHO DESERVES TO BE KILLED LIKE A CAT
AHOOFE IS A MAD MAN WHO DESERVES TO BE KILLED LIKE A CAT
Meemuna Ibrahim 10 years ago
"The adjective of 'foolish,' in our particular context, simply means somebody who is so pathologically star-struck that his/her admiration for his/her icon largely emanates from sentimentality or sheer emotions, rather than c ... read full comment
"The adjective of 'foolish,' in our particular context, simply means somebody who is so pathologically star-struck that his/her admiration for his/her icon largely emanates from sentimentality or sheer emotions, rather than cogent rationality. The admirer's admiration for his/her icon, or s/hero, is based on the sort of "suspended rationality" that undergirds the average person's faith in an organized religion." This is an accurate description of the pathologically awe-stricken affection you hold for Dr. J.B. Danquah. You are therefore jealous of Kwame Nkrumah; pure and simple! You need to cure yourself of this infatuation. No one can help you. Sorry, Okoampa!
still rastafari 10 years ago
is Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr. okay??
is Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr. okay??
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago
Prof, fortunately or unfortunately you fit perfectly the definition of a fanatic you provided when the table is turned around to J B Danquah, otherwise you would not have described him as "the putative Doyen of Gold Coast and ... read full comment
Prof, fortunately or unfortunately you fit perfectly the definition of a fanatic you provided when the table is turned around to J B Danquah, otherwise you would not have described him as "the putative Doyen of Gold Coast and Ghanaian Politics". In other words, you are also a fanatic of J B Danquah. What I am not certain when it comes to Nkrumah, is whether you are a cynic, indifferent or you simply hate him?
There is no doubt that Nkrumah had his faults as all humans, especially how he treated his political opponents, the declaration of one party state and life President. However, you cannot say that Kwame Nkrumah was not visionary. In fact, it is folly to say so. The free education, Akosombo Dam, the industrialisation programme, the plan to built the Bui Dam harness iron ore in Ghana, the gold smelter factory, food and cocoa silos, plans to build aluminium smelter, etc were all some of his development agenda to make Ghana self-sufficient and add value to her natural resources, instead of exporter of raw materials. If these were not visionary, what were they? Do you also know that the oil find in Ghana relied on exploratory work done by Soviet Geologists under the Nkrumah's time? What about the building of an oil refinery when Ghana was not an oil producer?
Do you call NLC and Busia visionary when on the advice of the west they abandoned all the projects Nkrumah was undertaking or had planned after his overthrow?
It's ok to criticise what Nkrumah did wrong but let's give credit where credit is due. Had governments in Ghana delivered a tenth of Nkrumah's visionary idea after his overthrow, Ghana would be in a better place than today.
I can understand your cynicism or indifference towards Nkrumah for how he treated your family members, including J B Danquah. However, there is no justification for your hatred towards Nkrumah.
Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. 10 years ago
Go and read about Sir Albert Kitson, on Nkrumah's purported "vision." Akosombo, Bui, Ajena, Kpong, the Kyebi, Nyinahin and Okwawu bauxite deposits. Don't feed unsuspecting readers with your tired pabulum.
Any idiot can tra ... read full comment
Go and read about Sir Albert Kitson, on Nkrumah's purported "vision." Akosombo, Bui, Ajena, Kpong, the Kyebi, Nyinahin and Okwawu bauxite deposits. Don't feed unsuspecting readers with your tired pabulum.
Any idiot can travel around, see great things and import the ideas behind these home, Ambassador Hotel, Meridian Hotel, Continental Hotel, you name it. We also know Nkrumah liberally and shamelessly plagiarized ideas like "African Personality" and "Pan-African." What is even more pathetic was his adamant insistence on claiming these, also, as his own.
How often do I have to repeat to you that Free Education was William "Paa Willie" Ofori-Atta's brainchild?
And just why would the Soviet geologists abandon such a lucrative venture in Ghana as a massive oil find? So the American would later come to take advantage of the same?
And do you know when oil prospecting began in Ghana?
Oh, I also forgot to put Sir Kitson on the Tema industrial "vision" list.
Kofi, don't get me wrong; I perfectly understand why intellectually bankrupt Ghanaians like you would have Kwaku Ananse Nkrumah author every idea worthy of such designation.
Bonsu 10 years ago
And you have the gut and effrontery to reply to Kofi a superior mind and more broadly a scholar than you.Sometimes when you come up with such ridiculous headlines,we tempted to reluctantly read what you are up to again and s ... read full comment
And you have the gut and effrontery to reply to Kofi a superior mind and more broadly a scholar than you.Sometimes when you come up with such ridiculous headlines,we tempted to reluctantly read what you are up to again and so far you have not been making sense and this particular assertion against Nkrumah who any of your relatives is unfit to unlace his shoes is now bordering on lunacy.
Some of us had long drawn the conclusion that you are mentally unstable and that you have a fetish which is fed through people pouring scorn on you.
Hopefully by replying Kofi you must have read the other comments as well so you can see how diminished you are in peoples estimation through their comments.Normally people ignore you but sometimes you seem to deliberately provoke these responses just to feed your fetish.
Your tirade is totally against the grain of common sense. Ahoofe you are a sick man, seek help.
Nana Ansah 10 years ago
Ahootan the raving lunatic who knows the least but shouts/speaks the loudest at it again. The poeple of Ghana are not so green like your stupid self. It is you despicable ape who come here with hearsay (yesi yesi) which is th ... read full comment
Ahootan the raving lunatic who knows the least but shouts/speaks the loudest at it again. The poeple of Ghana are not so green like your stupid self. It is you despicable ape who come here with hearsay (yesi yesi) which is the trademark of the Mate Mehu terrorists even if the they have dog chain sewage Ph.D.
Thousand ideas are worthless if it cannot be implemented. IBM had the idea of writing small programs as Operating System (OS) for PCs but it was the young Bill Gates who IBM hired who got it done. When OS for PCs is mentioned it is Microsoft founded by Bill Gates that makes the headlines not IBM.
It is not only about ideas; it is about making ideas happen. Ahootan your vile demeanour has got a better part of you which is why you maniac is the the lunatic asylum of NY.
Ahootan Ahooyaw Okoaboni is a man with vile smell and on top a homicidal maniac. Bo!
Vodoo Xebieso 10 years ago
Shut up you Akyem dog and bastard. Yes, all those projects you mentioned were undertaken by Mr. J. B. Danquah! Are now satisfied?
Lest I forgot, you are still on our hit list.
Shut up you Akyem dog and bastard. Yes, all those projects you mentioned were undertaken by Mr. J. B. Danquah! Are now satisfied?
Lest I forgot, you are still on our hit list.
YAW 10 years ago
Ahoofe,posses that veneer of manners which reveals an infinite capacity for contempt. An aesthetic blot on academia.Keep writing Kwame,we are capable of reading between the lies.
Ahoofe,posses that veneer of manners which reveals an infinite capacity for contempt. An aesthetic blot on academia.Keep writing Kwame,we are capable of reading between the lies.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago
Prof, thanks for your response to my earlier comment. Prof I am not going to argue with because you stated it stated it so succinctly in your article and I quote "any attempt to debate such a person is akin to running starkly ... read full comment
Prof, thanks for your response to my earlier comment. Prof I am not going to argue with because you stated it stated it so succinctly in your article and I quote "any attempt to debate such a person is akin to running starkly naked with soap suds on one's body, after a clinically certified madman, or woman, who just bolted with your bathrobe or towel while you were in the shower"
Have a nice day.
osei yaw - london 10 years ago
Internationally, no one ever heard of this JB Danquah; yet, Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, who writes very bad English language that don't make sense, is known to to do his level best to link him to universally known Kwame Nkrumah to ... read full comment
Internationally, no one ever heard of this JB Danquah; yet, Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, who writes very bad English language that don't make sense, is known to to do his level best to link him to universally known Kwame Nkrumah to give him name
- this Akim JB Danquah was a terrorist who Kwame Nkrumah was not lucky to get a clever Judge hanged under the Preventive Detention Act
Osei Wusu-Khanin/osei yaw - london
Vodoo Xebieso 10 years ago
Don't mind the idiot. Yes, Dr. Nkrumah rightly and justly jailed his uncle, the grey-haired fox Mr. J.B. Danquah, and so what?
If Mr. Danquah resurrects tomorrow, Dr. Nkrumah would also resurrect to jail him a second time ... read full comment
Don't mind the idiot. Yes, Dr. Nkrumah rightly and justly jailed his uncle, the grey-haired fox Mr. J.B. Danquah, and so what?
If Mr. Danquah resurrects tomorrow, Dr. Nkrumah would also resurrect to jail him a second time.
YAW 10 years ago
Ahoofe, hates,detest, despise and loathe Nkrumah
Ahoofe, hates,detest, despise and loathe Nkrumah
Abeeku Mensah 10 years ago
It amazes me that so-called educated Ghanaians can be this stupid and incapable of ideas and or ideals derived from their classroom earned intellectual prowess. Peoples of Western democracies do not raise their children alike ... read full comment
It amazes me that so-called educated Ghanaians can be this stupid and incapable of ideas and or ideals derived from their classroom earned intellectual prowess. Peoples of Western democracies do not raise their children alike, nations do not govern the same way even when they mostly adhere to accepted Western democratic principles. The intellectuals from the Eastern and Ashanti regions at the time knew no better because they could only believe in tested and proven European practices never leaving room for personal growth and intellectual curiosity. That was the basis for a Danquah-Busia ideology that formed the difficulty with which the UP/UGCC of the Nkrumah era not to understand that knowing how tribal loyalties work in Ghana a multiparty system could not be the best start for a newly freed nation.
Nkrumah would have been a fool to have accepted a multiparty system in good faith that allows Danquah-Busia faction to use political party activities to continue their subversion activities in Ghana. Governance is by any measure above learning of the English language and or creative writing it is better left for people with vision, ideas and ideals something the Busia and Danquah ideologues would never have or anticipate unless it came from European practices.
YAW 10 years ago
Kindly assail him [Ahoofe] both with pen and tongue in English.
Kindly assail him [Ahoofe] both with pen and tongue in English.
NUKOMEKO 10 years ago
DO YOU KNOW WHO IS A DICTATOR? YOUR STUPIDITY ON PEOPLE WHO ARE ALIVE AND INTO DEATH MAKES YOU A FOOL...
DO YOU KNOW WHO IS A DICTATOR? YOUR STUPIDITY ON PEOPLE WHO ARE ALIVE AND INTO DEATH MAKES YOU A FOOL...
Vodoo Xebieso 10 years ago
This Akyem dog and bastard has nothing intelligent up his dirty sleeves to deliver. If he is not busy pouring acid on Rawlings or Ewes then he would madly keep himself busy with anti-Nkrumah bullshit!!
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This Akyem dog and bastard has nothing intelligent up his dirty sleeves to deliver. If he is not busy pouring acid on Rawlings or Ewes then he would madly keep himself busy with anti-Nkrumah bullshit!!
You can scream till the end of the world but the fact remains that Dr. Kwame Nkrumah towers above your beloved idol Mr. J. B. Danquah in every respect. You can bleat like a hungry sheep, grown like a tiger, or leap like a frog, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah will continue to outshine Mr. J.B. Danquah always.
If your Mr. Danquah was the all-in-all of Ghana as your always claim, why did he not emerge African of the Millenium? He was not even among the first hundred.
AN IDIOT IS ALWAYS AN IDIOT
OKATAKYIE 10 years ago
This article is just a load of disingenuous nonsense. Pathetic little old sod.
This article is just a load of disingenuous nonsense. Pathetic little old sod.
KASBAND 10 years ago
*Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D.???????????????????????????????????
Are you a serious Ghanaian or what? "
You write: "There is absolutely no doubt that Nkrumah thought the African world revolved around his personal procliv ... read full comment
*Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D.???????????????????????????????????
Are you a serious Ghanaian or what? "
You write: "There is absolutely no doubt that Nkrumah thought the African world revolved around his personal proclivities and ideological suasion. Anything else was promptly proscribed and labeled as a crime against the nation. And the nation, even as Dr. J. B. Danquah prophetically had occasion to observe, was then-Prime Minister Nkrumah himself. "L'Etat Cest Moi," the putative Doyen of Gold Coast and Ghanaian Politics had written in one of his innumerable letters to the Show Boy. The original, of course, was a self-reference by the subsequently executed notoriously profligate French monarch, Louis XVI. And Nkrumah's 1965 declaration of himself as Ghana's President-for-Life, ought to open the eyes of all those who would have the man apotheosized as Africa's foremost statesman of the twentieth century to the stark fact that, in terms of creative leadership and foresight, the Nzema-Nkroful native was decidedly a toddler."
I write: Do not let jealousy kill you. This is the same man Africans voted our Man of the Century, not Busia! not Danquah!!, not Dombo!!!, and there will be no one like him in the African world untill another century comes.
Someguy 10 years ago
I'm happy we live in a world where such a clueless individual with a 3rd rated PhD has access to a computer to type such nonsense.
The CPP were great and Dr Nkrumah will still live on long after this fool Ahoofe has joined ... read full comment
I'm happy we live in a world where such a clueless individual with a 3rd rated PhD has access to a computer to type such nonsense.
The CPP were great and Dr Nkrumah will still live on long after this fool Ahoofe has joined his family of agents and nation wreckers in hell.
JC 10 years ago
If you have to attack Okoampah, attack his facts not his face OR anatomy. That cannot change the facts. Who does not know of Nkrumah's subversive activities in Africa? Who does not know how the UGCC paid him and fed him and t ... read full comment
If you have to attack Okoampah, attack his facts not his face OR anatomy. That cannot change the facts. Who does not know of Nkrumah's subversive activities in Africa? Who does not know how the UGCC paid him and fed him and then later he turned against them as a traitor? Who does not know that he was a dictator? Gaping Sycophants!!!!
Nana Ansah 10 years ago
What "Facts" are you talking about? In each paragragh of Ahootan's writing it is just vile writing.
In the first paragraph he attacks the previous writer with tautology of words.
The second paragragh describe Ahootan to ... read full comment
What "Facts" are you talking about? In each paragragh of Ahootan's writing it is just vile writing.
In the first paragraph he attacks the previous writer with tautology of words.
The second paragragh describe Ahootan to the core, He shots himself in both feet, ouch! A very foolish and stupid Person as he is.
The third paragragh tells you about how maniac like Ahootan behaves.
In the fourth paragragh he attempts to compare his lazy minded ardent admirer Danquah to Nkrumah. This is a mismatch because Nkrumah elclipsed Danquah in all aspects at all levels.
The fifth paragragh shows Ahootan touting for his sewage Ph.D. Even if Nkrumah does not have Ph.D. he is still light years ahead of the pack with Ahootan and his lazy minded Mate Mehu Boka Harem Taliban troup way behind. By the way, Nkrumah will not present his desertation in a back alley ghetto polytechnic.
The next paragragh sees him attack the NDC and the fact his Mate Mehu NLM/UP/PP/PFP/NPP Party had only ruled the Ghana that they boycotted for only a decade out of the 57 years. Any wonder? No, with such coconutheads like his ilks Ghana is better off without them.
In the following paragragh he describes Nkrumah the great visionary as average. Look, Ahootan Nkrumah is past caring about birdsheads and bed wetter like you. In fact he doesn't need a praise from lunatic.
In the next paragragh he displays his bush manners and begins to get petty. After attacking Pademore he gets cold feet and corrects himself that it was a different era. What an idiot before the Lord! Shove your sewage Ph.D. back into your canal.
And so this whole thing he calls an article is full of fiction and just going circles. He suspects and speculates that Nkrumah had mischievously plagiarized UGCC name as if there was a patent on the word "Convention". He has forgotten that Danquah in his Desertation; to use his own words had mischievously plagiarized Mensah Sarbah. That was even of a more serious offence.
He ends up as always whinning that some writers of late polluting the minds of the youth. Each and every other day this resident Ghanaweb Akyem zealot writer keep on pouring tribal sewage into our ears and he complains of others doing the same? Only maniacs like Ahootan can make such claims.
Now JC tell me, where are the Facts? All Ahootan did was to cobble words together to impress the untrained minds but there was no substance in whole junk except for the provocative heading. When Ahootan gets up in the morning he brushes his vile smelly teeth with some cheap gin thereafter he sits behind his PC and nauseously vomit diarrhoea of words in his pool of vomit unkempt apartment. PuuH!! That smells. What a disgusting stench!
JC now go to bed! Goodnight Boy!!!
Dan Amadu 10 years ago
KWAMI U ARE A PSHYCIATRIC PATIENT. GO FOR CHECKUP. UR NAMESAKE OSAGYEFO DR KWAMI NKRUMAH WAS AND STILL IS A HERO WAI. wabodem paa for attacking d dead.
KWAMI U ARE A PSHYCIATRIC PATIENT. GO FOR CHECKUP. UR NAMESAKE OSAGYEFO DR KWAMI NKRUMAH WAS AND STILL IS A HERO WAI. wabodem paa for attacking d dead.
Andy 10 years ago
I am sorry to tell you that ruling and managing humans is not by the Phd which accompany your name but it is by intuition. In this age and time people like you are still thinking like this. What you should no is those with th ... read full comment
I am sorry to tell you that ruling and managing humans is not by the Phd which accompany your name but it is by intuition. In this age and time people like you are still thinking like this. What you should no is those with the intuition make the history and people the you inscribe it on Gold.
If with your Phd nobody knows you don't try to bring down somebody to be known. Forge your own greatness.
Nana Kwaku 10 years ago
This is supposed to be part 1. I wonder what part 2 will be like!!
This is supposed to be part 1. I wonder what part 2 will be like!!
Atikopo#2 10 years ago
Dishonest Okoampa-Ahoofe
This is from Okoampa-Ahoofe from Chapter 2 ( "Harvest of Foolery") of his collection of essays published on 2004. When did his lobotomy occur? When he found out that he was related to J. B. Danqua ... read full comment
Dishonest Okoampa-Ahoofe
This is from Okoampa-Ahoofe from Chapter 2 ( "Harvest of Foolery") of his collection of essays published on 2004. When did his lobotomy occur? When he found out that he was related to J. B. Danquah.
"And here, it is significantly instructive to observe that none of the myriad putsches and coup detats have been staged by any other than bona fide members of the Ghanaian military. Granted, some rascal civilians are known to have staunchly backed regressivley Darwinian means of political access, including a world-renowned University-educated former prime minister. Interestingly, in July 1956, when President Nkrumah's Convention People's Party (CPP) won a landslide victory, Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia rode herd on a delegation to the British office in London, to petition the British Crown, and Ghana's extant colonial overlord, to desist from granting the already-scheduled return of Ghana to self-governance. Fortunately, Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia and his right-wing bourgeois reactionaries did not succeed. He would, however, succeed ten years later in backing the military junta that unseated the Nkrumah administration and facilitated the precipitous devolution of Ghanaian national destiny.
Indeed, it is interesting to observe that Ghana's major and, to-date, only international airport is named for General E.K. Kotoka, the very Darwinian outlaw who spearheaded the grossly unimaginative overthrow of the constitutionally elected government of the CPP. For many detractors and outright enemies of Nkrumah, Kotoka's greatest—if also sole—achievement was simply getting rid of an elected dictator. It has often been said, largely by Western academics, that Nkrumah was a heartless and fatuous dictator; these days, one hears Mr. Jerry John Rawlings, the career soldier who ran Ghana for twenty harrowing incontrovertibly bloody years, described as a "benign dictator." It is significant to observe that Mr. Rawlings, whose agnatic parentage is purported to be Scottish, presided over the dastardly kidnapping and summary execution of three Ghanaian supreme court judges, all of whom belonged to a single ethnic nationality.
When one agrees with the Western ideological mythology that Nkrumah was a raw-boned dictator bereft of vision, then it begins to make sense that Kotoka's statue should continue to command the august facade of Accra International Airport, thus perpetually humiliating those of us who incurably believe in democratic governance. Needless to say, the 1966 Kotoka-led coup initiated the barbaric, neo-colonial military dynasty that Ghanaian continue to suffer….
That Ghana's post-colonial political dilemma transcends military dictatorship cannot be honestly gainsaid. In fact, many of the most vociferous civilian opposition party leaders, some of whom are currently sitting in parliament, representing misguided and hoodwinked constituents, are known to have collaborated with Kotoka's so-called National Liberation Council to unseat President Nkrumah. It is also significant to observe that these largely superannuated rascals and executive national, fiduciary muggers continue to dominate whatever passes by the name of "the legitimate opposition." This state of affairs, coupled with a largely under-educated and under-informed electorate, has made it almost impossible to rectify the prevailing socioeconomic chaos ravaging the country.”
Taken from “SOUNDS OF SIRENS: ESSAYS IN AFRICAN POLITICS & CULTURE”, Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr (2004)
Cola L Clark 10 years ago
All over the USA and world there are millions who disagree with you based on their living experience. Please rethink your conclusions.
Colia Clark
All over the USA and world there are millions who disagree with you based on their living experience. Please rethink your conclusions.
Colia Clark
solomon 8 years ago
You claim to be a Dr. yourself and think Dr. Nkrumah is less of an intellectual than you are? Your name tells us why you are bitter. In a young independent nation trying to develop, tribalism and segregation could least be to ... read full comment
You claim to be a Dr. yourself and think Dr. Nkrumah is less of an intellectual than you are? Your name tells us why you are bitter. In a young independent nation trying to develop, tribalism and segregation could least be tolerated the Nkrumah being the genius that he is stood his grounds and banned the Ashanti Flag and others alike. We had no time to tolerate distractions if we were to develop. Your ancestors think Ghana is theirs well its not so tell them to feed you with a better story.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTIKEL AND WHAT DO U PLAN TO ACHIEVE?
He either has too much time on his hands, or else is just plain nuts.
The one-party state thing and the President for life thing Okoampa-Ahoofe is referring to was something Ghanaians agreed to in a bid to curb all the excesses of the multi-party democracy we started with but which was seriousl ...
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WEll done Kojo Azometi, I tell you there are some people in Ghana still who have no brain to think so is that idiot Okoampa who says he had Phd. Just imagine, some one who claimed he had such degree, but had no idea about how ...
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Nkrumah was Africa's worst tyrant who killed all political opponents in prisoners and denied them decent burial. Nkrumah, Hitler, Iddi Amin, Maumar Gadafy and Pol Pot were all dictaors and all suffered the same fate; they all ...
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Kwasia man in NY. Nkrumah brought Ghana together, he was no tribalist like you fool
As the saying goes: "Those who know the least, speak or shout the loudest.
This diehard miserable fool will die a wretched death in his cockroaches and rats infested NY Ghetto apartment and nobody will miss him.
Ahoota ...
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Ghanaians never gave in to ONE party state. Stop that nonsense and lies.
If Nkrumah knew he was going to ALWAYS win elections why would he even table a motion of one party?
And twerps like most of you on this thread are ...
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Shut your mouth. How old were you when the referendum for a one-party state was held? Maybe your father did not even meet your mother by then.
Just get this straight: You and the mad Akyem dog and bastard Ahoofe can paint ...
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Nkrumah had a de facto one party state. Those splinter parties could not effect change , NLM, NPP, Freedom party Muslim party were all sectional and could articulate their needs through a broad based forum. 2 Nkrumah achieved ...
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Wow...what a piece! Why don't you turn this into a rejoinder? I bet many readers would be happy to be informed of this pristine thought provoking but objective analysis.
Please do turn this into a rejoinder.
china is a one party dictatorship bu they are doing great. Has western democracy taken any third world nation anywhere?
This mentally challenged Community College teacher was rejected by Harvard,NYU and Columbia,and had to settle for a third level college in Pennsylvania to get his doctorate.
And he has the nerve to question Osagyefo's schola ...
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Danquah may have obtained a real PhD (it was the writing of a booklet in those days) but the fact still remains that Nkrumah was far far more significant in Ghanaian and African politics than Danquah.
Yes, Nkrumah made mis ...
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KWAME NKUMAH HIS NAME NEVER DIES AND HE WILL HUNT AFRICA/GHANA FOR EVER AND EVER. FORWARD EVER. OSAGYEFO KWAME WE MISS YOU
WHY ARE YOU WASTING YOUR TIME,AHOOFE?NKRUMAH IS UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED AS THE GREATEST AFRICAN OF ALL TIME.HAHAHAHAHA.WHAT A COMIC RELIEF.I JUST CAME BACK FROM WORK AND I AM TIRED.AHOOFE GIVE ME MORE.
Ahoofe,whether you like it or not Nkrumah is the greatest African.J.B.Danquah and Busia,the imperialist and neo-colonialist agents were no match to Nkrumah.
In African politics,there is only ONE visionary and that is the great Kwame Nkrumah.AHOOFE,I challenge you to name one person who had a better vision for Africa than Nkrumah.
In African politics,there is only ONE visionary and that is the great Kwame Nkrumah.AHOOFE,I challenge you to name one person who had a better vision for Africa than Nkrumah.
In African politics,there is only ONE visionary and that is the great Kwame Nkrumah.AHOOFE,I challenge you to name one person who had a better vision for Africa than Nkrumah.
In African politics,there is only ONE visionary and that is the great Kwame Nkrumah.AHOOFE,I challenge you to name one person who had a better vision for Africa than Nkrumah.
THE IS NO MATCH IN AFRICA YOU CAN COMPARE OSAGYEFO WITH PERIOD, GHANAIANS SHOULD BE THANKFUL AND BE PROUD AS A BLACK STAR ALL BECAUSE OF NKRUMAH. K?AME NKUMAH NEVER DIES
Ahoofe has not published anything noteworthy
That is very true from reading his articles. Good observation!
The Busia -Danquah comedians have done everything possible to wipe the name of Nkrumah off everything but have failed miserably. What is this certificate stealer saying?
YOU LEARNT ENGLISH AND MASTERED IT WELL AND CAN BABBLE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE MAY BE BETTER THAN THE QUEEN, SO WHAT? I WILL REGARD YOUR SCHOLARSHIP MORE IF YOU WERE BETTER IN TWI. THIS IS THE LANGUAGE WE SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND. OU ...
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The one-party state thing and the President for life thing Okoampa-Ahoofe is referring to was something Ghanaians agreed to in a bid to curb all the excesses of the multi-party democracy we started with but which was seriousl ...
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Kojo,thanks for your thought-provoking response.I hope all anti-Nkrumah writers will read your response.
Ahoofe,you have been challenged by Francis Kwame Oduro to name one African who had a better vision for Africa than Kwame Nkrumah.Some of us are anxious to read your response.If you are not able to respond, then you must be as ...
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Excellent Kojo.
Kojo, your comment is an eye opener.
Ahoofe is a nincompoop lacking critical thinking skills I doubt he will take up your challenge. Thanks for a very insightful response to the rantings of an imbecile.
I immediately new the sauce of this article when I saw the header.
Suffice it to say, this writer is clearly on the precipice of some monumental mental melt-down.
The paranoia that he and a few other characters of his ilk, have inflicted on themselves, is derived from the foolhardiness o ...
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Thanks for your observation. The idiot is always over-reaching himself in the use of grandiloquent language.
Thank God no one knows of your fucking J.B. Danquah and Busia.
This guy is insane.
Are you, Dr. KOA, describing yourself as a fanatic of JB Danquah and are you also saying that Akyem State, Cest moi, KOA?
I do not think that thousand of you will make one Nkrumah. You see you are a failure and you can deal with it. It is only in US in which a Clown like you would be allowed to teach. What a jerk
Dr Nkrumah really fascinate you and it's for this reason you want to him for your own gains but it's not working.he was very grat and wise so to bring him down is impossible so stop it now.
AHOOFE IS AN INSIGNIFICANT ANT WHO CAN NOT READ HISTORY SO HOW CAN HE WRITE ONE?
Your jaundiced view cannot change world history. Nkrumah was voted the greatest African of the millenium in a global poll by the BBC. Your puny mind and thinking cannot change that. Period!!!
Please stop all these lies.You guys hate this man so bad that it smells on you every time you open your mouth or pen down info.
AHOOFE IS A MAD MAN WHO DESERVES TO BE KILLED LIKE A CAT
"The adjective of 'foolish,' in our particular context, simply means somebody who is so pathologically star-struck that his/her admiration for his/her icon largely emanates from sentimentality or sheer emotions, rather than c ...
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is Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr. okay??
Prof, fortunately or unfortunately you fit perfectly the definition of a fanatic you provided when the table is turned around to J B Danquah, otherwise you would not have described him as "the putative Doyen of Gold Coast and ...
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Go and read about Sir Albert Kitson, on Nkrumah's purported "vision." Akosombo, Bui, Ajena, Kpong, the Kyebi, Nyinahin and Okwawu bauxite deposits. Don't feed unsuspecting readers with your tired pabulum.
Any idiot can tra ...
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And you have the gut and effrontery to reply to Kofi a superior mind and more broadly a scholar than you.Sometimes when you come up with such ridiculous headlines,we tempted to reluctantly read what you are up to again and s ...
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Ahootan the raving lunatic who knows the least but shouts/speaks the loudest at it again. The poeple of Ghana are not so green like your stupid self. It is you despicable ape who come here with hearsay (yesi yesi) which is th ...
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Shut up you Akyem dog and bastard. Yes, all those projects you mentioned were undertaken by Mr. J. B. Danquah! Are now satisfied?
Lest I forgot, you are still on our hit list.
Ahoofe,posses that veneer of manners which reveals an infinite capacity for contempt. An aesthetic blot on academia.Keep writing Kwame,we are capable of reading between the lies.
Prof, thanks for your response to my earlier comment. Prof I am not going to argue with because you stated it stated it so succinctly in your article and I quote "any attempt to debate such a person is akin to running starkly ...
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Internationally, no one ever heard of this JB Danquah; yet, Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, who writes very bad English language that don't make sense, is known to to do his level best to link him to universally known Kwame Nkrumah to ...
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Don't mind the idiot. Yes, Dr. Nkrumah rightly and justly jailed his uncle, the grey-haired fox Mr. J.B. Danquah, and so what?
If Mr. Danquah resurrects tomorrow, Dr. Nkrumah would also resurrect to jail him a second time ...
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Ahoofe, hates,detest, despise and loathe Nkrumah
It amazes me that so-called educated Ghanaians can be this stupid and incapable of ideas and or ideals derived from their classroom earned intellectual prowess. Peoples of Western democracies do not raise their children alike ...
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Kindly assail him [Ahoofe] both with pen and tongue in English.
DO YOU KNOW WHO IS A DICTATOR? YOUR STUPIDITY ON PEOPLE WHO ARE ALIVE AND INTO DEATH MAKES YOU A FOOL...
This Akyem dog and bastard has nothing intelligent up his dirty sleeves to deliver. If he is not busy pouring acid on Rawlings or Ewes then he would madly keep himself busy with anti-Nkrumah bullshit!!
You can scream till ...
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This article is just a load of disingenuous nonsense. Pathetic little old sod.
*Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D.???????????????????????????????????
Are you a serious Ghanaian or what? "
You write: "There is absolutely no doubt that Nkrumah thought the African world revolved around his personal procliv ...
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I'm happy we live in a world where such a clueless individual with a 3rd rated PhD has access to a computer to type such nonsense.
The CPP were great and Dr Nkrumah will still live on long after this fool Ahoofe has joined ...
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If you have to attack Okoampah, attack his facts not his face OR anatomy. That cannot change the facts. Who does not know of Nkrumah's subversive activities in Africa? Who does not know how the UGCC paid him and fed him and t ...
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What "Facts" are you talking about? In each paragragh of Ahootan's writing it is just vile writing.
In the first paragraph he attacks the previous writer with tautology of words.
The second paragragh describe Ahootan to ...
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KWAMI U ARE A PSHYCIATRIC PATIENT. GO FOR CHECKUP. UR NAMESAKE OSAGYEFO DR KWAMI NKRUMAH WAS AND STILL IS A HERO WAI. wabodem paa for attacking d dead.
I am sorry to tell you that ruling and managing humans is not by the Phd which accompany your name but it is by intuition. In this age and time people like you are still thinking like this. What you should no is those with th ...
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This is supposed to be part 1. I wonder what part 2 will be like!!
Dishonest Okoampa-Ahoofe
This is from Okoampa-Ahoofe from Chapter 2 ( "Harvest of Foolery") of his collection of essays published on 2004. When did his lobotomy occur? When he found out that he was related to J. B. Danqua ...
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All over the USA and world there are millions who disagree with you based on their living experience. Please rethink your conclusions.
Colia Clark
You claim to be a Dr. yourself and think Dr. Nkrumah is less of an intellectual than you are? Your name tells us why you are bitter. In a young independent nation trying to develop, tribalism and segregation could least be to ...
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