JB Danquah—The Greatest African

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THE 11 years ago

Childish nonsense from trokosio kwartengvi.

Childish nonsense from trokosio kwartengvi.
Repugnant. 11 years ago

Atypical useless to educate ashante. Your JB dANKWA, had all the time in the world to show us the content of his wisdom. Yet published nothing, "how do we exactly help Dean JB Danquah or Chancellor JB Danquah to sell his lite ...
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Atypical useless to educate ashante. Your JB dANKWA, had all the time in the world to show us the content of his wisdom. Yet published nothing, "how do we exactly help Dean JB Danquah or Chancellor JB Danquah to sell his literary trinkets on The Great Chorkor Market?" The greasy dankwa was a terrorist!
AFRIKABI 11 years ago

WOW! YOU HAVE MASTERFULLY MADE YOUR POINT. NKRUMAH WAS NOT PERFECT BUT HE WAS THE GREATEST AFRICAN, ONE OF THE GREATEST BLACK MEN WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR LIBERATION.

WOW! YOU HAVE MASTERFULLY MADE YOUR POINT. NKRUMAH WAS NOT PERFECT BUT HE WAS THE GREATEST AFRICAN, ONE OF THE GREATEST BLACK MEN WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR LIBERATION.
Kojo T 11 years ago

Francis has compiled a great list of achievements of the GREAT Osagyefo , who liliputians like yourself denigrade. Just compile your own

Francis has compiled a great list of achievements of the GREAT Osagyefo , who liliputians like yourself denigrade. Just compile your own
Agyeman 1 11 years ago

point of correction. J.A Ankrah never headed Supreme Military Council, but rather headed National Liberation Council (N.L.C) as Chairman

point of correction. J.A Ankrah never headed Supreme Military Council, but rather headed National Liberation Council (N.L.C) as Chairman
GHFUO, MALLAM MAHAMA BB! 11 years ago

BULLSHIT. PUT A LID ON THIS CRAP!

BULLSHIT. PUT A LID ON THIS CRAP!
Repugnant. 11 years ago

Useless to educate!

Useless to educate!
AFRIKABI 11 years ago

NOT EVERYONE WOULD UNDERSTAND KWARTENG'S MASTERPIECE.
WELL WRITTEN AND EXCELLENT POINTS.

NOT EVERYONE WOULD UNDERSTAND KWARTENG'S MASTERPIECE.
WELL WRITTEN AND EXCELLENT POINTS.
ACCRAMAN 11 years ago

He is not even the greatest Akyem in Eastern Region. Stop the noise.

He is not even the greatest Akyem in Eastern Region. Stop the noise.
Bonney 11 years ago

JB Danquah cannot be said to be great when he betrayed his own country by working for the CIA who were instrumental in the overthrow of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Danquah is rather a traitor & selfish to the core just because ...
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JB Danquah cannot be said to be great when he betrayed his own country by working for the CIA who were instrumental in the overthrow of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Danquah is rather a traitor & selfish to the core just because of political power. He was a shameless opportunist,period!

FACT 11 years ago

IN DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS OF CIA, JB DANQUAH WAS EXPOSED AS CIA AGENT ON THE PAYROLL OF THE CIA.SO, WE WERE LUCKY THAT OSAGYEFO DR KWAME NKRUMAH APPEARED ON THE POLITICAL SCENE, BECAUSE BEFORE NKRUMAH, WE RELIED ON JB DANQUAH ...
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IN DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS OF CIA, JB DANQUAH WAS EXPOSED AS CIA AGENT ON THE PAYROLL OF THE CIA.SO, WE WERE LUCKY THAT OSAGYEFO DR KWAME NKRUMAH APPEARED ON THE POLITICAL SCENE, BECAUSE BEFORE NKRUMAH, WE RELIED ON JB DANQUAH BUT UNKNOWN TO US, HE WAS A CIA AGENT THUS DELIBERATELY DELAYING OUR INDEPENDENCE WITH THE SLOGAN "INDEPENDENCE IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME".

NO DOUBT WHEN NKRUMAH INITIATED THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE WITH THE SLOGAN "INDEPENDENCE NOW" AND WON INDEPENDENCE, JB DANQUAH AND HIS CO-TRAITOR, BUSIA, FLEW TO BRITAIN TO ASK THE QUEEN TO WITHDRAW THE INDEPENDENCE FOR GHANA.

BUSIA CONTINUED WITH HIS CONSPIRACY AGAINST NKRUMAH AND GHANA BY GOING INTO VOLUNTARY EXILE IN OXFORD TO LINK WITH THE CIA. IN OXFORD, BUSIA RECRUITED AFRIFA WHO HAD BEEN SENT TO SANDHURST BY NKRUMAH FOR MILITARY TRAINING AFTER COMPLETING SIXTH FORM IN ADISADEL COLLEGE.

JB DANQUAH AND BUSIA WILL GO DOWN IN OUR HISTORY AS TRAITORS WHO CONSPIRED WITH THE CIA TO OVERTHROW NKRUMAH AND REVERSE GHANA'S DEVELOPMENT.

NKRUMAH DAYS WERE AN ERA OF "WORK AND HAPPINESS" AND THOSE OF US WHO WERE LIVING UNDER NKRUMAH IN THOSE "GOOD OLD" DAYS ENVISAGED A PROSPEROUS GHANA.
Nana Kwaku 11 years ago

Fact,I know that is not your name, but anyway. One fact we must all get about foreign recruits at Sandhurst is that the moment you graduate, your allegiance is not to your country, but to the queen of England! Why, because th ...
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Fact,I know that is not your name, but anyway. One fact we must all get about foreign recruits at Sandhurst is that the moment you graduate, your allegiance is not to your country, but to the queen of England! Why, because the military cap that goes with the uniform has the British crown, and not that of your country.

Flashback: During the civil war in sierra Leone, Johnny Paul Koromah, one of the youngest, brilliant military officers in Africa had a standoff with his enemies. Guess what? The king of Jordan, a mate of Koromah at Sandhurst, sent down troops to help him and not Sierra Leone. It was a distress call to a friend, and not a nation.

This explains why Kotoka took part in the coup! Some might call him a traitor, but this is to tell all of us that whenever we send any military officer for training there, we must think twice.
Kwadwo 11 years ago

You can hero worship Nkrumah all you want, but some of us don't give a shit. His own children don't waste their time heaping praises on him as you do. That should tell you something, buddy. The guy was an egotistical
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You can hero worship Nkrumah all you want, but some of us don't give a shit. His own children don't waste their time heaping praises on him as you do. That should tell you something, buddy. The guy was an egotistical
power drunk maniac whose butt was kicked to Guinea. It is that simple. So why don't you stop writing this crap and make yourself useful to your wife by going down on her. She will sure appreciate that.
Cecil Graham 11 years ago

Life President for Nkrumah and life imprisonment and death for all his opponents. President without Vice President and fear, tortures and tyranny for the rest of the population. Nkrumah's only visioin was to rule Ghana foreve ...
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Life President for Nkrumah and life imprisonment and death for all his opponents. President without Vice President and fear, tortures and tyranny for the rest of the population. Nkrumah's only visioin was to rule Ghana forever

Like all dictators such as Hitler, Gadaffi, Iddi Amin, Pol Pot and Josef Stalin they all suffered assassinationa attempts and eventually ended in disgrace. No more one-party state and no more Ghana Young Pioneers
FACT 11 years ago

NKRUMAH ASSUMED THE MANTLE OF POWER IN MARCH 1957 AND AFTER JUST ONE YEAR,IN AUGUST 1958, THE FIRST BOMB WAS THROWN AT HIM IN AN ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE HIM. IT TURNED OUT THAT JB DANQUAH AND CERTAIN FOREIGN TERRORISTS WERE BE ...
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NKRUMAH ASSUMED THE MANTLE OF POWER IN MARCH 1957 AND AFTER JUST ONE YEAR,IN AUGUST 1958, THE FIRST BOMB WAS THROWN AT HIM IN AN ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE HIM. IT TURNED OUT THAT JB DANQUAH AND CERTAIN FOREIGN TERRORISTS WERE BEHIND THE BOMB ATTACK. IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW JB DANQUAH WAS DETAINED AND AS A HUMAN BEING CERTAIN PRECAUTIONS WERE PUT IN PLACE TO PROTECT NKRUMAH. IN TOTAL SEVEN BOMB ATTEMPTS ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WERE MADE TO ASSASSINATE NKRUMAH.

NOBODY WAS DETAINED FOR LIFE OR SENTENCED TO DEATH.

ONE-PARTY STATE IS AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD OF GOVERNANCE. NO SYSTEM OF GOVERNANCE IS PERFECT. ONE-PARTY SYSTEM HAS ITS MERITS AND DEMERITS.
THE MULTI-PARTY SYSTEM WE ARE NOW OPERATING IS NOT PERFECT. YOU SHOULD GO AND RESEARCH ON THE MERITS AND DEMERITS OF ONE-PARTY SYSTEM AND MULTI-PARTY SYSTEM.

ON THE CONTRARY, NKRUMAH DAYS WERE AN ERA OF "WORK AND HAPPINESS" IN GHANA. THERE WAS VIRTUALLY NO UNEMPLOYMENT IN GHANA. ALL GHANAIANS, INCLUDING THE POOR ENJOYED FREE EDUCATION AND FREE MEDICAL CARE.NKRUMAH DAYS WERE APTLY CALLED "THE GOOD OLD DAYS" BECAUSE NKRUMAH MADE LIFE EASY FOR US.
PRICES WERE LOW PARTLY BECAUSE WE WERE PROCESSING RAW MATERIALS LOCALLY.

THERE WAS NO TRIBALISM IN GHANA; WE ALL REGARDED OURSELVES AS GHANAIANS; NOT ASANTE, EWE........... AS WE SEE NOW.ALL BLACKS OVER THE WORLD IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES WITH GHANA.

GHANAIANS WERE GLOBALLY RESPECTED
AND I REMEMBER A NIGERIAN WHO WAS DOMICILED IN EUROPE WAS ONCE ASKED IN EUROPE "IN WHICH PART OF GHANA IS NIGERIA" WHEN HE SAID HE HAILED FROM NIGERIA.

SUCH WAS THE GREATNESS OF GHANA UNDER NKRUMAH.

WE SHALL NEVER GET BACK THE DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP OF NKRUMAH.

NKRUMAH NEVER DIES.
CKA 11 years ago

Kwadwo, it is not about the man. It is about the Pan Afrika heritage.

Kwadwo, it is not about the man. It is about the Pan Afrika heritage.
@KOJO 11 years ago

Try Queening with your wife.You will love it.

Try Queening with your wife.You will love it.
Osei 11 years ago

THANKS KWARTENG.

THANKS KWARTENG.
francis kwarteng 11 years ago

Hello,

Kwadwo, brave yourself. More of these are coming your way.

I am not praising the man. These are merely a summary of some of his major achievements.

I do read several of your comments all the time praising J ...
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Hello,

Kwadwo, brave yourself. More of these are coming your way.

I am not praising the man. These are merely a summary of some of his major achievements.

I do read several of your comments all the time praising JB Danquah, an infamous terrorist and a well-known CIA agent. I don't complain because that is your right.

Besides, his children do not have to praise him. Others have to that. This should tell you how modest his children are.

In fact Samia referred to her father as "our father" when she gave a presentation in Philadelphia, USA, a couple of years back.

Nkrumah's the father of all Africans, not the terrorist and CIA agent, JB Danquah. Who cares about JB Danquah?

Americans talk about Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, all the time, so do South Africans talk about Nelson Mandela.

Join me celebrate the great achievements of "Africa's Man of the Millenium," "2000 Personality of the Century," "Second Greatest African of all Time,' etc.

I will love every African leader to be like this "Greatest African."

Have fun and expect more of this. Check the other commentators. Not everyone is complaining.

Anyway, who doesn't love the great Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah? Everyone does. Please allow me and others to enjoy ourselves. I am having a good time on Ghanaweb, Brother or Sister Kwadwo.

Finally, this is a man I will praise till my death! Get use to it! NKRUMAH NEVER DIES!

Bye.
Nana Kwaku 11 years ago

What I can add to this piece is that a cross section of Ghanaians who are in doubt as to whether Nkrumah deserved to be overthrown should bear one thing in mind that there is this slogan that “Americans have permanent inter ...
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What I can add to this piece is that a cross section of Ghanaians who are in doubt as to whether Nkrumah deserved to be overthrown should bear one thing in mind that there is this slogan that “Americans have permanent interest, but not permanent friends.” So the local involvement did not yield much results for them, ie the UP tradition.
Busia may not have completed his term due to Kutu Acheampong’s entry. The question now is, why is the UP/NPP silent on this issue? Are we being made to understand that Acheampong never stepped on any toes when he kicked out Busia? There was massive jubilation. The 2012 supreme court election verdict has given Ghanaians a saying that “you and I were not there.” But as for this, I was there! I recall the Ga slogan “Busia naabu kpontiii tomo loly (lorry) tie (tyre).” To wit, Busia’s thick lips are like that of a lorry’s tyre! He surely did have thick beautiful lips anyway. If Acheampong had used terrorist tactics to remove Busia, ie throwing of bombs and other explosives, I don’t know what the UP/NPP would be writing today. Would they write at all, since their focus is on Nkrumah, who jailed JB Danquah.
The UP/NPP should now that tyrants, despots, and dictators do not jail their opponents who are reported to have resorted to violence, but would rather execute them. If Danquah has been tied to the stakes and shot, only God knows the kind of books would line our bookstores today.
There’s a problem with our so called educated elite. None of them is interested in becoming authors. In zooming down to Ghana, most of our MPs were once teachers. They think that their education is a passport to political elevation. That was the problem Nkrumah had with his opponents. In referring to The Encyclopaedia Africana vol 2, it is stated that Danquah, Busia & co saw political office as their birthright, and saw this Nzema nonentity was a major standing block. People like these would never have given Bill Gates a chance if he were Ghanaian.
If the NPP will not restrain their Alsatians, Terriers, Bulldogs, etc on Nkrumah, then those of us observing the political game from the sidelines will not raise a single voice in their favor. The NPP should let sleeping dogs lie and concentrate on winning elections.
If you are to ask me what my tradition is as a Ghanaian, well, I will say if I want to marry a woman I have spotted, I will inform my parents through some funny body language, and they will get the “lie” that I’m in love. So what is the tradition of the NPP? Somebody should please help!!

Kojo T 11 years ago

Join me celebrate the great achievements of "Africa's Man of the Millenium," "2000 Personality of the Century," "Second Greatest African of all Time,' etc.

Join me celebrate the great achievements of "Africa's Man of the Millenium," "2000 Personality of the Century," "Second Greatest African of all Time,' etc.
Captein 11 years ago

I was in just class one when Dr Nkrumah was killed. I can not say I knew him or even saw him. But I grew to appreciate all the fact you have compiled on the Greatest son of Africa.

I have also known the Dr Martin Luther Ki ...
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I was in just class one when Dr Nkrumah was killed. I can not say I knew him or even saw him. But I grew to appreciate all the fact you have compiled on the Greatest son of Africa.

I have also known the Dr Martin Luther King attended Ghana's Independence celebration with his wife as guests of honour in 1957. This fact is not well known maybe but there are photos to that effect.

Now Americans have accepted. Luther King as a Great American who gave the second great speech in the whole of United States "the DREAM." One after Kennedy's, "ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country. This is considered the best speech by any leader in the whole of America.
I own
Captein 11 years ago

They do not have to be tslking about their father. But other people should and can. That is how it goes.
Thery do have their lives to live by the way. Just read the the Eulogy of Samia a small kid's memory about a father and ...
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They do not have to be tslking about their father. But other people should and can. That is how it goes.
Thery do have their lives to live by the way. Just read the the Eulogy of Samia a small kid's memory about a father and his death and it was as vivid and telling as if one was there or it was just yesterday and it captured the love Samia had for her father and the shear intelligence of this lady in her write-up posted on Ghanaweb was just amazing.
When she wrote how her father fought an insider security guard a police man planted in the flagstaff house whose job was to tske Dr Nkrumah out but Nkrumah the President had to fight for his own life by himself until the time that other trusted police came to arrest the JB Danquah mole pretending to be a presidential guard. A report that was very telling of the matemho times Ghana was in.
Is this what the NPP want to resurrect with their "all die be die" mantra and insults all over the place. The numerous fires that keep devastating our markets killings and dynamites being planted in electric sub- stations today? Mahama will have to put his foot down and very hard.
Adam 11 years ago

Samia admits she didn't really know her father. She was too young when he was overthrown and after that they went to live in Egypt and the father was in Conakry.

Me I remember when Samia was born. It was in Daily Graphic ( ...
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Samia admits she didn't really know her father. She was too young when he was overthrown and after that they went to live in Egypt and the father was in Conakry.

Me I remember when Samia was born. It was in Daily Graphic (Even Times was called Graphic, then). What I also remember was the president travelling and the children in white at the airport. Nkrumah travelled a lot. When Fathia came, many Ghanaians gave the name Fathia to their children. I think some also named their children Samia but the man was overthrown shortly after Samia was born. It is the eldest son and Sekou who remain in the memory of those of us who were children then. These were the president's children and to us kids, they looked like little angels. I don't think even Sekou will remember his father as president of Ghana much. He was too young. The eldest boy will.

Gee, those days in Ghana were completely different. Things were good. Nkrumah was respected and feared by every Ghanaian. He spoke often to the nation on radio and his dawn broadcasts became legendary. He said our elders talked to us at dawn so he addressed the nation at dawn. Nkrumah was a good speaker but at the UN and in his meeting with President Kennedy, he was very careful in his speech and was speaking slowly.

Oh, those days in Ghana... Oh, our Ghana! Our blessed land that has now gone to thieves calling themselves leaders!
Adam 11 years ago

If there is some ogogoro, I go tek small now now as I remember those days. I go give small nsa to the forebears even in a foreign land.

Those days will never come back oooo, they won't.

If there is some ogogoro, I go tek small now now as I remember those days. I go give small nsa to the forebears even in a foreign land.

Those days will never come back oooo, they won't.
Adam 11 years ago

Kafui, many of Nkrumah's books are out of print. But you can still get some if you search well enough. There are some in some British bookshops. And some good libraries also stock them.

Kafui, do you remember a few days af ...
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Kafui, many of Nkrumah's books are out of print. But you can still get some if you search well enough. There are some in some British bookshops. And some good libraries also stock them.

Kafui, do you remember a few days after Nkrumah was overthrown all his books were burned? They told us to bring all his books, speeches, addresses, fotos, CPP material and everything about Nkrumah in the libraries and especially Information Services (which had offices in every village) and we burnt all these books. Throughout the entire country, Nkrumah's books were burned. I remember the teachers told us to bring the Nkrumah autobiography for students and we threw them into the fire.

Today, these books are hard to get. We destroyed them all. We didn't know we were destroying our own heritage. Whether the man was good or not, he was still a very important part of our history and the struggle for independence.

Today if you go to Nkrumah's Musuem at the Old Polo Grounds, the material there is laughable. We destroyed everything about him and we don't have much to put in his own museum.

That's how we are.
Agyeman 1 11 years ago

And he (Osagyefo Dr.Kwame Nkrumah) made the following statement while in exile in Guinea, that Ghanaians will take touch light to look for me, but in most cases they woulödn´t find me. He continue saying ..Ghana will suffer ...
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And he (Osagyefo Dr.Kwame Nkrumah) made the following statement while in exile in Guinea, that Ghanaians will take touch light to look for me, but in most cases they woulödn´t find me. He continue saying ..Ghana will suffer for far too long, hence we are encountering today in Ghana.
Captein 11 years ago

Just look at the quantum of books Dr Nkrumah wrote in his time and had all of them published as scholarly works.

If recent Doctoral graduates of Ghana who studied abroad could publish one scientific book each to be put in ...
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Just look at the quantum of books Dr Nkrumah wrote in his time and had all of them published as scholarly works.

If recent Doctoral graduates of Ghana who studied abroad could publish one scientific book each to be put in our libraries in Ghana our kids would have learnt something little to get Ghana out of poverty.
Remember these books were published,qualitatively edited in the era of no internet and computers or word processors except typewriters but they remain scientific works and valid overwhelmingly today. Long after those struggles have become vintage but still should have been read everyday as an eye opener to Ghana youth and Africans.
As an economist I think Nkrumah was very dextrious in all fields of a country's development.
In Class one and first day at school we were greated by our teachers, after assembly where there was Ghana flag hoisted in every school every morning.

On the first day every pupil received tons of books and stationery and a hamper of Ghana chocolates and greetings from the President Nkrumah. As kids we were told he would have loved to be here himself but..... And we appreciated the whole atmosphere to be in a Ghana school and in our little hearts felt we had to study hard while in school.
Unfortunately, in Ghana today I doubt if kids feel the same way about our leaders who only go on radio and insult each other.
There no sense of direction or purpose.
Adam 11 years ago

Kwarteng was too young to see those days of free education and free health care.

Captein, do you remember the text books of those days? Do you remember the simplified version of Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah wh ...
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Kwarteng was too young to see those days of free education and free health care.

Captein, do you remember the text books of those days? Do you remember the simplified version of Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah which every Middle School Form 1 pupil was given to read? It had beautiful drawings of events from Nkrumah's life.

His mother was carrying him as a child on her back across a stream and he was able to tell the mother she was standing on a fish???? His days as a pupil teacher in a village, his journey to USA, etc.

Captein, do you remember all the book supplies we received free? Exercise books, fountain pens, bottles of ink (Lions Ink), blotting paper, chalk, duster, pencils, erasure, maths, english books, etc. Even the teachers too received note books free. Oxford English Course books 1 to 7. Remember Sam Danso the lory driver (class 2?) And Abdul (class 4?) Then Red Book and Blue Book and Fundamentals of English Language in Middle School.

Oh, those days were good.

Even in secondary school, text books were free from S1 to S5 and Sixth Form was completely free - no fees for boarding students.

Hospital too was free oo, It was free for everybody living in Ghana. I mean everybody living there - whether you were Togolese, Upper Voltarian, Nigerian, it doesn't matter. Everything was free for you in Ghana. There was no discrimination against other African citizens - and no tribalism. Nooooo tribalism at all...

Oh, those days will never come back.
KAFUI 11 years ago

Adam, you have just whet my appetite for those days; though I was young it still feels very sweet and sentimental to me now as I write. Something must be done to bring back those days. We must do away with elitism and re-cla ...
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Adam, you have just whet my appetite for those days; though I was young it still feels very sweet and sentimental to me now as I write. Something must be done to bring back those days. We must do away with elitism and re-claim our heritage.

Nana Kwaku 11 years ago

Kafui, elitism can never be eroded from our system. People are wasting precious resources going to the university only to come back and form an association of unemployed blockheads. They want to occupy air conditioned offices ...
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Kafui, elitism can never be eroded from our system. People are wasting precious resources going to the university only to come back and form an association of unemployed blockheads. They want to occupy air conditioned offices and issue orders based on their qualification.

Funny thing is, these same people will go and drive taxis in Europe, and the US. We know of a few who without politics would never have been able to afford an aitline ticket back home to become MPs.
Agyeman 1 11 years ago

I could remember in my days at school, every classroom has chalks in all colours in Boxes, and text books, today, teachers had to buy their own chalk to teach in the class, is it a good path we are moving to, UP/NPP members t ...
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I could remember in my days at school, every classroom has chalks in all colours in Boxes, and text books, today, teachers had to buy their own chalk to teach in the class, is it a good path we are moving to, UP/NPP members tell me. You always say one thing about Nkrumah..One party state, president for life, president without vice, he jaile all the political partners. Ask your father what he did before his imprisonment.
======= 11 years ago

WHO CARES? NPP TRYING HARD TO CHANGE HISTORY.

WHO CARES? NPP TRYING HARD TO CHANGE HISTORY.
Nana Kwaku 11 years ago

They had eight years and not even one polytechnic. Nkrumah had less and the list is endless.

They had eight years and not even one polytechnic. Nkrumah had less and the list is endless.
Adam 11 years ago

Trite, trite, trite

Trite, trite, trite
Joe, UK 11 years ago

Are You Alright

Are You Alright
Oppong Wiafe 11 years ago

NO MORE TO SAY. YOU SAID IT ALL KWARTEND.

NO MORE TO SAY. YOU SAID IT ALL KWARTEND.
JC 11 years ago

Who doesn't know that Nkrumah only loved women with light skin (or fair coloured women). He hated African women with black skin colour so much so that he sent his friend to Egypt and find him a fine fair coloured woman.

Who doesn't know that Nkrumah only loved women with light skin (or fair coloured women). He hated African women with black skin colour so much so that he sent his friend to Egypt and find him a fine fair coloured woman.
JC 11 years ago

And that Nkrumah looked on dark/black skinned African women as female 'apes' fit for use only as women organisers to spread their cloths on the streets for him to walk on, and then be rewarded with political positions?.

And that Nkrumah looked on dark/black skinned African women as female 'apes' fit for use only as women organisers to spread their cloths on the streets for him to walk on, and then be rewarded with political positions?.
Nana Kwaku 11 years ago

It looks like your Nana Addo, JB Danquah's nephew has a dark skinned wife right?

It looks like your Nana Addo, JB Danquah's nephew has a dark skinned wife right?
asonaba kofi 11 years ago

i really enjoyed reading your article.i wish some people will stop trying to change history.nkrumah is celeberated all over the world for his achievements yet some people want us to believe otherwise.its so sad when it comes ...
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i really enjoyed reading your article.i wish some people will stop trying to change history.nkrumah is celeberated all over the world for his achievements yet some people want us to believe otherwise.its so sad when it comes from the so called intellectuals.
mugu1 11 years ago

JB Danquah—The Greatest African
my black ass

JB Danquah—The Greatest African
my black ass
JC 11 years ago

Moreover, I don't see any sense in this article. Nkrumah wrote numerous books. But he could not write one book to present for a doctoral thesis which means the academic world would not recognise his works, and that explained ...
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Moreover, I don't see any sense in this article. Nkrumah wrote numerous books. But he could not write one book to present for a doctoral thesis which means the academic world would not recognise his works, and that explained his envy for JB Dankwa, JB was considered a Philosopher and thinker in several disciplines, which Nkrumah lacked. Nkrumah could only boast of honourary doctorates. Ghanaweb is a forum for all peoples to voice their concerns or opinion. Ghanaweb is not a University.
mugu1 11 years ago

jc is trying with tooooo much sweat to the nonesense JB Danquah

jc is trying with tooooo much sweat to the nonesense JB Danquah
Osei 11 years ago

WHEN THE CIA WAS KILLING THE LIBERATION FIGHTERS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND FREEDOM FIGHTERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, DANQUAH WAS IN THEIR POCKET ON THEIR PAY ROLL.

WASH UR MOUTH WITH SOAP IF U MENTION THE NAME DANQUAH.

WHEN THE CIA WAS KILLING THE LIBERATION FIGHTERS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND FREEDOM FIGHTERS ALL OVER THE WORLD, DANQUAH WAS IN THEIR POCKET ON THEIR PAY ROLL.

WASH UR MOUTH WITH SOAP IF U MENTION THE NAME DANQUAH.
Bernard 11 years ago

Thank you for keeping the memory of the Greatest African Of Time alive.

I always have good satisfaction and sometimes subsititute my breakfast for your articles on Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, 'Father of Africa'.

Thank you for keeping the memory of the Greatest African Of Time alive.

I always have good satisfaction and sometimes subsititute my breakfast for your articles on Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, 'Father of Africa'.
KWASI. Accra. 11 years ago

You npp folks are just crazy.
Travel all over the world and see how many people mention traitor j b Danquah's name?
it's Kwame Nkrumah all the way!!
Blocked heads!!!!

You npp folks are just crazy.
Travel all over the world and see how many people mention traitor j b Danquah's name?
it's Kwame Nkrumah all the way!!
Blocked heads!!!!
Dready 11 years ago

Why trying in vain to fiost some one not known in his own backyard as the greatest in Afrrica? What and what informs your conclusion. This is absurd?! Tetteh quashie is greater than danquah to me and many others.2, Tetteh has ...
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Why trying in vain to fiost some one not known in his own backyard as the greatest in Afrrica? What and what informs your conclusion. This is absurd?! Tetteh quashie is greater than danquah to me and many others.2, Tetteh has impacrted so many lives here in ghana ççafrica and the world at large.Tell ghanaians the impact of your danqauch. What is greatness? Answer this and you will notice danqauh is no where near mentioning as a self seeker !!!!!!To hel withl this scrap.
The Mask 11 years ago

We must not discount the contribution of Dr Joseph Boakye Danquah, the rest oof the big six and others. In 1928 when little was known of African philosophy Danquah's work "Akan laws and customs and the constitution of Akim (A ...
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We must not discount the contribution of Dr Joseph Boakye Danquah, the rest oof the big six and others. In 1928 when little was known of African philosophy Danquah's work "Akan laws and customs and the constitution of Akim (Akyem) Abuakwa" convinced the Africans, the British and the world at large that the people of Ghana (Gold Coast) were ready for self government.

As one of the few African members of the legislative assembly he vehemently opposed the British decision to setup only one university for British West Africa in Nigeria. His action led to the decision to setup the University of Ghana - Legon.

All this was before Nkrumah came to the scene. It must be placed on record that Danquah was not an Ashanti. Dr J B Danquah was an Akyem.

But we must also not forget the immense contribution Nkrumah made. When J B Danquah was the presidential candidate (leader) of the UGCC, Kwame Nkrumah was the general secretary who had just arrived totally oblivious of the foundation that has been laid and the people who laid the foundation. When J. B. Danquah after schooling in Britain was working for African progress in the 1920s Nkrumah was a teenager trying to distinguish his left from his right.

It would be silly to suggest in any quarters that the carpenter working on the third floor of a building did more work than the people who laid the cornerstone, the foundation.

J. B. Danquah did play his part.
Post 11 years ago

You have to get that right.
The undisputed champion, there isn't any left and there never may be.
All the men left in Africa wear tampons or menstrual pads.Ass lickers and spineless and cowards.

You have to get that right.
The undisputed champion, there isn't any left and there never may be.
All the men left in Africa wear tampons or menstrual pads.Ass lickers and spineless and cowards.
Mike 11 years ago

This is good info and please let's read more of these

Thank you

This is good info and please let's read more of these

Thank you
Nana Kwaku 11 years ago

Mike, I hope you know we have extremists who will always make sure nothing good about their opponents is ever put on paper. Even if it is done, some elements will see to it that no printing house gets the job done.

Same th ...
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Mike, I hope you know we have extremists who will always make sure nothing good about their opponents is ever put on paper. Even if it is done, some elements will see to it that no printing house gets the job done.

Same thing happened to some Pan African anthropologists who published books on the origin of the African race, as well as the part Africans played in biblical times, which proved that a lot of those stories involved black tribes, even including the twelve tribes of Israel. Now some white supremacists millionaires bought the books and set fire to them. Some of those anthropologists died under strange circumstances.
osei yaw - london 11 years ago

This coward (Kumasi Fort), murderer (Apedwa) and terrorist (Kulungugu) Akim JB Danquah is only known in Ghana; the weak Akim tribe's golden man

- the evil man who put impediments in the way of Kwame Nkrumah; and to eventua ...
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This coward (Kumasi Fort), murderer (Apedwa) and terrorist (Kulungugu) Akim JB Danquah is only known in Ghana; the weak Akim tribe's golden man

- the evil man who put impediments in the way of Kwame Nkrumah; and to eventually kill him, to leave Ghana in a hole from where Ghana is still digging

-- through out Africa, and universally, no one ever heard of this Akim JB Danquah; thus, how come that he is the "greatest African"?

- the writer of the article needs his head examined; and if sane enough to get educated

Osei Wusu-Khanin/osei yaw - london
MARCUS AMPADU 11 years ago

Our greatest mistake is that as a nation, we are trapped in the past; we are not future focused.
We barely think of tomorrow. Kwame Nkrumah was the exception: everything he did and said was directed at making our future bett ...
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Our greatest mistake is that as a nation, we are trapped in the past; we are not future focused.
We barely think of tomorrow. Kwame Nkrumah was the exception: everything he did and said was directed at making our future better.

The question is what would it take for our nation to acquire this all important futures perspective?

If we don't, we'll continue to wallow in abject poverty, mediocrity and self- deprecating insults, which to me is, extremely counterproductive.
CKA 11 years ago

Thank you for this brilliant piece. We shall use it for definite purposes of ideological education.

Thank you for this brilliant piece. We shall use it for definite purposes of ideological education.
Brother 11 years ago

Keep the small axe going. Thanks Brother Kwateng. I hope one day, we will not loss all this teachings because Ghanaweb says so.

Keep the small axe going. Thanks Brother Kwateng. I hope one day, we will not loss all this teachings because Ghanaweb says so.
kyeretwie kwame 11 years ago

some people are born through their mothers' anuses.

This fool is one such. There is so much sh*t in his head that he resurrects arguments which dead men never had when they were alive! Really, if you are born a fool, t ...
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some people are born through their mothers' anuses.

This fool is one such. There is so much sh*t in his head that he resurrects arguments which dead men never had when they were alive! Really, if you are born a fool, there is nothing you can do about it!!
Brother 11 years ago

You are lost Kyerekyie Kwame. The essence of this forum is to educate,stimulate thinking, evoke action. You got educated and probably your passion too was touched. If your idea of opinions is insults then, go somewhere els ...
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You are lost Kyerekyie Kwame. The essence of this forum is to educate,stimulate thinking, evoke action. You got educated and probably your passion too was touched. If your idea of opinions is insults then, go somewhere else. If it is too much for you, I am sorry I enjoyed reading it so to me the writer is one of the brightest I have come across in Ghana or elsewhere. He should continue.
Nansei 11 years ago

Good job, Kwarteng! Keep it up. Together, we can move our dear continent forward, ok? Don't let the fools like Kyeretwie Kwame distract you, Please! People like Kyeretwie Kwame,you know, have never and can never ever write an ...
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Good job, Kwarteng! Keep it up. Together, we can move our dear continent forward, ok? Don't let the fools like Kyeretwie Kwame distract you, Please! People like Kyeretwie Kwame,you know, have never and can never ever write anything good to contribute to knowledge. He's is just fortunate to benefit from the so called " mass education" to finally become an EDUCATED IDIOT! That was an awesome and brilliant piece! congrats!

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