Nkrumah’s, Not Danquah’s, Vision Decolonized South Africa!

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Prof Lungu 10 years ago

As Francis Kwarteng argues here, with respect to Pan-Africanism and South Africa, one cannot be activist simply because one was the first in the world, the first to arrive at a port, at a scene!

READ: "(Danqush's)...consi ...
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As Francis Kwarteng argues here, with respect to Pan-Africanism and South Africa, one cannot be activist simply because one was the first in the world, the first to arrive at a port, at a scene!

READ: "(Danqush's)...consistent failures to unite his own people behind him represent a serious critique or indictment of an individual who claimed, or so claimed by his Confederate apologists, to have dabbled in Pan-Africanism...In fact, there is none in the entire political history of Africa that compares to Nkrumah on the Pan-Africanism question.

OUR COMMENT: We agree. Red flags all around.

In fact when Danquah died in 1960, Nsawam Prison, apartheid was booming in South Africa, to be aided by rascal "Busia" and other traitors in later years.

ITEM: On the specific question of South Africa and the Danquah-Busia-Dombo connections, from:
"Reflections – Legacy of Danquah-Busia and Nkrumah Traditions – Part 2, by Kwesi Atta Sakyi

READ: "...Nkrumah’s legacy was overturned when Kofi Abrefa Busia assumed office in 1969 from the opposition stable. Busia drastically changed the focus of Ghana’s foreign policy, and with Malawi and Ivory Coast, supported Apartheid in South Africa..."(Kwesi Atta Sakyi).

We are reading Busia actually prolonging apartheid...

Let's go figure!
Charles Abrefa 10 years ago

Yes,Nkrumah is the greatest African in a THOUSAND YEARS.All anti-Nkrumah writers have lost the debate.

Yes,Nkrumah is the greatest African in a THOUSAND YEARS.All anti-Nkrumah writers have lost the debate.
SERVANT OF GOD 10 years ago

DANQUAH IS NOT EVEN KNOWN NEXT DOOR IN TOGO.

DANQUAH IS NOT EVEN KNOWN NEXT DOOR IN TOGO.
kaketonti 10 years ago

Akyems dislike him more.Born a traitor always an agent of foreign enterprise

Akyems dislike him more.Born a traitor always an agent of foreign enterprise
ADJOA WANGARA 10 years ago

Trust me, that Kwarteng guy is completely out of his mind. The word imbecile should not be adequate to describe him.

Trust me, that Kwarteng guy is completely out of his mind. The word imbecile should not be adequate to describe him.
KING LOMOTEY 10 years ago

You don't have anything to contribute except the "copy & paste" mantra. Getting boring with that.

You don't have anything to contribute except the "copy & paste" mantra. Getting boring with that.
Adams 10 years ago

It is sorry that the Ghanaweb I know since years back has now populated columnists with rubbish and on the other side commentators with garbage.

It is sorry that the Ghanaweb I know since years back has now populated columnists with rubbish and on the other side commentators with garbage.
Mahmoud 10 years ago

Can't Kwarteng, Francis reason? How could Danquah have done something to decolonize South Africa when he had no power and the presidency had been stolen from him cunningly by Nkrumah.

Nkrumah used the presidency, name and ...
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Can't Kwarteng, Francis reason? How could Danquah have done something to decolonize South Africa when he had no power and the presidency had been stolen from him cunningly by Nkrumah.

Nkrumah used the presidency, name and resources of Ghana to do whatever you think he did, and he could not have done them as a private citizen being chased left and right by a dictatorial president in his own country.

This type of comparison is a complete nonsense.
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Where is your sense of history when the Ofori Attas and the Asantehenes used the resources of the Asante State and the Akyem Abuakwa State to support the British during so-called World war!

These kings contributed to the ...
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Where is your sense of history when the Ofori Attas and the Asantehenes used the resources of the Asante State and the Akyem Abuakwa State to support the British during so-called World war!

These kings contributed to the British to use to buy war planes to execute the war! Didn't these funds belong to the people of Akyem and Asante? In other words, were the funds the private banks of the kings?

What these clueless kings did not know was that the funds they provided contributed to Britain's military and economic power and as a result strengthened the British rule over them and their people!

You see how foolish this sound: Funding a stranger to colonize you. Other African leaders like Omar Bongo and Emperor Bokassa, to name but two, used their countries' resource (millions of dollars, mineral resources, etc) to bankroll the presidencies and campaigns of French presidents, while their people remained poor and semi-colonized!

The West has always done this for each: Marshall Plan! And the West continues to do this!

And yes, the comparison is "complete nonsense" because Danquah is irrelevant to African history! Remember he could not win a single election in his own village, Akyem Abuakwa Central, much less winning the premiership and presidency.

Who would have voted for him to become the president or prime minister? Aaron Ofori Atta, his nephew, beat him in any election he stood against Danquah.

How could Nkrumah have stolen the presidency from him when his own nephew was "stealing" parliamentary elections from him? Danquah could not win any parliamentary seat but still wanted to be president! What sense does this make to you? His own people and Ghanaians did not like him. Simple.

Even Ofori Atta assempled 140 chiefs to swear allegiance to Danquah as well as threatened to bomb the place if the people voted for the cpp, yet Danquah still lost! What does this say to you and about Danquah!

Now read the following and tell me which Ghanaian resources went into it:

"OBED ASAMOAH: “Ghana was instrumental at the United Nations and other international fora in spearheading the adoption of a number of measures against the colonial and racist presence in Africa; most notably, General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) of 1960 on the granting of independence to colonial territories and Resolution 1716 at the 17th Session of the General Assembly in 1962 requesting Member States separately or collectively to apply diplomatic and economic sanctions including an arms embargo against South Africa as well as the establishment of the UN Special Committee on Apartheid which was assigned responsibility for reviewing UN policies on South Africa and assessing the extent of their effectiveness. INDEED, TO AN EXTENT THAT NONE CAN GAINSAY AND TO WHICH THE UNPRECEDENTED ACCESSION OF 17 AFRICAN COUNTRIES TO INDEPENDENCE IN 1960 ALONE BEARS TESTIMONY, IT IS LARGELY TO THE CREDIT OF THE LIBERATION POLICY PURSUED BY GHANA UNDER NKRUMAH THAT THE ACCELERATION OF THE PROCESS OF DECOLONIZATION IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AFRICA OWED ITS SUCCESS…”

Tell me!
Kyeremateng 10 years ago

Kwarteng you are a shit with weed in your head, I will Not say much.

Kwarteng you are a shit with weed in your head, I will Not say much.

Sam 10 years ago

Brother Kwarteng, good job keep it up

Brother Kwarteng, good job keep it up
BOAFO YENA 10 years ago

Please give credit to the ANC, Mandela, Biko, and Desmond Tutu, and all those who stood up and challenged the Apartheid regime and their western supporters. The credit goes to the gallant South Africans and to nobody else.

Please give credit to the ANC, Mandela, Biko, and Desmond Tutu, and all those who stood up and challenged the Apartheid regime and their western supporters. The credit goes to the gallant South Africans and to nobody else.
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Dear Brother Boafo Yena,

Your concern is addressed in the essay, the first paragraph!

But this essay is primarily about Nkrumah's Pan-Africanist credentials and what they did for Africa in general and South Africa in p ...
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Dear Brother Boafo Yena,

Your concern is addressed in the essay, the first paragraph!

But this essay is primarily about Nkrumah's Pan-Africanist credentials and what they did for Africa in general and South Africa in particular.

Also remember that the essay is about which Ghanaian influenced South Africa's decolonization politics the most.

This is the context that I want you to evaluate the essay's fundamental arguments and assumptions.

Thanks!
Kyeremateng 10 years ago

Kwarteng, fact is, apart from writing one to one from other people you can't write a mistake free and reasonable sentence without grammar amalgamation.

Kwarteng, fact is, apart from writing one to one from other people you can't write a mistake free and reasonable sentence without grammar amalgamation.
Kwame Joe 10 years ago

You and Prof. Lungu have soundly made your point about the incontestable role Dr. Kwame Nkrumah played in developing Ghana , initiating the wind of change in Africa, and making his mark throughout the world.

Your knowled ...
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You and Prof. Lungu have soundly made your point about the incontestable role Dr. Kwame Nkrumah played in developing Ghana , initiating the wind of change in Africa, and making his mark throughout the world.

Your knowledge, energy and effrt
Kwame Joe 10 years ago

SORRY.
I was going to say that your knowledge, energy & effort will be better used in helping to solve Ghana's current many problems.
Niddling Danquah and his forces is in by view counterproductive.

SORRY.
I was going to say that your knowledge, energy & effort will be better used in helping to solve Ghana's current many problems.
Niddling Danquah and his forces is in by view counterproductive.
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Dear Kwame Joe,

You don't have to apologize.

And please, you can also write to inform your readers how to solve Ghana's present problems. I can't do all by myself. Besides, others are doing exactly.

What is more, I ...
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Dear Kwame Joe,

You don't have to apologize.

And please, you can also write to inform your readers how to solve Ghana's present problems. I can't do all by myself. Besides, others are doing exactly.

What is more, I have a number of articles that address some of the problems Ghana is currently facing.

For now let me do what my soul, heart, and spirit direct me to do. Remember that no one pays me to do what I do on Ghanaweb.

You can ask Ahoofe and Sarpong to do exattly that. As for me I am by busy obeying my heart, soul, and spirit. I have a group of readers who enjoy what I am doing.

Are you saying Ghanaian leaders don't know what Ghana's problems are and how to solve them? Go and ask them!

If they don't, then makke a list of the problems and their solutions and send them to our readers to read! That is your assignment!

Please allow me to do what gladdens my heart, soul, and spirit!

Write for us!
Ato Sackey 10 years ago

Who has argued in scholarly work that Danquah contributed to South Africa's struggle for independence! From 1958 forward did Danquah have time for himself let alone South Africa? You create your straw man and cut it down your ...
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Who has argued in scholarly work that Danquah contributed to South Africa's struggle for independence! From 1958 forward did Danquah have time for himself let alone South Africa? You create your straw man and cut it down yourself.
Prof Lungu 10 years ago

Ato Sackey.

Feature Article of Monday, 27 April 2015
Columnist: Okoampa-Ahoofe, Kwame "Danquah Trumps Nkrumah On South Africa"

ITEM: We are thinking this is in response to above, in case you missed that one. But Franc ...
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Ato Sackey.

Feature Article of Monday, 27 April 2015
Columnist: Okoampa-Ahoofe, Kwame "Danquah Trumps Nkrumah On South Africa"

ITEM: We are thinking this is in response to above, in case you missed that one. But Francis Kwarteng can speak for himself. Only to add this is the Ghanaweb forum.
Ato Sackey 10 years ago

You have to respond to Okoampa at every take even if it an article on Ghanaweb! Well you bore me out that no serious scholar would claim that Danquah was instrumental in the liberation of South Africa. And Okoampa is not. So ...
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You have to respond to Okoampa at every take even if it an article on Ghanaweb! Well you bore me out that no serious scholar would claim that Danquah was instrumental in the liberation of South Africa. And Okoampa is not. So your response shows the type of hubris scholars you have become on Ghanaweb!

YAW 10 years ago

Farts smell for the benefit of the blind. It depends what you mean by scholarly.Kindly Google...
Danquah Trumps Nkrumah On South Africa.

A scholarly work from the Danquah Institute of Sophistry.

Farts smell for the benefit of the blind. It depends what you mean by scholarly.Kindly Google...
Danquah Trumps Nkrumah On South Africa.

A scholarly work from the Danquah Institute of Sophistry.
YAW 10 years ago

benefit of the deaf.

benefit of the deaf.
Ato Sackey 10 years ago

A bunch of air historians write for the Danquah Institute!

A bunch of air historians write for the Danquah Institute!
YAW 10 years ago

Somebody has to debunk their lies with facts.The price of "air brushing" a triator by his worshippers is perpetual vigilance

Somebody has to debunk their lies with facts.The price of "air brushing" a triator by his worshippers is perpetual vigilance
Prof Lungu 10 years ago

YAW,

YOUR: "...The price of "air brushing" a "traitor" by his worshippers is perpetual vigilance..."

WE SAY: Wow!

Sophistry!!!!

An adage fit for all centuries, for the age of historical Judas, and beyond.

So, ...
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YAW,

YOUR: "...The price of "air brushing" a "traitor" by his worshippers is perpetual vigilance..."

WE SAY: Wow!

Sophistry!!!!

An adage fit for all centuries, for the age of historical Judas, and beyond.

So, because the "Modern Man" did "air brushing" beginning approximately 10 years after the death of Abraham Lincoln, and to the extent only the "Modern Man" can fake "air brushing", the work of we the defenders, you can say, is cut out for us!

All to say, Yaw, you've earned a place in one of our forth-coming essays with your pithy but earth-grounded statement.

We hav fi watch the sophists!

Greetings!
Owusu 10 years ago

A good job. Francis, keep it up. They can decieve their family members and not Ghanaians.Isn't it foolish and absurd that even foreigners recognise the enormose contributions of the late Kwame Nkrumah, whiles the family on th ...
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A good job. Francis, keep it up. They can decieve their family members and not Ghanaians.Isn't it foolish and absurd that even foreigners recognise the enormose contributions of the late Kwame Nkrumah, whiles the family on the CIA agent refused to acknowledge it? They can go to hell. The fact remains that, the late Nkrumah is the greatest. Once a CIA agent, forever a CIA agent. Pretenders and liars.
gorgordutor 10 years ago

Kakyere Wong my bredda. Nkrofuor Yi omu yeh eyered self entitled embittered offspring and relatives' of ahenfo mi yeh oheneba enti we are entitled to rule fol. Tell them. Well argued, excellent factual foundation and diverse ...
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Kakyere Wong my bredda. Nkrofuor Yi omu yeh eyered self entitled embittered offspring and relatives' of ahenfo mi yeh oheneba enti we are entitled to rule fol. Tell them. Well argued, excellent factual foundation and diverse and relevant citations. Akpe nyeh bro. BRAVO

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