Kwame Nkrumah: Nkrumahism And Francophone Africa

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Balderash 10 years ago

The truth stares us in our faces everyday but we prefer satisfying our immediate hunger so we pretend we don't see the truth. Ghana has been friends with the West, selling our gold-mining sector to them for cheap. What have w ...
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The truth stares us in our faces everyday but we prefer satisfying our immediate hunger so we pretend we don't see the truth. Ghana has been friends with the West, selling our gold-mining sector to them for cheap. What have we benefited from this relationship? Nothing of value.
ADJOA WANGARA 10 years ago

KWARTENG'S BOGUS ENGLISH:
-->"This is not to imply these challenges do not persist today."

KWARTENG'S BOGUS ENGLISH:
-->"This is not to imply these challenges do not persist today."
Kwame Joe. 10 years ago

You are just jealous madam Wangara.
Point to an instance where Mr. Kwarteng used bogus English. Come again my dear.

You are just jealous madam Wangara.
Point to an instance where Mr. Kwarteng used bogus English. Come again my dear.
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 10 years ago

The only connection I can fathom in this republished presentation is how similar the French exploitation of Africa's resources is to Nkrumah's attempt to take over that method of exploitation for his own self aggrandizement?
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The only connection I can fathom in this republished presentation is how similar the French exploitation of Africa's resources is to Nkrumah's attempt to take over that method of exploitation for his own self aggrandizement?

Besides this, I don't see any co-relation between the topic and the copied and pasted article here presented.
ELINAM 10 years ago

Whether the topic had anything to do KN or not, this revelation whether cut and paste should rather wake you up to use your profession as a lawyer to call other lawyers to form an iron-clad front to take on the devil.
WHAT G ...
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Whether the topic had anything to do KN or not, this revelation whether cut and paste should rather wake you up to use your profession as a lawyer to call other lawyers to form an iron-clad front to take on the devil.
WHAT GOOD IS A LAWYER WHEN WE HAVE UNJUST AND EVIL ARRANGEMENTS ENSLAVING OUR PPL?
Well, when an African is educated with a value and judicial systems that are designed to enslave him for ever but clothed in a way to see it as elitism then your kind become the "the gate keepers" just as the priests and the pastors.
Do you ever ask yourself why you have to put on a plastic wig to feel that you are truly a lawyer in Ghana?
ELINAM 10 years ago

Have you ever asked yourself why you have to put on a plastic (white man's hair) wig to make you feel that you're truly a lawyer in a 90 degree heat in Ghana?

Have you ever asked yourself why you have to put on a plastic (white man's hair) wig to make you feel that you're truly a lawyer in a 90 degree heat in Ghana?
Shabi 10 years ago

Elinam why bother about this nutcase? He, like the African military officers in their former colonies that are trained by France, have been reduced to imperialist zombies who at the snap of the fingers of their slave masters, ...
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Elinam why bother about this nutcase? He, like the African military officers in their former colonies that are trained by France, have been reduced to imperialist zombies who at the snap of the fingers of their slave masters, will attack anything and anyone that smells of progress for Africa.

People like SAS are very likely being lavishly 'tele-guided' to play this appalling role for their imperialist masters on a day to day basis. That is why his reactions to articles of this nature are not informed by right or wrong - or benefit to Africa, but rather, by service in abject humility to the grand white slave masters in Europe who live large at our expense.
Prof Lungu 10 years ago

ELINAM,
We hear you loud and clear!

YOUR: "...WHAT GOOD IS A LAWYER WHEN WE HAVE UNJUST AND EVIL ARRANGEMENTS ENSLAVING OUR PPL?"

WE SAY: When one is filled with visceral hatred for phantom enemies, one tends to lose o ...
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ELINAM,
We hear you loud and clear!

YOUR: "...WHAT GOOD IS A LAWYER WHEN WE HAVE UNJUST AND EVIL ARRANGEMENTS ENSLAVING OUR PPL?"

WE SAY: When one is filled with visceral hatred for phantom enemies, one tends to lose one's intellectual faculties, and as a result, forsake one's professional responsibilities, assuming one cares in the first place.

But then, those other "PPL" may not matter because well, they are other!
Kojo T 10 years ago

What an apt response. God Bless you.Tragic we have brain dead fellows among us to do the work for :massa" The house slaves

What an apt response. God Bless you.Tragic we have brain dead fellows among us to do the work for :massa" The house slaves
Abra Kuma 10 years ago

Dr. SAS,

Since you have correctly recognized this essay as a republished piece, I dare say you might have easily elicited the not-in-so-many-words alluded to theme of Nkrumah's repeated call for Africa to unite.What better ...
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Dr. SAS,

Since you have correctly recognized this essay as a republished piece, I dare say you might have easily elicited the not-in-so-many-words alluded to theme of Nkrumah's repeated call for Africa to unite.What better way to do this than to present shocking actualities that jolt us out of our comfort zones and bring us face to face with our pressing need for African unity and self-reliance?

Besides,I am confident that you can contribute your legal expertise to this cause in some way as ELINAM suggested you consider doing.Great minds accomplish great things!

Sincerely,
ak

Prof Lungu 10 years ago

You are being reasonable and patient.

But maybe you have the Obama-republican party syndrone staring at you.

Anything Obama touches, the republicans hate. If Obama confirms 2+2 = 4, the republicans will say it ain't s ...
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You are being reasonable and patient.

But maybe you have the Obama-republican party syndrone staring at you.

Anything Obama touches, the republicans hate. If Obama confirms 2+2 = 4, the republicans will say it ain't so, and so forth.

So, when Nkrumah spearheaded that drive for Pan African Unity, it is the crossroads to the other direction for "Dr. SAS", with all that brain, intellectual faculties, and "legal expertise".

Just maybe!
ELINAM 10 years ago

During the second Africa and African-American summit in Senegal in 1986 which was organized by Dr. Sullivan, a report came out that African leaders were weeping to Dr. Sullivan to help them get rid of some of the shakles on ...
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During the second Africa and African-American summit in Senegal in 1986 which was organized by Dr. Sullivan, a report came out that African leaders were weeping to Dr. Sullivan to help them get rid of some of the shakles on their necks.
Dr. Sullivan could only listen to them.

Africans have a war to fight.

With all these draconian and evil colonial pacts with France, how could ECOWAS become viable and grow as its counterpart in the East which is nearing full federation?
The east had eased passports and visas between Kenya,Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania, and integrated the regional telephone which had made it more cheaper for the people to call.

Our presidents knew this but could not voice out but go along deceiving themselves and the populace that we can develop.
How could ECOWAS develop when out of the 14 nations in the membership, eight remained totally colonized with all their resources i the hands of evil colonial power.
As life becomes tough for more and more so-called francophones, Ghana as hard as it is, becomes a home to economic refugee like these Malians and Negerienes and that's why Ghanaians have to have a voice in this horrible establishment on our back door.
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

My Great Friend ELINAM,

This is for you (and anyone interested in the future of Africa):

"Five countries in East Africa- Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi- have moved closer than any other regional grouping i ...
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My Great Friend ELINAM,

This is for you (and anyone interested in the future of Africa):

"Five countries in East Africa- Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi- have moved closer than any other regional grouping in the African Union to form one country, East Africa.

The nation of East Africa will have its capital city at Arusha in the foothills of Kilamanjaro. Members of Afrocentricity International celebrate the achievement of unity expressed by the leaders and people of East Africa. They have overcome ethnic divisions, regional jealousies, and petty personal ambitions to provide a model for other regions of Africa.

Should there be a United States of Africa in the near future it appears that such an event will be marked by regional maturity of the type exhibited by the East African State.

East Africa will become the second largest nation on the continent. With more than 150 million people it will be second only to Nigeria in population and one of the larger countries in terms of territory on the continent.

By choosing to combine its populations, resources, and talents the East Africa nation has benefitted from the progressive vision of leaders like the late Julius Nyerere. Using the concept of devolution as a key to the strategy for governance the East Africa nation will move authority away from the central government to a system more akin to federalism where each regional state will be a constituent part of the nation.

In addition, inside each regional state that will make up the nation the idea of devolution will mean that the counties that comprise the regional states will also have democratic power. The people at the level of the masses at the ground level will be participants in this national idea.

Afrocentricity International has always called for the United States of Africa. We believe this is the future of the continent and we are encouraged when we see the kind of unity expressed by the East Africa nation.

However, we know that this is just one stage of the objective. We must honor President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, President Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi, and President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya for having the courage to lead the continent.

The leaders of this regional powerhouse state have made some bold moves. For example, they have launched the construction of the East African Central Corridor railway line that will link land-locked states such as Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi to the Port of Dar es Salaam.

The trains will connect directly to the land-locked countries, even including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and new lines will be built to take and bring goods from other major cities in the East Africa region.

In addition, they have reduced trade tariffs and barriers to trade, removing multiple weigh stations, police and customs checks, and introduced computerized clearance and electronic tracking.

These innovations have thrust East Africa into the leadership among nations on the continent. Afrocentricity International has always believed that there were too many police and custom checkpoints in Africa, holdovers from the colonial era; so now that East Africa is seeking to reduce them to zero will greatly improve the movement of goods from one area to another.

Thus, with a common currency, a common external policy, a common tax structure, a reduced administrative burden, and the integration of business and entrepreneurship, East Africa is a region to be praised. Long live the spirit of unity!"
ELINAM 10 years ago

I always pray for them to succeed.

I always pray for them to succeed.
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Dear ELINAM,

You Are Welcome!

Thanks.

Dear ELINAM,

You Are Welcome!

Thanks.
MARCUS AMPADU 10 years ago

We should not underestimate the relevance of a common language in a future United Africa.

Definitely, East Africa is making progress towards a more unified superstructure because of "Lingua Swahili".

We should not underestimate the relevance of a common language in a future United Africa.

Definitely, East Africa is making progress towards a more unified superstructure because of "Lingua Swahili".
Abra Kuma 10 years ago

Warrior Kearteng,

Thanks for the excellent piece albeit very disturbing. We must constantly be reminded how much work is to be done to get Africa out of neocolonialism.

I am simply overjoyed at news of the unification/f ...
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Warrior Kearteng,

Thanks for the excellent piece albeit very disturbing. We must constantly be reminded how much work is to be done to get Africa out of neocolonialism.

I am simply overjoyed at news of the unification/federalization of the east African states. We West Africans shall also see the light!

I praise you-ooo, I praise you paaaa!
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Dear Abra Kuma,

Thanks for the generous comments.

Yes, I am also happy East Africans are giving the rest of Africa something worthwhile to think about. I can only hope that this becomes a reality.

There is a long b ...
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Dear Abra Kuma,

Thanks for the generous comments.

Yes, I am also happy East Africans are giving the rest of Africa something worthwhile to think about. I can only hope that this becomes a reality.

There is a long bumpy road ahead, but some us can still see light at the end of the tunnel.

We shall wait and see.

Thanks my great friend!
Nana Ansah 10 years ago

Hi there Francis great stuff there. Guinea and Mali suffered the same fate which is why Kwame Nkrumah walked the talk by bailing both nations who were being stangulated by France a nation that claims liberty, equality, frater ...
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Hi there Francis great stuff there. Guinea and Mali suffered the same fate which is why Kwame Nkrumah walked the talk by bailing both nations who were being stangulated by France a nation that claims liberty, equality, fraternity with ten million Pounds.

As it turned out the slogan is only for French whites. Nkrumahism is essentially about Nkrumah's political thoughts and ideals for positive social change. So the works and essence of Nkrumahism is to provide guidance and inspiration to all who genuinely want to liberate Africa economically. In short Positive Action.
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Dear Brother Nana Ansah,

Points well taken.

Thanks for your positive contributions.

Have a great week.

Thanks.

Dear Brother Nana Ansah,

Points well taken.

Thanks for your positive contributions.

Have a great week.

Thanks.

Prof Lungu 10 years ago

We will hazard that most people from other than France colonies know a lot less about the practices of France, post independence of those French colonies. The problem of language, has of course always been a problem.

Even ...
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We will hazard that most people from other than France colonies know a lot less about the practices of France, post independence of those French colonies. The problem of language, has of course always been a problem.

Even so, beginning with the work of Frantz Fannon, more information is becoming available to allow some comparisons between English colonies and French colonies. To that extent, Francis Kwarteng's latest effort should be a good read for the reflective and Africa-centered.

READ: "...“It’s now estimated that France is holding close to 500 billion of African countries’ money in its treasury...African countries don’t have access to that money...France allows them to access only 15% of the money in any given year. If they need more than that, they have to borrow the extra money from their own 65% from the French Treasury at commercial rates..."

OUR COMMENT: Embarrassing!

Things must change for Africa's sake, we dare say!
MARCUS AMPADU 10 years ago

Whether this well researched piece is cut and pasted, it made for an interesting reading that clearly revealed the evil nature of French slavery, colonialism, and neo-colonialism.

The socialist president of France, Francoi ...
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Whether this well researched piece is cut and pasted, it made for an interesting reading that clearly revealed the evil nature of French slavery, colonialism, and neo-colonialism.

The socialist president of France, Francois Hollande, has to take action to terminate this
"L'Argent De L'Afrique, or the whole continent and its islands should boycott the forthcoming conference on Climate Change to be held in Paris this year.

The African Union can't remain silent on this travesty.
Shabi 10 years ago

Marcus, lest you have overlooked the fact, European politicians who adopt the tag of socialism, only do so to deceive the vulnerable electorate to sympathize with them and ultimately to vote for them. Some of these European ...
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Marcus, lest you have overlooked the fact, European politicians who adopt the tag of socialism, only do so to deceive the vulnerable electorate to sympathize with them and ultimately to vote for them. Some of these European socialists are even worse than their far-right adversaries. These are people like Tony Blair, Adolph Hitler and Hollande.
MARCUS AMPADU 10 years ago

Thanks for the information Shabi, however, I will hesitate to put Tony Blair & Francois Hollande in the same category with the mass killer Adolph Hitler, though he chose to call his Nationalsozialistiiche Deutsche Arbeiterpar ...
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Thanks for the information Shabi, however, I will hesitate to put Tony Blair & Francois Hollande in the same category with the mass killer Adolph Hitler, though he chose to call his Nationalsozialistiiche Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Worker's Party) which was abbreviated to Nazi,
Shabi 10 years ago

Marcus, I saw your post much later but all the same, I wouldnt quite exonerate Blair, Hollande and other western leaders including Obama , unfortunately, for crimes against humanity which are at par with Hitlers. Just go int ...
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Marcus, I saw your post much later but all the same, I wouldnt quite exonerate Blair, Hollande and other western leaders including Obama , unfortunately, for crimes against humanity which are at par with Hitlers. Just go into the crimes committed against the people of Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and Syria and perhaps you might understand what I am talking about.

Hitlers principal mistake was that he attempted to commit the same crimes against humanity to western Europeans that western Europeans had been casually committing against hundreds of millions of Asians, native south and north American Indians, native Australians and Africans for centuries.

Marcus, a simple audit of historical crimes against humanity will reveal the fact that Hitlers crimes were relatively minimal.

Again, how can socialists be as bad as capitalists? Has any socialist enslaved you or your people? Has any socialist colonized you and your people? Has any socialist continued to criminally exploit, as is being done on the Francophone African countries, you or your people?

Socialists on the other hand, were the people who assisted Africa to break the chains of tyranny and colonialism that had kept Africa in bondage for centuries.
Kofi Adu Bediako 10 years ago

Very nice article .i really love it.

Very nice article .i really love it.
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Dear Readers,

I want to say that Haiti's former President Jean Aristide demanded that, France pay back the $21-30 billion dollars it [France] forced his country to pay, after losing its hold on Haitian slavery and its asso ...
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Dear Readers,

I want to say that Haiti's former President Jean Aristide demanded that, France pay back the $21-30 billion dollars it [France] forced his country to pay, after losing its hold on Haitian slavery and its associated wealth in the wake of the Haitian Revolution.

This was part of the many reasons he was overthrown, with American and French backing. Fearing that the spread of the benefits of the Haitian Revolution might lead to African-American slaves' revolting against their white masters and the American government, America evaded Haiti and ruled it for years during which the Haitian economy was "destroyed."

Then America took away a chunk of Haiti's gold reserves and other things when its military and marine finally left Haiti (America occupied Haiti from around 1914 to 1934). Aristide also called for the return of these stolen items.

Then the Clinton Administration and the World Bank/IMF teamed up to make Aristide's government unpopular by shoving down his throat draconian policies. These were all done to shut him up. Fortunately Clinton apologized to the Haitian people for the role his government played in futher impoverishing Haiti.

In fact, Aristide and his family were literally forced into an American marine's plane and flown out of Haiti to Central Africa. He and his family later ended up in South Africa where he studied for a doctorate in African languages.

It is surprising that President Obama asked Prseident Jacob Zuma not to allow Aristide to leave South Africa when Haitians were about to elect a new president.

Readers who want futher information can read Randall Robinson's book "AN UNBROKEN AGONY; HAITI, FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE KIDNAPPING OF A PRESIDENT."

Robinson's is a family lawyer (and advisor) to the Aristides, as well being the founder of TransAfrica, the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the United States. Robinson was there from Aristide's capture all the way to his forced deportation from Haiti and final return to Haiti.

Robinson went on a hunger strike that forced President Clinton to restore Aristides presidency after its first overthrow. Robinson and his organization, TransAfrica, probably did more than any single group in the United States to bring down Apartheid South Africa.

In fact, it was the pressure he and his organization brought to bear on the Reagan Administration that brought about the first most comprehesive set of laws and hence sanctions on Apartheid South Africa.

Dr. Molefi Kete Asante also served as an advisor to Aristide in a number of capacities, reviewing his books and visiting the Aristides when they lived in South Africa. Aside that, Aristide is a Fellow of Dr. Asante's Molefi Kete Asante Institute.

Readers can visit the website of Democracy Now and Dr. Asante's website (www.asante.net) for additional information.

I hope this little piece of information helps.

All errors are mine.

Thanks.
J Goodlucky 10 years ago

Thought all colonial personnel were dead and gone, so does that mean their children have taken over?

Or some are alive and kicking?

They love the world so much and are addicted to money: their god is their belly and mon ...
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Thought all colonial personnel were dead and gone, so does that mean their children have taken over?

Or some are alive and kicking?

They love the world so much and are addicted to money: their god is their belly and money is their god.

For what shall it profit a man ....
kaf 10 years ago

I am short of words. whatever he said about Ivory Coast is true

I am short of words. whatever he said about Ivory Coast is true
YAW. 10 years ago

Well-researched,well-written,informative and insightful piece covering France"s dubious attitude towards Africans. Kwarteng, will get a good ribbing from the descendants of NLM/UP who are big followers of Houphouet Boigny"s ...
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Well-researched,well-written,informative and insightful piece covering France"s dubious attitude towards Africans. Kwarteng, will get a good ribbing from the descendants of NLM/UP who are big followers of Houphouet Boigny"s ideology.

francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Namesake,

How are you?

You know I am always ready for them. Hahahahahaha...Stay tuned!

Good day, and have a great week.

Thanks.

Namesake,

How are you?

You know I am always ready for them. Hahahahahaha...Stay tuned!

Good day, and have a great week.

Thanks.
edem 10 years ago

My lecturer once told me Africa cannot unite simply of France's activities in Africa and I didn't understand it then,but now I do understand.Thanks to Kwarteng Frances.

My lecturer once told me Africa cannot unite simply of France's activities in Africa and I didn't understand it then,but now I do understand.Thanks to Kwarteng Frances.
The aspiring CHEIF JUSTICE. 10 years ago

This is my 1st time of being happy after reading the views and sentiments of my people on this forum. Though we might disagree on certain issues but the total liberation of Africa and how to champion should always rest in our ...
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This is my 1st time of being happy after reading the views and sentiments of my people on this forum. Though we might disagree on certain issues but the total liberation of Africa and how to champion should always rest in our chest and craniums. Anyway mis Elinam you've shown the Yaa Asantewaa in Syndrome. Mr Kwarteng i appreciate your enlightenment.
MMLarry 10 years ago

Wow !
Unbelievable
Does it mean we can't fight these thieves ?
What are we waiting for

OMG

Wow !
Unbelievable
Does it mean we can't fight these thieves ?
What are we waiting for

OMG

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