Founder’s Day a 'propaganda' - Prof Ocquaye

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PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 7 years ago

AUTHOR: STEVOO------- GOD ISNT STUPID LIKE US, WE REAP WHAT WE SOWED,,,,WE SOWED FAKE JUDGEMENT DEBTS, ALMOST ONE BILLION DOLLARS....WE SOWED WOYOME 45 MILLION DOLLARS, WE SOWED WATERVILLE 46 MILLION DOLLARS, ISOFOTON $325,47 ...
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AUTHOR: STEVOO------- GOD ISNT STUPID LIKE US, WE REAP WHAT WE SOWED,,,,WE SOWED FAKE JUDGEMENT DEBTS, ALMOST ONE BILLION DOLLARS....WE SOWED WOYOME 45 MILLION DOLLARS, WE SOWED WATERVILLE 46 MILLION DOLLARS, ISOFOTON $325,472.00, CHRAG, BRAZIL W/CUP, NSS, DVLA 6 MILLION DOLLARS, CP 95 MILLION DOLLARS, EMMBRAER PLANE THIEVERY; The plane meant to cost $28.5 million saw Mmahama paying $88 million. The deal included $8 million extra fuel tank, $1 million staircase , $1.4 million in-flight-entertainment, $17 million hangar to house the plane. Mahama led $10 billion STX KOREA SCANDAL also stinks, it saw Ghana paying $245 million to Korea partners just as "POLITICAL RISK INSURANCE". Ghana lost this astonishing amount in this foolish deal, the project never saw the dawn of the day!!...........WE SOWED GYEEDA $70 million, SUBAH, SADA, $600m AMERI DEAL, $28m just for renovation on KUMASI AIRPORT RUNWAY, RIDGE HOSPITAL renovation scandal, CIRCLE & KASOA INTERCHAGE, RATTRAY PARK, T'DI RAILWAY, MERCHANT BANK, Ghc 217m on CAPACITY BUIDING. Whose capacity did NDC build??? just thievery!!! We sowed $1m (Ghc3.6m) BUS BRANDING. ALSO $92 million Electrification Project by SMARTYS FOUND OVERPRICED BY $9M......................WE SOWED INFLATED CONTRACTS LIKE SIX CLASSROOM BLKS COSTING 400,000.00 GHC UNDER NDC INSTEAD OF 80,000.00 UNDER NPP....WE SOWED 8.7 BILLION GHC OVEREXPENDITURE IN 2012 JUST FOR NDC AND JOHN MAHAMA TO WIN ELECTIONS....WE SOWED A GREAT DEAL OF THIEVERY AND CORRUPTION WHILST MEN OF GOD AND DUNCAN WILLIAMS CONTINUE TO SIT IDLE BY OR GOT INVOLVED IN THIEVING THEMSELVES.......SO WHAT IS DUNCAN WILLIAMS SAYING TO GOD.....WE ARE REAPING WHAT THE NDC GOVT HAS SOWED.
HONESTY 7 years ago

This man thinks it is alright to keep that racist Indian statue in Legon but hate the idea of Nkrumah standing tall above the big six.
Nkrumah is not just a hero in Ghana but Africa. Shame on you.
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This man thinks it is alright to keep that racist Indian statue in Legon but hate the idea of Nkrumah standing tall above the big six.
Nkrumah is not just a hero in Ghana but Africa. Shame on you.
It is as if this burns his heart, I knew he could not let the day pass without showing his usual disrespect and dislike for Nkrumah.
PanAfricanist 7 years ago

Honesty, you're quite right!
Exactly my comment,
Ocquaye is a son of the traitors' party, the U.P.= UNITED PARTY the nation wreckers now NPP,
Don't mind him,
He is a son-of-a-bitch who talks from his anus!!

Honesty, you're quite right!
Exactly my comment,
Ocquaye is a son of the traitors' party, the U.P.= UNITED PARTY the nation wreckers now NPP,
Don't mind him,
He is a son-of-a-bitch who talks from his anus!!
jOeY l0nD0n 7 years ago

Selling GA stool lands for toffees. Yaka gbomon, heritage African indeed.

Selling GA stool lands for toffees. Yaka gbomon, heritage African indeed.
Seidu 7 years ago

MAHAMA'S LEGACY IS CORRUPTION, STEALING OF GHANA MONEY, HUNGER, SICKNESS, DUMSOR AND WAHALA.
NO 3RD TERM FOR WOMANISER ATOPAHENE JOHN FORD. MAHAMA MUST GO!!!

MAHAMA'S LEGACY IS CORRUPTION, STEALING OF GHANA MONEY, HUNGER, SICKNESS, DUMSOR AND WAHALA.
NO 3RD TERM FOR WOMANISER ATOPAHENE JOHN FORD. MAHAMA MUST GO!!!
still rastafari 7 years ago

Mr.honesty read GH history from 1940

Mr.honesty read GH history from 1940
Habib 7 years ago

Stupid talk!!

Stupid talk!!
Nii 7 years ago

I feels sick anytime I read or hear this man Prof Ocquaye speaks.
I accept he studied history and calls himself an historian but I differ to believe that he rather muddles the waters (attempts to twist facts).
I know some o ...
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I feels sick anytime I read or hear this man Prof Ocquaye speaks.
I accept he studied history and calls himself an historian but I differ to believe that he rather muddles the waters (attempts to twist facts).
I know some of the period of Kwame and so there are sometimes I don't agree with Prof, Ocquaye.
People like him should not be allowed to comment on historical issues to mess the later generation
Nana Kuffuor 7 years ago

I wonder what this thief was talking about. He was sent to India as our High Commissioner, he looted the embassy clean, something reminiscent of the elephant family. He called himself Reverend Professor but he is a kleptomani ...
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I wonder what this thief was talking about. He was sent to India as our High Commissioner, he looted the embassy clean, something reminiscent of the elephant family. He called himself Reverend Professor but he is a kleptomaniac. What history is he talking about? Danquah Busiah bomb throwing expertise? Where did they found Ghana? Useless party.
amoah w. 7 years ago

LMBAO

LMBAO
Precious Asamoah 7 years ago

True talk...Nkrumah is not the only person who fought for our independence

True talk...Nkrumah is not the only person who fought for our independence
Doubtful Thomas 7 years ago

AFTER ALL PROF. OCQUAYE HAS LAMENTED, WHAT HAS HE TO SAY ABOUT THE BIG SIX? THE BIG SIX WHO SPEARHEADED THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE INCLUDE AKUFFO-ADDO, AKO AGYEI, J.B. DANKWA, OBETSEBI LAMPTEY, PAA GRANT AND KWAME NKRUMAH ...
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AFTER ALL PROF. OCQUAYE HAS LAMENTED, WHAT HAS HE TO SAY ABOUT THE BIG SIX? THE BIG SIX WHO SPEARHEADED THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE INCLUDE AKUFFO-ADDO, AKO AGYEI, J.B. DANKWA, OBETSEBI LAMPTEY, PAA GRANT AND KWAME NKRUMAH. THERE WERE STILL MORE OTHERS WHO CANNOT ALL BE NAMED, BUT OUT OF THE LOT KWAME NKRUMAH STILL STANDS TALLER THAN THE REST. THE IDEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES MAKES HIM SO AND NO ONE CAN RUN OUT OF THAT FACT, SIR.
HONESTY 7 years ago

It was William Ofori Atta and not Paa Grant.
In fact, I will want the name of Paa Grant raised above the treachous five.

Try asking the Professor why the 6 came to be known as the big 6 and how long they all served in pri ...
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It was William Ofori Atta and not Paa Grant.
In fact, I will want the name of Paa Grant raised above the treachous five.

Try asking the Professor why the 6 came to be known as the big 6 and how long they all served in prison for the 1948 riots.
One step at a time . 7 years ago

Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah never dies. Little did we know about your vision and projections for Ghana your beloved country. What a great philosopher! We will continue to cherish and applaud you in the history of Ghana and Afric ...
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Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah never dies. Little did we know about your vision and projections for Ghana your beloved country. What a great philosopher! We will continue to cherish and applaud you in the history of Ghana and Africa in general.
Kontonkyi 7 years ago

The others worked against Nkrumah when they failed where Nkrumah was successful. They deleted their names from honors.

If you start to build a house and you turn around and tear it down, someone comes along and builds th ...
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The others worked against Nkrumah when they failed where Nkrumah was successful. They deleted their names from honors.

If you start to build a house and you turn around and tear it down, someone comes along and builds the house, do you expect credit for building the house?

Dankwa and others had the right idea to start a fight to free Ghana. They were lost and did not really know how to get it done. It is true that they sought the Young Dynamic Nkrumah to come help, and he came. When he did not like the approach of the elderly, he tried to have them change course but they will not budge. He infuriated them and he became their enemy. He went his way with his approach and got support from good friends and the Valenda boys, from then on the Elderly Dankwa and Company thwarted Nkrumah's effort each step of the way even trying to kill him. Dankwa and co were Nkrumah's opponents. Nkrumah was successful leading the Country into Independence. Why would anyone think that Dankwa and co must be credited? History will recognize them for their efforts but they must not be credited for the achievement of Nkrumah.

This man Ocquaye must be very disappointed, he cannot revise history. Dankwa and co should have fallen behind the leadership of Nkrumah and support his new ideas and dynamism. They would have been named as founders too but as it stands, they do not deserve the glory.

Abraham Linclon had his Generals like Grant that help win the war but it is always Lincoln that is mentioned, though General Grant is not forgotten in history; so are people like Gbedema not forgotten in the fight to free Ghana.
Van Pee 7 years ago

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS MUGU YARO, PROF OCQUAYE, WHO, OUT OF INFERIORITY COMPLEX, DECIDES TO CORRUPT THE FAMILY NAME, OKWEI TO OCQUAYE. PLEASE, OSU BI OKWEI, IF DANKWA AND THE OTHERS DID NOT WORK IN WAYS TO FRUSTRATE NKRUMAH' ...
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WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS MUGU YARO, PROF OCQUAYE, WHO, OUT OF INFERIORITY COMPLEX, DECIDES TO CORRUPT THE FAMILY NAME, OKWEI TO OCQUAYE. PLEASE, OSU BI OKWEI, IF DANKWA AND THE OTHERS DID NOT WORK IN WAYS TO FRUSTRATE NKRUMAH'S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE, WHY WERE THEY NOT PRESENT AT THE POLO GROUNDS DURING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. THEY REFUSED TO BE PRESENT AT THE SWEARING INTO OFFICE OF AFRICA'S MAN OF DESTINY,OSAGYEFO DR. KWAME NKRUMAH. OKWEI CANNOT OBLITERATE THE MEMORY OF THIS GREAT MAN OF THE MILLENIUM. THE NEXT TIME, OKWEI DENIGRATES THE MEMORY OF KWAME NKRUMAH, THUNDER WILL STRIKE HIM. BUULU ATO!
steve 7 years ago

Face facts Precious, NPP tradition asked Britain not to grant Ghana then Gold Coast independence when Nkrumah said 'independence now'. How can you be part of what you did not want to be part of.

Face facts Precious, NPP tradition asked Britain not to grant Ghana then Gold Coast independence when Nkrumah said 'independence now'. How can you be part of what you did not want to be part of.
Kpenyigba Kwesi 7 years ago

Precious you are right!! Dr Kwame Nkrumah did not found the republic of Ghana only he and others renamed the Gold Coast Colony as the republic of Ghana, one of the oldest empires in Africa. Founder's Day should simply be repl ...
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Precious you are right!! Dr Kwame Nkrumah did not found the republic of Ghana only he and others renamed the Gold Coast Colony as the republic of Ghana, one of the oldest empires in Africa. Founder's Day should simply be replaced by DR Kwame Nkrumah Day. No state or country is founded; the country is always there before we are born!!
NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 7 years ago

Oquaye should hang himself by his balls if he is dejected.

Oquaye should hang himself by his balls if he is dejected.
Francis kwarteng 7 years ago

This man is sick. Seriously.

This man is sick. Seriously.
Stephen Arloo 7 years ago

NPP AGAIN WE THE PEOPLE OF NZEMA WILL STILL VOTE FOR NDC

NPP AGAIN WE THE PEOPLE OF NZEMA WILL STILL VOTE FOR NDC
Victor 7 years ago

Buddy. You have psychologically implanted this in your subconscious mind as a result of the coming election. Erase this propaganda and focus on the Beloved Country!- Ghana. After all you're professor not politician.

Buddy. You have psychologically implanted this in your subconscious mind as a result of the coming election. Erase this propaganda and focus on the Beloved Country!- Ghana. After all you're professor not politician.
Oku 7 years ago

How stupid!

How stupid!
BOY KOFI 7 years ago

How many Prophets came before Jesus Christ?Why are we Christians today?This should tell the poor prof. that beginning something is important but to climax it,to get the end result is what matters most.Is this difficult for a ...
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How many Prophets came before Jesus Christ?Why are we Christians today?This should tell the poor prof. that beginning something is important but to climax it,to get the end result is what matters most.Is this difficult for a whole professor to reason?Afterall,Ocquaye is the one making propaganda because NPP has nothing to do with the founding of Ghana.Let somebody tell me where was NPP in our history books when Kwame Nkrumah laid the foundation for Ghana?Thank you.
Prof Lungu 7 years ago

Ha Ha Ha!

How many Prophets came before Jesus Christ?

ITEM: "Prof Oquaye, a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)," neglects that is was the members of the UP, the forbears of the NPP, that railroaded the fou ...
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Ha Ha Ha!

How many Prophets came before Jesus Christ?

ITEM: "Prof Oquaye, a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)," neglects that is was the members of the UP, the forbears of the NPP, that railroaded the foundation Nkrumah leading, built for all the People of Ghana. H forgets that it was effort by the NPP to obliterate the name of Nkrumah from the history of Ghana that influenced Prof Mills on the Founder's Day.

By the way, BOY KOFI, your "Why are we Christians today?" is cause for some of us to reflect, as African nationals.

Greetings!
Habib 7 years ago

What a cheap talk!!

What a cheap talk!!
Luze 7 years ago

Is no surprise at all Mr. Chief elephant, the whole world knows you hate Dr. Nkrumah, you discredit everything he did as president. So no one expect you to be happy with the celebration of his birth day. Get out.

Is no surprise at all Mr. Chief elephant, the whole world knows you hate Dr. Nkrumah, you discredit everything he did as president. So no one expect you to be happy with the celebration of his birth day. Get out.
WAT 7 years ago

Everything these NPP people will oppose.awwww naaa what a selfish party.Your opposed Nkrumah and was the pivot for the overthrow of our first president.Selfish at all standard

Everything these NPP people will oppose.awwww naaa what a selfish party.Your opposed Nkrumah and was the pivot for the overthrow of our first president.Selfish at all standard
Peter Anaman Ndefo 7 years ago

Oh ! N p p what is wrong with you people ? I know one day these n p p people will criticise God the almighty.

Oh ! N p p what is wrong with you people ? I know one day these n p p people will criticise God the almighty.
Akoloogo fra fra 7 years ago

Siken pain, professor go hang yourself

Siken pain, professor go hang yourself
BOY KOFI 7 years ago

Where was npp during the struggle for Independence?Anyway,even some Jews hate Jesus Christ that's why they betrayed him just like what this poor prof is doing.Thank you.

Where was npp during the struggle for Independence?Anyway,even some Jews hate Jesus Christ that's why they betrayed him just like what this poor prof is doing.Thank you.
Constable Joy 7 years ago

PROF OCQUAYE ARE YOU SERIOUS?
MANY WERE CALLED BUT FEW WERE CHOSEN.
YOU GET ME RIGHT!!! NKRUMAH STANDS THE TALLEST WAE.

PROF OCQUAYE ARE YOU SERIOUS?
MANY WERE CALLED BUT FEW WERE CHOSEN.
YOU GET ME RIGHT!!! NKRUMAH STANDS THE TALLEST WAE.
Yaw Appiah 7 years ago

why some of black people are so poor in thinking, Prof ocquaye is not talking about Dr Kwame Nkrumah, He is talking about the holiday

why some of black people are so poor in thinking, Prof ocquaye is not talking about Dr Kwame Nkrumah, He is talking about the holiday
kofi agbota 7 years ago

Shortman devil professor mike ocquaye, a silly reverend pastor. You are a foolish professor who twisted the political history of Ghana. Bloody scounndrel

Shortman devil professor mike ocquaye, a silly reverend pastor. You are a foolish professor who twisted the political history of Ghana. Bloody scounndrel
Among Kotey 7 years ago

And may I ask the Prof. Qcquaye the discredited academician and the disappointed politician. Oh and a disgraced Ganyobi, have you accounted for the money questioned regarding the India Embassy when you were head? Many of you ...
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And may I ask the Prof. Qcquaye the discredited academician and the disappointed politician. Oh and a disgraced Ganyobi, have you accounted for the money questioned regarding the India Embassy when you were head? Many of you these irresponsible and thieves in -charge of our establishments and organizations think we are easily forgetful. And they are the same people who blow the trumpet hard that Ghana is unproductive after they have by their crooked means siphoned money from our coffers. Sorry Papa Ajaxco on this political view regarding the credibility of our Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, we'll always differ. Ghanaians are the judges. Knowledge is no monopoly, Ocquaye!!
Paa Joe 7 years ago

CAN WE HOPE FOR A BETTER GHANA WITH THESE CRIMINALS AND ANTI-ELEMENTS IN THE COUNTRY.

THIS FOLK WAS LUCKY TO GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE OF NKRUMAH'S FREE FEE EDUCATION IMMEDIATLY AFTER INNDEPENDENCE IN 1957.

THIS MAN HAS STIL ...
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CAN WE HOPE FOR A BETTER GHANA WITH THESE CRIMINALS AND ANTI-ELEMENTS IN THE COUNTRY.

THIS FOLK WAS LUCKY TO GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE OF NKRUMAH'S FREE FEE EDUCATION IMMEDIATLY AFTER INNDEPENDENCE IN 1957.

THIS MAN HAS STILL NO SHAME FOR HIS CRIMINAL ACTIVITY FOR CHEATING THE PEOPLE AND GOVERNMENT OF GHANA.

ALTHOUGH, HE HAD BEEN RECALLED HOME AS GHANA'S HIGH COMMISSIONER TO INDIA, HE CONTINUED TO DUPE HIS VERY GOVERNMENT THE NPP AND TO RECEIVEHIGH COMMISSIONERS SALARY WHILE IN GHANA.

CAN GHANAIANS EVER EXPECT ANYTHING GOOD FROM THIS EMPTY HEADED NPP POLITICIAN.

HE NEEDS TO KNOW, HE CAN CONTINUE TO CRITICISE NKRUMAH,NKRUMAH IS RECOGNISED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE WORLD AS ONE OF THE GREATEST POLITICIAN IN THE 19th CENTURY.
HE NEEDS TO TRAVEL TO THE BRITISH MUSEAUM AND TO SEE THE STATUE OF THIS GREAT SON OF AFRICA.

LASTLY,IT WILL INTEREST GHANAIANS,WHAT HE HAS CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS THE ECONOMIC DEVELPOPMENT OF GHANA.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT, THE HOUSE HE LIVES IN WAS STOLEN FROM THE POPLE OF GHANA.
AKORA 7 years ago

Kwame Nkrumah is the Civitatis Ghanansis Conditor (The Founder of the state of Ghana) period!

Kwame Nkrumah is the Civitatis Ghanansis Conditor (The Founder of the state of Ghana) period!
Appiah 7 years ago

Which of the founding fathers was the spy ? CIA agent !!!!

Which of the founding fathers was the spy ? CIA agent !!!!
Yaw Appiah 7 years ago

Do you think this holiday is good, or you think CPP can not come to power, the Party call N D C is a disgraceful in this country is full of propaganda, If Dr Nkrumah never die let CPP come to Power period.

Do you think this holiday is good, or you think CPP can not come to power, the Party call N D C is a disgraceful in this country is full of propaganda, If Dr Nkrumah never die let CPP come to Power period.
Akosua K 7 years ago

You appalled me. You've really shown your true colours that you are a traitor. You want to be recognised as the founding father? You oppose the celebration of our founding father but you see nothing wrong with the statue of G ...
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You appalled me. You've really shown your true colours that you are a traitor. You want to be recognised as the founding father? You oppose the celebration of our founding father but you see nothing wrong with the statue of Gandhi at Legon, our highest institution? Wasn't it because of Nkrumah that you were able to acquire your so called status? You greedy pig! Mother Ghana will punish you. You traitor! Idiot!!!
Prof Lungu 7 years ago

Yes, Akosua K,
You've tied it all together for us!

Reflective, we must say.

Yes, Akosua K,
You've tied it all together for us!

Reflective, we must say.
SOLOMON NORTEY. 7 years ago

It's only the like of Prof. Ocquaye who don't see why Nkrumah remains tall among the so-called "BIG 6".While Nkrumah was demanding for "self government now " the "BIG 5" were conspiring with the colonialist to have him jailed ...
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It's only the like of Prof. Ocquaye who don't see why Nkrumah remains tall among the so-called "BIG 6".While Nkrumah was demanding for "self government now " the "BIG 5" were conspiring with the colonialist to have him jailed.
kimathi 7 years ago

Look at this old drunkard...emty noise

Look at this old drunkard...emty noise
PATRIOT 7 years ago

Who gave this man the professorship?I pity the students he taught in the university and the degrees he gave them.What he fails to realize is that even though Danquah and others had started the movement calling for independenc ...
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Who gave this man the professorship?I pity the students he taught in the university and the degrees he gave them.What he fails to realize is that even though Danquah and others had started the movement calling for independence for the Gold Coast before Nkrumah joined them none of them was destined to lead the Gold Coast to independence.That role was divinely reserved for Nkrumah.Prof Ocquaye should not forget that Danquah subverted Nkrumah's fight for independence for the Gold Coast.How can such a person be classified as a founder of Ghana?
nash 7 years ago

in South AFRICA several people contributed but they have Nelson Mandela as the founder.....what about that

in South AFRICA several people contributed but they have Nelson Mandela as the founder.....what about that
Obuama 7 years ago

Pure Matemeho Jealousy.

Pure Matemeho Jealousy.
HONEST MAN 7 years ago

THE PROFESSESOR, DRs these speak foolish things, their brains are frozen they can no longer think well. check it they say foolish things like this one, Dr Baah who looks so dirty

THE PROFESSESOR, DRs these speak foolish things, their brains are frozen they can no longer think well. check it they say foolish things like this one, Dr Baah who looks so dirty
rkt 7 years ago

Gh as the world has come to know our motherland, and for which it is dearly loved by genuine lovers of freedom and the right of a people to self-determination, stands for african liberation and emancipation! a people who are ...
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Gh as the world has come to know our motherland, and for which it is dearly loved by genuine lovers of freedom and the right of a people to self-determination, stands for african liberation and emancipation! a people who are not ashamed of themselves, in fact, a people who are proud of their africanness! this is what the african of the millennium stood for. unfortunately, can we say the same about all the big six? someone has just whispered into my ears that the other members were only interested to replace the white ruling class! consequently, he added, that they opposed almost all his pro-poor and life transforming policies, going to the logical conclusion of travelling abroad to plead with foreign governments not to lend any monies to us for projects like the construction of akosombo dam! and their reasons? if they did there would be cheap electricity, industries would be established, there would be massive employment and Ghanaians would be so happy they would keep the cpp govt in power! this, they concluded correctly, would prevent them from ever ruling the country! take note, that their interest was only to rule and not to transform the country for its people! modern Gh, which is what comes to mind when any african hears Gh, is the Gh which stands for total african liberation. liberation that encompasses the mind, attitude, etc of every african, no matter where they live. whiles our friends gladly contributed monies to help the u.k. govt efforts during world war 2, they described the donation to guinea during her time of need as a waste of resources! in conclusion when people talk about Gh, they do not mean a reactionary Gh which is what the other side of the coin represents, but a forward-looking country which shows its faith not by saying to his naked, hungry and cold neighbour, "go in peace, be filled and be warmed" but by his works! and by God, KN showed his faith in africa by his works! as the best known Tsatsu in Gh said many, many years back, Busia is known for his academic credentials, but not for his political savvy! consequently, if u ask me, he pales almost into insignificance beside KN when the topic is self-determination, independence, and emancipation of the african! i suppose when we talk about those who began the independence struggle in G.C, yes, we can name the big 5 plus dozens more, but when it is the founder of Gh, i.e, (modern) Gh, it is incontrovertible, it is KN!
Eldeen Afrikani 7 years ago

Professor Ocquaye,I am sorry to say that you have a warped sense of reality.A whole professor like you trying to downplay the role played by Africa's man of the twentieth century.How dare you ! As per your political traditio ...
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Professor Ocquaye,I am sorry to say that you have a warped sense of reality.A whole professor like you trying to downplay the role played by Africa's man of the twentieth century.How dare you ! As per your political tradition,your group is superior regardless of political and historical failures.Nkrumah never dies.He will forever remain a prodigy in our history .
Bill 7 years ago

Letter written by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah to Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia shortly after the latter's overthrow. It's worth reading.....

A LETTER FROM OSAGYEFO TO DR KOFI ABREFA BUSIA...

My Dear Kofi:

I have just heard on the air ...
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Letter written by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah to Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia shortly after the latter's overthrow. It's worth reading.....

A LETTER FROM OSAGYEFO TO DR KOFI ABREFA BUSIA...

My Dear Kofi:

I have just heard on the air that your government which came to power barely three years ago has been toppled by the Ghana Army. It is rather significant that most of the evils of which my government and I were accused and which were the main reasons for the overthrow of my administration were apparently the same reasons that motivated the army takeover of your regime.
I am sure that you now realize that those who criticise other people without bothering to assign good reasons for their criticisms eventually end up as victims of their own circumstances.
You will also appreciate the fact that those who sow a wind reap a whirlwind, and after you have finished spoiling other people, you will be surprised to find out that you have spoiled yourself.
Perhaps, you will agree with me in my assertion that during my tenure of office for 15 years, I did my best to improve the economic conditions of my people, although, admittedly, my policies brought unexpected difficulties which were inevitable and for which my people were unprepared.
Nevertheless, there is evidence of some of my achievements in Ghana, which you, of all people, can't pretend to deny — the fact that I made Ghana what you found it when the same army overthrew my regime.
It would serve no useful purpose for me to recount some of these achievements, but suffice it to say that Akosombo Dam, Tema Harbor, Tema Oil Refinery, Korlc Bu Teaching Hospital, VALCO, to mention only a few are all my handwork.
But the most important contribution I have made to the personality of the black man was that during my tenure of office as President of the Republic of Ghana, I made the African proud of his heritage.
Today, throughout the African world, many countries have attained political emancipation as a result of the torchlight I lit in Ghana which my own people including you (Kofi Abrcfa Busia) did not appreciate.
Thus my government and I were accused of a host of unprintable evils which sought to discredit me and to pave the way for you to establish yourself as a successful leader on the African political scene.
Since my government was overthrown six years ago, and since you assumed the reins of authority in the latter part of 1969, I have been watching closely events in Ghana and I often felt that the way you were handling the affairs of the country, that is relying so much on colonialists, imperialists, capitalists and nco-colonialists, you will one day end up in the gutter with the same imperialists and capitalists nailing your coffin.
Your handling of the Aliens Compliance Order in which, for the first time in the history of Africa, a neighboring government drives out of its country fellow Africans like cattle and oxen in open trucks, your so-called DIALOGUE with the Apartheid regime in which you seek to create the impression that you are the only black man on earth who is capable of bringing pressure to bear upon the racists in South Africa and other diabolical policies too numerous to mention here.

You will recall that just before the general elections in 1969, I broadcast on Conarky Radio to my people in Ghana, exhorting them not to vote for any other candidate for the Premiership but you.
I do not know how you took this exhortation, but I could conjecture that you probably assumed that by exhorting the people of Ghana to vote for you, I was placing you above other candidates. If this was your way of thinking, then I am sorry to say you miscalculated and misconstrued the motivation of my exhortation.
I had imagined that you would have realized that the reasons for asking the people of Ghana to vote for you was not so much because I thought you were better than any or all the candidates involved in the electioneering campaign. My reason for exhorting them to vote for you was that I knew that being a political weakling, you would sooner or later expose your shortcomings.
Let me refresh your memory about some of the events which culminated in the overthrow of my legitimate Government on February 24, 1966, and relate them to the events which led to the overthrow of your imperialist and colonialist-orientated government with a view of drawing a logical conclusion as to whether your administration or mine was preferable.

You will recall that while I was away in Hanoi to effect a peaceful solution to the capitalist aggression against the freedom-loving people of North Vietnam, the Ghana Army, led by insignificant and virtually unknown soldiers in collaboration with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), conspired to overthrow my government.
You may also recall that the first thing these irresponsible soldiers did was to ransack my official residence and virtually steal my personal properties as well as cash I had left behind.
To justify their illegitimate and criminal action, the imperialist stooges claimed that my Government was corrupt; that my Ministers had acquired ill-gotten wealth; that my Government had dissipated public funds in establishing "prestige projects" and a host of other accusations against me without any proof whatsoever.
But any objective political observer would agree that the same evils of which you and your colonialist and neo-colonialist masters accused me, reared their ugly heads and assumed more heinous proportions during the days of government
Thus, within a span of three years, you and your Ministers became richer and acquired ill-gotten wealth more than could be said of the Ministers in my Government which ruled Ghana for 15 years.
It is regrettable that your government, which you claimed to comprise mainly of "intellectuals and honest men," had to be toppled within three years after assuming office. This indeed is evidence of your political immaturity.
Now that your Utopia has crumbled under your feet, apparently due to the erratic policies you pursued with the assistance and full support of those who preach universal brotherhood yet supervise the obliteration of thousands of innocent souls throughout the world, may I offer you a few words of consolation.
I would therefore recommend to you, my dear Kofi, that you take a long rest from the exigencies of politics in which you woefully failed after pursuing it for nearly two decades in just the same way as you cancelled your engagements in Monrovia following our confrontation at the funeral of the late President William V. S. Tubman (of blessed memory).
I have the hope that when I return to Ghana, as I surely will someday in-the-not too distant future to help rebuild the nation from the ruins and chaos you left behind, the dignity of the African Personality which was one of the legacies I left behind and which you handed over to the die-hard racists on a golden platter, will be restored.
I commend you to the care of the Omnipotent God who has sustained me in my moments of isolation and reflection and hope that He will take very good care of you for the rest of your unsuccessful political life.
Perhaps, I might just as well point out to you that it won't serve you any useful purpose to dream of staging a come-back into the arena of politics because I am aware that the colonialists and imperialists will only be too happy to support such an attempt.

reasons for this assertion is that from reports I have been receiving from our compatriots in Ghana, the reaction of the people to the February 24, 1966 coup was less stupendous than their reaction to the January 13 coup which toppled your unpopular and capitalist-backed government which ruled my people under the direction and advice of the imperialists and colonialists.
It might be a good idea if we were to meet face to face as we did in Monrovia last year; then I would have told you: "KOFI, I TOLD YOU THAT YOU WOULD BE A COMPLETE FAILURE ON THE POLITICAL SCENE."
Finally, my dear Kofi, take heart and be of good cheer, for this is part and parcel of human life.
amoah w. 7 years ago

i know he didn't jot that mail, even though it could have been him

nice written anyway

i know he didn't jot that mail, even though it could have been him

nice written anyway
kanokwere kofi 7 years ago

Kwame NKRUMAH is the truly the founder of Ghana for he alone changed the name of the Gold Coast to Ghana and got independence for us. History so says

Kwame NKRUMAH is the truly the founder of Ghana for he alone changed the name of the Gold Coast to Ghana and got independence for us. History so says
K Mensah 7 years ago

It saddens some of us when people out of hatred try to distort our history. If the founders of the UGCC had not generously sponsored Nkrumah's trip back home, where would he have been? In the end he treacherously sabotaged th ...
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It saddens some of us when people out of hatred try to distort our history. If the founders of the UGCC had not generously sponsored Nkrumah's trip back home, where would he have been? In the end he treacherously sabotaged their efforts and painted them black to the citizens of the then Gold Coast.
Nana 7 years ago

Listen to this buffoon who calls himself a Professor.
If Nkrumah was not the only founder, so what?

Listen to this buffoon who calls himself a Professor.
If Nkrumah was not the only founder, so what?
Kweku 7 years ago

Prof pls at least spare us a bit,you are not the only person in Ghana with brains,no wonder you are siding with the Indians,am beginning to change my towards your political lineage.

Prof pls at least spare us a bit,you are not the only person in Ghana with brains,no wonder you are siding with the Indians,am beginning to change my towards your political lineage.
One step at a time . 7 years ago

Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah never dies. Little did we know about your vision and projections for Ghana your beloved country. What a philosopher! We will continue to cherish and applaud you in the history of Ghana and Africa in gen ...
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Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah never dies. Little did we know about your vision and projections for Ghana your beloved country. What a philosopher! We will continue to cherish and applaud you in the history of Ghana and Africa in general even if they try to denigrate or degrade you .
Champion Atta 7 years ago

PRINCE KWASI ADADE, THE PRESSURE IN ON YOUR PHONE, BATTERY ANR IN YOUR HEAD, HOW MANY PEOPLE READ THIS LONG LONG, ONE WAY COPY AND PASTE RECYCLED RUBBISH. LAZY WORK GET OFF YOUR BUTT AND APPLY ALL THE PRESSURE YOU WANT, AFTER ...
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PRINCE KWASI ADADE, THE PRESSURE IN ON YOUR PHONE, BATTERY ANR IN YOUR HEAD, HOW MANY PEOPLE READ THIS LONG LONG, ONE WAY COPY AND PASTE RECYCLED RUBBISH. LAZY WORK GET OFF YOUR BUTT AND APPLY ALL THE PRESSURE YOU WANT, AFTER ALL THIS IS A FREE COUNTRY, HIT THE ROAD, FOR ALL YOU SAY MAHAMA AND THE NDC HAVE DONE, YOU PRINCE WROTE WE ARE FOOLS TO ASK NANA ADDO FOR A MANIFESTO! WE WILL BE FOOLISH RATHER TO VOTE FOR AN INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN WEE SMOKER, TO STAND BEFORE THE UN AND CONDEMN DRUGS! APPLY MORE. PRESSURE! BO GYA! LIKE A JOINT, HASHISH, TAPI OR HEMP! GOOD LUCK!
Tenneson 7 years ago

Yes it was UGCC who invited Nkrumah but when he came and he was whole heartily willing to fight for the common good of the masses, the UGCC now metamorphosed into NPP was working against him and he has to resigned before they ...
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Yes it was UGCC who invited Nkrumah but when he came and he was whole heartily willing to fight for the common good of the masses, the UGCC now metamorphosed into NPP was working against him and he has to resigned before they thought of firing him. We socialist oriented will forever aspire to keep the dreams of Nkrumah alive.
still rastafari 7 years ago

i agree Prof..we need education on this

i agree Prof..we need education on this
still rastafari 7 years ago

there is ignorance on this subject Prof..

there is ignorance on this subject Prof..
amoah w. 7 years ago

old man

and sleep for ever

old man

and sleep for ever
Nii Addo 7 years ago

I feel ashamed to be a Ga any time this fool called Ocquaye speaks. Corrupt man. Please let's see your picture before NPP came to power.
I wish people, especially Bawumia looks at this Ocquaye man and know that if human bei ...
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I feel ashamed to be a Ga any time this fool called Ocquaye speaks. Corrupt man. Please let's see your picture before NPP came to power.
I wish people, especially Bawumia looks at this Ocquaye man and know that if human beings with time will put on weight including himself then the prices of items will also shoot up. If Kuffour during his time in 2002 - 2008 uses 1000,000.00 to run the country, the same amount cannot be used in the subsequent years. An economist must know this.
OLD YOUNG PIONEER 7 years ago

There were others even Kojo Thompson. but these people were like John the Baptist. Only Nkrumah gave us independence and a republic. THE MEN OPPOSITE HIM, OPPOSED INDEPENDENCE AND OUR republic. forward ever!!

There were others even Kojo Thompson. but these people were like John the Baptist. Only Nkrumah gave us independence and a republic. THE MEN OPPOSITE HIM, OPPOSED INDEPENDENCE AND OUR republic. forward ever!!
Osei 7 years ago

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