Nkrumah’s speech at the inaugural ceremony of the OAU

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OGA yum yum 10 years ago

and who cares about all these mumbo jumbo.???

and who cares about all these mumbo jumbo.???
JOJO 10 years ago

did you read it?, empty barrel.

did you read it?, empty barrel.
OLD SOLDIER 10 years ago

*By Akadu Ntiriwa Mensema, PhD...

WILLIAM ATUGUBA: Counsel, what is your name?
PHILIP ADDISON: Philip Addison, My Lord.
ATUGUBA: You are overruled.
ADDISON: Yes, my name is Philip Addison, my Lord.
ATUGUBA: I said ...
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*By Akadu Ntiriwa Mensema, PhD...

WILLIAM ATUGUBA: Counsel, what is your name?
PHILIP ADDISON: Philip Addison, My Lord.
ATUGUBA: You are overruled.
ADDISON: Yes, my name is Philip Addison, my Lord.
ATUGUBA: I said overruled; where do you come from?
ADDISON: I am a full-blooded Akan, My Lord.
ATUGUBA: You are overruled.
ADDISON: My Lord, I am a Ghanaian, My Lord.
ATUGUBA: You are overruled; what are you doing in this court?
ADDISON: I am representing the NPP, My Lord.
ATUGUBA: You are overruled.
ADDISON: My Lord, I mean Akufo-Addo, Dr. Bawumia and Obetsebi-Lamptey.
ATUGUBA: You are overruled.
ADDISON: Yes, I am representing all three, my Lord.
ATUGUBA: You are overruled
ADDISON: My Lord, is this the Supreme Court of Ghana?
ATUGUBA: You are overruled.
ADDISON: Are you Justice Atuguba, My Lord?
ATUGUBA: You are overruled.
ADDISON: My Lord, this is partisanship.
ATUGUBA: You are overruled.
ADDISON: My Lord, is overrule only your legal vocabulary?
ATUGUBA: You are overruled.
ADDISON: My Lord this is partisanship and bias.
ATUGUBA: You are overruled.
ADDISON: My Lord, you are ANTI-NDC and PRO-NPP.
ATUGUBA: You are overruled.
ADDISON: This means that you are rather ANTI-NPP & PRO-NDC.
ATUGUBA: You are overruled; we are going for recession.
ADDISON: My Lord, for how long.
ATUGUBA: You are overruled.
ADDISON: My Lord, I say you are ANTI-NDC and PRO-NPP.
ATUGUBA: You are overruled...
Yaw Buor 10 years ago

Ha! ha!
The supreme court judges need a bit of light-hearted comedy to get them through Tastu's boring diatribe.

Ha! ha!
The supreme court judges need a bit of light-hearted comedy to get them through Tastu's boring diatribe.
OYOKOBA 10 years ago

Today, 50 years after that powerful and inspirational speech, we have become exactly what he predicted and cautioned us against.

The new master on the block is China, to the extent that Chinese migrant workers are digging a ...
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Today, 50 years after that powerful and inspirational speech, we have become exactly what he predicted and cautioned us against.

The new master on the block is China, to the extent that Chinese migrant workers are digging and desecrating our lands in pursuit of gold.

Perhaps Africa cannot be united. The opportunity passed very early on. Today we have entrenched positions and worst of all very corrupt politicians and public servants who have done more harm to us than the colonialists ever were. Kwame, here is your stone. You told us so!!
WEAR 10 years ago

Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 - 27 April 1972) was the first President of the first free nation in Africa, and a founding father of the Pan-Africanist movement.

His dream was to turn Ghana into a modern industrial utopi ...
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Kwame Nkrumah (21 September 1909 - 27 April 1972) was the first President of the first free nation in Africa, and a founding father of the Pan-Africanist movement.

His dream was to turn Ghana into a modern industrial utopia - a society shaped by the power of science that would serve as a model for the rest of the African continent. At the heart of his plan was the Volta Dam, a Hydro-electric power plant that would provide Ghana with all the cheap power that it would need to initiate an industrial revolution. He completed the building of the Dam commisioned on 22nd january 1966, less than a year on 24th February 1866, was overthrown by military coup supported by the criminals of U.P helped by the Imperialist. The Dam worked well, but the Western Industialist fail to materialized it.
GOLD COAST 10 years ago

Visionaries and leaders with imagination and selflessness don't come so often. Osagyefo Dr.Kwame Nkrumah still stands tall among all African leaders - dead or alive.His peers in Asia,Tunku Abdul Rahman of Malaysia and Lee Kua ...
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Visionaries and leaders with imagination and selflessness don't come so often. Osagyefo Dr.Kwame Nkrumah still stands tall among all African leaders - dead or alive.His peers in Asia,Tunku Abdul Rahman of Malaysia and Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore - all set out on the same trajectory for development.All faced violent opposition from neo-colonial agents and terrorists in their respective countries,and ALL passed PREVENTIVE DETENTION LAWS to deal with the terrorists and terrorism.Infact,both and Singapore and Malaysia still retain those laws though Malaysia fine-tuned them recently.And even today,the U.S and Britain have some of the harshest Detention Laws on earth(the USA PATRIOT ACT AND THE BRITISH "PREVENTION OF TERRORISM ACT").So let the NPP matemehofuor go mess with Uncle Sam and John Bull.

The greatest visionary leader in Africa is once again challenging African leaders to pull out his road map to economic and political independence for the continent,and to follow China's model which has lifted 300million people from abject poverty to lower middle class status in thirty years - a feat no nation on Earth has ever accomplished or come close to doing that.If China with a population of 1.3billion people has done it, Africa(population 1.03billion)can also achieve the same success with excellent leadership.

LONG LIVE KWAME NKRUMAH !

PEACE
Neither NDC Nor NPP 10 years ago

Thanks for your inspiring words and perspective that also bring much nostalgia. You have given perfect expression to the sentiments of the majority of us who had the privilege of history to witness a few years of the Osagyefo ...
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Thanks for your inspiring words and perspective that also bring much nostalgia. You have given perfect expression to the sentiments of the majority of us who had the privilege of history to witness a few years of the Osagyefo's reign as children.

We have the responsibility to resist nation-wreckers of all stripes and their wicked, evil, selfish schemes. We have the responsibility also of imparting the values that defined the Osagyefo to our children. We owe it to ourselves to inspire and prepare these new generations to carry forth boldly the vision of the Osagyefo, as adapted to today's realities.

The struggle continues! Victory is certain!!
kwasi Britwum 10 years ago

What an eloquent speech!!! All African leaders including Ghanaian greedy and corrupt leaders must take this great speech as their Holy Bible and Holy Koran. African leaders are useless,toothless and corrupt. Long live Osagyef ...
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What an eloquent speech!!! All African leaders including Ghanaian greedy and corrupt leaders must take this great speech as their Holy Bible and Holy Koran. African leaders are useless,toothless and corrupt. Long live Osagyefo and God bless Africa.
insight to the bone 10 years ago

no matter how eloquent he was the fact remains he spent in a couple of years the money the fantis and british put together for ghana . he stole all the ideas and claimed them as his own . he put a debt on ghana that up till t ...
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no matter how eloquent he was the fact remains he spent in a couple of years the money the fantis and british put together for ghana . he stole all the ideas and claimed them as his own . he put a debt on ghana that up till today no president since then has had the ability to say he wasnt burdened by it. he put politics into national development in such a way that none of his projects are today sustainable whether from the macro economical perspective or the simple management . his ego destroyed the future of ghana that too hundreds of years to plan . how would you feel if your father leaves you a debt that even your children can not pay?
william 10 years ago

Interesting; the historical and visionary speech takes care of misguided thinking like yours!Why will we not be moving slowing!!!!

Interesting; the historical and visionary speech takes care of misguided thinking like yours!Why will we not be moving slowing!!!!
Vodoo Xebieso 10 years ago

Narrow reasoning. What about the visible projects he executed?

Narrow reasoning. What about the visible projects he executed?
Paul Amuna 10 years ago

You are one of the bigoted idiots who have nothing to contribute to this forum except your own brand of garbage and this is one of such rubbish you are spewing out. I wonder if you are so brainwashed you cannot see beyond you ...
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You are one of the bigoted idiots who have nothing to contribute to this forum except your own brand of garbage and this is one of such rubbish you are spewing out. I wonder if you are so brainwashed you cannot see beyond your nose, plain stupid, ignorant and arrogant or a combination. Stop posting your stupid and unwanted comments on the forum!
Kojo Opoku-London 10 years ago

YOU ARE MAD. SO YOU NEVER SEE ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT DR NKRUMAH. DID HE BUILD A HOUSE FOR HIMSELF? HE FOUGFHT TIRELESSLY FOR GHANA AND AFRICA. EUROPE NOW COPIED ALL THAT HE SAID. THIS WAS IN 1963. CANT YOU SEE HOW VISIONARY HE W ...
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YOU ARE MAD. SO YOU NEVER SEE ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT DR NKRUMAH. DID HE BUILD A HOUSE FOR HIMSELF? HE FOUGFHT TIRELESSLY FOR GHANA AND AFRICA. EUROPE NOW COPIED ALL THAT HE SAID. THIS WAS IN 1963. CANT YOU SEE HOW VISIONARY HE WAS. AFRICA UNITE-BOB MARLEY SAID IT-WE WILL FAIL AND WE HAVE FAILED. HOW DARE YOU SAY WHAT YOU SAID- EWE KOTOKA WAS USED BY THE USA-CIA TO OVERTHROW HIM. WHERE ARE WE NOW AFTER OVERTHROWING HIM? 40 YEARS OF NO WATER, NO LIGHTS, MALARIA, MOSQUITOES. FLIES ON OUR FOOD, NO JOBS, NO FUTURE DIRECTION
bewise 10 years ago

who told u that, your ancestors hated him because he did not allowed them to steal the country's money as they are doing today. Tell us, who are the youth of today, looking up to. None, beacuase today's politician are money h ...
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who told u that, your ancestors hated him because he did not allowed them to steal the country's money as they are doing today. Tell us, who are the youth of today, looking up to. None, beacuase today's politician are money hungry and women chasers. They have no vision for their people, the country and Africa. grow out of your hatered for those who think positive for Ghana
insight to the bone 10 years ago

was nkrumah not a womanizer ? check Jackie Kennedy's memoirs . of all the leaders in that era who embarked on national development its only nkrumah who succeeded in imposing non sustainable projects and total failures today . ...
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was nkrumah not a womanizer ? check Jackie Kennedy's memoirs . of all the leaders in that era who embarked on national development its only nkrumah who succeeded in imposing non sustainable projects and total failures today . in fact we have no industry . he so radicalized the political scene then that even today we are burdened with idiots in all parties , no wisdom and integrity. if he was so good then how come no tribe or section of society waged a war to bring him back ?
bewise 10 years ago

Even if he was, He did accomplished a lot for the country and if the leaders who came after him, had a vision, the country will be enjoying the fruits of their labour but rather, they were money hungry, tribalistic, womanizer ...
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Even if he was, He did accomplished a lot for the country and if the leaders who came after him, had a vision, the country will be enjoying the fruits of their labour but rather, they were money hungry, tribalistic, womanizers, full of hatered.they will even destroy good plans for the country because they did not initiate them. A blackman is full of hate that, he will not implement any good plans to help his fellow man, because it came from someone he or she does not like
ELINAM 10 years ago

How on earth only one person could profoundly understood all the dynamics of how we could do it but woefully failed simply because others could not free themselves from the breast of their masters due to their own ignorance?

How on earth only one person could profoundly understood all the dynamics of how we could do it but woefully failed simply because others could not free themselves from the breast of their masters due to their own ignorance?
Kojo T 10 years ago

You are a wise person. Surely tears run down my cheeks . " Surely here was a man when comes such another'?

You are a wise person. Surely tears run down my cheeks . " Surely here was a man when comes such another'?
Paul Amuna 10 years ago

It is such a great pity that fellow Africans could not even see the sincerity in him, and his passion for the continent and all its peoples from the Northern deserts to Southern ~Africa. What a great mind and makes you proud ...
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It is such a great pity that fellow Africans could not even see the sincerity in him, and his passion for the continent and all its peoples from the Northern deserts to Southern ~Africa. What a great mind and makes you proud to be African and Ghanaian.
Paul Amuna 10 years ago

It is such a great pity that fellow Africans could not even see the sincerity in him, and his passion for the continent and all its peoples from the Northern deserts to Southern ~Africa. What a great mind and makes you proud ...
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It is such a great pity that fellow Africans could not even see the sincerity in him, and his passion for the continent and all its peoples from the Northern deserts to Southern ~Africa. What a great mind and makes you proud to be African and Ghanaian.
Afrikatu Kofi 10 years ago

OF COURSE I CARE, you ignorant,self hating Afrikan who enjoys been treated as baby spoon fed by his colonial masters everytime.Just grow up a little this is 2013 and stop been a slave.Follow the works and ideals of THE OSAGYE ...
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OF COURSE I CARE, you ignorant,self hating Afrikan who enjoys been treated as baby spoon fed by his colonial masters everytime.Just grow up a little this is 2013 and stop been a slave.Follow the works and ideals of THE OSAGYEFO and have some PRIDE and DIGNITY as Afrikan and get some life.
Dr Robert K Glah 10 years ago

The African unity structures of the Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah are relevant for the development of Africa. The message was clear.

Every sentence and paragraph of the Blue Print must be studied by all Africans and non-Africa ...
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The African unity structures of the Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah are relevant for the development of Africa. The message was clear.

Every sentence and paragraph of the Blue Print must be studied by all Africans and non-Africans worldwide in order to get its relevance and prompt implementation.

Misunderstanding is the cause of poverty in Africa and the world.

This is the Blue Print which can help us to develop Africa and to overcome ignorance, poverty, and disease in Africa.
Nana Ansah 10 years ago

The OAU was the brain child of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. In fact Nkrumah was the protagonist of the idea of the erstwhile OAU now AU. So like any architect he masterminded the master plan for its execution but that was sh ...
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The OAU was the brain child of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. In fact Nkrumah was the protagonist of the idea of the erstwhile OAU now AU. So like any architect he masterminded the master plan for its execution but that was short circuited by his antagonist who were stooges of the imperialist both internally Ghanaians and Africans and externally foreign powers who wanted to keep the status quo by exploiting Africa’s wealth and leaving us underdeveloped. So in a sense we are our own enemies by collabrating with those whose interest is to Keep us down. It is an irony that Kwame Nkrumah was loathed whilst alive but loved after his demise. What a shame!

In the inaugural ceremony speech in Addis Abeba in 1963 Kwame Nkrumah made his case and presented his blue print moving forward. The road map to Africa’s redemption is still there for posterity to share and implement. For Nkrumah had a simple believe and credo which is forward ever; backward never. We need enlightenment and that can come about through EDUCATION; EDUCATION; EDUCATION.

“The resources are there. It is for us to marshal them in the active service of our people. Unless we do this by our concerted efforts, within the framework of our combined planning, we shall not progress at the tempo demanded by today’s events and the mood of our people. The symptoms of our troubles will grow, and the troubles themselves become chronic. It will then be too late even for Pan-African Unity to secure for us stability and tranquility in our labours for a continent of social justice and material well-being. Unless we establish African Unity now, we who are sitting here today shall tomorrow be the victims and martyrs of neo-colonialism” Kwame Nkrumah

The paradox of Africa is quite clear. The African continent possess 56 percent of the total wealth of the world and yet this great continent is plagued with illiteracy, disease, poverty and all the negative things that goes to feed or become fodder for western press. The shackles which has been keeping Africa backward financially, economically; industrially and above all to defeat poverty would have been a thing of the past if Africans had heeded to the evolutional revolution that was propagated by Kwame Nkrumah. The architect is no more but his genial master plan or blue print is still available waiting to be implemented. All that the present crop of African leaders have to do is to put their egos behind them and become governors of their various countries by allowing the formation of a true African Union with Finance, defense and foreign policy being executed from Addis Abeba the capital of Africa.

The vision and mission of Kwame Nkrumah are well documented in his books and are a real testimony which best manifest his ideas and ideals. The AXIOMS of Kwame Nkrumah are true today as it were 50 years ago. The ingenuity of and practicality of the greatest son of Africa has been meticulously scripted in his books. No African leader has been able to do such a great work not by raising only questions but by also providing the solutions to our woes. Kwame Nkrumah the Mahogany tree cut short by the coup d'etat in 1966 still stands tall head and shoulders above all his antagonist. Kwame Nkrumah is a true genius and indeed never dies.

Long live mother Africa. AFRICA MUST UNITE
Nana Ansah 10 years ago

"Africa, Unite, Africa, Unite
Unite for the benefit of your people
Unite for it's later than you think"

Bob Nestor Marley

The self-fulfilling prophecy of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah has come to past. How sad we did n ...
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"Africa, Unite, Africa, Unite
Unite for the benefit of your people
Unite for it's later than you think"

Bob Nestor Marley

The self-fulfilling prophecy of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah has come to past. How sad we did not listen to the lone wolf. Now it is up to us to make African Union a reality or break like a pipe dream. MAKE OR BREAK the choice is ours. But failure is not an option so we have to make, create and innovate for the sake of our People in Africa. The alternative which is break will lead to disaster of untold proportions. Africa Awake. Africa Unite.
WEAR 10 years ago

In one of his (Osagyefo) speeches, he said,, Africa nust Unite, there´s no time to wait. Either we Unite or perish.. and the Africa hasn´t United we are perishing..

In one of his (Osagyefo) speeches, he said,, Africa nust Unite, there´s no time to wait. Either we Unite or perish.. and the Africa hasn´t United we are perishing..
Paul Amuna 10 years ago

OGA, I doubt if you read the whole speech. It is original, from the heart, visionary and based on facts and statistics. Or perhaps you were reading something different.

It is such a shame that African leaders did not allow ...
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OGA, I doubt if you read the whole speech. It is original, from the heart, visionary and based on facts and statistics. Or perhaps you were reading something different.

It is such a shame that African leaders did not allow him to lead them and Ghanaians allowed our neocolonialist detractors to mislead and set us back with the help of their unsuspecting local counterparts.
Kojo Opoku-London 10 years ago

ARE YOU MAD-EUROPE COPIED EVERY THING HE SAID IN 1963_ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND

ARE YOU MAD-EUROPE COPIED EVERY THING HE SAID IN 1963_ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND
JOJO 10 years ago

Would have been the first U.S.A.
So the world shuddered and WE, most especially our subsequent leaders, and the ashanti/akyem mafia allowed us to be divided as they are doing now.
Brings tears to my eyes.

Would have been the first U.S.A.
So the world shuddered and WE, most especially our subsequent leaders, and the ashanti/akyem mafia allowed us to be divided as they are doing now.
Brings tears to my eyes.
Conventional Youth. 10 years ago

Wahala

Wahala
the truth 10 years ago

to think that these were ideas of 50 years ago!!! another example of how far ahead of his time he was! mahama should have just read this at the conference.

to think that these were ideas of 50 years ago!!! another example of how far ahead of his time he was! mahama should have just read this at the conference.
VOICE FROM THE EAST 10 years ago

Now who can justify the overthrow of Nkrumah,The bomb throwings and the attempts to kill him.Look at the ideas he presented 5O God damn years ago. Shame on All Ghanians who had a hand is the overthrow of Nkrumah,Shame on all ...
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Now who can justify the overthrow of Nkrumah,The bomb throwings and the attempts to kill him.Look at the ideas he presented 5O God damn years ago. Shame on All Ghanians who had a hand is the overthrow of Nkrumah,Shame on all UP tradition people who only talked against and tried hard to destroy Nkrumah legacies.NKRUMAH NEVER DIES.You can kill a man but you can't kill a legend.
ELINAM 10 years ago

Can the Danquah group please stand up and claim this can not be true that we can only achieve our true freedom through their imperial friends?
Only a morally bankrupted, lazy and brain dead person can wait for some else to c ...
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Can the Danquah group please stand up and claim this can not be true that we can only achieve our true freedom through their imperial friends?
Only a morally bankrupted, lazy and brain dead person can wait for some else to come fetch him water when surrounded by water.
WEAR 10 years ago

Of course, you´re right, my friend. Every single infastructure he intend instituting in Ghana is being criticized by the U.P members, the opponet whom Nkrumah had defeated in the election, the planning of building Akosombo D ...
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Of course, you´re right, my friend. Every single infastructure he intend instituting in Ghana is being criticized by the U.P members, the opponet whom Nkrumah had defeated in the election, the planning of building Akosombo Dam is a dangerous trap, just another pysho in the British exploitation in the country.
In 1953, Nkrumah´s opponent forced him to debate about the Akosombo Dam in parliament. In the series of debate the opposition M.P´s warned that Nkrumah was dangering and slaving the country in a powerful interest beyond his control.
And I am saying it now that 1966 coup has undoubtedly destroyed the complete image of beautiful country Ghana.
princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

The husband leans over and asks his wife, "Do you remember the first time we had sex together over sixty years ago? We went behind the village tavern where you leaned against the back fence and I made love to you."

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The husband leans over and asks his wife, "Do you remember the first time we had sex together over sixty years ago? We went behind the village tavern where you leaned against the back fence and I made love to you."

"Yes", she says, "I remember it well." "OK," he says, "How about taking a stroll around there again and we can do it for old time's sake?" "Oh Jim, you old devil, that sounds like a crazy, but good idea!"

A police officer sitting in the next booth heard their conversation and, having a chuckle, he thinks to himself, "I've got to see these two old-timers having sex against a fence. I'll just keep an eye on them so there's no trouble." So he follows them.

The elderly couple walks haltingly along, leaning on each other for support aided by walking sticks. Finally, they get to the back of the tavern and make their way to the fence.

The old lady lifts her skirt and the old man drops his trousers. As she leans against the fence, the old man moves in. Then suddenly they erupt into the most furious sex that the policeman has ever seen. This goes on for about ten minutes while both are making loud noises and moaning and screaming. Finally, they both collapse, panting on the ground.
The policeman is amazed. He thinks he has learned something about life and old age that he didn't know.

After about half an hour of lying on the ground recovering, the old couple struggle to their feet and put their clothes back on. The policeman, is still watching and thinks to himself, this is truly amazing, I've got to ask them what their secret is.

So, as the couple passes, he says to them, "Excuse me, but that was something else. You must've had a fantastic sex life together. Is there some sort of secret to this?" Shaking, the old man is barely able to reply, "Sixty years ago that wasn't an electric fence."

THE ELECTRIC FENCE DID NOT STOP THE MAN AND THE ELECTRIC FENCE DID NOT STOP KWAME NKRUMAH FROM MOVING FORWARD.
AKASI MARTHA NZEMA 10 years ago

KWAME NKRUMAH THE GHANA/AFRICA MAN, THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS SPEAKING THROUGH HIM THAT TIME. SOME OF YOUR OWN PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW HIM THAT GOD SENT HIM TO AFRICA AS SECOND MOSES. AFRICAN LEADERS NEVER TO LATE TO FOLLOW HIS IDEAS. ...
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KWAME NKRUMAH THE GHANA/AFRICA MAN, THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS SPEAKING THROUGH HIM THAT TIME. SOME OF YOUR OWN PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW HIM THAT GOD SENT HIM TO AFRICA AS SECOND MOSES. AFRICAN LEADERS NEVER TO LATE TO FOLLOW HIS IDEAS. (SONLA WU A OTEFELEMA EGBOLO.) THE DEAD MAN'S TONGUE NEVER ROTTEN. NKRUMAH NEVER DIES.
AKASI MARTHA NZEMA 10 years ago

(Sonla wu a otefelema egbolo.)The dead man's tongue never rotten. NKRUMAH NEVER DIES.

(Sonla wu a otefelema egbolo.)The dead man's tongue never rotten. NKRUMAH NEVER DIES.
AKASI MARTHA NZEMA 10 years ago

KWAME NKRUMAH SECOND MOSES OF THE WORLD. MAY THE HOLY SPIRIT HELP AFRICANS LEADERS AS SHE/HE HELPED JESUS.

KWAME NKRUMAH SECOND MOSES OF THE WORLD. MAY THE HOLY SPIRIT HELP AFRICANS LEADERS AS SHE/HE HELPED JESUS.
JAMES Y 10 years ago

Akasi Martha, (Ole nohale; Nkrumah edweke ne mo ohanle la ominli) Everything Kwame Nkrumah had said in his life time will remain useful forever. Nkrumah was Ghana and Ghana is Nkrumah; the two are mutually inclusive - no one ...
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Akasi Martha, (Ole nohale; Nkrumah edweke ne mo ohanle la ominli) Everything Kwame Nkrumah had said in his life time will remain useful forever. Nkrumah was Ghana and Ghana is Nkrumah; the two are mutually inclusive - no one can separate them; not even those who have been trying to rewrite history differently. NKRUMAH, SURELY, NEVER DIES!
Yaw Buor 10 years ago

I could find no sense in this tale. What's the link between the sex and the electric fence?

I could find no sense in this tale. What's the link between the sex and the electric fence?
Boss 10 years ago

So after he said all these, what happened next? Where are we now and why are we still here? Why do our leaders only go and remember this speech every year in Addis and hardly every decide to implement his recommendations?

So after he said all these, what happened next? Where are we now and why are we still here? Why do our leaders only go and remember this speech every year in Addis and hardly every decide to implement his recommendations?
Danjuma 10 years ago

We are where we are now because your stupid and greedy bastard fathers collaborated with the CIA to overthrow him to set the clock back ok. Wise up and stop being fool.

We are where we are now because your stupid and greedy bastard fathers collaborated with the CIA to overthrow him to set the clock back ok. Wise up and stop being fool.
BOY KOFI 10 years ago

We must unite to survive because that's the only reasonable thing to do.At least we must start from uniting into Regional Blocks before the Continental one.For example ECOWAS should be proactive in doing business together and ...
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We must unite to survive because that's the only reasonable thing to do.At least we must start from uniting into Regional Blocks before the Continental one.For example ECOWAS should be proactive in doing business together and planning together for Security,Stability and Development.I have always said Ghana,Ivory Coast,Senegal and Nigeria must have regular meetings to help develop West Africa.Nkrumah's Ghana- Guinea- Mali triangle was based on ideology but not on economic structure.Ghana- Ivory Coast- Senegal- Nigeria could be a foundation for the Economic growth of West African States.Thank you.
ELINAM 10 years ago

The french dick is still in the mouth of these west African fracophones. they profit from them.
Ask yourself why Portugal,Spain, Italy and Greece suffering badly lately, the answer is they have no African nation to leach on. ...
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The french dick is still in the mouth of these west African fracophones. they profit from them.
Ask yourself why Portugal,Spain, Italy and Greece suffering badly lately, the answer is they have no African nation to leach on. Angola has to bail out Portugal with hard money few months ago, and more of Portuguese youths are now rushing to Angola to hustle.
We need to close ranks and do the right thing no matter what you and I freaking tribes are.
BIssy 10 years ago

Indeed Kwame Nkrumah, you are the greatest and selfless leader Africa has ever had or known. Your saying that Nkrumah never dies is a reality today. The Africa Union has your Monument placed at its entrance at its headquarter ...
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Indeed Kwame Nkrumah, you are the greatest and selfless leader Africa has ever had or known. Your saying that Nkrumah never dies is a reality today. The Africa Union has your Monument placed at its entrance at its headquarters in Ethiopia. You were a real Prophet who saw what was really ahead of the African race. Posterity will always remember you forever and ever. You are dead but a life today as a testimony of all your selfless deeds during the struggle for independence of our African brothers and sisters. Dua Kwame Nkrumah nie amani hyu. May your soul rest in perfect peace!
ELINAM 10 years ago

Thanks for seeing the truth, and have faith and teach your kids and it shall come to pass as we trample over pure evil.
Please take time to research the secrets behind your skin color, MELANIN on you tube and google.

Thanks for seeing the truth, and have faith and teach your kids and it shall come to pass as we trample over pure evil.
Please take time to research the secrets behind your skin color, MELANIN on you tube and google.
KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON 10 years ago

Osagyefo was the political Moses of Africa.He was ordained by God to redeem the continent of Africa and its people from the slavery and bondage that they were under.A bondage and slavery imposed by the Western world through c ...
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Osagyefo was the political Moses of Africa.He was ordained by God to redeem the continent of Africa and its people from the slavery and bondage that they were under.A bondage and slavery imposed by the Western world through colonialism.A bondage which resulted in the unbridled and the unashamed exploitation of the resources of Africa and the labour of its people. Kwame's work was cut short by the imperialists and their collaborators in Ghana.Like Moses he did not see the end of his mission but his vision and ideas will continue to be the building blocks on which the AU will achieve its goals for Africa.Yes,Osagyefo never dies!!.It is always forward ever,backward never.AFRICA MUST UNITE!!!
dadiebatakari 10 years ago

Africans believe in democracy and not
dictatorship, politcal detention and
secret killings and idol worship.

Africans believe in democracy and not
dictatorship, politcal detention and
secret killings and idol worship.
OBIBINI 10 years ago

What type of democracy are you referring to here?Western democracy,or what?It is the so-called western democracies which preach free speech speech,human rights etc which have supported and sustained dictators in Africa.The w ...
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What type of democracy are you referring to here?Western democracy,or what?It is the so-called western democracies which preach free speech speech,human rights etc which have supported and sustained dictators in Africa.The western political system is not suitable for all nations and societies.
Repugnant. 10 years ago

What is free speech to a moron or a sub standard being? You are a senseless 'dadiebatakari' assuming that is even possible. Let me be clear, some will always have more wisdom than others. The impulse of being objective consci ...
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What is free speech to a moron or a sub standard being? You are a senseless 'dadiebatakari' assuming that is even possible. Let me be clear, some will always have more wisdom than others. The impulse of being objective conscience existed in Nkrumah. Through the ability of conscious direction of the functioning of his own psyche and vision, how many of his kind do you see around? if that is dictatorial continue imagining yourself saved by democracy sheepishly!
ELINAM 10 years ago

Go against the CIA and KGB and see where your ass would be. The USA preaches democracy and "we" love it for that but has over two millions in jails and execute murderers every year for the "good" of their people.
Simple ...
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Go against the CIA and KGB and see where your ass would be. The USA preaches democracy and "we" love it for that but has over two millions in jails and execute murderers every year for the "good" of their people.
Simple jailing of Ghanaian criminal politicians we can not do it and see what's on the ground now as we speak.
There's no christmas party running a country cos since time immemorial, other nations will want to take your shit and you have to do every thing to protect it including punishing anyone who violet the rules as you will do in your own household.
I hope you have some security and some laid down rules in your house that you are ready to punish even your wife or kids if they go contrary to it.
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

Npp akans tribal party is the down fall of Ghana and Africa as whole.

Npp akans tribal party is the down fall of Ghana and Africa as whole.
Shamu 10 years ago

A re we stll like old days? It is not his speach, it is his vision. When we talk of vision, it has to be in reallity. At tihs tim in point, is already too late for those stupid and hopeless African leaders. Moving forward sta ...
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A re we stll like old days? It is not his speach, it is his vision. When we talk of vision, it has to be in reallity. At tihs tim in point, is already too late for those stupid and hopeless African leaders. Moving forward start no longer than from 5 years. They change the name, what sense has it make. Is not about changing names, is about seeing structural and real development in real terms.
Yaw Buor 10 years ago

50 years on, we're farther from the African unity Nkrumah wished than ever before.
In another 50 years, more countries will be in Africa than at present - northern Niger, possibly northern Nigeria, etc. Instead of a single, ...
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50 years on, we're farther from the African unity Nkrumah wished than ever before.
In another 50 years, more countries will be in Africa than at present - northern Niger, possibly northern Nigeria, etc. Instead of a single, united Africa, there will be close to 60 different countries on the continent from the present 54. Just mark it.
Kwesi Mends, Takoradi 10 years ago

Great prediction.

Great prediction.
Kwesi Mends, Takoradi 10 years ago

Our poor traders can't even travel within West Africa without facing harassment.

The French coming back to fight in Ivory Coast, Mali, Libya, etc when and AU force could have been used to restore peace and order.

Congo ...
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Our poor traders can't even travel within West Africa without facing harassment.

The French coming back to fight in Ivory Coast, Mali, Libya, etc when and AU force could have been used to restore peace and order.

Congo is still burning. Somalia in turmoil. Liberia and Sierra Leone are still nursing the wounds of war. Libya is limping. Nigeria can't stop Boko Harem alone. Rwandans massacring each other. Famine in Chad, Sudan, Mauritania etc.

If Ghanaian leaders believe it's safe to be surrounded with countries in such turmoil and economic despair then this is an erroneous belief. Our leaders must at least work hard to develop a more integrated Ecowas.
ManBelhomme 10 years ago

What can we say or do!
Answer: TO BURY OUR HEADS IN OUR HANDS AND WEEP until we can't weep (no more) any more,IN SHAME FOREVER"
Some have said that the Man lived and proposed things well ahead of his time."Tomorrow never c ...
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What can we say or do!
Answer: TO BURY OUR HEADS IN OUR HANDS AND WEEP until we can't weep (no more) any more,IN SHAME FOREVER"
Some have said that the Man lived and proposed things well ahead of his time."Tomorrow never comes"
"In the middle of the river the fool thirsts indeed! I think The continent, like the christian, should wait for the second coming of Christ, in this case, "Kwame Nkrumah". Please, I am in no way comparing my Lord and saviour to Nkrumah.
Hmm, Africa Africa spinning hopelessly in the sphere with no aim in sight.
KYIKYIBI 10 years ago

OH ELOHIM GOD PLEASE CHANGE MIND OF AFRICAN PEOPLE COS WE ARE STILL SLEEPING. PEOPLE DON'T HOW WE CAN MAKE AFRICA A BETTER PLACE. GOD BLESS NKRUMAH VISION

OH ELOHIM GOD PLEASE CHANGE MIND OF AFRICAN PEOPLE COS WE ARE STILL SLEEPING. PEOPLE DON'T HOW WE CAN MAKE AFRICA A BETTER PLACE. GOD BLESS NKRUMAH VISION
Pelicles 10 years ago

The man knows how to speak to fool his audience. Tweaa. Did he tolerate the opposition in his nation? No. Those who claimed that the opposition were trying to kill him have no shred of evidence to support their allegation. ...
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The man knows how to speak to fool his audience. Tweaa. Did he tolerate the opposition in his nation? No. Those who claimed that the opposition were trying to kill him have no shred of evidence to support their allegation. The first man who attempted Nkrumah's life was Ametepe and who was he?

Nkrumah should have used the skills he had to develop his nation to the envy of all. You do not go out trying to unite a continent at that time when some nations are a too raw to understand what is ahead of them. It would have been impossible for him and he knew it that he was fighting a losing battle because there is no way for the Western powers to relinquish their hold on the continent at that time.

How long did we fight the British before they let go their hold on us and why was he thinking that those European powers will just fold their mats and leave? Never. Even today, with our so-called independent, we still go to them like a child before his father.

Nobody is against African Unity but the question is, do we have the "will" to foster such a movement by uniting an entire continent?

Look at Ghana. There are some tribe that will support a monkey than supporting a human from the other side and the reason is best known to them. Now, if such a mentality can exist in Ghana, why do we think it will be convenient to unite a continent which harbor some knuckleheads like that?

Ghana, as we speak, is polarized and the reason is best known to us how then can a huge continent like Africa, can be united under a single leadership? Hogwash.
ELINAM 10 years ago

Well, Ametefhe do not need to be an Akan from Akyem to be an opposition to Nkrumah just as Gbedema and kotoka.
The main enemies were on round looking for weak hearted men and they got them and some.

Well, Ametefhe do not need to be an Akan from Akyem to be an opposition to Nkrumah just as Gbedema and kotoka.
The main enemies were on round looking for weak hearted men and they got them and some.
ELINAM 10 years ago

But 2 billion Chinese did it with varying ethnic groups WHAT MAKES THEM HUMAN THAN US?.Do not lose hope b4 the fight. That cold feet belongs to the cowards, AND PLEASE I DO NOT MEAN YOU.
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But 2 billion Chinese did it with varying ethnic groups WHAT MAKES THEM HUMAN THAN US?.Do not lose hope b4 the fight. That cold feet belongs to the cowards, AND PLEASE I DO NOT MEAN YOU.
Greed is our biggest enemy. And education, and I mean a relevant education of who we really are as people and why others do not want us to be free. Only with those knowledge will ever prepare us to vote right for humans and not for monkeys.
Vodoo Xebieso 10 years ago

Yes, Ametepe was an Ewe alright and not from your stock. May I ask you who was Major Benjamin Ahwaitey and why was he court-martialed? Oblige me an answer, please.

Yes, Ametepe was an Ewe alright and not from your stock. May I ask you who was Major Benjamin Ahwaitey and why was he court-martialed? Oblige me an answer, please.
NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 10 years ago

NKRUMAH WAS 100 OR MORE AHEAD OF THE REST OF AFRICA. HIS VISION WAS FUTURISTIC AND BEYOND UNDERSTANDING BY HIS PEERS. TI WILL TAKE ANOTHER 50 YEARS BEFORE AFRICA GETS TO WHERE NKRUMAH WOULD HAVE TAKEN AFRICA IN JUST 5 YEARS H ...
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NKRUMAH WAS 100 OR MORE AHEAD OF THE REST OF AFRICA. HIS VISION WAS FUTURISTIC AND BEYOND UNDERSTANDING BY HIS PEERS. TI WILL TAKE ANOTHER 50 YEARS BEFORE AFRICA GETS TO WHERE NKRUMAH WOULD HAVE TAKEN AFRICA IN JUST 5 YEARS HAD HE NOT BEEN OVERTHROWN BY DANQUAHBUSIA-NPP/KUFUOR CIA GHANA-WRECKERS.
NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 10 years ago

I AM PROUD TO BE BORN IN THE SAME COUNTRY AS NKRUMAH. GHANA IS BLESSED BUT WE DON'T REALIZE THAT. IT IS A SHAME THE ASHANTI/AKYEM HATED NKRUMAH SO BADLY TO HAVE CAUSED HIS OVERTHROW.

I AM PROUD TO BE BORN IN THE SAME COUNTRY AS NKRUMAH. GHANA IS BLESSED BUT WE DON'T REALIZE THAT. IT IS A SHAME THE ASHANTI/AKYEM HATED NKRUMAH SO BADLY TO HAVE CAUSED HIS OVERTHROW.
NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 10 years ago

EUROPE STOLE NKRUMAH'S OAU IDEAS AND TURNED THEM INTO A FLOURISHING REALITY WHILE AFRICA IS STILL PANTING UNDER DISUNITY, POVERTY, AND SELFISHNESS.

EUROPE STOLE NKRUMAH'S OAU IDEAS AND TURNED THEM INTO A FLOURISHING REALITY WHILE AFRICA IS STILL PANTING UNDER DISUNITY, POVERTY, AND SELFISHNESS.
WEAR 10 years ago

Yes, you´re right after Nkrumah was overthrown, the Western jounalist came to Ghana to pick up the bones of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah´s industrial experiment.

Yes, you´re right after Nkrumah was overthrown, the Western jounalist came to Ghana to pick up the bones of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah´s industrial experiment.
Gold Coast Ba 10 years ago

Fifty years ago he lived as a lone dreamer. Today his fragmented party the CPP continue to dream..Beautiful ideas 50 years ago, but NKRUMAH was not a realist. The reality was that neither the then Soviet Union, nor the USA wa ...
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Fifty years ago he lived as a lone dreamer. Today his fragmented party the CPP continue to dream..Beautiful ideas 50 years ago, but NKRUMAH was not a realist. The reality was that neither the then Soviet Union, nor the USA wanted or would support a United Africa...Na who born dog?
PHILTY McNASTY 10 years ago

We did not try even to unite ourselves, the OAU had more military dictators than elected leaders.

We did not try even to unite ourselves, the OAU had more military dictators than elected leaders.
Alex Kojo Sammy-Paris 10 years ago

Osagyefo Dr, Ehun ntam hunii nyame no no!....babye from Ogyamanase yi nd God bless u!....

Osagyefo Dr, Ehun ntam hunii nyame no no!....babye from Ogyamanase yi nd God bless u!....
Theophilus Acquaye 10 years ago

It would be nice if everyone who reads articles on this forum is able to read and understand twi, unfortunately, even in Ghana a lot of folks cannot read twi. Hence, please in the future try and communicate with everyone. Tha ...
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It would be nice if everyone who reads articles on this forum is able to read and understand twi, unfortunately, even in Ghana a lot of folks cannot read twi. Hence, please in the future try and communicate with everyone. Thanks.
Nana Kwame UK 10 years ago

Nkrumah knew long before now that one cannot develop a country without electricity hence built Akosombo dam years before most of our present leaders were born and what do we see in the 21st century dumso dumso shame on you Af ...
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Nkrumah knew long before now that one cannot develop a country without electricity hence built Akosombo dam years before most of our present leaders were born and what do we see in the 21st century dumso dumso shame on you African Leaders all what you know is corruption siphoning from the national getty
osei yaw - london 10 years ago

The period 1940's/1950's; the entire colonised peoples on the face of Planet Earth were struggling for self-rule (independence)

- for colonised Sub-Saharan Africa, Kwame Nkrumah of English colonised model colony the Gold C ...
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The period 1940's/1950's; the entire colonised peoples on the face of Planet Earth were struggling for self-rule (independence)

- for colonised Sub-Saharan Africa, Kwame Nkrumah of English colonised model colony the Gold Coast, single handedly led the struggle; drawing bitter and dangerous enemies to himself from other colonial rulers the French, the Potugees, the Belgiums and even apartheid South Africa

- Ghana would presently be at par with say Malaysia in development, if Akyem coward (Kumasi Fort), mudererer (Apedwa) and terrorist (Kulungugu) JB Danquah had not planted destructive impediments on his his way

- today, NPP Akyem bluffer Akufo Ado is still carrying the mantle of his blood relative JB Danquah to turn Kwame Nkrumah Ghana into a failed State

- if this nitwit Akyem Akufo Ado had gone through any meaningful Law studies to know about legal concepts of Organs of State and Separation of Powers, he wouldn't label the entire Ghana voters as fraudsters; to go on to damn the declaration of the Electoral commissioner; and to go to the Supreme Court, hoping to get drunken Judges to tell him to replace Mahama

- NPP or no NPP, Ewes, Gas, Fantis, Asantes and Northerners don't want to know this, a bit of an idiot, Akyem Akufo Ado; he can go on thinking the Moon is made of Cheese; for, he will never ever be installed President of Kwame Nkrumah Ghana

Osei Wusu-Khanin/osei yaw - london
LGK Ocloo 10 years ago

No other African ruler ever since. The few who tried were murdered and brutalised by their own people with bribery from the arrogant and interfeering powers. It would happen even if it takes 100 years.

No other African ruler ever since. The few who tried were murdered and brutalised by their own people with bribery from the arrogant and interfeering powers. It would happen even if it takes 100 years.
tonn 10 years ago

you people are stupid, still following the idiot kwame nkrumah.any fool could have done what he did for ghana. with the vast resources and millions of pound sterlling left to him by the british,what did he do NOTHING ,NOTHING ...
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you people are stupid, still following the idiot kwame nkrumah.any fool could have done what he did for ghana. with the vast resources and millions of pound sterlling left to him by the british,what did he do NOTHING ,NOTHING and NOTHING.South Korea had nohting during that time,look at where they are now.give me break he would never come back to torment us.forget corruption and plan for better ghana let nkrumah soul rest at where ever he is.poor kwame.
ELINAM 10 years ago

People who are against the US and her national interests are either killed or in jail. Ghana or AFRICA will surely reach there and God knows it, so if you do not teach your kids right to work for Ghana or Africa's interests ...
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People who are against the US and her national interests are either killed or in jail. Ghana or AFRICA will surely reach there and God knows it, so if you do not teach your kids right to work for Ghana or Africa's interests as it will be required of them and think they can go against it , they gonna be the ones in jail. They say mangos don't fall far from their trees. They way you think now is what your kids will be thinking in the future and a new political paradigm won't favor saboteurs and traitors. You may have rights to your opinions but if they're not mainstream with what Africa thinks is her best interests after all the humiliation and poverty it suffered, your opinions will be on the fringe of things and could get you or your kids in jail.
There're people in the US today who do not believe in paying taxes and other stuffs but sooner or latter the law catches up with them, and Africa too will be there one day.

And for CHINA to be where they are today as an envy to even the West who vilified them and called them all kinds of name in the '70s and '80s,- as they go there now and borrow money,- a lot of saboteurs and traitors have to be killed.
It is good that Nkrumah failed but his prophesy of wretchedness and poverty that followed for not heeding his call will make it work this time around as we all had witnessed the deceits of the enemies. It may be your own son that may lead the crusade, and may even kill you or any of his brothers that stands on his way. History is full of that. and it shall come to pass .
AKASI MARTHA NZEMA 10 years ago

YES, HE GOT NKRUMAH SPIRIT IN HIM AS PRESIDENT MAHAMA. THIS IS ANNOINTING DAY FOR ALL AFRICANS.

YES, HE GOT NKRUMAH SPIRIT IN HIM AS PRESIDENT MAHAMA. THIS IS ANNOINTING DAY FOR ALL AFRICANS.
WEAR 10 years ago

Well said, now you could really see how ethnic groups and tribal hatred is making Ghana ungoverable, egal, what you do for people, will never appreciate. Of all the numerous infastructures Nkrumah built in Ghana including the ...
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Well said, now you could really see how ethnic groups and tribal hatred is making Ghana ungoverable, egal, what you do for people, will never appreciate. Of all the numerous infastructures Nkrumah built in Ghana including the Tema Township Tema Oil refinnery, Akosombo Dam, and the best roads in Ghana, because of tribal hatred some people didn´t see what he did,
AKASI MARTHA NZEMA 10 years ago

NO WONDER NKRUMAH BUILT THE NSAWAM FOR THE ENEMIES OF GHANA, LIKE TONN.

NO WONDER NKRUMAH BUILT THE NSAWAM FOR THE ENEMIES OF GHANA, LIKE TONN.
DESTINY 10 years ago

Hi Tonn
I would not have replied to your posting, however, sometimes it is necessary to set the records straight.Inter alia, you said:..."what did he do NOTHING ,NOTHING and NOTHING.South Korea had nohting during that time.. ...
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Hi Tonn
I would not have replied to your posting, however, sometimes it is necessary to set the records straight.Inter alia, you said:..."what did he do NOTHING ,NOTHING and NOTHING.South Korea had nohting during that time...". I do not agree with this.

Putting emotions and insults aside...Kwame Nkrumah put a lot of infrstructure in place; and the major structures of what you see today is what Nkrumah did. Noone else has made any major changes. I speak this to the Shame of all successive leaders (with the exception of the first two years of Gen Kutu Acheampong)

Examples of the infrastructure:
Tema Township: Planned with central sewerage. Compare to the latrines and suckaways in Accra the capital.
2. Akosombo Dam
3. Valco
4. GTP Textiles
5. Black Star Line
6. Ghana Black Stars and the feared and famous Republicans
7. Nsawam Cannery and many more.

I admit he might have been intolerant to opposition, and also perhaps more could have been done in terms of economic management.

However, the facts are clear, with all the leaders that we have had, NONE can compare in terms of development and infrastructure.

It is easy to say he did NOTHING, but there are FACTS to prove otherwise.

Regards.
WEAR 10 years ago

Destiny, you don´t have to lecture this man to waste your energy of these U.P traditions, for after all, there´s nothing good about Nkrumah you will say and they will accept it. The Bible has said it, in their words you wil ...
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Destiny, you don´t have to lecture this man to waste your energy of these U.P traditions, for after all, there´s nothing good about Nkrumah you will say and they will accept it. The Bible has said it, in their words you will surelly know them. If he doesn´t know that it was Nkrumah who built all those infastructures we have in Ghana he should rest his soul.
Kojo Opoku-London 10 years ago

You are very very ungrateful person. Did Dr Nkrumah build a house for himself? He was selfless. Remember after Ghana's independence, all the colonised African Countries came to Ghana for assistance- from Guinea to South Afric ...
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You are very very ungrateful person. Did Dr Nkrumah build a house for himself? He was selfless. Remember after Ghana's independence, all the colonised African Countries came to Ghana for assistance- from Guinea to South Africa. He educated Mugabe in Ghana. Please, you are a fool. Yes he used our resources to help other African Liberation movements but he was a BLACK AND A REAL BLACK PATRIOT LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING. HE FOUGHT FOR BLACKMAN EMANCIPATION. An idiot like you and your parents will steal our money and ran away with like. You are a disgrace. Why were all of us happy for BARACK OBAMA, KOFI ANNAN- because we blacks are the oppressed. IF STUPID PEOPLE LIKE YOU HAD NOT CONNIVED WITH THE USA-CIA-he would have realised our continental dreams. The whites used other African leaders to oppose his vision by bribing them. You saw, the whites in South Africa, bribed the Zulus to fight Nelson Mandela ANC, to bring civil war and the notion that blacks can't rule properly.
JAMES Y 10 years ago

Great speech that will last forever! Nkrumah was not only a visionary, but a practical man as well. What he dreamt of doing for Ghana, he set of doing them until he was stopped by Afrifa, Kotoka and Halley-cum-CIA coup on 24t ...
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Great speech that will last forever! Nkrumah was not only a visionary, but a practical man as well. What he dreamt of doing for Ghana, he set of doing them until he was stopped by Afrifa, Kotoka and Halley-cum-CIA coup on 24th February, 1966. Since then Ghana's progress has nosedived. Forty-seven (47) years to the day, it is still lying in the pit not able to lift itself up.
WEAR 10 years ago

And thats why we are still suffering , and He said it that Ghana will take touch light to look for me, but in most cases they willn´t find me.

And thats why we are still suffering , and He said it that Ghana will take touch light to look for me, but in most cases they willn´t find me.
Kwame Okiampa-Ahuufe 10 years ago

The so-called African show boy and leader of the rump CPP, stole my ideas for the speech that he gave. Those ideas in turn were crystalised into my being by the indisputable doyen of democracy in Africa, my very own Dr J.B. D ...
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The so-called African show boy and leader of the rump CPP, stole my ideas for the speech that he gave. Those ideas in turn were crystalised into my being by the indisputable doyen of democracy in Africa, my very own Dr J.B. Dankwa of Akyem Kyebi royalty descent.
Great speech, exhibiting great foresight; all praise should go to me as they do for the various books I have written and for the many astute journalists and English bombasts I have trained.
Hurray to me!
Whatever 10 years ago

We would forever thank GOD for the life of Nkrumah. The man is something else. He's like our fantasy coming into real life.

We would forever thank GOD for the life of Nkrumah. The man is something else. He's like our fantasy coming into real life.
Lordson J Koto 10 years ago

Only those with vision would know what we lost as Africans after reading these speech.
I surprised some people are writing about Tsatsu Tsikata here. I pray they go back to school.

Only those with vision would know what we lost as Africans after reading these speech.
I surprised some people are writing about Tsatsu Tsikata here. I pray they go back to school.
Kojo Opoku-London 10 years ago

It makes me sad to read this speech of Dr Nkrumah. He had the vision, plan and the ways and means to liberate us from poverty and shame. Look at him talking about African Currency, African Central Bank etc in 1963. What are E ...
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It makes me sad to read this speech of Dr Nkrumah. He had the vision, plan and the ways and means to liberate us from poverty and shame. Look at him talking about African Currency, African Central Bank etc in 1963. What are European Union doing now? Copying our GREAT SON MANIFESTO FOR AFRICA.
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#We will continue to suffer because BLACKS DONT LIKE OR LOVE OURSELVES. THE WHITEMAN KNOWS.
#HOW CAN KOTOKA, AFRIFA AND ANKRA CONDONE AND CONNIVE WITH USA_CIA TO OVERTHROW THE VISIONARY DR NKRUMAH.
#WHERE ARE WE NOW-TOTAL FAILURE
KPOGLI 10 years ago

he is the greatest Afrikan that ever walked on the surface of the earth
may his spirit fill and dwell in our leaders so that the vision can be attained

he is the greatest Afrikan that ever walked on the surface of the earth
may his spirit fill and dwell in our leaders so that the vision can be attained
JAMES 10 years ago

The WHITEMAN prevented him from achieving his goal and several years later turned round to form the European Union.Kwame Nkrumah lives.

The WHITEMAN prevented him from achieving his goal and several years later turned round to form the European Union.Kwame Nkrumah lives.
ananseba 10 years ago

What a Visionary. 50 years on we are still being exploited with the help, this time, of our own 'leaders' who don't appear to have a clue about what they are about (sorry, they know how to fill Swiss Bank Accounts with the lo ...
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What a Visionary. 50 years on we are still being exploited with the help, this time, of our own 'leaders' who don't appear to have a clue about what they are about (sorry, they know how to fill Swiss Bank Accounts with the loot from Public coffers). The 'oil rush' is on in Africa and all the Oil Major are leap frogging each other to grab what they can. In Ghana for instance, the split of the Jubilee Oil Field was 10.5% to Ghana and 3.5% to two Ghanaians- Owusu and Edusei ( members of the NPP-corrupt idiots).

Since Nkrumah's speech 50 years ago, Africa has fallen behind the rest of the world by another 50 years and the colonialist through huge multinationals are plundering Africa with the help of our clueless leaders. Nkrumah had vision. Name one African leader today whose vision extends beyond his pocket?
issah musah adams 10 years ago

Dr Kwame Nkrumah has given as the solution of our proplems already now is the time to say enough is enough so we can take full responsibllkity

Dr Kwame Nkrumah has given as the solution of our proplems already now is the time to say enough is enough so we can take full responsibllkity
S.Dikaini 10 years ago

No wonder his idealogy was rebaffed by the so called super powers, Nkrumah never dies.We are still sruggling to reach half way of his dream for Africa. Wake up African leaders.It can be achieved provided we eschew jealousy an ...
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No wonder his idealogy was rebaffed by the so called super powers, Nkrumah never dies.We are still sruggling to reach half way of his dream for Africa. Wake up African leaders.It can be achieved provided we eschew jealousy and accept each other as one,,,
Nii Okai 10 years ago

I am of the hope that one day this vision which is hard to achieve will one day come to pass by the help of God , who wish Africa the best.

I am of the hope that one day this vision which is hard to achieve will one day come to pass by the help of God , who wish Africa the best.
Dan Budu 10 years ago

Thanks to God that He gave Ghana and Africa a son like Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. As I read through this speech,
I discovered what a visionary Kwame was!
Oh if only Africa had listened to Kwame, the continent will have be ...
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Thanks to God that He gave Ghana and Africa a son like Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. As I read through this speech,
I discovered what a visionary Kwame was!
Oh if only Africa had listened to Kwame, the continent will have been totally different in terms of unity, development, etc.by now!
The issues raised by Kwame 50 years ago are still relevant for Africa!
Who now can champion the cause of Africa like Kwame wanted or moved his colleagues to agree with him at that time?
Travelling among Africans still choked with visas,etc!
Oh Kwame, you lived far ahead of your age - hence you were misunderstood. Your short-sighted colleagues did not see the need, the importance to buy into your vision for Africa - a continent of one people and a common destiny!
Osagyefo, well done for opening the eyes of your colleague African leaders!

Africa must unite and be able to ARISE AND SHINE!!!!

Thank you.
sam 10 years ago

I HAVE NO WORDS TO ADD - HE SAID IT ALL PERIOD.

I HAVE NO WORDS TO ADD - HE SAID IT ALL PERIOD.
Kwaw Nkrumah 10 years ago

I have read Nkrumah's inaugural OAU speech and hereby comment as follows.

This is a great speech. It is interesting to note that the fears of not having the Unity at the proposed time have come upon us, Africans. Clearly, ...
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I have read Nkrumah's inaugural OAU speech and hereby comment as follows.

This is a great speech. It is interesting to note that the fears of not having the Unity at the proposed time have come upon us, Africans. Clearly, this delay is a victory to the neo-colonialist and a shame to African leaders.

I believe the speech has not lost its relevance today and African leaders of today should use it as the blue-print to get Africa unitied as a matter of urgency. It is interesting to note Dr. Kwame Nkrumah sounded very selfless in his speech in indicating that the 'capital' of Africa should be central in location, suggesting Bangui or Leopoldville and not Accra and also calling for united Africa where we all move together and the strong controlling the weak states.

How great is the call for us not be seen as citizens of independent African states but Africans. Oh, that African leaders today will avoid the great mistake of the founding fathers of OAU mand put their shoulders to the wheel of Africa unity!. It must be noted that selfishness and deceipt by neo-colonialists played a role in the failure of the founding fathers and these still pose a threat to the unity today. However, the African leaders today must do Africa a great service by putting their own interest and flirting with neo-colonialists behind them and putting the interest of the African people first. Also, the strong states of Africa must be readily willing to a support the weak states. I have observed a truth too hard to explain and it is this "the amount of food that satisfy people when they eat together from the same bowl will not satisfy them if shared and eating individually". To this end, let the strong
States be willing to share with the weak
States from the same bowl,; the bowl of united Africa. In this way it will not be difficult for the United Africa to come into being.

If Dr. Kwame Nkrumah saw his time as the time for Africa unity then it is even more today than when it was first conceived. With today's world powers being rocked with various crisis, this is the time for Africa to liberate itself through unification. A united Africa will have the world at its mercy; African leaders must not believe the lies and deception of the so-called first-world countries as they are on their knees now through various crisis which is not going to end anytime soon. If African leaders fail to act now, these 'first-world' countries will finish Africa as they will ransack it in their quest to solve their crisis.

Let me end with these few thoughts of mine.

Africa is very dear to God and it is high time Africans accepted this.

1. Africa was used to save the then known world from hunger in the days of Joseph.

2. Africa served as incubator to multiple the children of Israel.

3. Africa was used as a hideout for the baby Jesus when king Herod sought to destroy Him.

It is no wonder that God has:

a. Placed Africa at the centre of the continents (the world).

b. Given Africa such wonderful protection from great natural disasters which we can all attest to.

c. To this end, on my own behalf and on behalf of Africa, I say Lord God Almighty thank you! Let the people of Africa say God thank you.
still rastafari 10 years ago

powerful speech..but was Africa ready???

powerful speech..but was Africa ready???
whayo 7 years ago

Hmmm. great man indeed. l still don't understand how other Africa freedom fighter like Patrice Lumumba, Julieus Nyerere etc in different countries saw the wisdom in Kwame Nkrumah and supported him but his own Ghanaians pe ...
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Hmmm. great man indeed. l still don't understand how other Africa freedom fighter like Patrice Lumumba, Julieus Nyerere etc in different countries saw the wisdom in Kwame Nkrumah and supported him but his own Ghanaians people ( Kotoka, Afrifa , Ankra, Dankwa - Bussia etc) could allow themselves be bribed to overthrow him.

What annoys is their inability to even develop Ghana but only giving useless excuses, turning back to these wicked colonial masters.

lndeed history has judge you, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah that you are the best leader in Ghana and Africa. May your soul rest in peace !!!!!

Nkrumah’s speech at the inaugural ceremony of the OAU

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