Was E.K Kotoka A Traitor?

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SERVANT OF TRUTH 10 years ago

IN THE 1960S THE CIA WAS FIGHTING AGAINST THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE CIA WAS AGAINST CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS LIKE DR KING, STOKELY CARMICHAEL, MALCOLM X ETC. THE CIA WAS AGAINST ANY BLACK FREEDOM FIGHTER. ANYBOD ...
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IN THE 1960S THE CIA WAS FIGHTING AGAINST THE FREEDOM FIGHTERS IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE CIA WAS AGAINST CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS LIKE DR KING, STOKELY CARMICHAEL, MALCOLM X ETC. THE CIA WAS AGAINST ANY BLACK FREEDOM FIGHTER. ANYBODY WHO LOVED AFRICA WAS AN ENEMY OF THE CIA.

DECLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS FROM THE CIA SHOW THAT THEY WERE BEHIND THE OVERTHROW OF NKRUMAH. WHY WOULD THE CIA USE IGNORANT STOOGES LIKE KOTOKA TO OVERTHROW NKRUMAH? DID THE CIA LOVE GHANA AND AFRICA SO MUCH THEY WANTED NKRUMAH OUT?

THINK, MY BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS, THINK !!!
Eric 10 years ago

" the good old days under the colonial regime has disappeared".Poor souls you guys are.This sums up your state of mind or better put,your level of thinking.You guys will be better off crawling backwards to rejoin your former ...
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" the good old days under the colonial regime has disappeared".Poor souls you guys are.This sums up your state of mind or better put,your level of thinking.You guys will be better off crawling backwards to rejoin your former masters.
Dr Smith 10 years ago

Those condemning Nkrumah for dictatorship are the same going to communist China for aid and loans. China is not a democracy. China is a dictatorship. Dont forget that.
China is a powerful nation today, not the chicken banana ...
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Those condemning Nkrumah for dictatorship are the same going to communist China for aid and loans. China is not a democracy. China is a dictatorship. Dont forget that.
China is a powerful nation today, not the chicken banana republics in Africa.

Nkrumah's African unity is our only hope.
Dan 10 years ago

Are you really a Doctor? Do you understand the meaning of the word Dictstor? Communism which is China political system does not mean Dictatorship. The Communist party is the most powerful arm of government and not the Prime M ...
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Are you really a Doctor? Do you understand the meaning of the word Dictstor? Communism which is China political system does not mean Dictatorship. The Communist party is the most powerful arm of government and not the Prime Minister or the President.

China continue to vote for the person they want to rule through the votes cast by the communist party central committee. They don't have a President for life and decisions are made by the whole central committee of the Party and not the President alone.
Dr Smith 10 years ago

Dan, a dictatorship can be one leader like in Mobutu or a political party. The dictatorship of a political party is what you find in China. There is no dissent and opposition is squashed and not tolerated. Yes, the political ...
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Dan, a dictatorship can be one leader like in Mobutu or a political party. The dictatorship of a political party is what you find in China. There is no dissent and opposition is squashed and not tolerated. Yes, the political system in China is a dictatorship, institutional dictatorship if you will.
Dan 10 years ago

I am trying hard to understand what your point or motive is. Are you saying China practice dictatorship so Nkrumah was right in brutalizing Ghanaians or he was right to make himself President for life which is not even practi ...
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I am trying hard to understand what your point or motive is. Are you saying China practice dictatorship so Nkrumah was right in brutalizing Ghanaians or he was right to make himself President for life which is not even practiced in China?

Do you think Nkrimah was right to make himself President for life?
Klutse 10 years ago

If Kotoka did something really bad by overthrowing Nkrumah, why do we remember his memory by rewarding him with Kotoka International Airport?

How easily Ghanaians forget or is because majority of Ghanaians now did not expe ...
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If Kotoka did something really bad by overthrowing Nkrumah, why do we remember his memory by rewarding him with Kotoka International Airport?

How easily Ghanaians forget or is because majority of Ghanaians now did not experience Nkrumah's brutalities?
Haruna 10 years ago

I WAISTED MY TIME TO READ THINKING HE WAS GOING WRITE SOME THING SENSIBLE.IF YOU ARE AN AFFRICAN AND UP TO DATE YOU STILL CAN NOT REALISE WHY AFRICA IS NOW WHERE IT IS ESPECIALLY AND EDUCATE PERSON LIVING IN AMERICA OR EUROPE ...
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I WAISTED MY TIME TO READ THINKING HE WAS GOING WRITE SOME THING SENSIBLE.IF YOU ARE AN AFFRICAN AND UP TO DATE YOU STILL CAN NOT REALISE WHY AFRICA IS NOW WHERE IT IS ESPECIALLY AND EDUCATE PERSON LIVING IN AMERICA OR EUROPE, THEN YOU ARE WORST THAN AND VILLAGE ILLITRATE FARMER IF YOU SIT DOWN TO WRITE THINGS LIKE IS ABOUT INKRUMAH
Mensah 10 years ago

Worse than not worst than. Dumbass, you can't even spell illiterate. Stop shouting, you dumb Savannah cow.

Worse than not worst than. Dumbass, you can't even spell illiterate. Stop shouting, you dumb Savannah cow.
Haruna 10 years ago

where from this cocoaasi bush man of an ashanti prostitute fuck by a moshe man saying that i can not write.

where from this cocoaasi bush man of an ashanti prostitute fuck by a moshe man saying that i can not write.
Mensah 10 years ago

Fucked, past tense not fuck, waste of my cocoa money trying to educate a primitive who think like a cow.

Don't ever write WAISTED. Waist is a noun and can never have past tense. The word is WASTED. Waste is a verb which ca ...
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Fucked, past tense not fuck, waste of my cocoa money trying to educate a primitive who think like a cow.

Don't ever write WAISTED. Waist is a noun and can never have past tense. The word is WASTED. Waste is a verb which can have a past tense.

Waist is where you loop your belt around in your trousers, you piece of shit.
Dr Smith 10 years ago

Dan, a dictatorship can be one leader like in Mobutu or a political party. The dictatorship of a political party is what you find in China. There is no dissent and opposition is squashed and not tolerated. Yes, the political ...
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Dan, a dictatorship can be one leader like in Mobutu or a political party. The dictatorship of a political party is what you find in China. There is no dissent and opposition is squashed and not tolerated. Yes, the political system in China is a dictatorship, institutional dictatorship if you will.
Dr Smith 10 years ago

It all depends on who you talk to. The The communist party of China is not a democracy in the eyes of the west. Just as Fidel Castro was voted several times by his communist party, it is still regarded as a dictatorship. Ther ...
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It all depends on who you talk to. The The communist party of China is not a democracy in the eyes of the west. Just as Fidel Castro was voted several times by his communist party, it is still regarded as a dictatorship. There is dictatorship of a group, it does not always have to be an individual. In China, it is the dictatorship of the Communist Party.
Dr Smith 10 years ago

Dan, a dictatorship can be one leader like in Mobutu or a political party. The dictatorship of a political party is what you find in China. There is no dissent and opposition is squashed and not tolerated. Yes, the political ...
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Dan, a dictatorship can be one leader like in Mobutu or a political party. The dictatorship of a political party is what you find in China. There is no dissent and opposition is squashed and not tolerated. Yes, the political system in China is a dictatorship, institutional dictatorship if you will.
Dr Smith 10 years ago

It all depends on who you talk to. The The communist party of China is not a democracy in the eyes of the west. Just as Fidel Castro was voted several times by his communist party, it is still regarded as a dictatorship. Ther ...
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It all depends on who you talk to. The The communist party of China is not a democracy in the eyes of the west. Just as Fidel Castro was voted several times by his communist party, it is still regarded as a dictatorship. There is dictatorship of a group, it does not always have to be an individual. In China, it is the dictatorship of the Communist Party.
Dr Smith 10 years ago

Dan, a dictatorship can be one leader like in Mobutu or a political party. The dictatorship of a political party is what you find in China. There is no dissent and opposition is squashed and not tolerated. Yes, the political ...
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Dan, a dictatorship can be one leader like in Mobutu or a political party. The dictatorship of a political party is what you find in China. There is no dissent and opposition is squashed and not tolerated. Yes, the political system in China is a dictatorship, institutional dictatorship if you will.
Dr Robert Glah 10 years ago

The issue of democracy is one of value judgement at any point of time in history.

Democracy at Nkrumah's time has changed to where we are today worldwide. Democracy is divine and great.

Nkrumah was a product of his tim ...
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The issue of democracy is one of value judgement at any point of time in history.

Democracy at Nkrumah's time has changed to where we are today worldwide. Democracy is divine and great.

Nkrumah was a product of his time: freedom fighter, developer and a disciplinarian meeting the needs of milk and butter, and independence from imperialism of his people.

The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa.

Nkrumah believed in freedom and the dignity of humankind: no personal political gains as preached by his opponents seeking personal gains for themselves.

All coups are unlawful. Nkrumah did not come into politics by coup but by the election of the people.

Ghana and Africa are still under colonial domination frowned upon by Nkrumah and the United Nations: look are the power, water, health and sanitation, the declining value of the Cedi, quality of education and unemployment in Ghana today as evidence of colonial domination and trap for unwary Africans.

Nkrumah was against all that. Mr Sarpong cannot justify his disrespect for Nkrumah to justify coups and dictatorship in Ghana and the world.
SARPONG 10 years ago

Dr Glah, I do really respect your opinion because you are well educated and your comments do justice to any issue you choose to comment on. I respectfully disagree With this comment;

"Nkrumah believed in freedom and the di ...
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Dr Glah, I do really respect your opinion because you are well educated and your comments do justice to any issue you choose to comment on. I respectfully disagree With this comment;

"Nkrumah believed in freedom and the dignity of humankind:"

Really? He then had a funny way of showing that by detaining and adopting policies that that denied freedom of speech to Ghanaians. Nkrumah apologists when you criticize his PDA policy usually come out with the defence that he did that when people tried to assasinate him but the PDA was passed in 1958 before any attempt was made on his life.

Dr Glah, there is no secret that I am a Danquah-Busiah adherent but have always said that Nkrumah economically did more than any President we have had albeit the fact that he was more resourced and had the opportunity to do that than any other President.

Second, I respect the man for the mere fact that, he personally was not corrupt though some of his Ministers and his illiterate DCE's were thieves.

Third, the man was patriotic, no denying of that fact.

At the same time as human being, he made a lot of mistakes. Some of his economic reasons brought shortages in commodities, massive unemployment, inflation and others but what really did him in was the hasty political decisions.

1. PDA

2. One party system

3. President for life.

I don't believe any President should be removed by coup because the economy is not meeting expectations as long as the populace has the chance to exercise their right through voting.

The only reason I support the Nkrumah overthrow is not the economy, PDA or one party state.

One reason that makes the 1966 coup unique and legitimate is that, Nkrumah made himself President for life and took the rights of voters away by not allowing them their God given right to choose their leader.

Dr, give me a reason why Nkrumah was right to declare himself President for life because nobody so far for the years I have been in this forum have been able to defend that.
Repugnant. 10 years ago

After beating the opposition so many times at the ballot box, it was patently clear he could not be beaten in his lifetime.

The predatory, rapacious opposition, therefore resorted to mercenary tactics, bomb throwing and ev ...
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After beating the opposition so many times at the ballot box, it was patently clear he could not be beaten in his lifetime.

The predatory, rapacious opposition, therefore resorted to mercenary tactics, bomb throwing and every shameful indignities till the subversive and illusion network succeeded.

Now here is the zinger. Had Nkrumah, not offered himself as president for life, which he did, Ghana could not have afforded elections with the way the opposition was influenced by foreign entities. Where do you the the economic re-uptake under Kufuor and Mills escaped? Did you know Mahama spend it all to campaign against the NPP'S well endowed campaign fund generated by Kufuor and co? Our last election with an incoming oil economy was the most expensive ever in our history. Tell me where all the money came from. We cannot afford to be bankrupt as a country after every election. And mortgage our future and remain underdeveloped forever! Common sensible people if you choose to be counted must find ways to deliver cheaper and fair elections to forestall our re-enslavement. We cannot govern ourselves on foreign financed elections, we will auctioning our democratic dispensation and will be indented citizens for others interests. That cannot be democracy, because we will be always seeking campaign funds from others or steal from our own coffers. Bro, carry this synthesis a little further you will unravel the reason why most countries at various points of their history develop faster under their authoritarian leaders. Examples being South Korea, Malaysia, and Russia etc. Nkrumah among the very few U.S trained in our country at the time, knew more about democracy, than the imperialist opposition. Ponder on that, whatever your mandate is without bias. Synthesis not insults can bring us answers to these embarrassing engagements and present the necessitated outline. "In a democracy we all have a right to our own mistakes, it is the so called make my country ungovernable miasma that is abhorrent to reason."
Repugnant. 10 years ago

My take on why life time presidency at the time was inestimable. Our unrepentant opposition, was making our democracy if any unaffordable and ungovernable.

you will unravel the reason why most countries at various points o ...
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My take on why life time presidency at the time was inestimable. Our unrepentant opposition, was making our democracy if any unaffordable and ungovernable.

you will unravel the reason why most countries at various points of their history developed faster under their authoritarian leaders.
Dr Robert Glah 10 years ago

Hi Sarpong
The Osagyefo was undemocratic as to his decisions on PDA, and One Party Governance. I don't know of his claim to President for life. Mr Sarpong, was that claim in the Constitution of Ghana or your own subjective c ...
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Hi Sarpong
The Osagyefo was undemocratic as to his decisions on PDA, and One Party Governance. I don't know of his claim to President for life. Mr Sarpong, was that claim in the Constitution of Ghana or your own subjective conclusion.

The hardship in Ghana then and now, including PDA and one party governance for economic stability, is due to the colonial structure of the African economies and we cannot blame the Osagyefo in persona for that but rather our lack of collective economic consciousness.
SARPONG 10 years ago

You are dodging the question. Nkrumah made himself or declared himself President for life in 1964, that was not in the constitution so tell me how you expected the people of Ghana to remove him democratically if they wanted t ...
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You are dodging the question. Nkrumah made himself or declared himself President for life in 1964, that was not in the constitution so tell me how you expected the people of Ghana to remove him democratically if they wanted to do so with the voting avenue closed.
Dr Robert Glah 10 years ago

I was in Ghana in the year 1964.
Tension was growing to a dizzy height in Ghana.

The Opposition members were running out of the country and even Nkrumah's Finance minister ran away because of his misdemeanour.

Osagyefo ...
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I was in Ghana in the year 1964.
Tension was growing to a dizzy height in Ghana.

The Opposition members were running out of the country and even Nkrumah's Finance minister ran away because of his misdemeanour.

Osagyefo did not declare himself a life President or made Ghana a one party state; that conclusions were the concoctions and fabrications of his political opponents.

I was then 21 years old and Executive Officer in the Ghana Civil Service in the year 1964. I was not in politics and not bias about Nkrumah.
SARPONG 10 years ago

"Osagyefo did not declare himself a life President or made Ghana a one party state; that conclusions were the concoctions and fabrications of his political opponents."

Hahahahahaha, what else can you say to defend that nar ...
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"Osagyefo did not declare himself a life President or made Ghana a one party state; that conclusions were the concoctions and fabrications of his political opponents."

Hahahahahaha, what else can you say to defend that narcisstic adventure by Nkrumah than to say it never happened.

1.There was no PDA

2. Nkrumah did not declare Ghana a one Party state.

3. Nkrumah did not declare himself President for life.

DOKITA, Are you really serious or that was a joke?

I knew a lot of Ghanaian Youth were brain washed but not to this extent.
Klutse 10 years ago

Sir, do you have amnesia? Read what you wrote earlier.

Author:Dr Robert Glah

Date:2014-03-01 11:53:06

Comment to:RESPECTFULLY DR GLAH

Hi Sarpong
The Osagyefo was undemocratic as to his decisions on PDA, and One ...
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Sir, do you have amnesia? Read what you wrote earlier.

Author:Dr Robert Glah

Date:2014-03-01 11:53:06

Comment to:RESPECTFULLY DR GLAH

Hi Sarpong
The Osagyefo was undemocratic as to his decisions on PDA, and One Party Governance.

The hardship in Ghana then and now, including PDA and one party governance for economic stability, is due to the colonial structure of the African economies and we cannot blame the Osagyefo in persona.
Osei Yaw 10 years ago

Is that how far you are willing to go to defend Dr.Nkrumah? I support our first President but for you to deny there was no one party state or President for life by Osagyefuo is making those of us support him look like cuckoos ...
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Is that how far you are willing to go to defend Dr.Nkrumah? I support our first President but for you to deny there was no one party state or President for life by Osagyefuo is making those of us support him look like cuckoos.
PAN AFRICANIST 10 years ago

I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU RESIDES, WHAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT, AT TIMES, IT TAKES A REVOLUTION TO MAKE A SOLUTION AT TIMES. ALL THE SO-CALLED DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ENSLAVED AND ARE STILL OUR GREAT, GREAT GRAND PARENTS A ...
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I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU RESIDES, WHAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT, AT TIMES, IT TAKES A REVOLUTION TO MAKE A SOLUTION AT TIMES. ALL THE SO-CALLED DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ENSLAVED AND ARE STILL OUR GREAT, GREAT GRAND PARENTS AND ARE STILL DOING THAT TO BUILD THEIR ECONOMY. THEY DID WORSER THINGS, COS THEY HAVE GONE THROUGH WHAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH, BUT AFTER MURDERING OUR GREAT GRAND PARENTS, STOLE OUR RESOURCES AND ARE STILL STEALING THEM TO BUILD THEIR ECONOMY, THEY ADOPTED A SRTATEGY, DOESN'T WANT US TO PROSPER. AMERICAN DID WORSER TO UNIFY THE THEIR COUNTRY, DR. NKRUMAH'S CONCEPT OF UNIFYING AFRICA WAS STOLEN BY THE EUROPEANS WHICH HAS LED TO THE ONENESS WITH THE EUROPEANS, THOUGH NOT ALL THE EUROPEAN COUNTRY HAVE MONEY BUT HAVE BEEN INTERGRATED IN THE UNION. DR. NKRUMAH WAS AWARE AND REALIZED THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES BOTH HUMAN AND MATERIAL, WHY CAN'T WE BE ONE AND LIVE AS EVERY HUMAN BEING WIT ABSOLUTE FREEDOM. GHANA AND THE WHOLE CONTINENT AFRIC IS THE RICHEST IN EVERYTHING ON THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH, IS POOREST DUE TO POLICAL STRATEGY, DIVIDE AND RULE WHEREBY THE SO-CALLED DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ALWAYS WANT US TO BORROW, WANT US TO FEEL THAT WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT THEM. AS I AM TYPING THIS NOW 02-03-2014 AT 05:45 HRS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT DR. NKRUMAH'S PHOTO'S ARE HANGING IN CERTAIN OFFICES IN EUROPE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT ARE PROBLEMS ARE? WE DON'T APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE, BUT WHAT IS FROM OUTSIDE, COS THE 24TH FEBRUARY 1966 IS CAUSE OF OUR PEOBLEMS WE ARE GOING THROUGH NOW.
SARPONG 10 years ago

First, each European country in EU built their economies and unified their countries before forming the European union because they knew you cannot build a strong house without solid foundation.

I am even surprised people ...
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First, each European country in EU built their economies and unified their countries before forming the European union because they knew you cannot build a strong house without solid foundation.

I am even surprised people like you are comparing EU to what Nkrumah wanted. EU which is like AU which Nkrumah helped to bring about has been a total failure.

Nkrumah wanted to make Africa as one country with him as President. EU does not have European President.

AU is more than 30 years older than EU but look at what it has achieved compared to our own Africa union which is a sham and annual get together by Africa leaders to party and engage in empty speeches unlike European unin which adopt and enact economic policies relevant to their members.
Kwame Arhin 10 years ago

There was no indication that Nkrumah wanted to make himself President of United Africa.I don't blame you since you have been relying on Western propaganda and speculations in your arguments.That is the problem with some Ghana ...
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There was no indication that Nkrumah wanted to make himself President of United Africa.I don't blame you since you have been relying on Western propaganda and speculations in your arguments.That is the problem with some Ghanaians who were not born in the Nkrumah era.Nkrumah's passion and burning desire to see a United Africa with a common currency,Africa High command etc.must not be misconstrued to mean that he wanted to become President of Africa.I wonder how Nkrumah could have just imposed himself on all the nations of Africa as the President.In fact Nkrumah suggested in one of his speeches that Bangui in the Central African Republic or Leopoldville(which is now Kinshasa) should be the capital of United Africa.Why not Accra?
SARPONG 10 years ago

You can defend Nkrumah all you want but there is no denying the fact that Nkrumah neglected Ghana in his pursuit of Africa Presidency for himself.

As a matter of fact, I don't even care what Nkrumah did which is plenty for ...
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You can defend Nkrumah all you want but there is no denying the fact that Nkrumah neglected Ghana in his pursuit of Africa Presidency for himself.

As a matter of fact, I don't even care what Nkrumah did which is plenty for Ghana and I will give him credit for that but he singular policy of declaring himself President for life makes his removal by the Army very legitimate.
NANA 10 years ago

ALL THOSE ANTI-NKRUMAH ARE ANTI-BLACK AFRICA. ALL OF THEM WORK FOR THEIR COLONIAL MASTERS AGAINST AFRICA, HISTORY HAS VINDICATED NKRUMAH AND AFRICA. LONG LIVE AFRICA. SHAME UNTO THE COLO BOYS AND GIRLS. AFRICA FOR AFRICANS... ...
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ALL THOSE ANTI-NKRUMAH ARE ANTI-BLACK AFRICA. ALL OF THEM WORK FOR THEIR COLONIAL MASTERS AGAINST AFRICA, HISTORY HAS VINDICATED NKRUMAH AND AFRICA. LONG LIVE AFRICA. SHAME UNTO THE COLO BOYS AND GIRLS. AFRICA FOR AFRICANS....
Kwame Arhin 10 years ago

While Christian indoctrination is based on LOVE.Matemeho indoctrination is based on animosity,subversion,and assassination.I hope you know the difference,Sarpong.

While Christian indoctrination is based on LOVE.Matemeho indoctrination is based on animosity,subversion,and assassination.I hope you know the difference,Sarpong.
Kwame Arhin 10 years ago

There was no indication that Nkrumah wanted to make himself President of United Africa.I don't blame you since you have been relying on Western propaganda and speculations in your arguments.That is the problem with some Ghana ...
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There was no indication that Nkrumah wanted to make himself President of United Africa.I don't blame you since you have been relying on Western propaganda and speculations in your arguments.That is the problem with some Ghanaians who were not born in the Nkrumah era.Nkrumah's passion and burning desire to see a United Africa with a common currency,Africa High command etc.must not be misconstrued to mean that he wanted to become President of Africa.I wonder how Nkrumah could have just imposed himself on all the nations of Africa as the President.In fact Nkrumah suggested in one of his speeches that Bangui in the Central African Republic or Leopoldville(which is now Kinshasa) should be the capital of United Africa.Why not Accra?
Kwame Arhin 10 years ago

There was no indication that Nkrumah wanted to make himself President of United Africa.I don't blame you since you have been relying on Western propaganda and speculations in your arguments.That is the problem with some Ghana ...
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There was no indication that Nkrumah wanted to make himself President of United Africa.I don't blame you since you have been relying on Western propaganda and speculations in your arguments.That is the problem with some Ghanaians who were not born in the Nkrumah era.Nkrumah's passion and burning desire to see a United Africa with a common currency,Africa High command etc.must not be misconstrued to mean that he wanted to become President of Africa.I wonder how Nkrumah could have just imposed himself on all the nations of Africa as the President.In fact Nkrumah suggested in one of his speeches that Bangui in the Central African Republic or Leopoldville(which is now Kinshasa) should be the capital of United Africa.Why not Accra?
Kwame Arhin 10 years ago

There was no indication that Nkrumah wanted to make himself President of United Africa.I don't blame you since you have been relying on Western propaganda and speculations in your arguments.That is the problem with some Ghana ...
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There was no indication that Nkrumah wanted to make himself President of United Africa.I don't blame you since you have been relying on Western propaganda and speculations in your arguments.That is the problem with some Ghanaians who were not born in the Nkrumah era.Nkrumah's passion and burning desire to see a United Africa with a common currency,Africa High command etc.must not be misconstrued to mean that he wanted to become President of Africa.I wonder how Nkrumah could have just imposed himself on all the nations of Africa as the President.In fact Nkrumah suggested in one of his speeches that Bangui in the Central African Republic or Leopoldville(which is now Kinshasa) should be the capital of United Africa.Why not Accra?
Kwame Arhin 10 years ago

There was no indication that Nkrumah wanted to make himself President of United Africa.I don't blame you since you have been relying on Western propaganda and speculations in your arguments.That is the problem with some Ghana ...
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There was no indication that Nkrumah wanted to make himself President of United Africa.I don't blame you since you have been relying on Western propaganda and speculations in your arguments.That is the problem with some Ghanaians who were not born in the Nkrumah era.Nkrumah's passion and burning desire to see a United Africa with a common currency,Africa High command etc.must not be misconstrued to mean that he wanted to become President of Africa.I wonder how Nkrumah could have just imposed himself on all the nations of Africa as the President.In fact Nkrumah suggested in one of his speeches that Bangui in the Central African Republic or Leopoldville(which is now Kinshasa) should be the capital of United Africa.Why not Accra?
Wiseman 10 years ago

You were not even born when Nkrumah was in power but you have have been indoctrinated with a lot of garbage that is making you crazy.MATEMEHO boy,in your own interest,get over your indoctrination,have an open-mind and refrain ...
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You were not even born when Nkrumah was in power but you have have been indoctrinated with a lot of garbage that is making you crazy.MATEMEHO boy,in your own interest,get over your indoctrination,have an open-mind and refrain from speculations and false allegations.Where is it written that Nkrumah made a statement that he wanted to be the President of United Africa.Nkrumah was a unique African who had the vision for African unity.I don't need to tell you the advantages of United Africa.Why do you think the Europeans formed the European Union many years after preventing Nkrumah from achieving his goal if there is nothing good in unity?.Don't beat about the bush in your comments.
SARPONG 10 years ago

"You were not even born when Nkrumah was in power but you have have been indoctrinated with a lot of garbage that is making you crazy"

Dumbass fools like you open your mouth and crap whatever comes out without engaging you ...
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"You were not even born when Nkrumah was in power but you have have been indoctrinated with a lot of garbage that is making you crazy"

Dumbass fools like you open your mouth and crap whatever comes out without engaging your brains. Are you a Christian or a Moslem? Do you believe in the Bible or Koran? Were you born when Jesus Christ was performing all the miracles? Are Christians indoctrinated to believe in the Bible? What is good for Christians is good for me. Where did you get your information about what Nkrumah did? How old were you when Nkrumah was President? You believe in the nonsense of what Nkrumah was from his own writings but you were not indoctrinated from the one sided accounts.

Let me ask you moronic fool a question. Do you even believe Nkrumah made a mistake in his life as a President?
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago

Good morning SARPONG. Found your article interesting and just want to dispute two of your conclusions. I doubt whether one could scientifically draw any objective conclusion on how popular the overthrow of a government in Gha ...
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Good morning SARPONG. Found your article interesting and just want to dispute two of your conclusions. I doubt whether one could scientifically draw any objective conclusion on how popular the overthrow of a government in Ghana was by the mere public response from the citizens. I say so because to the best of my knowledge, Ghanaians have massively demonstrated in favour of all the military d'état in the country. For this reason I dispute your conclusion that the massive support by people from all walks of life to the 1966 coup was a measure of how popular the coup was. If your conclusion is accurate, then all the coups in Ghana have been massively popular.

The second one is in your concluding paragraph and I quote, "it is my considered opinion that the democratic wave of freedom blowing all over the nation for all and sundry to enjoy dates far back to the coup that was staged by Kotoka and Afrifa". I also disagree with you on this because the current democratic wave in Ghana cannot be isolated from the global geopolitical development in the last three decades. That is, the end of the cold war, the fall of communism in the Soviet Union and its satellite states in Eastern Europe and the birth of the so called new world order, which also ended the apartheid system did also bring about the demise of oppressive regimes, one party states and brought in multi-party politics and democratic governments in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and other areas of the world which hither to were under undemocratic governments. Had the 1966 coup ushered in a wave of democratic dispensation in Ghana then Busia's government should not have been overthrown, neither should there have been June 4 (AFRC) and 31 December 1981 (PNDC).

I will not debate the rest of the points/conclusions you drew not for want of ideas or arguments but perhaps for the fact that I was too young to know the facts. What I know now is through education.
SARPONG 10 years ago

Thanks Kofi Ata. I would not concluded that the mass celebration of the coup made it popular. This is somebody's opinion. I just like this article because it touched on both the positive and negative things Nkrumah did.

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Thanks Kofi Ata. I would not concluded that the mass celebration of the coup made it popular. This is somebody's opinion. I just like this article because it touched on both the positive and negative things Nkrumah did.

As you are aware, most articles about Nkrumah either portray him as an Angel or the devil himself depending where it is coming from. This particular article looked at both sides of the coin.

Thank you.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 10 years ago

SARPONG, thanks for reminding me that the article was not your own work but a reproduction by your courtesy. Therefore the conclusions could not be attributed to you. I forget that you stated that from the beginning. My apolo ...
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SARPONG, thanks for reminding me that the article was not your own work but a reproduction by your courtesy. Therefore the conclusions could not be attributed to you. I forget that you stated that from the beginning. My apology for making that wrong assumption and attributing the article and the two conclusions to you.
SARPONG 10 years ago

Kofi, no apologies needed. I treasure your opinion.

Kofi, no apologies needed. I treasure your opinion.
Sosolapito 10 years ago

It doesn't matter whether CIA was behind his overthrow. He was a brutal dictator worse to Ghanaians than the colonial masters were. The guy was in love with himself and nobody else.

It doesn't matter whether CIA was behind his overthrow. He was a brutal dictator worse to Ghanaians than the colonial masters were. The guy was in love with himself and nobody else.
SERVANT OF TRUTH 10 years ago

THE AFRICAN UNITY NKRUMAH WAS PREACHING SENT CHILLS DOWN THE SPINE OF THE COLONIAL POWERS. IF YOU THINK THE CIA CARED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN GHANA, THEN YOU ARE POLITICALLY NAIVE.

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THE AFRICAN UNITY NKRUMAH WAS PREACHING SENT CHILLS DOWN THE SPINE OF THE COLONIAL POWERS. IF YOU THINK THE CIA CARED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN GHANA, THEN YOU ARE POLITICALLY NAIVE.

THE CIA DID NOT CARE ABOUT DE MARTIN LUTHER KING AND HIS FIGHT FOR BLACK PEOPLE, WHY WOULD THEY CARE ABOUT BLACK AFRICANS? THEY WERE TERRIFIED OF AFRICANS UNITING. THEY KNEW THIS THING COULD BECOME A REALITY. THEY COULD NOT EXPLOIT US ANYMORE. THEY WERE AFRAID.

HERE WAS ONE BLACK AFRICAN THEY COULDN'T BUY. ONE BLACK MAN WHO CARED ABOUT AFRICA. THEY HAD TO GET RID OF HIM QUICKLY. BY ANY MEANS NECESSAY NKRUMAH HAD TO GO.

THEY WOULD KEEP GREEDY DICTATORS LIKE MOBUTU IN POWER.THE GREEDY AFRICAN LEADERS THEY CAN CONTROL THEY KEPT IN POWER. THEY DID NOT CARE ABOUT DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA. THEY WANTED US UNDER THEIR CONTROL.

AFRIC COULD HAVE BECOME A SUPERPOWER.
NKRUMAH WAS WAAAAAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME. HE WANTED TOO MUCH FOR AFRICA. TODAY, AFRICA IS WERE THEY WANTED US, DIVIDED AND WEAK.
Klutse 10 years ago

How could Nkrumah be preaching unity when he was plotting against other African leaders? President Nyerere of Tanzania and the Nigeria President at the time saw through the Nkrumah hypocrisy.

How could Nkrumah be preaching unity when he was plotting against other African leaders? President Nyerere of Tanzania and the Nigeria President at the time saw through the Nkrumah hypocrisy.
SERVANT OF TRUTH 10 years ago

How could Nkrumah be preaching unity when he was plotting against other African leaders? President Nyerere of Tanzania and the Nigeria President

THE CIA POLICY WAS TO GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME AND HANG IT. AFTER NKRUMAH WAS OV ...
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How could Nkrumah be preaching unity when he was plotting against other African leaders? President Nyerere of Tanzania and the Nigeria President

THE CIA POLICY WAS TO GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME AND HANG IT. AFTER NKRUMAH WAS OVETHROWN,THE MISINFORMATION STARTED AND THE CIA WAS GOOD AT THIS GAME. YOU WOULD NEED A LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TO CONTAIN ALL THE NEGATIVES THEY SAID ABOUT NKRUMAH. THEY EVEN SAID HE DRANK THE BLOOD OF BABIES.

POLITICAL UNITY OF AFRICA WOULD HAVE MADE AFRICA A GIANT AMONG NATIONS. THE MAN DREAMT TOO BIG AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM OF GREAT ACHIEVERS. THE MAN WHO DREAMT THAT MAN CAN FLY WAS SEEN AS A LUNATIC BY THOSE WITH NO VISION. IT IS ALWAYS O IN HISTORY.

AFRICAN UNITY, TO MANY SMALL THINKERS WAS UNATTAINABLE. MAN HAS BEEN TO THE MOON AND BACK. AFRICAN COULD HAVE MADE IT. IT IS AFRICA'S ONLY HOPE.
Klutse 10 years ago

I don't know what you are saying because it is hard to read your comments. Can you write in lower case letters instead of upper case letters and shouting at us?

I don't know what you are saying because it is hard to read your comments. Can you write in lower case letters instead of upper case letters and shouting at us?
Sammy Ayitey 10 years ago

”It is important to observe that the massive effort made to destroy Kwame Nkrumah had an intellectual component. Academics and intellectuals who were opposed to Nkrumah were commissioned to falsify and distort the nation’ ...
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”It is important to observe that the massive effort made to destroy Kwame Nkrumah had an intellectual component. Academics and intellectuals who were opposed to Nkrumah were commissioned to falsify and distort the nation’s history to depict Kwame Nkrumah as a ‘thief,’ ‘illiterate,’ ‘immoral,’ even satanic.” He concludes: “That was a poisonous strategy to mis-educate and mislead succeeding generations about the true stature of Kwame Nkrumah, the Founder of the State of Ghana (See Kofi B. Quatson’s “The Man Nkrumah: Those Who Betrayed Him”).

Other scholars still feel history has vindicated Nkrumah (See Rodney Worrell’s book “History Has Vindicated Kwame Nkrumah”). Eric Walberg, a world-famous Canadian journalist, sees Nkrumah as the “greatest African” (See his essay “Kwame Nkrumah: The Greatest African”).
Wofa Yaw 10 years ago

It doesn't disprove the fact that he was a brutal dictator. You accuse those who did not agree with Nkrumah who lived through his brutal regime as having been paid but you are telling us to believe some Canadians and other wh ...
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It doesn't disprove the fact that he was a brutal dictator. You accuse those who did not agree with Nkrumah who lived through his brutal regime as having been paid but you are telling us to believe some Canadians and other whites sitting in the comfort of their living rooms without first hand knowledge of what went under Nkrumah as the Apostles of truth.

Did you even believe Nkrumah did anything wrong? I bet not.
Eric 10 years ago

You are just as stupid as the author or the one who posted this article.Can you tell what those whites roaming our streets in Ghana are doing ?They have compiled more on the ground info than our useless journalists and academ ...
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You are just as stupid as the author or the one who posted this article.Can you tell what those whites roaming our streets in Ghana are doing ?They have compiled more on the ground info than our useless journalists and academicians and scholars can ever compile.Kwasia like u.
gg 10 years ago

What are you dumb illiterate trying to say? You are not making sense because you couldn't express yourself well In English.

What are you dumb illiterate trying to say? You are not making sense because you couldn't express yourself well In English.
HABLUTA SENYO 10 years ago

KOTOKA IS OUR HERO PERIOD

KOTOKA IS OUR HERO PERIOD
Ben, Washington, USA. 10 years ago

The soldiers who killed Kotoka were the NLM (now NPP) for Ashanti Region. They threw sand in your eyes.

The soldiers who killed Kotoka were the NLM (now NPP) for Ashanti Region. They threw sand in your eyes.
Ben, Washington, USA. 10 years ago

From Ashanti region.

From Ashanti region.
Mohammed 10 years ago

You dumb tribalist. What you are saying is that the Asantes are smarter they were able to dictate to the other Ewes in NLC. Do you know there were three Ewes in NLC and only one Asante?

You dumb tribalist. What you are saying is that the Asantes are smarter they were able to dictate to the other Ewes in NLC. Do you know there were three Ewes in NLC and only one Asante?
SERVANT OF TRUTH 10 years ago

THE CIA HAS PROPPED UP MANY DICTATORSHIPS AROUND THE WORLD. THE COLONIAL POWERS LOVED THESE DICTATORS WHO DID THEIR BIDDING. BUT THERE ARE SOME DICTATORS THEY HATED- THE DICTATORS WHO LOVED THEIR NATION, THE ONES THEY COULD N ...
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THE CIA HAS PROPPED UP MANY DICTATORSHIPS AROUND THE WORLD. THE COLONIAL POWERS LOVED THESE DICTATORS WHO DID THEIR BIDDING. BUT THERE ARE SOME DICTATORS THEY HATED- THE DICTATORS WHO LOVED THEIR NATION, THE ONES THEY COULD NOT CONTROL.

NKRUMAH WAS ONE SUCH DICTATOR. HE LOVED AFRICA TOO MUCH AND THEY COULD NOT CONTROL HIM. HE WAS NOT LIKE MOBUTU OR EYADEMA OR SARGEANT DOE. HE WAS TOO INTELLIGENT, HE HAD DIRECTION.

THEY HAD TO OVERTHROW HIM, AND THEY USED UNEDUCATED DUMMIES LIKE KOTOKA. THEY KILLED THE AFRICAN DREAM. THEY KILLED NKRUMAH.

BOB MARLEY KNEW THIS, FELA KNEW THIS, STOKELY CARMICHEAL, ANGELA DAVIS AND ALL FREEDOM FIGHTERS KNOW THIS. BUT IN GHANA, WE ARE BLIND, WE SEE THE SMALL PICTURE, NOT THE GLOBAL PICTURE.

WHEN THE CIA OVETHREW NKRUMAH, THEY WERE MOT THINKING OF GHANA, THEY WERE THINKING OF AFRICA AND HER RESOURCES. IF NKRUMAH HAD CONCENTRATED ON JUST GHANA, THEY WOULD HAVE PROTECTED HIM. BUT HE WANTED TO TAKE THE FISH FROM THEIR KENKEY.

NKRUMAH WAS TOO FAR AHEAD. YES, HE WAS HUMAN AND HAD FAULTS BUT HE WAS THE GREATEST AFRICAN.
ELINAM 10 years ago

Yes, taking the fish from their kenkey was the mere reason for his overthrown.
There are two forces in Africa, those who love to sell our future to the anti-African forces for few pennie knowingly or not, and those who want ...
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Yes, taking the fish from their kenkey was the mere reason for his overthrown.
There are two forces in Africa, those who love to sell our future to the anti-African forces for few pennie knowingly or not, and those who want to preserve it for our development.
Sanity 10 years ago

THIS IS A USELESS ANALYTICAL PIECE AT BEST. VERY SHORT-SIGHTED INDEED. IF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS TRUE, WHICH ON FACE VALUE, I THINK THEY ARE, THE QUESTION IS WHY WAS NKRUMAH VOTED THE AFRICAN OF THE MILLENIUM? JUST THINK A ...
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THIS IS A USELESS ANALYTICAL PIECE AT BEST. VERY SHORT-SIGHTED INDEED. IF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS TRUE, WHICH ON FACE VALUE, I THINK THEY ARE, THE QUESTION IS WHY WAS NKRUMAH VOTED THE AFRICAN OF THE MILLENIUM? JUST THINK ABOUT IT. FOR YOUR INFORMATION, HE WAS VOTED OVER AND ABOVE NELSON MANDELA. WHY?
Sarfo-Mensah 10 years ago

He could have been voted the best human being ever made by ordinary Africans, it would not change the fact that he was a Dictator and a brutal one at that.

He could have been voted the best human being ever made by ordinary Africans, it would not change the fact that he was a Dictator and a brutal one at that.
Sanity 10 years ago

ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR HIM ARE NOT INTELLIGENT? MIND YOU, THEY ARE LEARNED AND CRITICAL THINKERS WHO UNDERSTAND POLICY AND HIS PERSPECTIVE.. NKRUMAH WAS NEVER A BRUTAL DICTATOR. HE WAS TRYING TO AVOI ...
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ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR HIM ARE NOT INTELLIGENT? MIND YOU, THEY ARE LEARNED AND CRITICAL THINKERS WHO UNDERSTAND POLICY AND HIS PERSPECTIVE.. NKRUMAH WAS NEVER A BRUTAL DICTATOR. HE WAS TRYING TO AVOID BEING KILLED BY IDIOTS LIKE YOU WHO COULD NOT THINK BEYOND YOUR NOSES AND SELFISH INTERESTS LEADING TO THE CURRENT STATE OF GHANA, AFRICA AND AFRICANS WORLDWIDE. THINK AND SEE THE HARM THAT THE COUP DID TO AFRICANS.
SARPONG 10 years ago

Stop shouting and being angry and listen. He is telling you that whether he was voted African of the century does not erase his sordid record at home. Nkrumah brutalized Ghanaians not other Africans, do you get it?

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Stop shouting and being angry and listen. He is telling you that whether he was voted African of the century does not erase his sordid record at home. Nkrumah brutalized Ghanaians not other Africans, do you get it?

If somebody is sitting in Uganda or Zambia who was not even born less alone to have gone through what Ghanaians went through but is voting by Nkrumah's Africa unity policy, then that is not a complete picture of the man. Even right now Nigerians think Rawlings is the best thing that ever happened to Ghana.
Sanity 10 years ago

WHO TOLD YOU I AM SHOUTING JUST BECAUSE I AM WRITING IN CAPITALS? GOT IT? SOMEONE SUGGESTED THAT WRITING IN CAPITALS ON THE WEB IS "SHOUTING" AND YOU HAVE ACCEPTED THIS NONSENSE, ISN'T IT? NOW BACK TO THE ISSUE. IN ASSESSING ...
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WHO TOLD YOU I AM SHOUTING JUST BECAUSE I AM WRITING IN CAPITALS? GOT IT? SOMEONE SUGGESTED THAT WRITING IN CAPITALS ON THE WEB IS "SHOUTING" AND YOU HAVE ACCEPTED THIS NONSENSE, ISN'T IT? NOW BACK TO THE ISSUE. IN ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF A LEADER AND LEADERSHIP CUM ACHIEVEMENT, THERE ARE CERTAIN PARAMETERS THAT ARE USED. ETHNOCENTRIC, TRIBALISTIC YARDSTICKS DO NOT SCORE HIGH AND THIS IS WHAT I SEE AS BEING EXHIBITED HERE. THE HIGHEST GOOD FOR THE MASSES MEANING AFRICANS IS AND SHOULD BE THE FOCUS. JUST NAME ONE LEADER IN THE WHOLE WORLD THAT DID NOT HAVE SOME FAULTS BUT ARE BEING GLORIFIED AND HERALDED. NKRUMAH WAS BEING TARGETED TO BE KILLED BY MYOPICS, HENCE THE POLICY STEPS HE TOOK TO ADDRESS THE HIGHEST GOOD. LET US JUDGE HIM ON HIS VISION AND POLICIES. THAT IS WHAT MAKES HIM GREAT. THAT WE ARE EVEN TALKING ABOUT HIM BEARS TESTIMONY TO HIS VISION AND GREATNESS. I REST MY CASE!!!!!!!!
SARPONG 10 years ago

You don't know you are shouting? When writing in cyberspace and you write in upper case letters, it means you are angry and shouting. I don't need anybody to tell me that. It shows your lack of cyberspace etiquette.

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You don't know you are shouting? When writing in cyberspace and you write in upper case letters, it means you are angry and shouting. I don't need anybody to tell me that. It shows your lack of cyberspace etiquette.

Secondly, it makes it hard to read. In this technological age where anything can be googled, you are denying an obvious so google and find out. You may not be angry but when you write in upper case letters, that is what it means.

I have not responded to whatever you said because I stopped reading your eye killer comment. Next time if you want a discourse with me, write in lower case because writing in upper case is INSANITY.
Sanity 10 years ago

I WRITE IN UPPER CASE BECAUSE THAT IS MY CHOICE!!!! YOU SIT IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME AND LET SOMEONE DEFINE WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE OR UNACCEPTABLE ON CYBERSPACE TO YOU AND AS FAR AS YOU ARE CONCERNED THAT IS THE NORM AND YOU ...
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I WRITE IN UPPER CASE BECAUSE THAT IS MY CHOICE!!!! YOU SIT IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME AND LET SOMEONE DEFINE WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE OR UNACCEPTABLE ON CYBERSPACE TO YOU AND AS FAR AS YOU ARE CONCERNED THAT IS THE NORM AND YOU ACCEPT WITHOUT QUESTION. TALKING ABOUT MENTAL SLAVERY OF THE HIGHEST DEGREE AND ORDER!!!!
Ben, Washington, USA. 10 years ago

Afrifa and the Ashanti/Akyem coalition used Kotoka and sacrificed him for NLM agenda. Of course Kotoka was blindsided. You guys think your are smart. You can't fool Ghanaians. I still feel sorry for Kotoka. The guys who mur ...
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Afrifa and the Ashanti/Akyem coalition used Kotoka and sacrificed him for NLM agenda. Of course Kotoka was blindsided. You guys think your are smart. You can't fool Ghanaians. I still feel sorry for Kotoka. The guys who murdered Kotoka were soldiers from the Ashanti region NLM.
Mohammed 10 years ago

Tribalistic idiot. Arthur an Nzema killed Kotoka. Idiot, one Asante controlled three Ewes, Kotoka, Harlley and Deku?

Tribalistic idiot. Arthur an Nzema killed Kotoka. Idiot, one Asante controlled three Ewes, Kotoka, Harlley and Deku?
ELINAM 10 years ago

Kotoka is an uncle who visited my grandpa and the then went and lodged at Harley's house.My grandma poured white powder on him for his valor in the Congo and took me to go see them the day after.And if I were much grown to kn ...
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Kotoka is an uncle who visited my grandpa and the then went and lodged at Harley's house.My grandma poured white powder on him for his valor in the Congo and took me to go see them the day after.And if I were much grown to know these two devil were plotting to over throw Nkrumah, I'd have reported them.
If Nkrumah had not been interrupted, Kotoka's town Alakple and other towns around Ghana would have seen development, but those towns are now far from being called towns.
This traitor's own sons are not doing well either.
The name Kotoka has vanished in Eweland as no one feel any pride carrying that last name any longer.
Those whose families benefited from the spoils of the CIA paid regime change will for ever see this devil who was my uncle a hero.
SahNay 10 years ago

A GOOD ONE THERE.

A GOOD ONE THERE.
Ken Atta-Boakye = Justice Sarpong? 10 years ago

Ken Atta-Boakye = Justice Sarpong?

Which is which?

Ken Atta-Boakye = Justice Sarpong?

Which is which?
Abongo 10 years ago

What a dumbass you are. Do you understand English?

What a dumbass you are. Do you understand English?
Barimaba 10 years ago

I knew a relative who died in detention at Ankaful.

I knew a relative who died in detention at Ankaful.
princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

A monkey one day managed to break free from the laboratory where he had been born and brought up.
As he scurried away from the fencing of the compound, he felt grass under his little feet and saw the dawn breaking for the fi ...
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A monkey one day managed to break free from the laboratory where he had been born and brought up.
As he scurried away from the fencing of the compound, he felt grass under his little feet and saw the dawn breaking for the first time in his life.
"Wow, this is great," he thought. It wasn't long before he came to a hedge and after squeezing under it he saw a wonderful sight.
Lots of other monkeys, all free and nibbling on bananas. "Hey," he called. "I'm a monkey from the laboratory and I've just escaped.
Are you wild monkeys?" "Yes. Come and join us," they cried.

Our friend trotted over to them and started eating the bananas. It tasted so good. "What else do you wild monkeys do?" he asked. "Well," one of them said. "You see that field there? It's got carrots growing in it. We dig them up and eat them." This, he couldn't resist and he spent the next hour eating the most succulent carrots. They were wonderful.

Later, he asked them again, "What else do you do?" "You see that tree there? It's got papayas growing in it. We eat that as well." The papayas tasted just as good and he returned a while later completely full. "It's fantastic out here in the world" he told them. "So are you going to live with us then?" one of them asked. "I'm sorry, I had a great time but I can't." The wild monkeys all stared at him, a bit surprised. "Why? We thought you liked it here." "I do," our friend replied. "But I must get back to the lab. I'm dying for a cigarette'

KOTOKA WAS A TRAITOR.KOTOKA CAME FROM A POOR ALAKPLE EWE SWAMP MISSISSIPPI.
KOTOKA DID NOT COME FROM THE LOUISIANA TYPE EWE ELITE OF ANYAKO OR KETA .
KOTOKA TAUGHT THE UNEDUCATED SOLDIERS IN THE BARRACKS.
KOTOKA WAS RECRUITED IN THE CONGO TILL HE RETURN TO GHANA.
THE NAME KOTOKA SHOULD BE CHANGED FROM THE AIRPORT.
Kgee 10 years ago

A very uncritical, biased analysis of Kotoka and Ghana. The writer appears to be one of those in the service of agencies that don't mean well for Africa. Kotoka was indeed a 'traitor' and we must admit it.

A very uncritical, biased analysis of Kotoka and Ghana. The writer appears to be one of those in the service of agencies that don't mean well for Africa. Kotoka was indeed a 'traitor' and we must admit it.
asonaba kofi 10 years ago

as far as i can remember every coup is celeberated in ghana.the same people who say jesus, jesus are the same people who say crucify him.if there is a coup today people will go out to cleberate.if there is another coup in two ...
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as far as i can remember every coup is celeberated in ghana.the same people who say jesus, jesus are the same people who say crucify him.if there is a coup today people will go out to cleberate.if there is another coup in two months time after the first one people will be out to celeberate.
Umslopogaas 10 years ago

And yet, he left behind, among other things, the largest man-made lake, creating a powerful hydro-electric system… a flotilla of fully-owned merchant ships plying the high seas. He left behind a shinning piece of iron in t ...
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And yet, he left behind, among other things, the largest man-made lake, creating a powerful hydro-electric system… a flotilla of fully-owned merchant ships plying the high seas. He left behind a shinning piece of iron in the air, called GHANA AIRWAYS…a giant modern harbor and a super-highway linking the capital, Accra, and Tema ….you name the rest!

Outside his realm, he inspired. incited and helped a whole continent free itself from colonialism.. The Organization of African Unity… African Development Bank? Economic Commission for Africa…WHOSE IDEA WERE THEY??

And yet, some of his ideas and proposals are now starkly staring in the face of Africa:
1.Africa High Command, where elite armed forces from each country of Africa would be trained for rapid deployment for peace-keeping in trouble spots!

2.Economic Commission for Africa,(as mentioned above) where African products would be traded in the world, PRICED BY AFRICANS..not by white man in London or in New York, as it is today!

A dictator who died without a “penny” in a foreign bank…? Has there ever been an infallible leader, king, president, emperor, etc. Show me one? And so, I keep on saying: THERE WAS NONE, THERE IS NONE, AND THERE WILL BE NONE WHOSE FEET COULD FIT NKRUMAH’S SHOES.

By the way, has this nonentity creep called sarpong,(perpetually trying to aggrandize himself by insidiously and furtively trying to vilify and destroy the image of Nkrumah by proxy) ever heard of “PATRIOT ACT” and its implications in the very Houston slums where he lives?

Kotoka: SIMPLY AN ABOMINABLE TRAITOR

What a shame and sham!!
Beats me.
The Sentinel
Mawuli 10 years ago

One of the greatest among the many gifts Dr.Kwame Nkrumah bestowed on most of us the generation who lived during his era was patriotism,and love of country, eschewing ethnocentric tendencies. We never saw each others as Ewes, ...
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One of the greatest among the many gifts Dr.Kwame Nkrumah bestowed on most of us the generation who lived during his era was patriotism,and love of country, eschewing ethnocentric tendencies. We never saw each others as Ewes,Ashantis,Fantes Akwapims Dagatis Dagombas etc whilst the same thing could not be said of our parents who saw everything through the prism of tribe blood relations.
It is funny how some people try to distort history by saying tribalism started with former president Rawlings.
Trying to re-write history is a fruitless exercise.

I do not have time to delve into the so called balanced argument about Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's reign.
If for argument sake one can justify the 1966 coup-detat,then there could be justification for the fate that befell both Kotoka and Afrifa at the end.

I have said this and I will say it again that,both Kotoka and Afrifa were motivated by power and greed.They were paid for doing the CIA's bidding and were handsomely paid for their betrayal of our beloved Ghana. This act debunks any argument of both men being heroes who rescued Ghanaians from dictatorship.
The entire NLC regime were a bunch of stooges with Kotoka and Afrifa being greedy bastards.
They deserve what came to them later in life.
Kotoka was a damned traitor period.
SARPONG 10 years ago

Maybe you are one of those rare human beings who prefers to live in trynny as long as you enjoy the freebies Nkrumah provided in exchange for your right to freedom.

You are not a believer in Patrick Henry's give me liberty ...
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Maybe you are one of those rare human beings who prefers to live in trynny as long as you enjoy the freebies Nkrumah provided in exchange for your right to freedom.

You are not a believer in Patrick Henry's give me liberty or give me death. Your freedom was not important to you as long as you could have a government provided job where you got paid for doing one fourth of the work and getting paid fir the whole enchillada, I respect your point but I don't care whether Kotoka and Afrifa were paid by satan to remove one of satan worshipper like Nkrumah.
kosoko 10 years ago

Sometimes, I think we must define freedom in much broader sense rather than only political freedom. Economic, cultural, self esteem etc. are all freedom. We must also not forget that political freedom without protecting it in ...
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Sometimes, I think we must define freedom in much broader sense rather than only political freedom. Economic, cultural, self esteem etc. are all freedom. We must also not forget that political freedom without protecting it in one way or other also create anarchy. I think in discussing 'Nkrumah' we must be dispassionate at all times.
Truthiness 10 years ago

What is self-essteem if you can't live in your own country, say what you want, go where you want to go, eat what you want to eat, without your own children reporting to some party man, only to draged to Nsawam in the middle o ...
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What is self-essteem if you can't live in your own country, say what you want, go where you want to go, eat what you want to eat, without your own children reporting to some party man, only to draged to Nsawam in the middle of the night? the colonial masters never did that to us.
Mawuli 10 years ago

Truthiness,I lived in my own country,ate whatever I wanted and went to where ever I wanted.
I am sorry to tell you that some of your parents who told you their version of what occured in Ghana in those days were half truths ...
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Truthiness,I lived in my own country,ate whatever I wanted and went to where ever I wanted.
I am sorry to tell you that some of your parents who told you their version of what occured in Ghana in those days were half truths and brushed over the roles they played in the the attempt to remove Nkrumah from power.
For your information, no one was imprisoned for their choice of food.
As a matter of fact we ate akple when we wanted and ate fufu when we felt like eating fufu.
Unfortunately, a great number of the so called anti Nkrumahist of this generation were breast fed by their parents with this "tall tale" stories.

You will be surprised to know that my father wouldn't allow any of us six children to join the Young pioneer in those days because his farm meant a lot more to him than following politicians who had no credibility as far as he was concerned.

Thanks
Truthiness 10 years ago

I experienced this myself in Nkrumah's Ghana. I saw with my own eyes a moslem man, who was praying, during the ramadan season brutalized almost to death by Action Troopers b'cos there was a CPP meeting in town and he failed t ...
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I experienced this myself in Nkrumah's Ghana. I saw with my own eyes a moslem man, who was praying, during the ramadan season brutalized almost to death by Action Troopers b'cos there was a CPP meeting in town and he failed to attend. he was home observing ramadan and praying. That was his sin.
Klutse 10 years ago

When you tell them what went on in Ghana, these Nkrumah people will do anything to tell you that what you are saying is not true.

Read what one Dr Glah said above. He said the one party state and President for life never h ...
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When you tell them what went on in Ghana, these Nkrumah people will do anything to tell you that what you are saying is not true.

Read what one Dr Glah said above. He said the one party state and President for life never happened but tales being told by Nkrumah enemies.
Sanity 10 years ago

WHO TOLD YOU NKRUMAH WAS A SATAN WORSHIPPER? THE CIA PROPAGANDA MACHINERY, NOT SO. WERE YOU THERE WHEN HE WAS WORSHIPPING SATAN? SUCH AN IDIOT!!!!!

WHO TOLD YOU NKRUMAH WAS A SATAN WORSHIPPER? THE CIA PROPAGANDA MACHINERY, NOT SO. WERE YOU THERE WHEN HE WAS WORSHIPPING SATAN? SUCH AN IDIOT!!!!!
SahNay 10 years ago

waste of time, this drivel! these days, every ghanaian thinks that he is a writer.

waste of time, this drivel! these days, every ghanaian thinks that he is a writer.
gg 10 years ago

It it me or what? I can sense jealousy in your diatribe.

It it me or what? I can sense jealousy in your diatribe.
SahNay 10 years ago

it is you, gg!!!

it is you, gg!!!
KING 10 years ago

THE WRITER FAILED TO MENTION ALL THE
GOOD AND POSITIVE THINGS NKRUMAH DID,
INSTEAD , CONCENTRATED ON NEGATIVES .
SHAME ON HIM.KOTOKA AND AFRIFA WERE
PAID $1,0000,000.00 BY CIA. THE MONEY WAS SHARED.COULD U BELIEVE THIS? ...
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THE WRITER FAILED TO MENTION ALL THE
GOOD AND POSITIVE THINGS NKRUMAH DID,
INSTEAD , CONCENTRATED ON NEGATIVES .
SHAME ON HIM.KOTOKA AND AFRIFA WERE
PAID $1,0000,000.00 BY CIA. THE MONEY WAS SHARED.COULD U BELIEVE THIS? they
are not only traitors they are also
thieves.
SARPONG 10 years ago

The Writer praised Nkrumah for his poditive legacies, maybe you did not read the whole article and whether Kotoka and Afrifa were given billions of dollars or not, they removed a brutal dictator who detained political opponen ...
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The Writer praised Nkrumah for his poditive legacies, maybe you did not read the whole article and whether Kotoka and Afrifa were given billions of dollars or not, they removed a brutal dictator who detained political opponents, people who criticized his regime, students, farmers, civil servants etc.

I don't care if Kotoka and Afrifa got money from Satan to remove Nkrumah since he Nkrumah was doing satan bidding.
princewilly@ymail.com 10 years ago

WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THE WRITER WHO WAS A STUDENT IN A TRAINING COLLEGE IN A VILLAGE AND NEVER LIVED IN A CITY TO OBSERVE WHAT HAPPENED?
JESUS DEATH AND NKRUMAH'S OVETHROW WAS NOT A BLESSING TO EVERYBODY.
I WAS A TEENAGE ...
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WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THE WRITER WHO WAS A STUDENT IN A TRAINING COLLEGE IN A VILLAGE AND NEVER LIVED IN A CITY TO OBSERVE WHAT HAPPENED?
JESUS DEATH AND NKRUMAH'S OVETHROW WAS NOT A BLESSING TO EVERYBODY.
I WAS A TEENAGER IN I BATTALION MIDDLE SCHOOL IN APREMDU TAKORADI WHEN NKUMAH WAS OVERTHROWN.
WHEN I RETURNED TO MY PARENTS HOME AT RANCHI BARRACKS 6 BATTALION,MANY OF THE WOMEN WERE CRYING.
JESUS NEVER DIES AND NKRUMAH NEVER DIES.
Bombardier 10 years ago

I am praying for war in Ghana, just for 36 hours. Ken, I know you in Virginia. Don't aggravate my anger. You will be my first target when Ghana is pushed to the brinks.

I am praying for war in Ghana, just for 36 hours. Ken, I know you in Virginia. Don't aggravate my anger. You will be my first target when Ghana is pushed to the brinks.
ABU 10 years ago

Ghanaians truncated developments for pipoes flowing with milk as this writer never saw the wisdom of what Nkrumah planned ans envisaged for the nation.You see til today Ghanaians have chosen imported canned food product over ...
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Ghanaians truncated developments for pipoes flowing with milk as this writer never saw the wisdom of what Nkrumah planned ans envisaged for the nation.You see til today Ghanaians have chosen imported canned food product over socio-economic developments forcing us to go into economic exile in our droves.
SPIDER IN HIS WEB 10 years ago

Mr Sarpong, if you were a student of history and current affairs, I am pretty sure you would spare us all the kind of myopic, anti-Nkrumah, anti-intellectual pieces that you spew on Ghanaweb. If you think Nkrumah was a negati ...
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Mr Sarpong, if you were a student of history and current affairs, I am pretty sure you would spare us all the kind of myopic, anti-Nkrumah, anti-intellectual pieces that you spew on Ghanaweb. If you think Nkrumah was a negative factor in Ghana's history, then you do not understand what a dictatorship is all about. Nkrumah essentially was a modernizer who wanted to free his beloved country and continent from the tentacles of European imperialism. And here, judging from your writings, I do not think you have any clue what or where I am trying to direct your mind. I would first of all advise you to obtain for yourself a nice dictionary of politics and if you so ndesire I will be glad to offer you a list of books to read to give you a better worldview as an African. For the moment all I can tell you is that Okomfo Anokye was a spiritual modernizer who gave his beloved Asante Kingdom centralized power and effective political administration. Unfortunately, he did not know anything about schools, clinics, roads, banks and factories. Kotoka was indeed a big time traitor. And that is the absolute truth!!
SARPONG 10 years ago

"Nkrumah essentially was a modernizer who wanted to free his beloved country and continent from the tentacles of European imperialism."

He did free Ghana with the help of others from European imperialism but his efforts to ...
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"Nkrumah essentially was a modernizer who wanted to free his beloved country and continent from the tentacles of European imperialism."

He did free Ghana with the help of others from European imperialism but his efforts to unite Africa was not twarted by Ghanaians but by other African leaders like Nyerere of Tanzania, Nnamdi Azikiwe of Nigeria Chad President and others who did not trust him.

You rather need to read Africa history and political science to educate yourself why Nkrumah failed to achieve his Africa union dream. Nkrumah was even training other Africa mercenaries to overthrow other governments in Africa but you Nkrumag brain washed acolytes will rather not want others to hear how devious Nkrumah was.

Do you think Nkrumah was right to declare himself President for life?
SPIDER IN HIS WEB 10 years ago

Mr Sarpong, when you say things like Nkrumah was training mercenaries to overthrow other governments in Africa it confirms your total cluelessness of events in our country let alone Africa and the world. You did not say wheth ...
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Mr Sarpong, when you say things like Nkrumah was training mercenaries to overthrow other governments in Africa it confirms your total cluelessness of events in our country let alone Africa and the world. You did not say whether you had read some world history or on imperialism, colonialism and/or neo-colonialism. If you haven't, then I better stop the conversation because nothing that I say will convince you. But I will proceed to answer your question. As I said in my last posting, Nkrumah was essentially a modernizer. He had brought independence and freedom to an otherwise stone-age people, so to speak. What would he want to do with that newly-won freedom? Was it his intention to boot out the British and amass wealth for himself and forget the rest of the population? I believe he could easily have done that given the record of many post-independence African leaders. Or was it his intention to propel his people into the twentieth century and beyond? He chose the latter option. This choice entails a lot of thinking, wisdom and courage but also a lot of power-wielding. If there had been a general consensus among the leadership of the population of the need for and the direction of the modernization process, then half the job would have been accomplished. Unfortunately for Nkrumah he faced a stubbornly backward opposition whose outlook was tribal and elitist, not national, and worse were willing tools of the same imperialism that we had just extricated ourselves from. They made the first attempt on his life as early as 1958. They sent delegations to Great Britain and the United States to try and dissuade their governments from giving technical assistance toward the building of the Akosombo dam, which was supposed to be the backbone of our development efforts. The attempts on his life necessitated the introduction of the Preventive Detention Act. Yes, Nkrumah was right in declaring himself President for life because there was no one within the leadership of the country with the vision and the foresight to carry through the economic transformation that he had started. The Ideological Institute was necessary for the same reason, to breed and educate the next generation of anti-imperialist leaders who would guard the country's independence against the forces of neo-colonialism and imperialism. I wish Nkrumah had led Ghana for a double lifetime.
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 10 years ago

"Yes, Nkrumah was right in declaring himself President for life because there was no one within the leadership of the country with the vision and the foresight to carry through the economic transformation that he had started. ...
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"Yes, Nkrumah was right in declaring himself President for life because there was no one within the leadership of the country with the vision and the foresight to carry through the economic transformation that he had started. The Ideological Institute was necessary for the same reason, to breed and educate the next generation of anti-imperialist leaders who would guard the country's independence against the forces of neo-colonialism and imperialism. I wish Nkrumah had led Ghana for a double lifetime."
This is an apt summation of Nkrumah's megalomaniacal view of himself. He became a brutal dictator because he arrogantly thought he had brought independence to " a stone age people."
This "tweaa kai; I am not your co-equal" attitude explicitly explains why the 1966 coup was the best thing that happened in the country.
SPIDER IN HIS WEB 10 years ago

Where is the megalomania in Nkrumah's personality? Will a megalomaniac offer free education and free medical care to all his countrymen? If you say Nkrumah was a megalomaniac, then you are sadly placing him in the category of ...
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Where is the megalomania in Nkrumah's personality? Will a megalomaniac offer free education and free medical care to all his countrymen? If you say Nkrumah was a megalomaniac, then you are sadly placing him in the category of the Mobutu's and the Houphouet-Boigny's and the Bokassa's of Africa. Look at what has happened to those countries since their leaders passed. My friend,it is the enduring legacy of Nkrumah's progressive policies that Ghana, in spite of its brutalization by and corruption of military adventurists, still stands, albeit wobbly.
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 10 years ago

You should examine those damning statements you previously made to justify Nkrumah's dictatorship and ensconce the notion into the "megalomaniac" context, and you will find that you yourself built a perfect image of a megalom ...
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You should examine those damning statements you previously made to justify Nkrumah's dictatorship and ensconce the notion into the "megalomaniac" context, and you will find that you yourself built a perfect image of a megalomaniac when you succinctly stated: "Yes, Nkrumah was right in declaring himself President for life because there was no one within the leadership of the country with the vision and the foresight to carry through the economic transformation that he had started. The Ideological Institute was necessary for the same reason, to breed and educate the next generation of anti-imperialist leaders who would guard the country's independence against the forces of neo-colonialism and imperialism "
Of all the comments here, yours truly did the most damage to Nkrumah by exposing him for what he truly thought of himself, and of all Ghanaians!
SPIDER IN HIS WEB 10 years ago

I don 't know how old you are but of the political figures at the time, who could have thought about the enormous national development projects undertaken by the gov't and yet possessed the intellect and the single-mindedness ...
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I don 't know how old you are but of the political figures at the time, who could have thought about the enormous national development projects undertaken by the gov't and yet possessed the intellect and the single-mindedness and incorruptibility to supervise them to their successful realization. Are you thinking about Otumfuor Agyeman Prempeh II or Baffuor Osei Akoto or Danquah or Busia or Gbedemah? Throughout history modernizers do these by themselves with the assistance of a few trusted aides. That is exactly what Nkrumah did.
Nana Yaw 10 years ago

You guys don't get it, do you? Nkrumah should have been allowed to make Ghana a concentration camp because he embarked on developmental projects? What kind of reasoning is that?

Others in history did hundred times more wit ...
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You guys don't get it, do you? Nkrumah should have been allowed to make Ghana a concentration camp because he embarked on developmental projects? What kind of reasoning is that?

Others in history did hundred times more without enslaving their citizens and brutalizing them.
Sanity 10 years ago

HOW MANY PEOPLE IN HISTORY DO YOU KNOW THAT DID MUCH MORE? JUST NAME ONLY ONE AND WHAT THEY DID. NONSENSE.

HOW MANY PEOPLE IN HISTORY DO YOU KNOW THAT DID MUCH MORE? JUST NAME ONLY ONE AND WHAT THEY DID. NONSENSE.
Spiky 10 years ago

This is another simplistic piece glamourising the naivety of Ghanaians. Perhaps this writer needs to ask some more soul-searching questions, at least from hindsight, e.g.

1.Was the “crisis” that led to Nkrumah’s ove ...
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This is another simplistic piece glamourising the naivety of Ghanaians. Perhaps this writer needs to ask some more soul-searching questions, at least from hindsight, e.g.

1.Was the “crisis” that led to Nkrumah’s overthrow internal to Ghana or from external forces outside Ghana, or both?”

2. Would there have been a coup if Ghana had a “positive” opposition rather than a “negative” opposition that not only connived and undermined its own government but co-operated with external forces to destabilise the country?

3. Is dictatorship per se bad or good? Whatever your answer just remember that China is still a dictatorship and the Americans, the so-called "free country" owe them trillions of dollars; Lee Kwan Yew was a dictator and Singapore is today a very prosperous country, and Ghana is still wallowing in poverty, ignorance and disease.

4. Would Ghanaians have rejoiced if they understood the forces at play to destroy Nkrumah's government, and for that matter their country and the liberation of the black man from colonialism and imperialism?

5. Was Nkrumah a born dictator or created by circumstances?

6. How do you reconcile the fact that even in the 21st century Nkrumah's ideas are still respected with your condemnation of the Young Pioneers Movement and the Ideological Institute which were institutional machanisms to impart his ideas for the good of Ghanaians and the Black man in general?

From hindsight, if we are unable to make a critical appraisal of what happened to us as a people in our history and change our cause for greatness there can only be one explanation for it: Either what unfolded was too complex for us to understand and make an intelligent response to it or we are too afraid to face the truth. Either way we are not better off.
SARPONG 10 years ago

Lets assume all your six questions favour what Nkrumah did and replicate it to modern Ghana.

Let's also assume Ghanaians thought NPP government of 2001-2009 achieved a lot and therefore President Kuffour thought he was th ...
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Lets assume all your six questions favour what Nkrumah did and replicate it to modern Ghana.

Let's also assume Ghanaians thought NPP government of 2001-2009 achieved a lot and therefore President Kuffour thought he was the best man to rule the country and therefore declared himself President for life, will you and other people from NDC and CPP have accepted it?

Why is that common things are clothed in complex rantings to explain to Ghanains why Nkrumah's President for life was good for the country?
Nii Ashitey 10 years ago

contrary to Sarpong's assertion that he liked this write up because of its balance,I am afraid the writer forecast his conclusion before he even began the essay.It was like he had been told to be balanced and even the good th ...
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contrary to Sarpong's assertion that he liked this write up because of its balance,I am afraid the writer forecast his conclusion before he even began the essay.It was like he had been told to be balanced and even the good things he said about the great man were all intended for his bias grand finally.It has no merit.
SARPONG 10 years ago

Whether it has merit or not, Nkrumah brought the coup on his head by declaring himself President for life, imprisoning people without trial, that cannot be defended even if Nkrumah erected pipes in every household dripping mi ...
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Whether it has merit or not, Nkrumah brought the coup on his head by declaring himself President for life, imprisoning people without trial, that cannot be defended even if Nkrumah erected pipes in every household dripping milk and honey. Freedom is the most cherished thing in life even God gave us right to make mistakes through our own choices. God could have made us in such a way that we could only do good things but in his own wisdom, he gave us freedom to make choices. Who is Nkrumah to take that right away? Kotoka and Afrifa could have accepted money from Satan for all that I care, he was rightly removed.

Now I want you Nkrumah supporters to start agitating for the removal of the name Kotoka International Airport if you think he was that bad.
Mawuli 10 years ago

Mr. Sapong, what is free speech to an ignorant hungry society.
You smartly dismiss the the argument of Kotoka and Afrifa corrupting their morals and exposing their greed by taking millions from CIA by being dismissive. That ...
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Mr. Sapong, what is free speech to an ignorant hungry society.
You smartly dismiss the the argument of Kotoka and Afrifa corrupting their morals and exposing their greed by taking millions from CIA by being dismissive. That to me puts your democratic principles into question.
To you the end justifies the means which is unfortunate.
Even ALQEADA believes in that principle because they consider the western democracies to be their oppressors.

For both Afrifa and Kotoka to be paid by the CIA proves motive for organizing a coup-detat. And for w hat we know, it wasn't the believe in the democratic principles but were stomach military men.
If the argument can be made for the justification of violence in certain situations, then Afrifa and Kotoka shouldn't be an exception and that they deserve what they got.
After all Dr. Kwame Nkrumah never got corrupted in his believe. He stood for his principles to the end and posterity is judging all of parties involved.
No wonder we have greedy bastards conning and dividing us in the so called free society. Poor us.

By the way I still follow you on this forum and as much as I disagree with you on many fronts, I admire you for standing for something and defending it. That is what standing for one's core principles is about.

Thank you.
Kwasi 10 years ago

The Coup was engineered by Gen. Emmanuel Kotoka then 2 Brigade Commander and Gen. Albert Ocran also 1 Brigade Commander. Afrifa was Kotoka's body guard.

The Coup was engineered by Gen. Emmanuel Kotoka then 2 Brigade Commander and Gen. Albert Ocran also 1 Brigade Commander. Afrifa was Kotoka's body guard.
SARPONG 10 years ago

Afrifa was not Kotoka's bodyguard but was Adjutant to Kotoka in Military terms which means second in Command.

Afrifa was not Kotoka's bodyguard but was Adjutant to Kotoka in Military terms which means second in Command.
Kwasi 10 years ago

Yes it was true CIA toppled Nkrumah through Generals Kotoka and Ocran. Kotoka was in New York soon after the coup.

Yes it was true CIA toppled Nkrumah through Generals Kotoka and Ocran. Kotoka was in New York soon after the coup.
Kwasi 10 years ago

Please Look out for this book entitled a Myth is Broken by Lt Gen. Albert Ocran. How the coup was planned and perfectly executed.

Please Look out for this book entitled a Myth is Broken by Lt Gen. Albert Ocran. How the coup was planned and perfectly executed.
Yaw 10 years ago

This Atta Boakye has turned history on its head. He should have been candid enouth to tell us about the killings that went on in Kumasi during those heady days. He should told us that, one year after independence, the matemeh ...
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This Atta Boakye has turned history on its head. He should have been candid enouth to tell us about the killings that went on in Kumasi during those heady days. He should told us that, one year after independence, the matemeho guys like Baffour Osei Akoto had started looking for the blood of Nkrumah and any sensible person would have acted in the way Nkrumah acted.
123 10 years ago

What else can you nkrumah idiots say? You cannot defend his brutalities.

What else can you nkrumah idiots say? You cannot defend his brutalities.
Ghanaba 10 years ago

no wonder you are eating in the hands of those who have made our Mother Africa suffer for their own imperial capitalisim benefit.

no wonder you are eating in the hands of those who have made our Mother Africa suffer for their own imperial capitalisim benefit.
SARPONG 10 years ago

No, stop blaming the foolishness of African leaders on our colonial masters. He might be eating on the hands of them but he works for it unlike your sorry arses with your so called leaders with bowl in hands begging for hands ...
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No, stop blaming the foolishness of African leaders on our colonial masters. He might be eating on the hands of them but he works for it unlike your sorry arses with your so called leaders with bowl in hands begging for hands outs.

Have you heard your Mahama referring to our donour partners. Do you know what a donour partner is? The colonial masters you still beg to contribute towards your budgets.
IBRAHIM SUHRI 10 years ago

JUST READING TROUGH YOUR ARTICLE I UNDERSTAND YOUR DIFFICULTY,BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU ALL THE BAD THINGS RECOUNTED IN YOUR ARTICLE IS JUST TO SERVE A PURPORSE AND IF YOU LIKE DENEGRATE THE GREAT LEADER OF ALL TIMES IN OUR POLITI ...
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JUST READING TROUGH YOUR ARTICLE I UNDERSTAND YOUR DIFFICULTY,BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU ALL THE BAD THINGS RECOUNTED IN YOUR ARTICLE IS JUST TO SERVE A PURPORSE AND IF YOU LIKE DENEGRATE THE GREAT LEADER OF ALL TIMES IN OUR POLITICAL HISTORY :THERE IS NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE:I WILL ENTREATE YOU TO LET SLEEPING DOGS LIE AFRIFA AND J.B DANKWAH HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR HISTORY KWAME NKRUMAH ALL THE WAY.
Akadu Mensema 10 years ago

"But then the onus was upon Nkrumah to prove his political might to calm the situation peacefully. Later events proved that Nkrumah was over-ambitious and had his personal agenda that betrayed all his good intentions. Since D ...
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"But then the onus was upon Nkrumah to prove his political might to calm the situation peacefully. Later events proved that Nkrumah was over-ambitious and had his personal agenda that betrayed all his good intentions. Since Dankwah suffered electoral defeats and did not have the chance to practice his ideologies I do not deem it important to hold him as much accountable to post-independence successes and failures as Nkrumah"
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 10 years ago

The cast of characters defending and excusing Nkrumah's dictatorship speaks volumes for Nkrumah's own character or lack thereof: tribal bigots, nation wreckers, aficionados of hatred, peddlers of ad hominem arguments, lip ser ...
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The cast of characters defending and excusing Nkrumah's dictatorship speaks volumes for Nkrumah's own character or lack thereof: tribal bigots, nation wreckers, aficionados of hatred, peddlers of ad hominem arguments, lip servants of patriotism, separatists, mountebanks of African Area Studies and outright villains daily seeking to undermine national unity.....Legion inhabits their chief priest Akadu Mensema, a fictive character whose name is scrambled to give him a false identity, just like his god Nkrumah!
james naru 10 years ago

The article was not balanced:
Nkrumah achieved the following in Ghana:
• Had a plan – 7 year development plan
• Akosombo Hydro Electric Scheme
• Black Star Shipping Lines
• Ghana Airways
• Several Industrie ...
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The article was not balanced:
Nkrumah achieved the following in Ghana:
• Had a plan – 7 year development plan
• Akosombo Hydro Electric Scheme
• Black Star Shipping Lines
• Ghana Airways
• Several Industries – GIHOC, STEEL WORKS, etc
• Country on a mission
Nkrumah failed in the following areas in Ghana:
• Suppressed freedom of speech
• Prevention Detention Act
Nkrumah achieved the on the African Continent:
• Respect for the African race
• OAU now the African Union ( AU is still trying struggling with what Nkrumah wanted to do. The United States of Africa with a strong voice at the UN)
• Proposed to have the Africa High Command,( i.e. a pool of trained Armed Forces from Africa countries available for rapid deployment)
• Proposed an African Single Currency
• Proposed a single language for Africa
• Total Liberation of Africa
What did the Kotoka/Afrifa Coup achieve?
• Joy to the Imperialist
• Disruption of our agenda: country or continent on the move. We are now a country without a plan and a continent unable to feed itself. From Somalia all the way down to Zimbabwe
• Inability to even maintain some of the infrastructure he developed- ie Accra Tema Motorway
• Prevention Detention Act
• Perception that CIA was involved. There is now ample evidence that CIA operatives went to the Atomic Energy Commission at Kwabenya after the coup to carry out their dirty tricks.
Kofi 10 years ago

Fa obuo to baabi a eda na Onyame
behyira wo

Fa obuo to baabi a eda na Onyame
behyira wo
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 10 years ago

The consistent braying, bleating and barking of the Nkrumahist donkeys, sheep and dogs comprise one further indication of the brain atrophy of these cultic mongers and ideological monsters. Thus apart from their usual apoplec ...
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The consistent braying, bleating and barking of the Nkrumahist donkeys, sheep and dogs comprise one further indication of the brain atrophy of these cultic mongers and ideological monsters. Thus apart from their usual apoplectic tantrums, none can point out any lie in my articles nor coherently debate any salient issue I have so far raised.

And so in abject frustration and searing rage, these Nkrumahist ideologues, action troopers, young pioneers, republican guards, praise singers, and death squads, with gnashing teeth and contorted visage, snarling and howling with air so foul, tearing their clothing in a fit of sacred rage, invoking dark curses from Kankan Nyame, ruing the glorious days of PDA, days of incarceration without trial, when the Fountain of Honor's word was law, when the redeemer dictated lore and gave them their folklore, ask with screeching voices and husky tones , when will you join our retinue of perpetual praise singers? When will you poke your eye-balls in order to bray our chorus of blind loyalty, or expectorate your brain matter in order to bleat our allegiances preserved for these donkey years? When will you be like us, unthinking, unquestioning, unfeeling, un-testing, and un-examining?

My answer...the day you will tell me of my lies in this series of articles; of the things I have alleged here that are not true: tell me that Nkrumah was not the recipient of others’ benevolence, tell me that he did not repay them with imprisonment, tell me that there was no PDA, tell me that there was no imprisonment without trial, tell me that there was no removal of the franchise, nor declaration of one party state nor life president!

Nkrumah did a nice job by screwing up his followers’ brains, but the extent of their brain atrophy is far more than initially thought or ever imagined when seen within the lenses of his followers’ incoherent expletives in substitute to genuine debate. No doubt, for another three hundred years, these somnambulist acolytes and their children's children's heads will remain deep-frozen with the shibboleth of Nkrumahism; they can never think, never debate, never reason….. . They come from an ideological proclivity to whom the Osagyefo is a saint and god, a proclivity that makes them bury their heads in the sand and see nothing wrong, hear nothing wrong and say nothing wrong about the Great Redeemer.
When the issue of Nkrumah’s dictatorship is raised, all that the eternal minions do is to claim that the 1966 coup was CIA inspired. This begs the question of Nkrumah’s tyranny and consigns the wisdom of the popular masses that thronged the streets in jubilation into a deep-freezer. We could then argue that the CIA inspiration was a welcome intervention in the destiny of a people taken into hostage by a brutal dictator and thank the CIA for its work of liberation. Once the issue of Nkrumah’s dictatorship is confirmed, the manner of his overthrow is moot.

Also, they invoke American democratic credentials vis-a-vis its history of oppression to justify Nkrumah’s dictatorship. How the American democratic credentials impinge on Nkrumah's tyranny beats my imagination. We are accusing the head of our household of child abuse, and you are pointing to another household and saying that the head is also guilty of child abuse. How relevant is that?
Besides, we must draw a distinctive dichotomy between the natural trajectory of democracy and its use as a mantra to oppress and subjugate others. If we understand democracy as an evolution towards perfection in government, we will understand how its existence is a means, but not the end of human freedom itself. Thereafter, we will not justify authoritarianism because of the existence of injustices within a democratic dispensation somewhere. Instead, we will inquire into our system of government to determine if it is headed towards the right or wrong direction…from dictatorship into democracy or vice versa. If it is the latter, it must be terminated by all means possible, and never be sanctioned by any freedom-loving people.
The difference between the 1966 coup that toppled Nkrumah and all the other coups that happened in Ghana is that whereas by 1966, Ghana was heading towards imminent dictatorship with its appurtenant life president, one party state and PDA, in 1972, 1979 and 1981, the nation was heading in the direction of a democratic dispensation, and there was no need to overthrow these governments. This is the reason why the 1966 coup is the only justified and justifiable coup in the history of Ghana.
I would agree that Nkrumah lived ahead of his time. His record in the provision of infrastructure, healthcare, education and employment has not been matched by any government...and I don't agree with those who diminish his achievements in this respect by pointing to the availability of money. This is because subsequent governments have not done what Nkrumah did even in proportion with the resources they had. Indeed, I would go to the extent of agreeing that Nkrumah was the greatest African of the past millennium, but Nkrumah's achievements in these respects do not transmogrify into a democratic credential. Neither do they negate the fact that he was a brutal dictator. Indeed, Nkrumah’s history is never complete without commensurate references to his authoritarian leadership. I am not afraid to praise Nkrumah; at the same time, I am not afraid to condemn him. But for a man whose mantra for Ghana's independence was freedom and justice, he should be judged by the promise of his own words, and nothing lower.
Instead of pointing to Western imperfections as an excuse to justify Nkrumah’s dictatorship, nothing stops us Africans from building a model democracy for the world to emulate. That is what Nkrumah failed to do, and that is what this conversation should be about. True or not: Was Nkrumah a dictator? Did he abridge freedoms as enumerated in my articles? If so, what was the legitimacy of his moral compass in calling for the freedom of the African continent when he denied freedom for his own people? And why must we, as a sovereign nation, entertain a tyrant whose evolutionary trajectory was towards total and absolute dictatorship?
And why must the threat on Nkrumah’s life become a conduit for the channeling of his dictatorial propensities? If the assassination of American presidents and the terroristic activities of religious fanatics did not permanently alter the sovereign rights of the American people, why should these same factors lead to the permanent abrogation of the people’s rights and the resulting dictatorship under Nkrumah’s regime? If all that a dictator needs is security threat to abrogate the rights of his people, that dictator will always find the security threat one way or the other in order to abrogate the rights of the people.
But the chronology of Nkrumah’s draconian laws exposes his natural propensity for insidious tyranny: the PDA was enacted in 1958 and gave the President the right to incarcerate a citizen without trial for five years. In 1962, the law was re-enacted to incarcerate a citizen of Ghana for a period of ten years without trial. Nkrumah also amended the Criminal Procedure Act to empower him to quash court's decision retroactively and prospectively.
And so when we say Nkrumah achieved independence for Ghana, the natural question is what type of independence? Was it about flags, coat of arms, a national anthem and other insignia of state? Was it about the mere transposition of white oppression to black oppression, and the rearrangement of the political play-actors to empower a cabal of black oppressors instead of a white one?
We cannot separate true independence from its core element which is the sovereignty of the people: their rights within the democratic dispensation and their freedoms enshrined in proper law and lore. Nkrumah’s destruction of this element of independence makes him an enemy, and not the father of Ghana’s independence. He saw independence through a jaundiced view of his personality cult, and bequeathed to the nation a generation of indoctrinated Ghanaian acolytes whose thoughts are forever warped and reasoning circumscribed to feed the great Nkrumahist mythology. All these people can do is to shout shibboleths in praise of Nkrumah, or to insult those who dare to criticize him.
The worst of these empty slogans and insults emanated from a Ghanaian professor of Political Science who wrote these words to me:
It is a shame that you pride yourself as a lawyer who is knowledgeable enough to condemn Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first president of Ghana, whom the AU was more than proud to honor because of his good services to Ghana and Africa by erecting his statue at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa. What have you as an individual done for Ghana or Africa worth a historical notation? Yet you take pride in condemning Africa's most illustrious leader. As someone who has researched and understand the "politics" at the time of Ghana's struggle for self-rule and economic freedom, I take issue with your rather shallow political analyses vis-à-vis the contribution of Dr. Nkrumah to Ghana and Africa in the midst of CIA collaborators who wanted to derail our hard won freedom in the 1950's and 1960's. Best wishes.

George A. Agbango, Ph.D.
Professor of Politics and Public Administration
US Institute of Peace Scholar
Department of Political Science
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
216-B Bakeless Center for the Humanities
400 East Second Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815
USA
Friends, this is vintage Nkrumahist rant for you! In spite of all his education, he is just incapable of thinking beyond praise-singing. Is he truly interested in what I do for my country “ worth (sic) a historical notation”? If I were to narrate my contribution to my country, will he be convinced?
Ayikwei Armah, Africa’s foremost prose stylist, in his book called “The Healers” describes a festival within a certain African community in which all the people engage in a race only to crown a single person as the winner deserving of all honor. A better trope and mythical construct cannot be found to describe the hero-worshipping of the political illusionist of all time, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the Fountain of All Honor! But it is the work of real scholars to scratch the foil from the core and analyze the myth in order to expose the truth.
Sanity 10 years ago

ITS UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU CLAIM TO BE A LAWYER CUM DR BUT WITH LITTLE, IF ANY UNDERSTANDING OF POLICY, PROGRESS AND FORESIGHT. FOR YOU TO CALL NKRUMAH AN ILLUSIONIST RUNS CONSISTENT WITH AN IGNORANT, MYOPIC AND UNEDUCATED MORO ...
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ITS UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU CLAIM TO BE A LAWYER CUM DR BUT WITH LITTLE, IF ANY UNDERSTANDING OF POLICY, PROGRESS AND FORESIGHT. FOR YOU TO CALL NKRUMAH AN ILLUSIONIST RUNS CONSISTENT WITH AN IGNORANT, MYOPIC AND UNEDUCATED MORON WITH NO UNDERSTANDING OF DEEP PHILOSOPHICAL COMPREHENSION. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELF, MR BOGUS LAWYER AND DR.
Ako 10 years ago

SAS is a mad mad man ignore his stupidity.He is no more making sense and just trying to defend his stupid pride which has had a huge set back because he had exposed himself as an intellectual lightweight.He has suddenly becom ...
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SAS is a mad mad man ignore his stupidity.He is no more making sense and just trying to defend his stupid pride which has had a huge set back because he had exposed himself as an intellectual lightweight.He has suddenly become abusive a sign of desperation of some one who had lost the argument.
SPIDER IN HIS WEB 10 years ago

Dr SAS, I have merely tried, maybe not enough, to narrate some of Ghana's historical truths, what happened, what event led to what etc. But you have also failed to address the issues I have raised. Such a long emotional ranti ...
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Dr SAS, I have merely tried, maybe not enough, to narrate some of Ghana's historical truths, what happened, what event led to what etc. But you have also failed to address the issues I have raised. Such a long emotional ranting won't help you or anybody. Was it not true that the Danquah-led opposition made an attempt on Nkrumah's life in 1958? What might have caused them(believers in democracy to want to violently remove a duly elected Prime Minister and not through the ballot box? Was it not that same 'better than anybody else' syndrome you so love to tag on Nkrumah? Was it not true that the opposition tried and failed to torpedo the building of the Akosombo dam? Was it not true that Danquah told the British that the Gold Coast was not ready for independence in 1957 and the British ignored him? I am not a fan of the present ruling government in Ghana. I think it is an aberration for Ghana. But when the Danquah/Busia tradition is in power you call it a democracy despite all the abundant corruption. When somebody else is in power, you call it a dictatorship or worse megalomania. Well then I will dare say to you that those who laid the foundations of modern European democracy and prosperity were not democrats but absolute monarchs who brooked no nonsense from any quarter. What Nkrumah did for Ghana was well within our means to do to ensure our future prosperity after 113 long years of imperialist exploitation and repression. That is why you had free education that ironically allows you to condemn him. Unfortunately you have acquired too much CIA miseducation which has given you a faulty worldview as an African. Are we not all victims of CIA propaganda and misinformation?
Spiky 10 years ago

Great minds think alike, Dr. SAS,and if you can't fathom the philosophical mind of Nkrumah and doff your hat for him and his achievements then you are not a philosopher and can't appreciate the depth of his mind, what he stoo ...
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Great minds think alike, Dr. SAS,and if you can't fathom the philosophical mind of Nkrumah and doff your hat for him and his achievements then you are not a philosopher and can't appreciate the depth of his mind, what he stood for and why they hired Kotoka and his henchmen to overthrow him. There are not many great thinkers, alive or dead, in the world, and I am proud that at least one of them was a Ghanaian: Kwame Nkrumah.
PAN AFRICANIST 10 years ago

I HAVE JUST SOME FEW WORDS FOR YOU.
YOU ARE A TWERP AND A BIG FOOL.

I HAVE JUST SOME FEW WORDS FOR YOU.
YOU ARE A TWERP AND A BIG FOOL.

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