Yew's death grim reminder of what Ghana lost in Nkrumah – Ama Ata Aidoo

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cha 9 years ago

Mahama must go-

Mahama must go-
D Moro 9 years ago

Ghana needs an NKRUMAH. The guy did not know what tribalism was! Loved everyone!

Ghana needs an NKRUMAH. The guy did not know what tribalism was! Loved everyone!
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

Nana Binaddo must shut up and go away! !! Who want to listen to this dead Horse? Stop lying to the good people of GHANA, since when did you Nana Akanfuo Binaddo believed in Ghana? How can anyone believes in his country and ha ...
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Nana Binaddo must shut up and go away! !! Who want to listen to this dead Horse? Stop lying to the good people of GHANA, since when did you Nana Akanfuo Binaddo believed in Ghana? How can anyone believes in his country and has 2 identifications in his pocket? Nana is having Ghana and UK ID, but telling Ghanaians he believe in Ghana.
SARPONG 9 years ago

This is a joke. Don't even compare Nkrumah to Lee Kwan Yun. While Lee was focused trying to develop a small Island city with a population at that time less than one million People, Nkrumah has a grandiose ambition of being Pr ...
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This is a joke. Don't even compare Nkrumah to Lee Kwan Yun. While Lee was focused trying to develop a small Island city with a population at that time less than one million People, Nkrumah has a grandiose ambition of being President of Africa and using our scarce resources to woo other Africa Leaders, 10 million pounds in 196 to Guinea and another 10 million pounds to Mali.

Lee was focused like a laser in developing Singapore whilst Nkrumah was globetrotting like a lost soul whilst our economy was tittering towards collapse. Our GDP was declining in 1966 when Nkrumah was deposed. The fact that both of them were Dictators does not mean Nkrumah would have achieved what Lee did.

You can compare Nkrumah to Castro of Cuba and Kim of North Korea and you will be right.
RINGO 9 years ago

1972 born SARPONG,listen,when are you going to stop relying on HEARSAY.Nkrumah was even bigger than Lee because his goal was to transform the entire African continent AND NOT A SMALL ISLAND NATION WITH A POPULATION OF LESS T ...
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1972 born SARPONG,listen,when are you going to stop relying on HEARSAY.Nkrumah was even bigger than Lee because his goal was to transform the entire African continent AND NOT A SMALL ISLAND NATION WITH A POPULATION OF LESS THAN ONE MILLION.The man of vision,Kwame Nkrumah knew the advantages of a continental government for Africa,both politically and economically,hence his burning desire to achieve that goal.Ill-educated and ignorant people like you who are Nkrumah haters lack that rare vision.It takes matured scholars and those with in-depth knowledge of African politics to appreciate Nkrumah's efforts.
Vodoo Xebieso 9 years ago

Sarpong, your hatred and dislike of Kwame Nkrumah is boundless. Your load of lies will NEVER diminish Kwame's accomplishments for this country.

Deep down in your heart of hearts, you know and believe that had the military ...
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Sarpong, your hatred and dislike of Kwame Nkrumah is boundless. Your load of lies will NEVER diminish Kwame's accomplishments for this country.

Deep down in your heart of hearts, you know and believe that had the military not overthrown the man, Ghana would have been rubbing shoulders with countries like South Africa and Egypt by now in terms of industrialisation and structures that make the modern state.

Maybe, your father or uncles who sponsored the bomb throwers must have been jailed by Kwame and they all died in detention, hence your morbid hatred and dislike for the man.
Gye Nyame 9 years ago

Can you imagine that! Sekou being the prime minister. Also be reminded that Singapore although a socialist country practices free-market capitalism, free trade and is very welcoming to multinational companies. The transforma ...
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Can you imagine that! Sekou being the prime minister. Also be reminded that Singapore although a socialist country practices free-market capitalism, free trade and is very welcoming to multinational companies. The transformation of Singapore was because Lee's attitude attracted massive investments and many of the world’s biggest companies to Singapore. Nkrumah simply antagonized the West during the cold war time which led to his early demise while Lee used tact and was laser focused on developing Singapore and reining in corruption.Nkrumah took his eyes off the ball when he decided to focus on Africa instead of Ghana. Many of his ministers starting amassing ill gotten wealth and economy nose dived, by 1965 we were already asking for a bail out from the IMF and most of the government enterprises were running in the red. Ama Atta is not being honest -- it is the usual CPP nostalgia which has not translated to votes for CPP.
Ritewing 9 years ago

Enough of this nonsense about Kwame Nkrumah. Ama Ata Aidoo should have by now, realized the fallacy that informed Nkrumah's rule, given her education. Where is the legacy of this supposed giant? Nkrumah's Ghana is tottering o ...
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Enough of this nonsense about Kwame Nkrumah. Ama Ata Aidoo should have by now, realized the fallacy that informed Nkrumah's rule, given her education. Where is the legacy of this supposed giant? Nkrumah's Ghana is tottering on the brink of economic collapse, almost sixty years after Independence. Nkrumah was Leader of Government business from 1951 to 1956. Prime Minister (1957-1959) President (1960-1966) Whatever was needed to build a foundation for a prosperous nation could have been done within this period. Where are the men and women he nurtured, what about his own political party? Near zero, I presume. Lee Kwan Yew built a prosperous nation within the same period Nkrumah was leader of Ghana. Lee has bequeathed a strong and prosperous nation to his people for eternity. We cannot compare apples with oranges.
danny 9 years ago

Are you for real?You are so blinded by hate you cannot reason.

Are you for real?You are so blinded by hate you cannot reason.
danny 9 years ago

The real joke is you!

The real joke is you!
sly 9 years ago

we need a serious minded dictator to rule ghana. damn democracy and its corrupt bureacracy and hypocritical so cald tink tank civil society groups. i swear things will not be tha same. the dictaor will chase all ths criminals ...
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we need a serious minded dictator to rule ghana. damn democracy and its corrupt bureacracy and hypocritical so cald tink tank civil society groups. i swear things will not be tha same. the dictaor will chase all ths criminals parading as ministers... to hell with africa and democracy
appiah 9 years ago

Well said. It is interesting to note that those hypocrites who preach Nkrumah as a saint are the same people who have looted Ghana under NDC governments.Nkrumah was more like Castro ho was only committed to self- aggrandizeme ...
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Well said. It is interesting to note that those hypocrites who preach Nkrumah as a saint are the same people who have looted Ghana under NDC governments.Nkrumah was more like Castro ho was only committed to self- aggrandizement. The fact that most of the leaders after him have been selfish and greedy does not justify his detention of political opponents and his wasteful expenditure on his nightmare of becoming the head of a continental African government. Something that no other leader took him serious for. We in Ghana now should thank God we are not part of Guinea and Mali.living under Sharia laws.
Saint Ghfuo: Nyantakyi must go! 9 years ago

Nkrumah has referendums and elections. Communists like yew never hold elections. Nkrumah only jailed or detained those who wanted him dead, threatened his life or were untrustworthy. Communists kill their opponents! Nkrumah s ...
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Nkrumah has referendums and elections. Communists like yew never hold elections. Nkrumah only jailed or detained those who wanted him dead, threatened his life or were untrustworthy. Communists kill their opponents! Nkrumah spend on developing the infrastructure of ghana. Not lining his pockets like presidents after him. He made sure that ghanaians has access to education, free healthcare and a better standard of living. Ghana's currency was Strong. Unlike communist Cuba where Castro andnhis family like wealthy and everyone lives like paupers.
Contemporary Youth 9 years ago

In an emotional televised address, his son Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong paid tribute to him.

"He fought for our independence, built a nation where there was none, and made us proud to be Singaporeans. We won't see anothe ...
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In an emotional televised address, his son Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong paid tribute to him.

"He fought for our independence, built a nation where there was none, and made us proud to be Singaporeans. We won't see another man like him."
Saint Ghfuo: Nyantakyi must go! 9 years ago

You are a foolish fool. Even the stock market has a downturn. Gyimifuo. What do you know. Had the cia infiltrated singapore like it did with Ghana. Yew and singapore wouldn't be what it is today

You are a foolish fool. Even the stock market has a downturn. Gyimifuo. What do you know. Had the cia infiltrated singapore like it did with Ghana. Yew and singapore wouldn't be what it is today
Kenyatta 9 years ago

Nkrumah did so many good things for this country.Yes, he made some mistakes, but his good deeds far outweighed the bad ones.

Do you see all the schools he built with Ghana's money that are still being used today ?

Nkrumah did so many good things for this country.Yes, he made some mistakes, but his good deeds far outweighed the bad ones.

Do you see all the schools he built with Ghana's money that are still being used today ?
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 9 years ago

Well articulated, Miss Ama Ata Aidoo.

Well articulated, Miss Ama Ata Aidoo.
Bernard Sackey 9 years ago

Nkrumah was so power-drunk that he declared himself President for life without a cabinet or Vice President while at the same time torturing political opponents to death at the Nsawam Kwame Nkrumah Concentration Camp. Hundreds ...
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Nkrumah was so power-drunk that he declared himself President for life without a cabinet or Vice President while at the same time torturing political opponents to death at the Nsawam Kwame Nkrumah Concentration Camp. Hundreds of thousands died in the Kwame Nkrumah Killing Field while thousands more died in exile. He poluted the minds of our children with his hated Young Pioneers.

The best thing that has ever happened to Ghana was the overthrow of the dictator Kwame Nkrumah who studied in USA and UK but returned to Africa as id he had never heard abour democracy. No more nkrumaism.
ELINAM 9 years ago

Your whitman's propaganda won't hold water here as the alternative to Nkrumah which your slave masters prescribed for us as democracy is not working and shall not work until the ppl topple it violently.
Mark my words, it is ...
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Your whitman's propaganda won't hold water here as the alternative to Nkrumah which your slave masters prescribed for us as democracy is not working and shall not work until the ppl topple it violently.
Mark my words, it is on the way.
Kofi 9 years ago

It is obvious you do not know what you are talking about.Who did Nkrumah kill?

It is obvious you do not know what you are talking about.Who did Nkrumah kill?
MMB 9 years ago

Bernard, stop being so ignorant - if you do not understand what the article is saying, just 'shut' up.

Bernard, stop being so ignorant - if you do not understand what the article is saying, just 'shut' up.
Nana Ansah 9 years ago

Singapore and Malaysia peninsula used to be a single state – Malaya - until Lee Kaun Yew the founding father wrested Singapore the backwater island port from Malaya and turned into a modern hub city state par excellence. To ...
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Singapore and Malaysia peninsula used to be a single state – Malaya - until Lee Kaun Yew the founding father wrested Singapore the backwater island port from Malaya and turned into a modern hub city state par excellence. Today Singapore’s GDP which was nowhere near Ghana before it got independence in 1965 has grown from nothing to a 100 fold GDP of over $290 billion. A GDP most Ghanaians would be yearning for but only in their dreams.

In 2010, Singapore’s GDP (current prices, US dollars) was US$222.699 billion and its GDP (PPP) was US$291.937 billion.

In 2010, Singapore’s GDP (PPP) per capita was US$56,521.73 – behind Qatar and Luxembourg.

Singapore had the 8th largest current account balance in the world for 2010 at US$49.454 billion.

These are figures five years ago so you can imagine where Singapore currently find herself.

"I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be here today" (National Day Rally in 1986) Lee Kuan Yew

Had Kwame Nkrumah completed the SYDP in the early 70’s that would have been our launch pad for the next big thing. Instead the traitors complain of the saboteurs leaders being locked behind bars with the introduction of PDA. Lee who locked up his political opponents at will and ruled with iron fist in a velvet glove was also autocratic. (I am trying to be generous by not invoking the word dictator). Lee who ruled Singapore for 30 years like Suharto of Indonesia, Park Chung-Hee of South Korea all ruled heavy-handed which makes Nkrumah pale against anyone of them. Those whose Mate Meho forebears wanted to forestall or thwart the building of Akosombo dam cannot complain of dum sor today. Had Kwame Nkrumah not been steadfast to build the Akosombo dam it will not be dum sor but dum dum - a total blackout or perennial solar eclipse in Ghana.

Lee’s People's Action Party (PAP) has been in power since the birth of the new nation. What does this tell us?!Stability with growth. A benevolent dictator or autocrat who had his nation at heart that brings prosperity to his country men and women is better than any democratic experiment. What most of this Mate Meho NPP folks forget is democracy is not an event. Look at Iraq and Libya now then you know what I am talking about. It took America a civil war and over 240 years to to get to where they are now. The British Magna Carta which paved way for the parliamentary system in Westminster was written in the 12th century so for the young spoiled elite Brits like PM David Cameroun to think that they can forced down democracy or any of their modern day ideological crusade down the throat of others when it took them centuries to get to comprehend such things as human rights etc is disconcerting to say the least. Most of them have forgotten that only a century and twenty years separates us from slavery - one of the worst atrocity in human history.

The following are some of the legacies LKY left behind: Source BBC

Mr Lee set about creating a highly educated work force fluent in English, and reached out to foreign investors to turn Singapore into a manufacturing hub.

He embarked on a programme of slum clearance, industrialisation and tackling corruption. He was a fierce advocate of a multi-racial Singapore.
However, Mr Lee also introduced tight controls, and one of his legacies was a clampdown on the press - tight restrictions that remain in place today.

Dissent - and political opponents - were ruthlessly quashed. Today, PAP remains firmly in control. There are currently six opposition lawmakers in parliament.

Other measures, such as corporal punishment, a ban on chewing gum and the government's foray into matchmaking for Singapore's brightest - to create smarter babies - led to perceptions of excessive state interference.

Mr Lee criticised what he saw as the overly liberal approach of the US and the West, saying it had "come at the expense of orderly society".

LEE KAUN YEW VINDICATES KWAME NKRUMAH. NKRUMAH LIVES!
MMB 9 years ago

Great job, Nana. If only those of NPP would understand what they read!

Great job, Nana. If only those of NPP would understand what they read!
Nyansasem 9 years ago

Singapore and Malaysia peninsula used to be a single state – Malaya - until Lee Kaun Yew the founding father wrested Singapore the backwater island port from Malaya and turned into a modern hub city state par excellence.

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Singapore and Malaysia peninsula used to be a single state – Malaya - until Lee Kaun Yew the founding father wrested Singapore the backwater island port from Malaya and turned into a modern hub city state par excellence.

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Your very first sentence contradict what you have been spewing here about your demi-god's greatness. Are you an idiot or illiterate?

While Lee was focusing on developing his tiny country with less than 2 million at that time, Nkrumah wanted to focus on a continent. DO you see why some of us believe that he was delusional.
Nana Ansah 9 years ago

When will you backwater town boys ever see the big picture? Nkrumah liberated and inspired a whole continent and you still don't get it? Never in a million years! Nkrumah's only mistake was to give you ungrateful blockheads b ...
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When will you backwater town boys ever see the big picture? Nkrumah liberated and inspired a whole continent and you still don't get it? Never in a million years! Nkrumah's only mistake was to give you ungrateful blockheads baboons free education. It never worked because a bushman will always remain a bushman no matter what.
Okatekyie. 9 years ago

It takes a scholar of Ama's stature to drum home the message that your mentality and persona had been enslaved forever by western propaganda and education.

It takes a scholar of Ama's stature to drum home the message that your mentality and persona had been enslaved forever by western propaganda and education.
Prof Lungu 9 years ago

Another reckoning voice!

Another reckoning voice!
Prof Lungu 9 years ago

NOT!

ERROR!

NOT!

ERROR!
francis kwarteng 9 years ago

Nana Ansah,

What more can anyone add your comments? Oh Mate Mahe? The terrorist NLM? The 1966 coup? What did all do for Ghana?

Thanks.

Nana Ansah,

What more can anyone add your comments? Oh Mate Mahe? The terrorist NLM? The 1966 coup? What did all do for Ghana?

Thanks.
Nana Ansah 9 years ago

Francis, your are always welcome. Enjoy your day! I am out of here!

Francis, your are always welcome. Enjoy your day! I am out of here!
Ring Leader 9 years ago

I wept when I read the truth you said about Dr Kwame Nkrumah and the state of Ghana. We lost everything. It was started by colonialist and imperialist CIA & the British in collaboration with MATEMEHU nation wreckers and CIA a ...
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I wept when I read the truth you said about Dr Kwame Nkrumah and the state of Ghana. We lost everything. It was started by colonialist and imperialist CIA & the British in collaboration with MATEMEHU nation wreckers and CIA agents like JB Danquah, Kofi Busia, etc. Since 1966 we have had a series of pretenders, pretending to be presidents, whereas they are only there to STEAL, LOOT and SELL AND CHOP all that the only President we have had in this country, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, used his brains to build.
HONESTY 9 years ago

It has been Operation 'cool' chop ever since. I can not stop laughing. Miserable Ghanaians.

It has been Operation 'cool' chop ever since. I can not stop laughing. Miserable Ghanaians.
Kweku Bonsu 9 years ago

Until this animal kukrudu is sent to the bush and tight permanently nothing good can be achieved.....real enemies of progress.

Until this animal kukrudu is sent to the bush and tight permanently nothing good can be achieved.....real enemies of progress.
ELINAM 9 years ago

A war was declared to over run our resources for the good of EU/US and they had won due to our complicity.
Suffering shall visit us until we wake up to take our country back.
But the suffering shall continue as long as we b ...
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A war was declared to over run our resources for the good of EU/US and they had won due to our complicity.
Suffering shall visit us until we wake up to take our country back.
But the suffering shall continue as long as we believed in a lie that whites will help us develop as we call them development partners. We're sick to believe in miracles and development partners. We're just plain lazy and want good things without working harder for them.
HONESTY 9 years ago

Let the wise decipher the truth. You might get unnecessary attacks and sabotage for telling these tick heads the truth.

Let the wise decipher the truth. You might get unnecessary attacks and sabotage for telling these tick heads the truth.
Sarpong 9 years ago

Lee Kuan Yew's death is a sad day for developing countries especially African countries. The greatest leader of Singapore who learnt a lot from Ghana during the time of Nkrumah.He was able to transform Singapore from mere por ...
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Lee Kuan Yew's death is a sad day for developing countries especially African countries. The greatest leader of Singapore who learnt a lot from Ghana during the time of Nkrumah.He was able to transform Singapore from mere port city to a wealth and well-admired country even by the western world. Nkrumah was overthrown by some disgruntled soldiers who were against the fast lane the greatest and the most illustrious son of Africa, Kwame Nkrumah was doing for Ghana.Today, Ghanaians run to seek greener pastures from Singapore especially our talented and experienced maritime engineers and other seamen.A giant has fallen and his passing has struck a historical chord of parallel musicality to the memories of Ghanaians. We will forever miss Dr. Nkrumah, the action man who used only 90 days to give us water and built one of the state-of-art motorway which has stood against the test of time.
Okatekyie. 9 years ago

definitely this is not Sarpong the idiot and illiterate.It takes the stature of an African icon like Ama Ata Aidooo to use this day whilst mourning the Asian leader to also bow her head down in shame for the treasonous act of ...
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definitely this is not Sarpong the idiot and illiterate.It takes the stature of an African icon like Ama Ata Aidooo to use this day whilst mourning the Asian leader to also bow her head down in shame for the treasonous act of 1966.Nkrumah is indeed the greatest African and African ancestry of all time.
HONESTY 9 years ago

The young will read and understand and with time change the broken door.
In any case, Ghana is still young and in transition. Don't bother with our current generations, we are useless and can't even tell the truth from lies ...
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The young will read and understand and with time change the broken door.
In any case, Ghana is still young and in transition. Don't bother with our current generations, we are useless and can't even tell the truth from lies 55 or so years on. OPERATION COOL CHOP, hahahaha.
Killy 9 years ago

The bane of Ghana's development is the unbridled use of lies and propaganda to make Nkrumah look like a demi-god. Yes Nkrumah was a visionary but it is important to emphasize here that a vision without a strategy makes you mo ...
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The bane of Ghana's development is the unbridled use of lies and propaganda to make Nkrumah look like a demi-god. Yes Nkrumah was a visionary but it is important to emphasize here that a vision without a strategy makes you more vulnerable than the visionless person. The difference between our own Nkrumah and Lee Kuan Yew is not the lack of vision but the lack of tact and strategy. Whiles Nkrumah assumed a posture of painting the west black and evil, Lee realized their power and strength and courted them to his advantage. Lee in his book "Singapore from a third world to a first world" states that even before the end of the cold war he new the west was going to win, therefore tactically aligned with them. What did our own Nkrumah do?He rather joined a so called non-aliened movement and pretended he were a neutral arbiter when all his actions pointed to a support to the East. For me i hold no grudge against the honourable professor for her reminiscence but it is the failure of our intellectuals to properly analyze the flaws of Nkrumah that led to his monumental failure that is hurting modern day Ghana. When people like prof who had the benefit of education lament as though Nkrumah was the only human capable of solving our numerous challenges then it leaves much to be desired because education is to empower.
TOM 9 years ago

Those who hate Nkrumah are all evil-minded, vampires and blood suckers.
That is why Ghana s full of gutters.
Shame onto the NPP. VOTE SAMIA, VOTE CPP.

Those who hate Nkrumah are all evil-minded, vampires and blood suckers.
That is why Ghana s full of gutters.
Shame onto the NPP. VOTE SAMIA, VOTE CPP.
Kwabena 9 years ago

Educated Illiterate Ama, you can write but i guess you can not read. Do not try to blind the people. You are now in a radio blah blah blah. If you love Nkrumah so much nothing prevent you to get up and go to North Korea. You ...
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Educated Illiterate Ama, you can write but i guess you can not read. Do not try to blind the people. You are now in a radio blah blah blah. If you love Nkrumah so much nothing prevent you to get up and go to North Korea. You will be welcomed.
ELINAM 9 years ago

You are the uneducated one. Nkrumah was doing just right.
North Korea may not be your ideal country but they're million years ahead of Ghana in science and tech. Look at Ghana and tell me what we're able to do for ourself? ...
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You are the uneducated one. Nkrumah was doing just right.
North Korea may not be your ideal country but they're million years ahead of Ghana in science and tech. Look at Ghana and tell me what we're able to do for ourself? CAN'T EVEN BUILD A ROAD OR A BRIDGE.
Today if north Korea becomes losen up a bit like China, they won't need no one to come build their roads for them or their schools won't lack quality teachers in science as they have achieved all these by themselves.
Wha havet we achieved with our so-called freedom.
Name one.
Stealing of govt money where no one goes to jail is your kind of freedom. God luck on that until comes along a young man that will wipe the slate clean.
Nonesense 9 years ago

Kwabena, I feel pity for you for insulting Ama Ata Aidoo. You're part of the reason Africa has been colonised. You don't deserve to be on this forum and there are no words to describe you. Let me tell you; one out of every si ...
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Kwabena, I feel pity for you for insulting Ama Ata Aidoo. You're part of the reason Africa has been colonised. You don't deserve to be on this forum and there are no words to describe you. Let me tell you; one out of every six Singaporean is a millionaire because of the hard measures Lee put Singapore through after visiting Ghana and copying what Nkrumah was doing. I don't need to spend my time on you.
Vodoo Xebieso 9 years ago

Your grandmother and grandfather are the educated illiterates. Not Ama.

Your grandmother and grandfather are the educated illiterates. Not Ama.
ALIMI YAO 9 years ago

Nkrumah's overthrow spelt Ghana' s doom. You can spew all the nonsense you want, that remains the fact. There's more that I want to write about the subject but don't think you, KK, has the faculty to understand it.

Nkrumah's overthrow spelt Ghana' s doom. You can spew all the nonsense you want, that remains the fact. There's more that I want to write about the subject but don't think you, KK, has the faculty to understand it.
Kwabena 9 years ago

That's exactly who you guys are!!!!!
If you do a little researchyou will understand what an EDUCATED ILLITERATES means. Have a good day, I do not argue with Educated Illiterates

That's exactly who you guys are!!!!!
If you do a little researchyou will understand what an EDUCATED ILLITERATES means. Have a good day, I do not argue with Educated Illiterates
Wo Nua 9 years ago

Comparing Lee with Nkrumah does not just wash! It CANNOT wash. A comparison of the two will be like comparing fruits to poultry!! It will serve a better purpose if Nkrumah is rather compared to Gaddafi or Kim il Sung or Ka ...
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Comparing Lee with Nkrumah does not just wash! It CANNOT wash. A comparison of the two will be like comparing fruits to poultry!! It will serve a better purpose if Nkrumah is rather compared to Gaddafi or Kim il Sung or Kaunda or Mugabe or Samora Machel while an African patriot like Boigny can be compared to Lee. Nkrumah and Lee belonged to different schools. Prof Aidoo's comparison smacks of profound ignorance or a deliberate twisting of facts to portray Nkrumah in good light!
jaga 9 years ago

NPP is bullshit..

NPP is bullshit..
Ghanaman 9 years ago

He was for himself, don't lie for him.

He was for himself, don't lie for him.
BB 9 years ago

Ghanaian ignorance and intellectual naivete

Ghanaian ignorance and intellectual naivete
EDUARDO DOMINGO 9 years ago

WELL MAAM YOU CAN NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TRUTHFUL YOUR STATEMENT IS!!

WELL MAAM YOU CAN NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TRUTHFUL YOUR STATEMENT IS!!
Collins 9 years ago

Nkrumah was a tyrant, dictator, desport, megalomaniac, authoritative, totalitarian and evil thing evil in politics. He was like Maumar Gadafi, Iddi Amin, Hitler and Pol Pot. His Communist Peoples Party (CPP) is doomed forever

Nkrumah was a tyrant, dictator, desport, megalomaniac, authoritative, totalitarian and evil thing evil in politics. He was like Maumar Gadafi, Iddi Amin, Hitler and Pol Pot. His Communist Peoples Party (CPP) is doomed forever
Captain Canada 9 years ago

Yew was all that and he built a better country. What did your mate meho group accomplish? Nothing!!

Yew was all that and he built a better country. What did your mate meho group accomplish? Nothing!!
The Common Man 9 years ago

The Nation Wreckers then are still around. That is the NPP. They would stop at nothing to ruined this country. Very power drunk. But God would see us through.

The Nation Wreckers then are still around. That is the NPP. They would stop at nothing to ruined this country. Very power drunk. But God would see us through.
Honesty 9 years ago

Africans are too stuck in a copying mentality. Until we rediscovery our path and only add what we copy from the advanced world, we will continue to slide into the pit of desperation and despair.

Africans are too stuck in a copying mentality. Until we rediscovery our path and only add what we copy from the advanced world, we will continue to slide into the pit of desperation and despair.
Concerned 9 years ago

One thing is clear, tough decisions have to be made. No bullshittimg. When even the president is unduly causing the country to get down the drain, he must be removed immediately for the good of the country as a whole. No one ...
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One thing is clear, tough decisions have to be made. No bullshittimg. When even the president is unduly causing the country to get down the drain, he must be removed immediately for the good of the country as a whole. No one man is more important than the rest of us. Even Jesus sacrificed his life for the rest. He came to serve but our leaders want us to serve them. We have to get rid of trash. Don't live in the stench
ROYAL AKANLAND 9 years ago

DON'T COMPARE SINGAPORE LEADER WITH NKRUMAH

DON'T COMPARE SINGAPORE LEADER WITH NKRUMAH
Vodoo Xebieso 9 years ago

You are a typical tropical rain forest idiot.

You are a typical tropical rain forest idiot.
JH New York 9 years ago

Hey,guy ! You make my day.

Hey,guy ! You make my day.
Togbe Fiti 9 years ago

Unlike Lee Kuan Yew whose focus remained on Singapore, Nkrumah abandoned Ghana and and focussed on Africa. When he came to see Ghana in 1964 he realized that Nkrumah has taken Ghana on a slippery slope leading us to nowhere. ...
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Unlike Lee Kuan Yew whose focus remained on Singapore, Nkrumah abandoned Ghana and and focussed on Africa. When he came to see Ghana in 1964 he realized that Nkrumah has taken Ghana on a slippery slope leading us to nowhere. Nkrumah is the architect of Ghanas misery, let us face facts.
k.Barffour 9 years ago

Thank you Togbe Fiti. Your the best. you said the real true

Thank you Togbe Fiti. Your the best. you said the real true
HONESTY 9 years ago

Nkrumah was helping Africa alongside because he realized as we all can still see that it was then or never.

Most Asian nations were free compared to Africa and the chains of imperialism had to be broken first.

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Nkrumah was helping Africa alongside because he realized as we all can still see that it was then or never.

Most Asian nations were free compared to Africa and the chains of imperialism had to be broken first.

Mind you, Ivory Coast, Liberia and Nigeria chose the model Togbe is suggesting but after 50 years, infact, we still have more prospects than them.
Our issue was far complicated than most think and Nkrumah understood it better and had the vision and drive to do just than.
JH New York 9 years ago

Honesty,no amount of explanation could bail Nkrumah out of that.That was the major singular mistake by Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah. His Continental Politics ! He was supposed to keep quiet to concentrate Ghana development ver ...
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Honesty,no amount of explanation could bail Nkrumah out of that.That was the major singular mistake by Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah. His Continental Politics ! He was supposed to keep quiet to concentrate Ghana development very well before continental politics.And also the free Education only to the North of the Country with Resources from the South. If something is Free,it should be Free for the entire Citizenry.That is the reason northerners are ruling us now.In cause of time, the Nzima people would take up the trademark job of the northerners.
He did well,though.
Captain Canada 9 years ago

were Yew's thoughts? You nation wreckers are in denial and trying to rewrite history. Present Ghana is your production. Stop lying and bow your head in shame.

were Yew's thoughts? You nation wreckers are in denial and trying to rewrite history. Present Ghana is your production. Stop lying and bow your head in shame.
ELINAM 9 years ago

How could Ghana survived in a sea of colonialists who were bent on taking our resources for themselves only and was causing genocide of our ppl so they could take those countries for themselves. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PPL WERE ...
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How could Ghana survived in a sea of colonialists who were bent on taking our resources for themselves only and was causing genocide of our ppl so they could take those countries for themselves. DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PPL WERE SLAUGHTERED IN THE CONGO, NOTHERN AND SOUTHERN RODHESIA?
Ghana won't have survived.
But today, are they not coming back to recolonize us and you Fiti can NOT see it because you do not know which signs to look for.
You believed in those coded words like development partners but you can not understand that those who want your resources for nothing CAN NOT and WOULD NOT be your partner to develop to your taste where your ppl would be free like Singaporeans.
Vodoo Xebieso 9 years ago

Tell your father that blatant lie. When you come to think of Teachers-in-Training receiving allowances, Builders Brigade (where you learn a trade and get empowered), Ghana Institute of Journalism, Ghana Nautical College, Ghan ...
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Tell your father that blatant lie. When you come to think of Teachers-in-Training receiving allowances, Builders Brigade (where you learn a trade and get empowered), Ghana Institute of Journalism, Ghana Nautical College, Ghana Institute of Languages, Ghana News Agency, you'd be better informed to know what to say about Kwame Nkrumah.
ZAC 9 years ago

Allow Kwame Nkrumah rest in his grave.
None of these will bring Kwame back. See what the Mahama and the NDC are doing to Ghana, create,loot and share is what we must address and let the dead reast in their grave.

Allow Kwame Nkrumah rest in his grave.
None of these will bring Kwame back. See what the Mahama and the NDC are doing to Ghana, create,loot and share is what we must address and let the dead reast in their grave.
Ibn Batuta 9 years ago

Lee was a visionary and determined leader whose main focus was to lift the masses out of poverty. Our current leaders love to flaunt their wealth in the midst of poverty.

Lee was a visionary and determined leader whose main focus was to lift the masses out of poverty. Our current leaders love to flaunt their wealth in the midst of poverty.
Adamu 9 years ago

The tale of two countries, Ghana and Singapore. Where one country churns out technocrats and innovators with productive leadership, the other churns out mediocrity, filth and some so so leadership. Should we mourn for Ghana o ...
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The tale of two countries, Ghana and Singapore. Where one country churns out technocrats and innovators with productive leadership, the other churns out mediocrity, filth and some so so leadership. Should we mourn for Ghana or for Nkrumah?
Kofi Babone 9 years ago

AMA should stick to writing and leave politics to the politicians. The majority of people of Ghana found the situation under Nkrumah unbearable and intolerable. Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right. At the time of N ...
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AMA should stick to writing and leave politics to the politicians. The majority of people of Ghana found the situation under Nkrumah unbearable and intolerable. Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right. At the time of Nkrumah's overthrow, the ordinary Ghanaian was not wealthy. There is no guarantee that if he had remained in power till his death, he would have transformed the lives of all of us and made us all wealthy. He was more concerned about the liberation of Africa. Let us stop trying to rewrite history and look at the present and the future. We can't bring him back to life. Let us move on.
Nonesense 9 years ago

You are a kid

You are a kid
TYY 9 years ago

Lee ruled over a city state. Nkrumah over a larger country. Both were dictatorial but Lee somehow managed to pull his city state to develop. can also compare Lee to Rawlings who had unchallenged opportunity to change Ghana. H ...
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Lee ruled over a city state. Nkrumah over a larger country. Both were dictatorial but Lee somehow managed to pull his city state to develop. can also compare Lee to Rawlings who had unchallenged opportunity to change Ghana. He failed miserably.
TERRIBLE AMSTERDAM 9 years ago

KAI,SHUT-UP YOU CANNOT COMPARE A COMMUNIST TO CAPITALIST

KAI,SHUT-UP YOU CANNOT COMPARE A COMMUNIST TO CAPITALIST
Captain Canada 9 years ago

his associations.

his associations.
Gbemi ker Sor 9 years ago

Yew like Nkrumah was an autocrat. Yew unlike Nkrumah used market economy and private enterprise to transform his island nation. Nkrumah foisted on Ghana that egalitarian nonsense socialism to hinder Ghana's progress. Besides ...
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Yew like Nkrumah was an autocrat. Yew unlike Nkrumah used market economy and private enterprise to transform his island nation. Nkrumah foisted on Ghana that egalitarian nonsense socialism to hinder Ghana's progress. Besides Yew was not corrupt; Yew was not megalomaniac and Yew had no continental pretensions.
kakabo 9 years ago

Madam, Please for goodness sake don't do this argument here. We respect you so much. The comparison of Lee Kwan Yew to Nkrumah is not sound. Lee had been incorruptible from day one . His ministers and appointees were never co ...
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Madam, Please for goodness sake don't do this argument here. We respect you so much. The comparison of Lee Kwan Yew to Nkrumah is not sound. Lee had been incorruptible from day one . His ministers and appointees were never corrupt because if he found out you went straight to jail. Lee did not depend on veranda boys to develop Singapore. He encouraged meritocracy and ensured that the best brains were always used for the national course. Lee did not have that grandiose vision of ruling South East Asia but concentrated on building his small country to be the shining star for the big nations to come and copy. Since he started his political career up to his death today, nobody has sustained any corruption charges against him. When an position member wronged him he did not detain him without trial but makes sure he sues you and take away your underwear He did not have a dream of being a messiah but a humble man who wanted his country to succeed at all cost and he achieved that perfectly.
SENDERO 9 years ago

Lee never made himself Prime minister for Life. Singapore has always had a socialist opposition that wants to see Nkrumah-style policies in place. However, the mass of Singaporeans, after voting for the Labour party in 1955, ...
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Lee never made himself Prime minister for Life. Singapore has always had a socialist opposition that wants to see Nkrumah-style policies in place. However, the mass of Singaporeans, after voting for the Labour party in 1955, have since shifted to Lee's PAP. His economic ideas are radically opposed to Nkrumah's which, according to Lee himself, had bankrupted Ghana by 1964.
Captain Canada 9 years ago

https://trulysingapore.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/unraveling-lee-kuan-yews-communist-paradox/

Now shut the hell up.

https://trulysingapore.wordpress.com/2014/10/18/unraveling-lee-kuan-yews-communist-paradox/

Now shut the hell up.
SENDERO 9 years ago

Lee hailed him as a political martyr but says no such thing about his economics! The communist heading of the post alone tells us that this is propaganda. No one has said Nkrumah did not struggle for his country - but he bank ...
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Lee hailed him as a political martyr but says no such thing about his economics! The communist heading of the post alone tells us that this is propaganda. No one has said Nkrumah did not struggle for his country - but he bankrupted it. Read the Bank of Ghana 1965 report which breaks down as follows

Inflation 1% in 1952 - 22% in 1964

Growth 12% in 1952 and 1% in 1964

Debt £15 million in 1952 - £1 billion 1964

Please. Lee came to power fully in 1965 when the Ghanaian economy had been brought to its knees. We were queuing for food at Accra and Kumasi sports stadiums and we were, for the first time, begging the US for food under its PL480 programme

Also the jump in national debt has been the burden for every single government until NPP was forced to ask for bankruptcy under the HIPIC initiative!

So do not re-write our history
Captain canada 9 years ago

Of what he said. It's rich for someone like you who is up in arms about Nkrumahs government to be now lauding kuan who was more of a dictator than Nkrumah. u
You and your lot are now singing a different tune. Which goes to p ...
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Of what he said. It's rich for someone like you who is up in arms about Nkrumahs government to be now lauding kuan who was more of a dictator than Nkrumah. u
You and your lot are now singing a different tune. Which goes to prove you don't know what side is up. Nkrumah would have done better than lee. The difference is he didn't have traitors and bomb throwers sabotaging his every move. Even with the little time he had he made a huge impact in theat backwater of a country. His overthrow is the reason is a shit hole. And we have u to thank for that. Kuan a communist was able to build a nation which u so call capitalists now admire. Nkrumah was never afforded that time because you and your traitors were just that traitors. Kuan jailed the his opponents including founders of his party. His interference went deeper than anything Nkrumah did. Now here u are cheering him on like a giddy little girl with a crush. Proving that Nkrumah was right and you were wrong. You and your lot have no credibility whatsoever. The mess ghana find itself in is your doing. Own it and stop pretending. U and your troop have been discredited.
Captain Canada 9 years ago

your reality. All the false accusations you heap on Nkrumah are just that. False. If you lived under Yew you will make the same noise. And he would have sure the underwear off you. Nkrumah was attack with various assasination ...
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your reality. All the false accusations you heap on Nkrumah are just that. False. If you lived under Yew you will make the same noise. And he would have sure the underwear off you. Nkrumah was attack with various assasinations and yet he didn't bankrupt his attackers. Yew was more dictatorial than Nkrumah and would have had you mate meho terrorist shot.
Nonesense 9 years ago

SENDERO will forever be a fool, don't waste your time on him

SENDERO will forever be a fool, don't waste your time on him
SENDERO 9 years ago

Lew was contemptible of Nkrumah, he made scathing remarks about Nkrumah's economic policies in 1959 and 1964 to the Singapore Straits Times, the country's leading newspaper

The CPP should stop re-writing Singapore's histor ...
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Lew was contemptible of Nkrumah, he made scathing remarks about Nkrumah's economic policies in 1959 and 1964 to the Singapore Straits Times, the country's leading newspaper

The CPP should stop re-writing Singapore's history
Captain Canada 9 years ago

Nothing of the sort exists!

Nothing of the sort exists!
SENDERO 9 years ago

Not everything in this world is linked and it is naïve to assume so. There was life before the internet

However, contact Singapore Straits Times requesting the issue in which the then Chief minister (he was so-called as ...
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Not everything in this world is linked and it is naïve to assume so. There was life before the internet

However, contact Singapore Straits Times requesting the issue in which the then Chief minister (he was so-called as Singapore was not independent then) set out his views on heavy industry and government involving itself, socialist style like Ghana which is bankrupt because of this under Nkrumah

They will be happy to oblige
Captain canada 9 years ago

Making it up. Salivating over kuan is nkrumahs vindication. You and you kind are losers. It's unfortunate you didn't live in kuans world . You would have been left languishing in prison or bankrupt by kuans lawsuits. It take ...
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Making it up. Salivating over kuan is nkrumahs vindication. You and you kind are losers. It's unfortunate you didn't live in kuans world . You would have been left languishing in prison or bankrupt by kuans lawsuits. It takes a schizoid to support kuan and condemn Nkrumah. You beef with Nkrumah was not because you believed in democratic process. You believed in oligarchic system where you and your lot were on top and everyone was below you. U guys were just faking umbrage at Nkrumah.
Lartey 9 years ago

Nonsense!!!

Nonsense!!!
yaw 9 years ago

Dr Nkrumah biggest mistake was the inclusive of Transvolta Togoland into Ghana.How do you include Bong Ahafo into Ivory Coast. Remember Dr Nkuumah was over thrown by Gen. Kotoka . So the inclusive of Togoland had not been in ...
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Dr Nkrumah biggest mistake was the inclusive of Transvolta Togoland into Ghana.How do you include Bong Ahafo into Ivory Coast. Remember Dr Nkuumah was over thrown by Gen. Kotoka . So the inclusive of Togoland had not been in the interest of mother Ghana. It's set us back. Kwame would have done great for Ghana.
Ghanaman 9 years ago

Dear Lady what's the use crying over spilt milk? Why don't we learn from what Lee Kuan Yew did for Singapore and get on with it? What is wrong with our current crop of Politicians?? Did our brains die with Nkrumah or do you o ...
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Dear Lady what's the use crying over spilt milk? Why don't we learn from what Lee Kuan Yew did for Singapore and get on with it? What is wrong with our current crop of Politicians?? Did our brains die with Nkrumah or do you only need Dictators to develop???That hasn't done much for Zimbabwe has it???? Or did Dictatorship do much for China until they started liberalising their economy! The only difference with us is that we're lazy thinkers, bereft of originality of thought and nastily corrupt!!!
joe,boston 9 years ago

Ms. Aidoo, you just expressed my thought since I heard the new last night. What if our Osagyefo had lived? Away with this imperialists nonsense of Comrade Yew being "criticized for his iron grip on power. Under him, freedom o ...
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Ms. Aidoo, you just expressed my thought since I heard the new last night. What if our Osagyefo had lived? Away with this imperialists nonsense of Comrade Yew being "criticized for his iron grip on power. Under him, freedom of speech was tightly restricted and political opponents were targeted by the courts." The end justifies the means
SENDERO 9 years ago

Gentleman, lee kuan Yew was not a socialist so stop calling him "comrade" He was the biggest capitalist in the world! Read his autobiography

Gentleman, lee kuan Yew was not a socialist so stop calling him "comrade" He was the biggest capitalist in the world! Read his autobiography
Nana Ansah 9 years ago

Lee followed Nkrumah's state owned Enterprise plan through. He had 30 years to do it.

Boy, start thinking out loud and then you know the huge damage the infamous 1966 coup did to Maame/Daavi Ghana. The West let him (LKY) ...
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Lee followed Nkrumah's state owned Enterprise plan through. He had 30 years to do it.

Boy, start thinking out loud and then you know the huge damage the infamous 1966 coup did to Maame/Daavi Ghana. The West let him (LKY) be because it was the period of the cold war and Vietnam war was in full swing so any shift in balance of power to the advantage of USSR was not was in the best interest of the West. Which is why the USA even stood by as a coup took place in South Korea under their watch. Look you guys have to learn the chess of of politics before you open your gobs.

In 2010, Singapore’s GDP (current prices, US dollars) was US$222.699 billion and its GDP (PPP) was US$291.937 billion.

In 2010, Singapore’s GDP (PPP) per capita was US$56,521.73 – behind Qatar and Luxembourg.

Singapore had the 8th largest current account balance in the world for 2010 at US$49.454 billion.
Nonesense 9 years ago

And to add to that one in every six Singaporean is a millionaire.

And to add to that one in every six Singaporean is a millionaire.
Captain Canada 9 years ago

communist roots. Go back and read how it was formed. Also Yew has time to adjust his policies as the word changed around him. The same was not offered in Nkrumah by you and your troop of baboons.

communist roots. Go back and read how it was formed. Also Yew has time to adjust his policies as the word changed around him. The same was not offered in Nkrumah by you and your troop of baboons.
SENDERO 9 years ago

Captain, when Lee was a young man he was a communist. All of us know this! After a double first class at Cambridge, he was a capitalist but did not tell a soul. He went home, teamed up with British intelligence and used them ...
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Captain, when Lee was a young man he was a communist. All of us know this! After a double first class at Cambridge, he was a capitalist but did not tell a soul. He went home, teamed up with British intelligence and used them to have the main players in the PAP detained (like our Big Six) and he gradually began to put his like minded liberalism in place - including the true genius behind his reforms, the ultra-capitalist DR Goh Swee (whom you have never heard of until today) and who was eulogized by lee himself when Goh died leaving behind his Hungarian refugee wife of decades.

This is why the left hates Lee at home and abroad

He crushed a planned violent attempt to turn Singapore into Cuban-style political entity - thank goodness he succeeded!
HONESTY 9 years ago

All you guys know is either trying to copy one system to another. Life is a mixture of socialism and capitalism and probably more.

Nkrumah clearly stated, we face neither east nor west and I doubt you guys still understan ...
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All you guys know is either trying to copy one system to another. Life is a mixture of socialism and capitalism and probably more.

Nkrumah clearly stated, we face neither east nor west and I doubt you guys still understand this great statement.
China has made it still as communist and S Korea as capitalist.

However, India has failed as a capitalist and N Korea is still struggling as communist.

If you are clever, you would read between the lines and know the answer lies behind capitalism or socialism.
Captain canada 9 years ago

That he was ever a communist. Who is lying now? Comrade kuan was a communist. If anything he is the proof that nkrumahs version of communism would have worked. What capitalist do you know create state enterprises and support ...
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That he was ever a communist. Who is lying now? Comrade kuan was a communist. If anything he is the proof that nkrumahs version of communism would have worked. What capitalist do you know create state enterprises and support trade unions? Quit lying to yourself. No capitalist will support an idea of communitarianism. You guys are talking out of your ass. Which capitalist do u know pushes meritocracy in place of political expediency, bank account and connection? China is still communist run and is kicking capitalists ass. Which is the proof that communism with determination from the masses can work and beat capitalism. You guys lost the plot because in the end your interest was not for the country. It was to line your pockets. Stop pretending.
Captain Canada 9 years ago

by Ghanaians too. Because in the stupid mind of Ghanaians freedom of speech is more important that economic independence and self reliance. Yew understood what he need to build a viable state so he used his power to shutdown ...
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by Ghanaians too. Because in the stupid mind of Ghanaians freedom of speech is more important that economic independence and self reliance. Yew understood what he need to build a viable state so he used his power to shutdown useless opposition and built the institutions needed for a strong state. It is why Singapore is prosperous. Ghanaians for whom sacrificing means nothing to them cynically claimed they are democrats and want freedom of everything. The result is a filthy and shitty country. If you litter in Singapore you'll be severey punished. If you litter in Ghana no once cares. Two different mental states resulted in two different countries. One is shit. The other is beautiful. Nkrumah is having the last laugh.
Kofi 9 years ago

Lee, made it clear his PDA was justified to stop the "bombs" flying.In Ghana terrorist mastermind JB Danquah is worshipped.They same "wankers" keep praising Singapore...oblivious to Lee"s 30 year dictatorship.

Lee, made it clear his PDA was justified to stop the "bombs" flying.In Ghana terrorist mastermind JB Danquah is worshipped.They same "wankers" keep praising Singapore...oblivious to Lee"s 30 year dictatorship.
Captain Canada 9 years ago

Most of these people couldn't do a 10th of what Nkrumah did at his age for Ghana. These are sour grapes from loser who cant explain how they got here.

Most of these people couldn't do a 10th of what Nkrumah did at his age for Ghana. These are sour grapes from loser who cant explain how they got here.
mr manu 9 years ago

So na who caused am ? Freedom is the greatest enemy of Africa . It took America so many years to allow ppl to hv the so called freedom . Ghanaians need an irony leader like Osagyefo to rule them. Free food ,water, toothpast ...
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So na who caused am ? Freedom is the greatest enemy of Africa . It took America so many years to allow ppl to hv the so called freedom . Ghanaians need an irony leader like Osagyefo to rule them. Free food ,water, toothpaste, n free toilet even in their own home.
nii nii niiiii 9 years ago

Ghana is not going nowhere.Cannot even stop cholera.No longer proud to talk about Ghana.A failed state,poor roads,sanitation you name it.The politicians will all die a miserable death and unexplained.

Ghana is not going nowhere.Cannot even stop cholera.No longer proud to talk about Ghana.A failed state,poor roads,sanitation you name it.The politicians will all die a miserable death and unexplained.
KOFI ELLISON 9 years ago

Since the announcement of the passing of Lee Kuan Yew, some Ghanaians have been trolling the absolute lie that, BUT for the glorious coup than ended the corruption and malfeasance of the Nkrumah regime in 1966, Nkrumah would ...
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Since the announcement of the passing of Lee Kuan Yew, some Ghanaians have been trolling the absolute lie that, BUT for the glorious coup than ended the corruption and malfeasance of the Nkrumah regime in 1966, Nkrumah would have 'developed' Ghana as much as Yew did in Singapore. Nothing could be further from the truth. Nkrumah and Yew were totally different in their approach to politics and path of development. Nkrumah studied in the West (USA) but returned to Ghana as a committed Communist who would adopt communist vehicle of development. Yew also studied in the West (Britain) and returned a committed Capitalist and Free Enterprise enthusiast who would use capitalist vehicle to develop his country.

Singapore was a swampland in 1959 when Yew became the leader. Ghana was a rich wealthy country when Nkrumah became the leader in 1957. When he returned to Singapore, Yew formed the People’s Action Party of the largely English speaking Singaporeans, and sought accommodation with the majority Chinese speaking people who belonged to the Communist Party. Yew called this alliance, ‘the marriage of convenience.’ He was anti-communist to the core, but he need the initial support of everyone. PAP won the 1959 elections handily. And from then on, communism had no foothold in Singapore.

Compare that to Nkrumah’s. Nkrumah joined the freedom-loving, pro-capitalist, free enterprise party called United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC). Nkrumah left that party to help form/lead the Convention People’s Party (CPP) which won the elections handily. From then on Nkrumah subscribed to a Socialist/Communist mode of development. Would the developed West which was Capitalist help the leader of a new nation who supported their mode of development; or support someone who was trashing their mode of development?

Lee Kuam Yew succeeded because he adopted Capitalist/Free Enterprise mode of development. The West, especially British Banks and businesses flocked to Singapore and engineered the miracle that is Singapore.

When Nkrumah was overthrown, thousands of tractors bought from the Soviet Union and other communist bloc countries with Ghana’s hard earned foreign exchange laid rotten. The Soviet Union itself survived because it imported tons of wheat from the Capitalist USA.

So, please stop this useless ranting comparing Ghana to Singapore; South Korea; Malaysia; and other such countries whose GDP was much lower than Ghana’s. Had Nkrumah adopted the right policies, Ghana would have been better off. By the end of 1965, Nkrumah was appointing members of Ghana Parliament; Ghana’s foreign exchange was zero; Ghanaians line up to buy whatever purchase they need for their daily survival, because stores were empty.

China learnt a lesson from the failure of the communist mode of development, and now China’s development track is firmly anchored in the Capitalist route.

Singapore is what it is because of sensible path to development.

In the last days of December 1999, American TV host Ted Koppel interviewed Lee Kuan Yew about the World’s prospects in the new millennium of 2000. When asked about Africa’s prospects; Yew answered:

Africa wasted it’s time with useless Socialist cum Communist experimentations. He concluded, the path to sustainable development was through what had/has worked: Capitalist Free Enterprise mode of development.

(I am Kofi Ellison and I approve this message.)
Ghanaman THE REAL 9 years ago

Great Guy Kofi! Your mind is screwed on properly unlike those morons who can only spew empty nonsense about the megalomaniac so-called Osagyefo!! CAPITALIST LIBERALISED ECONOMY ALL THE WAY and no Socialist crap!!!

Great Guy Kofi! Your mind is screwed on properly unlike those morons who can only spew empty nonsense about the megalomaniac so-called Osagyefo!! CAPITALIST LIBERALISED ECONOMY ALL THE WAY and no Socialist crap!!!
Nana Ansah 9 years ago

Where in Ghana was socialism or communism prevailing? Heck theis big lies from Mate Meho is sickening.

Would millions of Nigerians and other foreigners like Syrians, Indians, and Lebanese etc subject themselves voluntary ...
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Where in Ghana was socialism or communism prevailing? Heck theis big lies from Mate Meho is sickening.

Would millions of Nigerians and other foreigners like Syrians, Indians, and Lebanese etc subject themselves voluntary to socialism or communism when they have their own countries? Where did you get this homburg from?!

Business was booming for Lebanese, Syrians, Indians, and Nigerians which is why Busia applied the Aliens Compliance Order. By so doing Busia created an economic vacuum which could not be filled by Ghanaians who had the same expertise.

The fart lies about Ghanaians lining up for so called essential commodities was through hoarding of foreign imported goods instigated by Mate Meho nation wreckers. Look, there was made in Ghana ideal milk produced by Nestle a Swiss company but the stupid Ghanaian whose mind has been twisted would rather prefer to line up for Peak milk. The same thing goes for Nestle Milo. The Ghanaian will bypass Milo and rather stand in the hot sun for Ovaltine. The foolish Ghanaian will line for for Tate and Lyre cube sugar instead of going for Komenda sugar. Tema food complex built by Germans was producing canned fish like sardines and mackerel but the myopic Ghanaian would prefer one from Portugal or Geisha from Japan. There was GNTC in every town to meet our demands so stop telling lies which does not hold water.

When the Kwabenya Atomic reactor was completed in 1964 the Mate Meho rumours made rounds that Nkrumah was going to build Atomic bomb. Atomic reactors are also there for genetic modified crops etc. Nkrumah saw the Need to improve our agriculture but methods have to be found to increase crops growth and also crops which are resistant to insects etc. Look you Mate Meho descendants have been fed on travesty of the TRUTH so you keep recycling it without pausing to think.

Now tell me which of the 69 foctories came from a socialist state apart from the Bata shoe foctory and Komenda sugar factory?! You Nation wreckers should collectively bow your heads in shame. Nkrumah Lives!
Desperate for truth 9 years ago

Mr Ellison, we will love to see a reply to Mr Nana Ansah's piece. My question to you is that during the so called communist reign of Nkrumah were there no Western banks and enterprices such as Barclays, UTC, Kingsway, Standa ...
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Mr Ellison, we will love to see a reply to Mr Nana Ansah's piece. My question to you is that during the so called communist reign of Nkrumah were there no Western banks and enterprices such as Barclays, UTC, Kingsway, Standard Bank, to name just a few, operating in Ghana, or you were too young to have observed that? Also which country helped finance Akosombo, USSR or USA? Was it BOAC or Aerofloat that transported your Mate me ho
TheTruthHurts 9 years ago

Well, I think Kofi will not bother to education you anyfurther because his.piece is rather clear and concise. Obviously, you are part of those who.see no wrong in Nkrumah. But his nationalization of foreign owned businesses ...
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Well, I think Kofi will not bother to education you anyfurther because his.piece is rather clear and concise. Obviously, you are part of those who.see no wrong in Nkrumah. But his nationalization of foreign owned businesses including some you cite, as well as Nkrumah's p enchant for state establishments such as transportatoom, hotels, nationalization of schools, etc. Didnot endear.Ghana to any serious investors., in the way Singapore dod. Nkrumah's stupid blind allegiance to communism scared off potential investors who went elsewhere. Sheraton Hotels for example went to Addis Ababa instead. Had Nkrumah chosen the path of true free enterprises, Ghana would be a better place today. This is a fact that cannot be denied by insult or foolishness.
Nana Ansah 9 years ago

I travel to Addis twice in a year. Sheraton Hotel was built by Ethiopian billioniare Al Amoudi in the 90's. He is the 43 richest man in the world with huge Investments in Sweden and Morocco.

When Nkrumah built the 5 stat ...
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I travel to Addis twice in a year. Sheraton Hotel was built by Ethiopian billioniare Al Amoudi in the 90's. He is the 43 richest man in the world with huge Investments in Sweden and Morocco.

When Nkrumah built the 5 state of the art hotels -Star-Continental-City-Atlantic-Meridian in the 60's Al Amoudi was toddler. Today, these hotels have been sold to foreigners. What a shame!

And who told you that there weren't foreign Investment in Ghana? Was Valco,Sanyo,Nestle,Club beer, Fan Milk,UTC,SCAO,CFAO etc not foreign Investments? Descendants of Mate Meho were born into lies and will die in lies. Sorry we cannot help them!
Joe Mensah 9 years ago

Kofi Ellison is a typical MATEMEHO descendant who is imbued with animosity,tribalism,bias and venom.Ignore this educated fool called Kofi Ellison.

Kofi Ellison is a typical MATEMEHO descendant who is imbued with animosity,tribalism,bias and venom.Ignore this educated fool called Kofi Ellison.
Desperate for truth 9 years ago

Well Nana it looks like when you come on the scene to refute the lies and half truths put out by Ellison and co they quietly fizzle out with their tails between their legs. You have raised good points and facts that can't be ...
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Well Nana it looks like when you come on the scene to refute the lies and half truths put out by Ellison and co they quietly fizzle out with their tails between their legs. You have raised good points and facts that can't be disputed. Good job.
Saint Ghfuo: Nyantakyi must go! 9 years ago

Ellison,.nkrumah was a socialist, not a communist. Yew was a communist and put a lid on freedom of speech, casino, and any type of elections or referendums. You don't even know why you're talking about. Idiot

Ellison,.nkrumah was a socialist, not a communist. Yew was a communist and put a lid on freedom of speech, casino, and any type of elections or referendums. You don't even know why you're talking about. Idiot
Michael Asiedu 9 years ago

Kofi Ellison's short-sightedness, subjective thinking and lack of appreciation of Nkrumah's efforts to uplift the BLACKMAN is ABSOLUTE STUPIDITY.

Kofi Ellison's short-sightedness, subjective thinking and lack of appreciation of Nkrumah's efforts to uplift the BLACKMAN is ABSOLUTE STUPIDITY.
Tony. New York 9 years ago

Pure nonsense being spew by Ama Aidoo, nothing but Nkrumah propaganda. Nkrumah was ONLY interested in feeding his ego, wanted to be president of Africa not interested in Ghanaians per se that was why everything was named afte ...
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Pure nonsense being spew by Ama Aidoo, nothing but Nkrumah propaganda. Nkrumah was ONLY interested in feeding his ego, wanted to be president of Africa not interested in Ghanaians per se that was why everything was named after him except Nkrumah Latrine (Toilet). This is BS.
Captain Canada 9 years ago

If any of your nonsense was true, no member of the opposition would have live a day in Nkrumah's Ghana.

If any of your nonsense was true, no member of the opposition would have live a day in Nkrumah's Ghana.
SBD 9 years ago

Please stop this retrogressive nonsense. We have to move forward.

Please stop this retrogressive nonsense. We have to move forward.
ADWOA 9 years ago

NPP: NATION WRECKERS, SABOTEURS.

NPP: NATION WRECKERS, SABOTEURS.
Kojo @ T. 9 years ago

The likes of Osagyfo Dr kwame Nkrumah are few. Nation wreckers, NPP and its terrorist forefathers are responsible for what we have now as Ghana.
Nkrumah never dies.

The likes of Osagyfo Dr kwame Nkrumah are few. Nation wreckers, NPP and its terrorist forefathers are responsible for what we have now as Ghana.
Nkrumah never dies.
OKOROMANSA 9 years ago

AUNTIE AMA, WHAT ABOUT NKRUMAH'S BAD SIDE. COME OUT AND TELL US WHAT HE DID WRONG THAT ALSO ACCOUNTED FOR HIS OVERTHROW. PERHAPS YOUR CAPE COAST COUSIN, KWESI PRATT WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP YOU. ALL I CAN REMEMBER IS ONE MOTTO, ...
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AUNTIE AMA, WHAT ABOUT NKRUMAH'S BAD SIDE. COME OUT AND TELL US WHAT HE DID WRONG THAT ALSO ACCOUNTED FOR HIS OVERTHROW. PERHAPS YOUR CAPE COAST COUSIN, KWESI PRATT WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP YOU. ALL I CAN REMEMBER IS ONE MOTTO, "NKRUMAH DOES NO WRONG - NKRUMAH IS OUR LEADER" AS A SCHOOLBOY AT THAT TIME, WE USED TO LEARN AND RECITE THOSE WORDS "BY HEART" OR ELSE..... COME AGAIN, AMA.
Atta-kay 9 years ago

Ama, we all witnessed what was happening under Nkrumah before his overthrow in 1966. So do not attempt to fool us. What Nkrumah did to Ghanaians, none was done by Lee Kuan Yew to Singaporeans. Be quiet and go. Political/intel ...
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Ama, we all witnessed what was happening under Nkrumah before his overthrow in 1966. So do not attempt to fool us. What Nkrumah did to Ghanaians, none was done by Lee Kuan Yew to Singaporeans. Be quiet and go. Political/intellectual dishonesty from people like you has been our downfall. Comparing Nkrumah with Lee Kuan Yew is a joke. The latter kept his people together by creating law and order and respecting his country's constitution; he allowed freedom of expression; whereas you idol, Nkrumah, plunged us into political chaos and instability. I think Akyeampong would have done better than Nkrumah had he not surrounded himself with people of your caliber.
SENDERO 9 years ago

Thanks for this truth brother! Here are a few facts about the Osagyefo's last days!:

Lee hailed him as a political martyr but says no such thing about his economics! The communist heading of the post alone tells us that th ...
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Thanks for this truth brother! Here are a few facts about the Osagyefo's last days!:

Lee hailed him as a political martyr but says no such thing about his economics! The communist heading of the post alone tells us that this is propaganda. No one has said Nkrumah did not struggle for his country - but he bankrupted it. Read the Bank of Ghana 1965 report which breaks down as follows

Inflation 1% in 1952 - 22% in 1964

Growth 12% in 1952 and 1% in 1964

Debt £15 million in 1952 - £1 billion 1964

Please. Lee came to power fully in 1965 when the Ghanaian economy had been brought to its knees. We were queuing for food at Accra and Kumasi sports stadiums and we were, for the first time, begging the US for food under its PL480 programme

Also the jump in national debt has been the burden for every single government until NPP was forced to ask for bankruptcy under the HIPIC initiative!
Vodoo Xebieso 9 years ago

Both of you are blatant liars. Begging for food in Ghana in Nkrumah's time? May the DEVIL punish you and your children and great-grand-children till doomsday.

Both of you are blatant liars. Begging for food in Ghana in Nkrumah's time? May the DEVIL punish you and your children and great-grand-children till doomsday.
Twenty 9 years ago

Nana Addo is looking on stupid old man

Nana Addo is looking on stupid old man
The Learned one 9 years ago

You're right Mama!

You're right Mama!
Kwaku Ntow 9 years ago

Why can't people like you talk to President Mahama. Why have you kept quite all this years? Look at Education, Roads, Judiciary name it, and you 've kept mute all these years. For GOD's seek, please go beyond Nkrumah and Yew ...
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Why can't people like you talk to President Mahama. Why have you kept quite all this years? Look at Education, Roads, Judiciary name it, and you 've kept mute all these years. For GOD's seek, please go beyond Nkrumah and Yew.
Victor A. Young 9 years ago

I wonder if Lee Kuan Yew put citizens of Singapore in detention without trial; if he meddled in World Politics by openly associating his country with the now collapsed Soviet Communist style of gov't? Lee Kuan Yew was far dif ...
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I wonder if Lee Kuan Yew put citizens of Singapore in detention without trial; if he meddled in World Politics by openly associating his country with the now collapsed Soviet Communist style of gov't? Lee Kuan Yew was far different from Nkrumah in the style of rule and direction. Nkrumah was eloquent with his speech; he had great vision just like JB Danquah and other leaders who started the quest towards Ghana's independence an development.

However, Nkrumah started drifting towards the Communist's Eastern Block, after seeking initial economic help and development partnership with the West, like the UK, and the US. The people of Ghana started murmuring when Nkrumah started supressing them; he asked every family to declare their assets etc. The economy started declining. By the time Nkrumah was dethroned, Ghana's reserves stood at only 500,000 Cedies, after the Colonial rulers had left us about 500 Million Pounds.

I wonder how many State-owned enterprises are there in Singapore, as Nkrumah set out to do by establishing state-owned factories and state everything? In later 1970s and early 1980s the IMF forced Ghana to abandon its state-owned project and the removal of subsidies on commodities for economic recovery and a sustained economic growth.

Most Ghanaians in the 55-65yrs age bracket still harbour the notion that Ghana should embrace the communist and socialist way of governance before Ghana could develop. It's all an illusion; it won't work! All we have to do is empower state organs and institutions by adequately resourcing them, creating an enabling business climate by allowing the private sector to flourish and fuel economy for the needed growth while we fight corruption. That's the only way forward!
Captain canada 9 years ago

Opponents. You don't know what you are talking about. Kuan created state enterprises and supported trade unions. He was more meddlesome in the affairs of Singaporeans than Nkrumah was. Even in the western world we declare our ...
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Opponents. You don't know what you are talking about. Kuan created state enterprises and supported trade unions. He was more meddlesome in the affairs of Singaporeans than Nkrumah was. Even in the western world we declare our assets to the government. You are ignorant and dense of that is a negative. Kuan used the power of the people as a battling ram against the opposition. You guys attacked Nkrumah for doing even less of that. In kuans world jb danquah and the rest of the bomb throwers would have hanged.
Limann 9 years ago

Yew embraced western free market economics. He created a good climate for investment and growth. Nkrumah was a socialist ideologue and lacked practical knowledge about the challenges of his time. Where in this world has socia ...
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Yew embraced western free market economics. He created a good climate for investment and growth. Nkrumah was a socialist ideologue and lacked practical knowledge about the challenges of his time. Where in this world has socialism succeeded in developing a nation? Infact the Soviet Union failed in this regard.
Ghanaman, USA 9 years ago

France has a mixed sort of economy. Socialist and capitalist. China was (and maybe) Communist and they're developed.

France has a mixed sort of economy. Socialist and capitalist. China was (and maybe) Communist and they're developed.
Me 9 years ago

Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew speaks during a rally at Farrer park in Singapore on 15 August 1955
I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we ...
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Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew speaks during a rally at Farrer park in Singapore on 15 August 1955
I am often accused of interfering in the private lives of citizens. Yes, if I did not, had I not done that, we wouldn't be
Yaw 9 years ago

Can't we have a stop to this obsession of Kwame Nkrumah nonsense in this country?
Why is it hard for these Nkrumahist to accept that the woes,predicaments,underdevelopment and many other problems Ghana is experiencing were a ...
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Can't we have a stop to this obsession of Kwame Nkrumah nonsense in this country?
Why is it hard for these Nkrumahist to accept that the woes,predicaments,underdevelopment and many other problems Ghana is experiencing were as a result of his bad governance?
This man inherited from colonial powers healthy financies and by the the time he was driven out of office,he had bankrupted the country which we have not been able to recover from.
The comparison of Nkrumah to other visionary and successful leaders like this Yew,is unfounded.
While these leaders chose to work in cooperation with others focussing on their countries,he(Nkrumah)chose the path of divide and rule reign of terror while wasting our country's resources on non beneficial projects now we're feeling the effects and yet you lots keep hailing this nation wrecker as a saint.How ignorant,stupid and insult to the intelligence of Ghanains is that?To hell with all of you who keep reminding us of this disasterious leader.
HONESTY 9 years ago

If you lots start to give credit where credit is due, ie, the truth that Nkrumah and not Danquah the English Bible to Twi translator and promoter of the local language,
which is also a good thing, we will also not stop prea ...
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If you lots start to give credit where credit is due, ie, the truth that Nkrumah and not Danquah the English Bible to Twi translator and promoter of the local language,
which is also a good thing, we will also not stop preaching to you and your children the truth.

We have time and will and with God's Grace the desire to respect and value the best among us instead of playing cheap nepotism and tribalism.
Paa Joe 9 years ago

WE WERE STILL IN DARKNESS BECAUSE THE SO CALLED ILLITERTE ARMED CRIMINALS IN MILITATY UNIFORMS WHO TOPPLED THE GOVERNMENT OF KWAME NKRUMAH IN 1966 WITH SUPPORT OF THE SO CALLED EDUCATED IN GHANA AND ABROAD NEVER KNEW THE NATI ...
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WE WERE STILL IN DARKNESS BECAUSE THE SO CALLED ILLITERTE ARMED CRIMINALS IN MILITATY UNIFORMS WHO TOPPLED THE GOVERNMENT OF KWAME NKRUMAH IN 1966 WITH SUPPORT OF THE SO CALLED EDUCATED IN GHANA AND ABROAD NEVER KNEW THE NATIONS BITTER COLONIAL PAST.

IT INDEED A PITY THAT, THE PRESENT GENERATION ARE PAYING FOR THE WRONG THEY DID TO THE NATION IN 1966.

HISTORY WILL NEVER FPORGIVE THESE ANTAGONISTS AND ANTI-ELEMENTS FOR DERAILING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT HAD TAKEN OFF AFTER INDEPENDENCE IN GHANA.
nana arhinful 9 years ago

Ama you have spoken well.
The opposition in Singapore appreciated superior brain and selfless leadership with vision. The greater majority were not fooled with false and wicked lies. The reverse was the case in Ghana. The C ...
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Ama you have spoken well.
The opposition in Singapore appreciated superior brain and selfless leadership with vision. The greater majority were not fooled with false and wicked lies. The reverse was the case in Ghana. The CIA agents and opposition at the time thwarted the forward match of Ghana. The terrorist and short sighted opposition must take the blame. The danquah busia tradition should applaud themselves for the harm they have caused this nation. Nana Addo save your praises and tribute because the political tradition you belong does not give you the moral grounds to pay your tribute. Nkrumah & Yew may your souls rest in peace. And help us to find your kind to manage our nation soon. Farewell
Yew
Baffour Agyemang 9 years ago

Elinam you said it all. Bravo!

Elinam you said it all. Bravo!
Prof Lungu 9 years ago

To say...

Another reckoning voice!

To say...

Another reckoning voice!
JH New York 9 years ago

The root cause of Ghana's downfall could be blamed on “Ma te meho" bastards, coupled with subsequent Senseless Coups especially by Rawlings. And his IMF induced "StructuralAdjustment","Divesiture"etc etc,which turned out to ...
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The root cause of Ghana's downfall could be blamed on “Ma te meho" bastards, coupled with subsequent Senseless Coups especially by Rawlings. And his IMF induced "StructuralAdjustment","Divesiture"etc etc,which turned out to dis -industrialized Ghana of the gains made by Osagyefo Dr Kwame -Nkrumah.More than about 200 Industries(factories), both Private and State Owned were grounded.(I stand corrected on the figures).When again,
Ghana !
Analyst 9 years ago

In politics, nothing is offered on a silver platter; it must be ensured. Nkrumah's failure came from the fact that he was overthrown. Lee Kuan Yew ensured that he could not be overthrown. There is never a dictator (and infact ...
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In politics, nothing is offered on a silver platter; it must be ensured. Nkrumah's failure came from the fact that he was overthrown. Lee Kuan Yew ensured that he could not be overthrown. There is never a dictator (and infact any leader) who does not have enough enemies wanting him overthrown.
All that Nkrumah did would have stood right had he remained not overthrown. For instance, how could he avoid being concerned about the liberation of other African countries still under colonial rule? Or how could he look on unconcerned about those who were working hard to kill him? Indeed his development plans for Ghana were spot-on but once he was unable to stop his opponents from overthrowing him, he surrendered the initiative to his opponents to narrate his story.
UNMISGUIDED AFRICAN CHILD 9 years ago

You see,there will always be those among us who didn't want to hear the Message and still do not want to hear it.
They are consumed by the ocean of hate
and the sea of misguided education.

You see,compared to Yew,Kwame w ...
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You see,there will always be those among us who didn't want to hear the Message and still do not want to hear it.
They are consumed by the ocean of hate
and the sea of misguided education.

You see,compared to Yew,Kwame was too God-like.Yew's iron grip on power and
restricting the press had a sense of purpose and seriousness.We all know how his grip turned out to be,for Singapore's advancement.

He believed that DISCIPLINE MAKES A NATION.So was Kwame.

For Yew,"MATEMEHO"(during his reign)
had NO PLACE in a young Nation trying to accomplish-achieve it's set objectives.Yew found that distracting and disruptive to Nation- Building.

Yew knew that something that will help the whole community required tough measures,so was Kwame.

Yet,in the Ghanaian Experience,the mere fact that kwame was Nzima man did not sit well with my own tribal people.Infact,growing up,I heard in my
own community:

"yentraho 3ma Nzimaa ni eni ade3"..meaning "we will not sit by and watch Nzimaa man rule us"

Yes,and that my friends,is how UP/NLM was formed.

Yew did not have time for that crapola.
For this reason,when numerous attempts were made on Kwame's life,:

IT WAS GEOFFREY BING,NOT KWAME WHO FIRST INTRODUCED PDA IN NSAWAM(ask any scholar in Ghana's History).

Like Yew,Kwame also made our future the purpose of his life.He appealed to our best hopes.He put Ghana and Black Africa on the map at the UN.

Like Yew,Kwame also wanted Ghana to succeed.Infact,a lot of who we all are
today stems from the Educational Policies of this Great and Noble African.He made Ghana the most highly educated workforce on the Continent.

Today,there are still those who saw him as a dictator....and still praise Yew.
To his ardent critics I quote this famous line from Benjamin Franklin

"Any fool can critizize,condemn
and complain..and most fools do"

So you go on condemning Kwame...

"yeso ne yawiaa na 3bo y3n no".

WE CAN ALL LIVE IN THE SWAMP OR DRAIN IT TOGETHER AS AFRICANS.KN

thank You for your input Ama Ata Aidoo.

I am
nana-yaw
Yours Still In The Struggle
Kwaboat 9 years ago

Nkrumah had all the opportunities in the world to modernise Ghana - moderate budget surpluses, small population base and goodwill from other advanced nations including UK and USA but he chose to waste those golden moments in ...
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Nkrumah had all the opportunities in the world to modernise Ghana - moderate budget surpluses, small population base and goodwill from other advanced nations including UK and USA but he chose to waste those golden moments in pursuit of becoming the first president of a United Africa as well as destabilising other nations. He was no Lee.
Ebola Mahama 9 years ago

Madam you have got it all wrong with this statement.Read Lees book on his comments about Ghana and Nigeria when he visited the two West African countries.Am sure you will revise your notes.Good day.

Madam you have got it all wrong with this statement.Read Lees book on his comments about Ghana and Nigeria when he visited the two West African countries.Am sure you will revise your notes.Good day.
Mans 9 years ago

Ama you nail it and spot on
We need a person like you to tell
the world what we lost in Kwame Nkrumah and we need to learn from it
Bravo

Ama you nail it and spot on
We need a person like you to tell
the world what we lost in Kwame Nkrumah and we need to learn from it
Bravo
Mansah 9 years ago

Great Ama you nail it and spot on
We need to learn from it
and say no coup agian
Nkruma nevr dies

Great Ama you nail it and spot on
We need to learn from it
and say no coup agian
Nkruma nevr dies
Ama Reynolds 9 years ago

Yes AMA Ata is right on about Kwame Nkrumah

Yes AMA Ata is right on about Kwame Nkrumah
KWASI 9 years ago

There was a difference between Nkrumah and Yew in that while the latter aligne his country with the West the former went to the Soviet.

There was a difference between Nkrumah and Yew in that while the latter aligne his country with the West the former went to the Soviet.
osibisa 9 years ago

Please stay blessed, Ama Ata Aidoo!!
May the good Lord bless you abundantly:)

Please stay blessed, Ama Ata Aidoo!!
May the good Lord bless you abundantly:)
King Flemzy USA 9 years ago

Ghanaian Leadership after Nkrumah's time is just empty fame,looting of resources and money for families and covering their corrupted heart with promises

Ghanaian Leadership after Nkrumah's time is just empty fame,looting of resources and money for families and covering their corrupted heart with promises
Evangelist Yaw Forster - Pretoria 9 years ago

Woman, I doff my heart for you. Spot on.
Ghanaians should discuss such, though past ans seek how to go back to basics and stop this politics of ýen nkye nni.'
In the 1950's Nkrumah was speaking and doing 'human resource d ...
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Woman, I doff my heart for you. Spot on.
Ghanaians should discuss such, though past ans seek how to go back to basics and stop this politics of ýen nkye nni.'
In the 1950's Nkrumah was speaking and doing 'human resource development, what visionary we've lost because of lack of wisdom.'
Change needs toughness, and that's what Ghanaians who criticise Nkrumah fail to reealise. The man was just Great, period. Ama, thank you.
Stay Blessed

Yew's death grim reminder of what Ghana lost in Nkrumah – Ama Ata Aidoo

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