Founder’s Day: Let’s reflect on Nkrumah’s life – Gov’t

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Thomas 8 years ago

Kwame Nkrumah was unique

Kwame Nkrumah was unique
NDC TOPMAN 8 years ago

FROM 2017, IT WILL BE FOUNDERS' DAY

FROM 2017, IT WILL BE FOUNDERS' DAY
LAST DON 8 years ago

The irresponsible Hen leaves its kids at the mercy of predators for selfishness sake and like the irresponsible parent who would hypocritically reprimand his kids in public whilst secretly; he fuels them behind the scenes to ...
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The irresponsible Hen leaves its kids at the mercy of predators for selfishness sake and like the irresponsible parent who would hypocritically reprimand his kids in public whilst secretly; he fuels them behind the scenes to misbehave in public.

The dogs, cats, pigs and many four leg animals, they strictly loves their own at birth and will treat anyone else as an alien in their mist; they extend this sometimes to their owner unless it is for food. They will fight even their own when it comes to sharing of food and sleeping space; they don’t have any schedule pattern of life and each of them will do anything at any time. It also takes them a very long time to make friends among themselves and other creature in their environs. Their kind of friendship does not last as it is often characterised by mischief and mistrust.

This is a fact of life about some humans also. They love their own like “h3n Akanfo oo” “Obia de3 mienu mienu” “at all cost “all die be die” very desperate at anything even when it is free. Like the cat they will always run away with fish even when you have freely offered it.

From his demeanour, family background, utterances, actions and inactions it is becoming more obvious who Nana Addo Dankwa Akkufo Addo aka “Odikro of no town” whose futile and nonsensical evidence presented to the great court of the land, champion by his “HIP POP LIAR Political Economist” Dr. Bawumia to deprive millions of Ghanaians a true choice is gradually becoming known to all.

It was by his actions that sent a grey signal to stakeholders of this country and scared majority of businesses especially the multi nationals and some local entrepreneurs to withhold their vibrant activities due to widespread of war mongering and collateral damage meted out to life and properties (especially when one considers the serial market burnings) which was looming in the country all because Nana Addo and his men have lost an election and they are simply refusing to accept defeat; when it was very glare that they have lost. That was what his great grandfather (JB Danquah) did to Nkrumah and his father ( Edward Akkufo Addo) who was later imprisoned and now it is Nana Addo’s turn .

He is leading a campaign of indiscipline and has so far portrayed no decency in mannerism, character or in speech. His proverbial ill character in the use of vile words against his opponents is very abhorring and anti-social. His public speeches are out of date and have no connection with current trends of social developments. .

Unfortunately he is deep into it there is something wrong with the chemical constituents that form the brain of these Dankwas/ Busia’s? Are there no wise men among them? Or did their fathers die with all the sense that will guide them today? Well a decorated monkey remains a monkey; like father like son. None have morals……TO BE CONTINUED…..
AKANIBA 8 years ago

FROM EGYPT. ANOTHER FAKE ASS NEGRO.

FROM EGYPT. ANOTHER FAKE ASS NEGRO.
HONESTY 8 years ago

You fools have to settle for useless arguments every time someone tells you to think of yourself, and children.

1. Egyptians are Arabs and Nkrumah had many black kids. How was he going to settle with a Ghanaian woman of yo ...
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You fools have to settle for useless arguments every time someone tells you to think of yourself, and children.

1. Egyptians are Arabs and Nkrumah had many black kids. How was he going to settle with a Ghanaian woman of your type with the brain of a pea.
Stop writing nonsense and think before you do.
don`t care © !!! 8 years ago

pls pass this on to akufo addo.. Happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting what you don’t have, rather it’s recognizing and appreciating what you do have( not all die be die or burning of markets). If someone once m ...
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pls pass this on to akufo addo.. Happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting what you don’t have, rather it’s recognizing and appreciating what you do have( not all die be die or burning of markets). If someone once made you happy, there is a great chance they still will. Think about it — maybe you are bored with your familiar routine, but that doesn’t mean you should get rid of it. Don’t lose something you have for something you think you want(The Peace of Ghana).Sometimes it is too little too late and you must learn from your unfortunate decision. What screws a person up is trying to live up to image they create in their minds. There is no such thing as perfect, only perfect for you.

Hmmm!“Appreciate what you have before it becomes what you had.”Politicians!

You never know what you have until you lose it, and once you lose it, you can never get it back.

“There are things to confess that enrich the world,Hmmm! and things that need not be said...{b`cos they`re lies)
BIG JOE 8 years ago

MANDELA, DR KING, KWAME NKRUMAH AND MALCOLM X WERE ALL COMMUNISTS FUNDED BY RUSSIA. THEY HATED FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY.

THESE PEOPLE HATED WHAT AMERICA ND THE WEST STOOD FOR, WHICH FREE ENTERPRISE, DEMOCRACY AND INDIVIDUAL L ...
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MANDELA, DR KING, KWAME NKRUMAH AND MALCOLM X WERE ALL COMMUNISTS FUNDED BY RUSSIA. THEY HATED FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY.

THESE PEOPLE HATED WHAT AMERICA ND THE WEST STOOD FOR, WHICH FREE ENTERPRISE, DEMOCRACY AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.
THESE COMMIES WERE ENEMIES OF FREEDOM.
HONESTY 8 years ago

It is how we have bought those ideas of free market, democracy and freedom that is a problem.

A whiteman would never exchange his brother or sister or fellow white for 20 pieces of silver( money) but a black father is re ...
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It is how we have bought those ideas of free market, democracy and freedom that is a problem.

A whiteman would never exchange his brother or sister or fellow white for 20 pieces of silver( money) but a black father is ready to sell his own Son, in fact, his own future for a table of salt.

Call them anything you like, but the truth is that Nkrumah also loved good things not just for himself but his kind and what is wrong with that?
Kontonkyi 8 years ago

BIG JOE, I hope you get over this Communist nonsense. What is Ghana, a Capitalist Country doing with Communists Red China? Begging them, and see all the Red Chinese in Ghana? Why are you guys enjoying the Red Chinese fr ...
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BIG JOE, I hope you get over this Communist nonsense. What is Ghana, a Capitalist Country doing with Communists Red China? Begging them, and see all the Red Chinese in Ghana? Why are you guys enjoying the Red Chinese fried Rice and Paying more for it in Accra?

You better think about those questions and ponder over why the World is begging China for Loans and Rushing to China and Russia to do business.

USA is a key trading partner to the Red Chinese. The brainwashing has done a lot on a lot of people.
Nana Ansah 8 years ago

#KWAME NKRUMAH ON AUTOMATION, CYBERNATION AND CYBER COMMUNICATION

When Kwame Nkrumah was talking about automation and cybernation with the aid of nuclear energy in the early sixties not very many even in the west understoo ...
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#KWAME NKRUMAH ON AUTOMATION, CYBERNATION AND CYBER COMMUNICATION

When Kwame Nkrumah was talking about automation and cybernation with the aid of nuclear energy in the early sixties not very many even in the west understood him.

cybernation - the control of processes by computer or the use of computers to control automatic processes, esp. in manufacturing.

Today ,most of the industries are automated and robots are doing the cybernation - with the aid of computers.

When Kwame Nkrumah was talking about SCIENCE CITY in Ghana in the sixties and cyber communication there wasn’t Silicon valley in Seatle. So Kwame Nkrumah was light years ahead of his time.

Look, if Ghanaians and Africans know the grave depth and the huge loss inflicted upon us by a disgruntled, misled few, we will start redoubling our efforts and rededicate ourselves and grab every single book Kwame Nkrumah has written or his spoken words and make it a must study curriculum in our schools.

The traitors deposed Kwame Nkrumah but could not bury his ideas and ideals. What they did in an attempt to arrest our progress was in a sense counterproductive, It gave Kwame Nkrumah plenty of time to put his thoughts together and assembled them into books. These books have become AXIOMS. So it is up to us make use of the several eye opener books Kwame Nkrumah wrote to develop Africa.

Nkrumah who studied religion once said this: “the worst thing the colonialist ever did was to give us the Bible.” By so doing they contradicted themselves. The Bible preached righteousness but they did the vices. NKRUMAH LIVES! Lift up the flag of Ghana. Long live Maame/Daavi in Freedom and Justice. God bless our homeland Ghana.
Shabi 8 years ago

If Russia and Communists hated freedom and Democracy, I wonder why they also did not trade in slaves.

If Russia and Communists hated freedom and Democracy, I wonder why they spent so much resources, men and moral commitme ...
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If Russia and Communists hated freedom and Democracy, I wonder why they also did not trade in slaves.

If Russia and Communists hated freedom and Democracy, I wonder why they spent so much resources, men and moral commitment to assist Kwame Nkrumah to free the entire African continent from unbridled slavery, oppressive colonial bondage and unjust exploitation.

If Russia and Communists hated freedom and Democracy, I wonder why they also did not colonize and tyrannize people all over the world.

If Russia and Communists hated freedom and Democracy, I wonder why they are not racists.

If Russia and Communists hated freedom and Democracy, I wonder why their prisons are not filled with Black people.

If Russia and Communists hated freedom and Democracy, I wonder why their policemen are not randomly and freely killing Black people.

If Russia and Communists hated freedom and Democracy, I wonder why they dont have legitimate registered racist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan in their communist countries.

If these 'commies' were enemies of freedom, I wonder why they dont have over 120 military bases in other peoples countries

If these 'commies' were enemies of freedom,I wonder why they are not constantly involved in over 10 wars in other peoples countries at any given time in history.

If these 'commies' were enemies of freedom, I wonder why they still dont have racist oppressive colonies like Australia, New Zealand, Falkland Islands and many others in places thousands of miles away from their own countries.

If these 'commies' were enemies of freedom, I wonder why they dont have the largest prison population in the world.

If these 'commies' were enemies of freedom, I wonder why they dont have, as we speak, Preventive Detention camps like Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraid, Gagram and many others dotted around the world where human beings are detained indefinitely under the most brutal conditions.

If these 'commies' were enemies of freedom, I wonder why their military budget is not larger than the military budgets of all other countries put together.

If 'commies' did not like free enterprise, I wonder why they are also not exploiting the mineral resources of vulnerable people around the world at their own cut-throat prices which they dictate to others.

Now Big (fool) Joe, if you are a man, come again.
Shabi 8 years ago

My friend, dont bother to waste your time trying to undo all the gains of independence and justice that were made by the Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Any such attempt will not work. Africans are now slowly becoming awake. Many ...
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My friend, dont bother to waste your time trying to undo all the gains of independence and justice that were made by the Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah. Any such attempt will not work. Africans are now slowly becoming awake. Many of us can now see right from wrong.

From next year 2016, we the proud and grateful masses comprising the children of Kwame Nkrumah all over the world, who appreciate his historically unsurpassed accomplishment of liberating the entire continent of Africa and all her 'captured' children throughout the world, from centuries of unjust capitalist/imperialist tyranny, oppression and insatiable endless exploitation, will ‘up the ante’ and insist that the 24th day of February each year, is officially recognized and appropriately mourned as the DAY OF SHAME in the calendar of national events in this country.

On that day, mug-shots and the accompanying crimes of treachery and terrorism, committed against the state by all those damp squid clowns, imperialist mercenaries, collaborators, evil terrorists and traitors, whose names you insolently and shockingly want to also celebrate as founders of this country, will be publicly and vividly displayed at vantage points throughout this country. This is to shame them and all who think like them for their wicked and sinful deeds committed against the people of Ghana.

All those who openly continue to give such disgraced and discredited villains succour, will also be mentioned in passing.
Joe 8 years ago

NDC TOP MAN is 100% right

NDC TOP MAN is 100% right
francis kwarteng 8 years ago

Even though more can be attributed to Nkrumah's idiologies he was more or less a selfish entity in Terms of political power.

Even though more can be attributed to Nkrumah's idiologies he was more or less a selfish entity in Terms of political power.
Artic 8 years ago

All the Osagyefo was attempting to do was to gear our mindset towards PATRIOTISM and an unflinching love love for the Ghana and Africa. Read his books and you would understand where he was coming from but unfortunately we did ...
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All the Osagyefo was attempting to do was to gear our mindset towards PATRIOTISM and an unflinching love love for the Ghana and Africa. Read his books and you would understand where he was coming from but unfortunately we did not understand him.. Sad.
Kontonkyi 8 years ago

Thank you Artic.

Thank you Artic.
Kontonkyi 8 years ago

And all he was doing was for you! What else did he do for himself? Reflect on the question. Now think of all the other politicians and what they have done for themselves and revise your definition of selfish.

And all he was doing was for you! What else did he do for himself? Reflect on the question. Now think of all the other politicians and what they have done for themselves and revise your definition of selfish.
BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8 years ago

Ghana and the world must blame UP / NPP headed by Nana Binaddo's father and Business , for terrorizing and kill of a very prominent person like Dr.Kwame Nkrumah. Shame on them.

Ghana and the world must blame UP / NPP headed by Nana Binaddo's father and Business , for terrorizing and kill of a very prominent person like Dr.Kwame Nkrumah. Shame on them.
BIG JOE 8 years ago

DONT TRUST COMMUNISTS. MANDELA, STOKELY CARMICHAEL, MALCOLM X, PAUL ROBESON, WERE ALL COMMIES WHO HATED CAPITALISM AND DEMOCRACY. COMMIES ARE BAD PEOPLE.

DONT TRUST COMMUNISTS. MANDELA, STOKELY CARMICHAEL, MALCOLM X, PAUL ROBESON, WERE ALL COMMIES WHO HATED CAPITALISM AND DEMOCRACY. COMMIES ARE BAD PEOPLE.
mensa 8 years ago

NKRUMAHS WAS OVER TROWED BY GHANA PEOPLE AFTER HE TRY TO BE A MUGABI STYLE DICTATOR AND HIS ARAB ALLYS BOTRAY THE MAN AND NEVER HELPED HIM, AFTER HE LOST PWOER

NKRUMAHS WAS OVER TROWED BY GHANA PEOPLE AFTER HE TRY TO BE A MUGABI STYLE DICTATOR AND HIS ARAB ALLYS BOTRAY THE MAN AND NEVER HELPED HIM, AFTER HE LOST PWOER
IB 8 years ago

Nkrumah destroyed Ghana

Nkrumah destroyed Ghana
goodman 8 years ago

Thank you very much Ghana. Dr nkrumah deserve this respect.

Thank you very much Ghana. Dr nkrumah deserve this respect.
Okunka 8 years ago

Nkrumah is dead and gone. Let's reflect on Mahama's life. Let's think of today, because we are sinking. A person on the verge of drowning cannot afford to think of glorious days and glorious people. Its a question of surv ...
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Nkrumah is dead and gone. Let's reflect on Mahama's life. Let's think of today, because we are sinking. A person on the verge of drowning cannot afford to think of glorious days and glorious people. Its a question of survival. Lets think of today and how to move forward.
Kontonkyi 8 years ago

People without History have no Roots. That is why Africans are not respected elsewhere!

The USA has the President's day. You see museums all over the developed world where they bring History to life and about their gre ...
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People without History have no Roots. That is why Africans are not respected elsewhere!

The USA has the President's day. You see museums all over the developed world where they bring History to life and about their great men.

Here you are preaching forgetfulness. My friend, do not try to erase History like our forefathers did. Now Timbuktu is a name people make fun off because Africans erase their History! Think about it.
HANS 8 years ago

WE SHALL ALWAYS WORSHIP NKRUMAH FOR SAVING US FROM IGNORANCE AND ABJECT POVERTY.THE PRESENT STATE OF GHANA ATTESTS TO THE FACT THAT WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE BENEFITED FROM NKRUMAH'S FORESIGHT.

HIS TRAITORS, DANQUAH-BUSIA TRA ...
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WE SHALL ALWAYS WORSHIP NKRUMAH FOR SAVING US FROM IGNORANCE AND ABJECT POVERTY.THE PRESENT STATE OF GHANA ATTESTS TO THE FACT THAT WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE BENEFITED FROM NKRUMAH'S FORESIGHT.

HIS TRAITORS, DANQUAH-BUSIA TRADITION SHOULD BOW DOWN THEIR HEADS IN SHAME FOR BRINGING GHANA DOWN TO THIS SORDID STATE.
BRANDY SEKYI-DJAN 8 years ago

AFRICA'S MAN OF DESTINY. NKRUMAH, THE GREATEST AFRICAN WHO EVER LIVED ON THE SURFACE OF THIS WORLD.
HIS DETRACTORS MAY WANT TO OBLITERATE ALL THAT HE DID IN THE INTEREST OF GHANA AND AFRICA, YET WILL HE FOREVER LIVE.
INDEED ...
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AFRICA'S MAN OF DESTINY. NKRUMAH, THE GREATEST AFRICAN WHO EVER LIVED ON THE SURFACE OF THIS WORLD.
HIS DETRACTORS MAY WANT TO OBLITERATE ALL THAT HE DID IN THE INTEREST OF GHANA AND AFRICA, YET WILL HE FOREVER LIVE.
INDEED, NKRUMAH NEVER DIES !!
Kofi UK 8 years ago

Every Ghanaian has benefited from Dr Nkrumah's legacy and indeed the whole of Africa. It is only the ungrateful ones who rebuke him for the right things he did. The best leader to emerge from Africa.

Every Ghanaian has benefited from Dr Nkrumah's legacy and indeed the whole of Africa. It is only the ungrateful ones who rebuke him for the right things he did. The best leader to emerge from Africa.
Yaa 8 years ago

Are we? The poor are suffering, graduates have no jobs, mentally sick are roaming on the streets, disable can only beg for their daily living, women and children are murdered on the streets often, poor parents can not feed th ...
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Are we? The poor are suffering, graduates have no jobs, mentally sick are roaming on the streets, disable can only beg for their daily living, women and children are murdered on the streets often, poor parents can not feed their children and send their children to school because the free education is only in the northern region,traders and citizens are under the mercy of armed robbers, president is corrupt, MPs are corrupts judges who have to render justices are corrupts, they buy the truth with money. Every president comes to power to build roads and schools but our roads are the worse. We have all the natural resources, gold,timber,diamond and cocoa investors come into the country and instead of government asking for 50% to build the nation government only collect 5% and this 5% is shared among politicians. Our land is sold by the government to Chinese, China is getting richer everyday, Ghana is declining everyday with poverty and suffering. The only people who have peace in Ghana are politicians, the false prophets who armed rob the poor church members with lies and collect their money's, the judges who share the money armed robbers have been killed their victims for. What do we have to show Mr presidents? Is tears, fears, sleepless night, afraid to be killed any moment on the street or on VIP buses and on ordinally lorries and cars on the high ways. God, vision less leaders, spare some of us with your joke. Long live Ghana.
Kontonkyi 8 years ago

That is why Nkrumah would be crying if the dead have anything to do with the living. How sad Nkrumah would be if he could have knowledge of what Ghana has become.

Let us see his aspirations and dreams that he dreamt of G ...
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That is why Nkrumah would be crying if the dead have anything to do with the living. How sad Nkrumah would be if he could have knowledge of what Ghana has become.

Let us see his aspirations and dreams that he dreamt of Ghana, Love of Country, Discipline, Work and Happiness and Work to achieve a better country that can harness it's God Given Potentials and transform Ghana to be a shining Black Star.

That is what Nkrumah would love to see if the dead has anything to do with the Living.
AKT New York 8 years ago

Yaa,we are in the 21st century people don't look for job any more but they create their own job,graduate,or under graduates if you don't know Google and find out .No wonder Africa is left behind.Look around America here we ar ...
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Yaa,we are in the 21st century people don't look for job any more but they create their own job,graduate,or under graduates if you don't know Google and find out .No wonder Africa is left behind.Look around America here we are now Chinese ,Indianas, and even the Bangladesh have taken all their business and you Ghanaians are crying of jobs .Only the lazy ones cannot see jobs in their life . I agreed 100% with then president of Ghana JA Kuffour who said Ghanaians are lazy .It is fact ! Think about it .
Jacke Jones, VA 8 years ago

Jesus is the Saviour and the Messiah, not that power-hungry dictator. Nkrumah is the cause of all Ghana's problems. He inherited an economy better than South Korea and Malaysia. Because of power, be brought all these criminal ...
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Jesus is the Saviour and the Messiah, not that power-hungry dictator. Nkrumah is the cause of all Ghana's problems. He inherited an economy better than South Korea and Malaysia. Because of power, be brought all these criminals from Togo and these idiots have been stealing all our resources. Before these criminals were brought by the dictator, there was never a single case of theft and murder in the Gold Coast
Ama Ghana 8 years ago

Jake Jones or whatever you call yourself you mentioned Jesus at the start and ending up with insult and tribalism. Jesus accept people from all walks of life even sinners. Know Jesus better ok!

Jake Jones or whatever you call yourself you mentioned Jesus at the start and ending up with insult and tribalism. Jesus accept people from all walks of life even sinners. Know Jesus better ok!
Okunka 8 years ago

He was even thinking of bringing Mali and Giunea to team up with Ghana. We would have been sadled with these Islamic terrorists in Mali.

He was even thinking of bringing Mali and Giunea to team up with Ghana. We would have been sadled with these Islamic terrorists in Mali.
Odanku. 8 years ago

There are dead cocroaches in your head so you need to see a psychiatrist.

There are dead cocroaches in your head so you need to see a psychiatrist.
IB 8 years ago

terrorism is far far away from Islam be wise with your comments. Nkrumah destroyed our nation that is why he was overthrown. Christians are members of this terrorists groups, we ignorant beings only aim at using it as an oppo ...
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terrorism is far far away from Islam be wise with your comments. Nkrumah destroyed our nation that is why he was overthrown. Christians are members of this terrorists groups, we ignorant beings only aim at using it as an opportunity to destroy the image of other religions.
TARANTULA 8 years ago

Jacke Jones, can you please see a doctor as soon as possible?

Jacke Jones, can you please see a doctor as soon as possible?
Artic 8 years ago

Your name even suggests how confused you are. A Ghanaian with a white man's name? You have lost your African and Black Personality. I'm sorry for you. The Osagyefo was one of the greatest African leaders in modern history.
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Your name even suggests how confused you are. A Ghanaian with a white man's name? You have lost your African and Black Personality. I'm sorry for you. The Osagyefo was one of the greatest African leaders in modern history.
Sadly, you know nothing about him.
U live in the US and think there's nothing wrong there. Just stay there.
Nkrumah Is alive and his legacy would endure forever. You cannot rewrite history.
Shabi 8 years ago

Artic, ignore Big Joe ...... or sorry, I mean, Jack Jones (you see, he has too many monikers).

I actually doubt if he is a Black man. If by any unfortunate chance he is, the American police will deal with him sooner or la ...
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Artic, ignore Big Joe ...... or sorry, I mean, Jack Jones (you see, he has too many monikers).

I actually doubt if he is a Black man. If by any unfortunate chance he is, the American police will deal with him sooner or later so lets just leave him to squirm in his own excreta.
IB 8 years ago

are u saying Jesus is the creator, do you think he created himself. this is purely ignorance, the Almighty God is the saviour not Jesus

are u saying Jesus is the creator, do you think he created himself. this is purely ignorance, the Almighty God is the saviour not Jesus
Joe 8 years ago

Lets celebrate Jesus. Amen.

Lets celebrate Jesus. Amen.
Mr Kwabena Adjei 8 years ago

FOR KWAME NKRUMAH
Antiquity adds nothing to probability,
The run and lapse of time cannot engender a mutation
In a gene of truth to a gene of lie
In order to deny evidence.
Reactionary onslaught and sophistry
Cannot gat ...
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FOR KWAME NKRUMAH
Antiquity adds nothing to probability,
The run and lapse of time cannot engender a mutation
In a gene of truth to a gene of lie
In order to deny evidence.
Reactionary onslaught and sophistry
Cannot gather enough sand upon falsehood
On sands of times
And make it equal to immutable truth.

SCRIPT BY: KWABENA ANANE ADJEI
H/NO. B. 95/21 AIRPORT, SUNYANI
CELL PHONE: 0541576334
Kwaku Amoako 8 years ago

September 21st 1909 was a Tuesday therefore if he was born that date then his name should been Kwabena Nkrumah. According to research Nkrumah's real name is Kofi Nwiah, born of a Ghanaian mother and a Liberian father. He str ...
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September 21st 1909 was a Tuesday therefore if he was born that date then his name should been Kwabena Nkrumah. According to research Nkrumah's real name is Kofi Nwiah, born of a Ghanaian mother and a Liberian father. He stroway to the USA and could not even pay for his passage back to Ghana. Go ask the kins of Ako Adjei, the Obosetbi Lampteys and the Danquah's how he a was brought into the UGCC to be its General Secretary. Ungratefully this greedy autocratic Kofi Nwiah inprisoned and murdered those that helped him. History should be based on facts, posterity will judge us guilty if we do no write the truth.
Robert Agyemang 8 years ago

I am not surprised.They said Acheamong was a Nigerian and Rawlings a Togolese.

I am not surprised.They said Acheamong was a Nigerian and Rawlings a Togolese.
Kwaku Amoako 8 years ago

ROBERTO,

There is no smoke without fire. Kofi Nwiah never grew around his father. The hard working Nzema woman from Nkroful ( MADAM NYANIBA) raised him as a single mother.

ROBERTO,

There is no smoke without fire. Kofi Nwiah never grew around his father. The hard working Nzema woman from Nkroful ( MADAM NYANIBA) raised him as a single mother.
James Okine 8 years ago

Don't waste your time,SARPONG.Your father is a mossi from Bourkina Fasso.You were my neighbour.

Don't waste your time,SARPONG.Your father is a mossi from Bourkina Fasso.You were my neighbour.
Kwaku Amoako 8 years ago

James Okine,

You have it wrong, I am not Sarpong, I have no reason to hide my identity. My Ancestors are from Sudan, who migrated to the present day Ghana some 700 years ago.

James Okine,

You have it wrong, I am not Sarpong, I have no reason to hide my identity. My Ancestors are from Sudan, who migrated to the present day Ghana some 700 years ago.
Albert Owusu-Ansah 8 years ago

Kwaku Amoako,kwasea.the more you rant,the more your idiocy and illiteracy becomes explicit.You don't even know that the ancestors of the people of Grain Coast also came from Sudan.Do you know Liberia was called Grain Coast be ...
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Kwaku Amoako,kwasea.the more you rant,the more your idiocy and illiteracy becomes explicit.You don't even know that the ancestors of the people of Grain Coast also came from Sudan.Do you know Liberia was called Grain Coast before United States made it a colony for freed slaves?
James Okine 8 years ago

Kwasea,you don't even know that the ancestors of Liberian natives(the people of Grain Coast) also came from Sudan hundreds of years before the American colonization.The more you rant,the more you expose your idiocy and illit ...
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Kwasea,you don't even know that the ancestors of Liberian natives(the people of Grain Coast) also came from Sudan hundreds of years before the American colonization.The more you rant,the more you expose your idiocy and illiteracy.
Odanku. 8 years ago

You born of a Ghanaian mother and a bantu father.You were caught stealing and jailed for 7 years.

You born of a Ghanaian mother and a bantu father.You were caught stealing and jailed for 7 years.
AKT New York 8 years ago

Kwaku Amoaku,are you walking about Akuffu Addo a.k.a the ugly man .This description is true of Nana Addo .....
All those you mention above have No certificate fine out ....

Kwaku Amoaku,are you walking about Akuffu Addo a.k.a the ugly man .This description is true of Nana Addo .....
All those you mention above have No certificate fine out ....
Omanba 8 years ago

It's very good to say this, but my question is that are doing what your so call socialist part stood for? Nkrumah was a socialist man and he demonstrated it. You and your socialist part has come with unprecedented corruption ...
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It's very good to say this, but my question is that are doing what your so call socialist part stood for? Nkrumah was a socialist man and he demonstrated it. You and your socialist part has come with unprecedented corruption and thievery to enrich yourselves. Now you're only using propaganda to rule this nation and you'll be exposed at the right time. God save Ghana from the hands of the wicked.
James Okine 8 years ago

Nkrumah's prophetic sayings are lessons for African politicians today.

Nkrumah's prophetic sayings are lessons for African politicians today.
michael oppong acanchawah 8 years ago

hoo! nkrumah we remember for ur afford fight u fought for ghana

hoo! nkrumah we remember for ur afford fight u fought for ghana
Dr Robert K Glah 8 years ago

Kwame Nkrumah is African solidarity for sustainable industrial Revolution.

Kwame Nkrumah is African solidarity for sustainable industrial Revolution.
Nana Antwi 8 years ago

This government likes shifting responsibility to we the people. They should please tell us what they have decided to do to improve our lot AFTER REFLECTING on Nkrumah before telling us to do same. And that's is Leadership Nkr ...
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This government likes shifting responsibility to we the people. They should please tell us what they have decided to do to improve our lot AFTER REFLECTING on Nkrumah before telling us to do same. And that's is Leadership Nkrumah-style
TEE 8 years ago

NKRUMAH NEVER DIES, MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE

NKRUMAH NEVER DIES, MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE
Helpten 8 years ago

Great leader

Great leader
ma hummer 8 years ago

we all think government should rather reflect and seriously think about what Osaagyefo did and ask themselves if they can even do one quarter?

we all think government should rather reflect and seriously think about what Osaagyefo did and ask themselves if they can even do one quarter?
TEE 8 years ago

NKRUMAH WAS JUST BORN IN GHANA BUT HE WAS FOR AFRICA

NKRUMAH WAS JUST BORN IN GHANA BUT HE WAS FOR AFRICA
DIRTY WORK 8 years ago

AFTER THE INDEPENDENCE WHAT HAVE WE DONE FOR EVEN HIS FAMILY? HAVE WE EVEN KEPT WHAT HE LEFTS FOR US? WE SHOULD LEAVE HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE. NKRUMAH WILL CRY IF HE CAN COME INTO LIVE AGAIN, EVERYTHING HE LEFT IS DESTROYED BY ...
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AFTER THE INDEPENDENCE WHAT HAVE WE DONE FOR EVEN HIS FAMILY? HAVE WE EVEN KEPT WHAT HE LEFTS FOR US? WE SHOULD LEAVE HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE. NKRUMAH WILL CRY IF HE CAN COME INTO LIVE AGAIN, EVERYTHING HE LEFT IS DESTROYED BY OUR SO CALLED LEADERS, THE COUNTRY HAS DEVELOPT IN CORRUPTION, HIS FAMILY ARE STILL LIVING IN POOR. ARE WE NOT ASHAME OF OURSELVES?
No Tribalism 8 years ago

Lazy ndc govt this is useless holiday.... Foolish NDC party fiix the enconomy period.

Lazy ndc govt this is useless holiday.... Foolish NDC party fiix the enconomy period.
Wahab 8 years ago

Nkrumah the greatest African of all time. He saw and preached against neo-colonialism long b4 it was properly actualised on the African soil. While he must take all the credit, Mahama can never be said to be continuing his dr ...
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Nkrumah the greatest African of all time. He saw and preached against neo-colonialism long b4 it was properly actualised on the African soil. While he must take all the credit, Mahama can never be said to be continuing his dream. Nkrumah believed in state control and ownership of national assets as well as the sovereignty of the state. Mahama is doing the exact opposite especially leaving us at the mercy of the IMF
K'dua 8 years ago

Kulungugu bomb throwers, imperialist stooges who have now turned into acid throwers will join the likes of Ivan the Terrible or Hitler in history books.
Kwame Nkrumah never dies!

Kulungugu bomb throwers, imperialist stooges who have now turned into acid throwers will join the likes of Ivan the Terrible or Hitler in history books.
Kwame Nkrumah never dies!
Yaw 8 years ago

Did I hear correctly that Kwame Nkrumah worked tirelessly to ensure freedom for oppressors?
Who else will put up such a joke statement but Omane Boamah and his fellow loose talkers.
You can portray or hail him (Nkrumah)as y ...
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Did I hear correctly that Kwame Nkrumah worked tirelessly to ensure freedom for oppressors?
Who else will put up such a joke statement but Omane Boamah and his fellow loose talkers.
You can portray or hail him (Nkrumah)as you wish/like but the fact remains that he bankrupted our country through his authoritarian rule of reckless spending
If anyone doubts this compare what leaders of his generation like Keyantta,Nyelere,Kaunda just to mention a few did for their country in terms of development to Ghana.
Visit the capital cities of Kenya,Uganda,Tanzania,Zambia,Senegal and other countries which gained independence like Ghana and clearly,you realise this Nkrumah person wasted our resources.
Ghana is suffering and going through all these hardships now as a result of incompetences and reign of terror of this power drunk man so stop reminding us of this your Nkrumah obsession nonsense.
Kontonkyi 8 years ago

How old are you? How long ago was Nkrumah Overthrown? If you are going to make comparisons, then do so correctly. Do not compare Now Ghana to the now Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Tanzania and others. Compare what Nkrumah di ...
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How old are you? How long ago was Nkrumah Overthrown? If you are going to make comparisons, then do so correctly. Do not compare Now Ghana to the now Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Tanzania and others. Compare what Nkrumah did until his overthrown and what his contemporary leaders of those country did for their countries at the times, parallel.

Be fair in your comparisons. The peoples of the countries you talked about will be the first to praise Nkrumah for what he did. Ghana was the Mecca for Africans in those days! Ghana was the Timbuktu, the place of learning and the Country to learn from.

If you have any anger, direct it to those that called themselves Liberators (1966) and their collaborators.
Kontonkyi 8 years ago

Yaw, no matter how you feel about Nkrumah, His name will stand tall above that of his antagonists. Nkrumah Circle bears it's proper Name again, KNUST bears it's name again and Nkrumah did not rename them, just to give you a ...
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Yaw, no matter how you feel about Nkrumah, His name will stand tall above that of his antagonists. Nkrumah Circle bears it's proper Name again, KNUST bears it's name again and Nkrumah did not rename them, just to give you an update. The present generation has come to the proper terms of who Nkrumah was. A great son of Ghana and Africa. His statue stands tall elsewhere in Africa, the symbol of African Unity. That is not Nkrumah Nonsense.
Yaw 8 years ago

I know nothing will make you see sense and that's exactly my point.If one compares what he inherited to what he did for the country at the time when the population was under six million,it beggars belief that the likes of you ...
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I know nothing will make you see sense and that's exactly my point.If one compares what he inherited to what he did for the country at the time when the population was under six million,it beggars belief that the likes of you want everybody to hail Kwame Nkrumah as the best thing to have happened to Ghana.
Anybody with good vision and foresight and love for the country would have done by far more than what he(Nkrumah)did.
Accept that he wasted our country's resources with his non achievable Africa unity and other non beneficial to Ghana ambitions he perused at the nation's expense.
Projects named after him means nothing to me as we have places and projects named after non achievers like Rawlings,Atta Mills etc etc.
ndc the bane of ghana's development! 8 years ago

Nkrumah should come and see the speed with which the ndc government is traveling with corruption and mediocrity.

Nkrumah should come and see the speed with which the ndc government is traveling with corruption and mediocrity.
JAMES Y 8 years ago

It is an occasion worth celebrating; we must all make the most of it. Whatever his enemies have been doing to tarnish his name in death his standing flourishes; such is the man!

It is an occasion worth celebrating; we must all make the most of it. Whatever his enemies have been doing to tarnish his name in death his standing flourishes; such is the man!
Abeku Quansah Ativorgbe. 8 years ago

Nkrumah and others made sacrifices for us but Mahama and others are not making any sacrifice for tomorrow's children. Every arm of gov. is corrupt not only judiciary. The country has been hijacked, any one who try to defend t ...
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Nkrumah and others made sacrifices for us but Mahama and others are not making any sacrifice for tomorrow's children. Every arm of gov. is corrupt not only judiciary. The country has been hijacked, any one who try to defend the ordinary man is targeted and punished. eg is Amidu(he has been quiet these days and only God knows why} and a lawyer has been suspended or sacked for suggesting that Ghana needs reform.
sam 8 years ago

WE SHOULD NOT FORGET IT THAT THE PEOPLE OF GHANA PUT AN END TO THE MAN RULE AFTER HE STARTED TO BE A MUGABI STYLE DICTATOR

WE SHOULD NOT FORGET IT THAT THE PEOPLE OF GHANA PUT AN END TO THE MAN RULE AFTER HE STARTED TO BE A MUGABI STYLE DICTATOR
Fatia Helena Ritz 8 years ago

A day to be remembered by all Ghanaians for that matter each and every one of us should have a positive attitude towards Ghana .

A day to be remembered by all Ghanaians for that matter each and every one of us should have a positive attitude towards Ghana .
Jonas 8 years ago

I do not know the reason why people are still complaining about the founder's day? If u are saying that, is not Dr. Nkrumah alone fought for da Ghana's independence thus true but who was the leader then? So now, how will u ca ...
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I do not know the reason why people are still complaining about the founder's day? If u are saying that, is not Dr. Nkrumah alone fought for da Ghana's independence thus true but who was the leader then? So now, how will u call Kufour's error? will u call it Kufour, Nana Addo, Osafo Marfo etc administration? Kufour alone name is always mentioned bcos he was the leader then. Thus why former prez Kufour usually received an international awards not npp/ Nana Addo. But they all (npp's people) fought for npp's victory in the year 2000? So nonthing is wrong with founder's day.
W.o asempa, kintampo 8 years ago

thank you MR president for recognizing the good works of osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah. may God richly bless you and your government.

thank you MR president for recognizing the good works of osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah. may God richly bless you and your government.
George O.Appau--Virginia, USA 8 years ago

When is the ruling National Democratic party going to tell Ghanaians the truth? As a matter of fact this government is the worst in Ghanaian history since independence. Mr president tell your men to stop throwing dust into th ...
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When is the ruling National Democratic party going to tell Ghanaians the truth? As a matter of fact this government is the worst in Ghanaian history since independence. Mr president tell your men to stop throwing dust into the people's eyes.
Sammy yao adadivor 8 years ago

Kwame Nkrumah alone isn't a founding father in our country and he can't the were six people who became a testament of dedication passion and will power fought and toil with their blood before the mission was accomplished... M ...
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Kwame Nkrumah alone isn't a founding father in our country and he can't the were six people who became a testament of dedication passion and will power fought and toil with their blood before the mission was accomplished... My QI is that why is it that Nkrumah's name is mentioned here and ommit the rest of his folks? This is on called for.cansel this holiday! Period.
Ghana must know. 8 years ago

Dr. Omane Boamah noted that President John Dramani Mahama has through hard work, perseverance, tolerance and patriotic zeal, recaptured the vision to transform the structure of the Ghanaian economy. What's this man talking ab ...
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Dr. Omane Boamah noted that President John Dramani Mahama has through hard work, perseverance, tolerance and patriotic zeal, recaptured the vision to transform the structure of the Ghanaian economy. What's this man talking about?. Which hard work?. Is it the thievery or the unprecedented corruption?. The Ndc administration promised Ghanaians better Ghana but couldn't hold on to the good Ghana they met. How much is Ghana's debt now?. It's create,loot and share governance. Ghana is sinking and sinking fast under this incompetent administration. Ghanaians should rise up against these greedy bastards .
inercycl 8 years ago

That's all it is.If we want to emulate the enormous contributions of Nkrumah, we must stop plundering state coffers.The talk talk is mere lip service.

That's all it is.If we want to emulate the enormous contributions of Nkrumah, we must stop plundering state coffers.The talk talk is mere lip service.
IB 8 years ago

if u read pure history u will never applaud our founder more than once

if u read pure history u will never applaud our founder more than once
Aryiku Nartey 8 years ago

I doff my hat for you my TRUE son of Africa. The star of Africa and Ghana wI'll never forget you. You established you name NKRUMAH without doubt. You have set a very high standard which till date, none of those leader s who h ...
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I doff my hat for you my TRUE son of Africa. The star of Africa and Ghana wI'll never forget you. You established you name NKRUMAH without doubt. You have set a very high standard which till date, none of those leader s who have come after you are struggling to reach. Your selflessness, humility, integrity, leadership, economic and political excellence, patriotism which United us all as one people, ine nation and people of one destiny remain enviable. Thank you for leading our struggle for independence. You'll never walk alone. Ghana is proud of you. I now understand, NKRUMAH NEVER DIES!! May your Soul Rest In Perfect Peace.
goodman 8 years ago

Thank you very much Ghana. Dr nkrumah deserve this respect.

Thank you very much Ghana. Dr nkrumah deserve this respect.
BBC 8 years ago

Doctor Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaians SALUTE You!!!

Doctor Kwame Nkrumah, Ghanaians SALUTE You!!!
Paa Joe 8 years ago

TO THE SO CALLED DOMBO-BUSIA DANQUAH TRADITION.

WHEN SHALL THE NATION CELEBERATE THE BAD WORKS OF THESE ANTAGONISTS AND ANTI-ELEMENTS.

NKRUMAH LEFT BEHIND ONE OTHE GREATEST POLITICAL HISTORY FOR THE PEOPLE OF GHANA AND ...
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TO THE SO CALLED DOMBO-BUSIA DANQUAH TRADITION.

WHEN SHALL THE NATION CELEBERATE THE BAD WORKS OF THESE ANTAGONISTS AND ANTI-ELEMENTS.

NKRUMAH LEFT BEHIND ONE OTHE GREATEST POLITICAL HISTORY FOR THE PEOPLE OF GHANA AND AFRICA AS A WHOLE.

IT IS INDEED A PITY, GHANA CONTINUES TO PAY FOR THE WRONG THE ARMED CRIMINALS IN MILITARY UNIFORMS AND SUPPORTED BY THE PRIMITIVE EDUCATED PEOPLE FOR HIS OVERTHROW IN 1966.

NEVER SHOULD THESE CRIMINALS AND ENEMIES OF THE COUNTRY BE PARDONED FOR THE DAMAGE THEY DID TO THE NATION.

GHANA HAS STILL NO RECOVERED FOR THAT MAD ADVENTURE OF FORTY NINE YEARS AGO.
chief 8 years ago

This is a political decision that has set this country on a collision course. The country currently is not united in this political quest for the significance of this day that is suppose to bring us together. Politicians will ...
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This is a political decision that has set this country on a collision course. The country currently is not united in this political quest for the significance of this day that is suppose to bring us together. Politicians will come and go but the nation Ghana will also always stand and so let us take decisions that is all embracing,unifying, togetherness with a common purpose but not this one.
michael oppong acanchawah 8 years ago

we still remember someone who is dead and gone ghanaians cant we think about what is ahead of us ghanaians our leaders are destroying country and graduate are not getting any work to do, disable one's also beg for food for li ...
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we still remember someone who is dead and gone ghanaians cant we think about what is ahead of us ghanaians our leaders are destroying country and graduate are not getting any work to do, disable one's also beg for food for living cant we think about that one.you people's there are using our for unimportant thing after that you for common wealth for money.and please let think for the benefit of our country please.

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