Mentioning " Doyen of Gold Coast Politics, JB Danquah" ruined an otherwise timely and Ghana First write up.
Mentioning " Doyen of Gold Coast Politics, JB Danquah" ruined an otherwise timely and Ghana First write up.
Mahmoud 9 years ago
Strong partisanship started in Ghana when Kwame Nkrumah divided the nation into patriots and traitors. Patriots were those who accepted that he should be president for life, practice one party state and communism and indulge ... read full comment
Strong partisanship started in Ghana when Kwame Nkrumah divided the nation into patriots and traitors. Patriots were those who accepted that he should be president for life, practice one party state and communism and indulge in leftist anti-Western propaganda using the small country's meager resources to challenge centuries' old, well-established Western countries. They even accepted that he should act as savior of the Blackman around the world, while tyrannizing his own Black people at home because they had alternative views for development of their country.
Those who wanted him to concentrate more on basic needs of the young nation and tone down his rhetoric against the powerful were called traitors, reactionaries, and agents of imperialism that should be liquidated and imprisoned dead or alive. Could you believe that the opposition members he was tyrannizing were the very people who started the struggle for our independence? They employed Nkrumah and paid for his ticket from the UK to come and work as general secretary of the group, saving him from the tyranny of unemployment in London. The independence struggle vanguards were senior civil servants in the Gold Coast. And as their struggle was gaining momentum and scope of their activities widening, they needed someone to work full-time for the group; free from official work constrains to further spread message of the struggle.
Under their responsibility and protection, Nkrumah used the platform to become public face of the group and his popularity soared. This was because; many of the people in those days could not differentiate between the spokesperson and the leaders, and saw him as the person or the only person that was fighting for our independence. Subsequently, when he heard from the Governor General's female secretary, who was later sacked, that the British were preparing to grant us independence, he increasingly used needless militant tactics to provoke the Whiteman, when it was clear that the wind of change was blowing, and also embarrass his employers in order to outfox them. He then used the opportunity to break away from the group, forming his own party and slapping them from behind to take power.
This explains the strong partisanship in the country and why Nkrumah didn't want the Liberation Vanguards to ever come to power in his life time. Maybe, he was afraid of his own ghost or because of his communist tendencies. Unfortunately, and despite all these plain facts, his supporters still want us to believe that he initiated, spearheaded and single handedly fought for our independence, and name every national project after him as if we were in a kingdom.
Mahmoud 9 years ago
I have been challenged by Kwarten Francis to explain line by line what Dr. Kwame Botwe-Asamoah said in his three-part series that confirms our claim, even remotely, that Nkrumah was a communist that cunningly used the UGCC pl ... read full comment
I have been challenged by Kwarten Francis to explain line by line what Dr. Kwame Botwe-Asamoah said in his three-part series that confirms our claim, even remotely, that Nkrumah was a communist that cunningly used the UGCC platform as a cover to work against the group from within, and in the end stabbed them from behind to take power. The following excerpts are only from Dr. Asamoah's Three-part series entitled, Kwame Nkrumah: The ONE and ONLY Founding Father of Ghana -2014 Independence Day Special..
UGCC MISTAKENLY HIRED A PAN-AFRICAN COMMUNIST
"The fact is Nkrumah initially was reluctant to accept the offer as he perceived the UGCC members to be “bourgeois reactionaries” enamored in capitalist ideology and philosophy." "Secondly, he, as the General-Secretary of West African National Secretariat, as well as Chairman of “The Circle,” was at the time busy working on a West African National Conference towards a Union of West African Socialist Republics, slated to be held in Lagos in October 1948."
CONSPIRACY HATCHED IN LONDON TO SABOTAGE UGCC
"Nonetheless, after meeting with his comrades in the West African National Secretariat, it was decided that Nkrumah should accept the offer and return to operationalize the 1945 Manchester Pan-African Congress resolutions. Nkrumah assured them that he would not compromise with the reactionaries and reformists in the UGCC (Smertin)"
UGCC SENSED A DANGER (THEY HAVE PATAKU (Wolf) IN THEIR MIDST)
"They (UGCC) brought many charges against Nkrumah based on differences in vision, ideology, philosophy and strategy. One was the word “Comrade” in one of Nkrumah’s letters Obetsebi Lamptey and William Ofori Attah had confiscated from Nkrumah’s office in Saltpond. They quizzed him about the word comrade, since they found it to be synonymous with Communism. Second. The Working Committee accused Nkrumah of acting outside his authority…" "They blamed Ako Adjei for his role in recommending Nkrumah to the group. Dr. J. B. Danquah wept saying that he would not have supported the recommendation by Ako Adjei, had he (Danquah) known of Nkrumah’s ideological persuasion."
A SECRET NETWORK IN THE NAME OF UGCC TO STAB IT FROM BEHIND
"The (UGCC) Working Committee accused Nkrumah of establishing a Youth Study Group at Osu in Accra with Komla Gbedemah as its Chairman. This would later embody a nationalist youth movement with the Ashanti Youth Association and the Ghana Youth Association of Sekondi, and become known as the Committee on Youth Organization (CYO).The CYO, Nkrumah explained to the Working Committee, was to serve as the youth wing of the UGCC, yet they still objected to its formation. They found the CYO’s manifesto, “Self-Government Now” a threat to the program of the UGCC, “Self-Government within the shortest possible time.”… All the while, Nkrumah and his Comrades were working on turning the CYO into a political party." And that was the origin of the CPP party.
KING LOMOTEY 9 years ago
You have the gist of your assertion backwards,
it should rather be the Mateme Hu faction and the JB Dankwa-Busia-Dombo party divided the nation into traitors and patriots.
Unfortunately for the nation, the division still re ... read full comment
You have the gist of your assertion backwards,
it should rather be the Mateme Hu faction and the JB Dankwa-Busia-Dombo party divided the nation into traitors and patriots.
Unfortunately for the nation, the division still remains to this day, hampering the development of Ghana.
Kirk Morris 9 years ago
If ever there were traitors in our country the root starts with the person most of you think he founded the "NATION" Ghana. The truth is that he capitalized on the ignorance of the people. Exactly how the Communist operates.
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If ever there were traitors in our country the root starts with the person most of you think he founded the "NATION" Ghana. The truth is that he capitalized on the ignorance of the people. Exactly how the Communist operates.
Because his roots could be traced to the Communist fraternity. Nkrumah was a card bearing communist who found a way to betray the trust with which he was invited. He then turn around to accuse others as traitors.
Most of who comment do not have a handle on issues. It serve good purpose to have an insight to our past.
Alex London 9 years ago
This article should be voted the best one appearing on this platform in 2014. So far the comments on the article appear to respond to the cursory reference to past events. For that matter, it is my view they have missed the ... read full comment
This article should be voted the best one appearing on this platform in 2014. So far the comments on the article appear to respond to the cursory reference to past events. For that matter, it is my view they have missed the gist of the article and amongst them are: i) The interest of the country must come first before that of political parties ii) we should be bold to speak the truth and criticise iii)that truth always hurts and if it does hurt it is not the truth iv) party manifestoes should never take precedence over national development planning and policies v) we should build consensus and inclusiveness thus enabling the country to tap into all the human resources of Ghanaians both at home and abroad.
Whatever is your political leaning the economic conditions are hurting you, except the Greater Accra House of Chiefs who are privileged to receive donations from the President. Let's dream and dream big. What is our vision of the country in 20 years and what would we want Ghana look like?
God Bless Motherland.
I Boateng, New York 9 years ago
Let's keep pressing for a fairer government. It is our collective responsibility to ensure a true democracy. I've said it that Nana Addo and others of NPP have created jobs for all those working in Democratic Institutions tod ... read full comment
Let's keep pressing for a fairer government. It is our collective responsibility to ensure a true democracy. I've said it that Nana Addo and others of NPP have created jobs for all those working in Democratic Institutions today by challenging Rawlings to return the country to constitutional rule in 1992. But today, young men who did not have the faintest idea how the Fourth Republic was birthed can mount political platforms or jump into radio and TV studios to denigrate an accomplished man like Addo.
The Traitor of Ghana...J B Wanker.
Mentioning " Doyen of Gold Coast Politics, JB Danquah" ruined an otherwise timely and Ghana First write up.
Strong partisanship started in Ghana when Kwame Nkrumah divided the nation into patriots and traitors. Patriots were those who accepted that he should be president for life, practice one party state and communism and indulge ...
read full comment
I have been challenged by Kwarten Francis to explain line by line what Dr. Kwame Botwe-Asamoah said in his three-part series that confirms our claim, even remotely, that Nkrumah was a communist that cunningly used the UGCC pl ...
read full comment
You have the gist of your assertion backwards,
it should rather be the Mateme Hu faction and the JB Dankwa-Busia-Dombo party divided the nation into traitors and patriots.
Unfortunately for the nation, the division still re ...
read full comment
If ever there were traitors in our country the root starts with the person most of you think he founded the "NATION" Ghana. The truth is that he capitalized on the ignorance of the people. Exactly how the Communist operates.
...
read full comment
This article should be voted the best one appearing on this platform in 2014. So far the comments on the article appear to respond to the cursory reference to past events. For that matter, it is my view they have missed the ...
read full comment
Let's keep pressing for a fairer government. It is our collective responsibility to ensure a true democracy. I've said it that Nana Addo and others of NPP have created jobs for all those working in Democratic Institutions tod ...
read full comment