Nonsense,you are sounding like a juvenile delinquent just misbehaving for the sake of it.You are making no sense at all.
Nonsense,you are sounding like a juvenile delinquent just misbehaving for the sake of it.You are making no sense at all.
@OO@ 11 years ago
A Whole lot of bull shit.
A Whole lot of bull shit.
Mahmoud 11 years ago
If J.B Danquah hadn't been born at all patriotic Ghanaians would've still overthrow Nkrumah with or without the help of CIA because, his leftist tendencies had reached a point of no return. The guy was a cold-blooded red sick ... read full comment
If J.B Danquah hadn't been born at all patriotic Ghanaians would've still overthrow Nkrumah with or without the help of CIA because, his leftist tendencies had reached a point of no return. The guy was a cold-blooded red sickle communist of the Starling, Pol pot and Idi Amin type of wicked human-being.
Every Ghanaian cursed the day that this cunning and dishonest man was invited to join the UGCC as its secretary, and he was, and still is, the mother of all traitors in Ghana. It was, therefore, legitimate and even desirable to overthrow that callous, one party state and president for life communist dictator. In fact, I congratulate Kotoka and his friends once again for securing our second independence and delivering us from Kwame Nkrumah; one of the most dangerous human beings that ever lived on the African continent.
Mahmoud 11 years ago
The sycophant KB Ashanti is a disgrace. How can any reasonable human being in his right mind justify communist dictatorship and tyranny? Nkrumah did not have any excuse for doing what he did, except that he was preparing the ... read full comment
The sycophant KB Ashanti is a disgrace. How can any reasonable human being in his right mind justify communist dictatorship and tyranny? Nkrumah did not have any excuse for doing what he did, except that he was preparing the ground with series of unprovoked actions to create one party state and declare himself president for life.
Communist ideology doesn't have a place for opposition in the system. Have you ever heard of a communist democratic country with an opposition to check excesses of the government? Nkrumah chose communism as a means of keeping himself in power forever. He therefore imposed the Detention without Trial Act only to gag everybody in Ghana, create a communist dictatorship and turn himself into president for life. This is because, communists don't share power.
Victor A. Young 11 years ago
It's surprising to note how the CPP group won't accept the fact that Nkrumah caused more harm than good to Ghana's development. After building state-owned institutions, he soon realized that the economic situation and people' ... read full comment
It's surprising to note how the CPP group won't accept the fact that Nkrumah caused more harm than good to Ghana's development. After building state-owned institutions, he soon realized that the economic situation and people's enthusiasm was dwindling, fading or declining.
Nkrumah had preached democracy to Ghanaians and the whole world during independence campaign etc., only to turn Ghana around toward Soviet Union's communist style of government.
He didn't end there; he started meddling in international and world politics; declared Ghana a non-aligned country which seemed good in ideology, except that Nkrumah was seen leaning more towards the communist. So when he started detaining his political opponents like J.B. Danquah, it was obvious his days as a dictator and tyrant was numbered! He and his CPP cannot blame Dr. J.B. Danquah for his failures. These are some of the facts that Sister Samia Nkrumah and Prof. Akosah should take notice of.
Dr. Danquah wasn't a criminal; he was a peace-loving fellow and citizen of Ghana, who believed in true democracy and the rule of law among others. He had no prepared speech to be read to anyone; all those bogus allegation won't help the CPP group of follers.
KING LOMOTEY 11 years ago
"Nkrumah caused more harm than than good to Ghana's development" Are you serious? Without him Victor A. Young, there is no way I could have graduated from Achimota School and gone on to graduate from Legon.
You are maki ... read full comment
"Nkrumah caused more harm than than good to Ghana's development" Are you serious? Without him Victor A. Young, there is no way I could have graduated from Achimota School and gone on to graduate from Legon.
You are making it appear as if Dr. Kwame NKRUMAH caused what Wole Soyinka referred to as "wasted generation".
He goes on to say that "you don't compare Nkrumah with somebody like Idi Amin. No way". You cannot compare what J.B. Danquah was able to achieve with all the achievements of Nkrumah. Let's be truthful for a change, my friend.
BOY KOFI 11 years ago
The United Party in the 50s killed lot of people who did not support them in Kumasi and other places.It was like eliminating all the CPP suporters in Kumasi completely,exactly like what Kenneth Agyapong instigated before the ... read full comment
The United Party in the 50s killed lot of people who did not support them in Kumasi and other places.It was like eliminating all the CPP suporters in Kumasi completely,exactly like what Kenneth Agyapong instigated before the 2012 General elections.Find out more historical events of Danquah and the UP,you will be surprised to know their savagery and barbaric records.Do your own research.Thank you.
Chabba 11 years ago
Yes, it is true that Dr Danquah was not a saint, neither was Dr Nkrumah a saint. I fact nobody is a saint on this earth. But of what benefit does it make for Nkrumah to champion the dignity of a black man, build infrastructur ... read full comment
Yes, it is true that Dr Danquah was not a saint, neither was Dr Nkrumah a saint. I fact nobody is a saint on this earth. But of what benefit does it make for Nkrumah to champion the dignity of a black man, build infrastructure, improve education etc., then at the same time destroying the fundamental human rights of the very people he claimed to fight for? The detention without trial of Dr. J. B. Danquah and others by Nkrumah cannot be justified in any other way, it is wrong, inhuman and unjust.
@OO@ 11 years ago
It is a shame that UP/NLM did not succeed in their first attempt to assassinate Nkrumah in a very humane and democratic way.
It is a shame that UP/NLM did not succeed in their first attempt to assassinate Nkrumah in a very humane and democratic way.
BOY KOFI 11 years ago
Please kindly tell us some of the bad things that Danquah also did as a matter of history.When I was a little boy,I heard that the Danquah/Busia/Dombo or the UP killed lot of CPP followers and those not supporting them in Kum ... read full comment
Please kindly tell us some of the bad things that Danquah also did as a matter of history.When I was a little boy,I heard that the Danquah/Busia/Dombo or the UP killed lot of CPP followers and those not supporting them in Kumasi and other places.I will not like to go into their atrocities but why has the NPP always kept these political events under the carpet?Thank you.
KKO 11 years ago
Poppycock!
Did whoever told you that bother to tell you who started the killing and if others were killed on the other side? How about the over 3000 others who were detained around the country without trial under PDA?
So ... read full comment
Poppycock!
Did whoever told you that bother to tell you who started the killing and if others were killed on the other side? How about the over 3000 others who were detained around the country without trial under PDA?
Some went in merely because they were members of the TUC who had protected Nkrumah's arse earlier on. Ask anyone who grew up in Sekondi-Takoradi about Esi Elluah and Ambrose Yankey. Some of us still carry scars; don't come and open them!
BOY KOFI 11 years ago
You agree with me that the UP or mate mehu killed many innocent citizens in the first place.Danquah/Busia/Dombo were the leaders and cannot be spared for the purpose of history.I am not here to defend Nkrumah or CPP but histo ... read full comment
You agree with me that the UP or mate mehu killed many innocent citizens in the first place.Danquah/Busia/Dombo were the leaders and cannot be spared for the purpose of history.I am not here to defend Nkrumah or CPP but history must be adequate.What I am trying to convey is that Danquah himself has his hands tainted with blood of innocent souls.Iam not here to justify how many millions of people Nkrumah detained but expose the evil deeds of Danquah as well.Thank you.
PRINCEWILLY@YMAIL.COM 11 years ago
A guys walking down the street and sees a yard full of naked old women just laying in the grass. So the guy walks up to the door and knocks and says "I'd like to know whats going on here" Guy replies "There a bunch of retired ... read full comment
A guys walking down the street and sees a yard full of naked old women just laying in the grass. So the guy walks up to the door and knocks and says "I'd like to know whats going on here" Guy replies "There a bunch of retired prostitutes having a yard sale"
Kwabena Akurang-Parry 11 years ago
Greeting fellow Vandal! I have followed your write-ups and utterances. They are not historicized. They are just simple ideas of a distraught politician at a junction of non-seasoned political market of ideas. Yes, history is ... read full comment
Greeting fellow Vandal! I have followed your write-ups and utterances. They are not historicized. They are just simple ideas of a distraught politician at a junction of non-seasoned political market of ideas. Yes, history is life and life is history. But your brand of history obfuscates rather than illuminates. Your recent knee-jerk perspectives on Danquah are meant to cobble home to the NPP echelons that you are with them. You didn’t get history right and you alienated them and still doing so! We call it bad history.
francis kwarteng 11 years ago
Dr. Kwabena Akurang-Parry,
I decided not to comment on this piece until I saw your comment. Very pointedly insightful!
In fact, if Dr. Kennedy had perused Fukuyama's work with even a passing acquaintance of the world, a ... read full comment
Dr. Kwabena Akurang-Parry,
I decided not to comment on this piece until I saw your comment. Very pointedly insightful!
In fact, if Dr. Kennedy had perused Fukuyama's work with even a passing acquaintance of the world, and taken it upon himself to explore the underlying assumptions of the wide spread of Fukuyama's core ideas, he would probably have taught twice depending on the book's purposed universalization of liberal concepts to make his case.
The liberal democracy Fukuyama touts as the best model for today's civilization is also, ironically if shockingly, behind the creation of groups like Al Queda, the Taliban, dictatorships (Mobuto, Apartheid, Jonas Savimbi, Augusto Pinochet, etc), targeted drone assassinations and their collateral damages, "illegal" renditions, Racial Profiling, police brutality (in America), etc.
In fact, "liberal" democracy has been the source of abuse (corruption, poverty, income inequality, minority underrepresentation across politico-economic spheres, environmental destruction, multinational or corporate exploitation of depletable resources, etc)in many societies around the globe. There are too many examples from the 20th century to elaborate here. The abuse has not ceased in the 21st!
I do not think Dr. Kennedy looked closely at the world before, during and after reading the book. Fukuyama may have taken a simplistic look at today's complex civilization.
I hope Dr. Kennedy is aware that America's "liberal" democracy offered a "good" reason for some American states, mostly southern one, to threaten the Union with secession when President Obama won the election (I believe his second term). That is not to imply that there is a perfect democracy or political system anywhere, far from it.
But Dr. Kennedy's historical dislocation in many an example sorely undermines his focal valuation of ordinary questions. Anyway I have my own shortcomings to deal with!
Please have a great weekend, Prof. Akurang-Parry.
Thanks.
francis kwarteng 11 years ago
Mojingles,
You might also want to read Andrew Rice's work "The Teeth May Smile But The Heart Does Not Forget: Murder and Memory in Uganda" to see how America, Britain, and Israel clandestinely helped Idi Amin to set up a m ... read full comment
Mojingles,
You might also want to read Andrew Rice's work "The Teeth May Smile But The Heart Does Not Forget: Murder and Memory in Uganda" to see how America, Britain, and Israel clandestinely helped Idi Amin to set up a military unit within Uganda's national army, which they later (with Amin) relied on to overthrow Milton Obote.
This well-researched book gives you the reasons behind the intentions of these three liberal democracies, particularly Israel, with verifiable evidential citations. There is some information on how Richard Nixon 9and Henry Kissinger) viewed Kwame Nkrumah and his left-leaning politices.
Thanks.
LONTO-BOY 11 years ago
I think Dr Arthur Kennedy is trying a bit too hard to stay relevant with his perspectives on Dr J B Danquah after recent fall out with Nana Akufo-Addo's camp.
I think Dr Arthur Kennedy is trying a bit too hard to stay relevant with his perspectives on Dr J B Danquah after recent fall out with Nana Akufo-Addo's camp.
Paul 11 years ago
I am saddened by Kennedy's continued exposure of himself in this way. I would have hoped that after his earlier 'tribute to Danquah' a few days ago, he would just leave it at that but what do we have? In trying to respond to ... read full comment
I am saddened by Kennedy's continued exposure of himself in this way. I would have hoped that after his earlier 'tribute to Danquah' a few days ago, he would just leave it at that but what do we have? In trying to respond to critical comment, he chooses to respond in such a poor way.
I always admired Arthur K in our days, but see him now as a complete shadow of himself, unless this is his true character that we all missed at the time.
Like Prof. Kwarteng, I chose not to comment at all on his postings but am forced to do so because like others, I too feel that Kennedy is trying too hard to please, be relevant and 'persuade' the NPP that he is 'part of the family'.
Trust me Dr Kennedy, NPP do not see you as 'one of them'and have given up on you long ago. I repeat here what I advised Kennedy way back in 2006 when i was in communication with him. I told him with what i knew of him, the NPP was perhaps not the best place for him. i also advised him to seek a constituency base and establish himself in parliament and let his voice and his work speak for itself, then hopefully work his way towards (believe it or not) 2016!!!!
He completely shut me off, pursued his 'dream', lost terribly, joined the party machine, had numerous 'mis-steps' and things have gone on from there.
Why does he feel the need to write or eulogise Danquah at all? Will Arthur Kennedy also eulogise about Nkrumah come 24th February when the 'Nkrumah lot' try to tip the balance back after what appears to have been a 'Danquah month'?
Arthur K, you are trying too hard and you don't need to do that. If you wish to be involved in politics and in particular frontline politics, please do your home work. Read, Read, Read!!! From all sides, and don't tell me you hate the Clintons so much you will not take a leaf in Bill's or (more recently if you like) Hillary's books!!! A politician who is selective in who he reads or what he chooses to know is not smart nor is he fit to even run for office (perhaps except in Ghana where these things do not seem to be taken seriously). Is it any wonder we have politicians who are made ministers and who cannot even follow their brief, have no clue what their ministry is about and cannot LEAD in formulating and driving policies and actions that will transform our society?
The difference is simply that sadly for those who do not want the truth, Nkrumah was all of what you expected in a politician - visionary, original, full of ideas, knew his brief and tried to get his points across and to LEAD. He READ a lot and was smart enough to read about both his side and the other side. He armed himself with facts, figures and the ability to argue soundly with whomsoever.
Kennedy has strengths, he has ideas, but he seems to me to lack proper advice and / or is simply refusing to take such advice and to LEARN.
I am not only disappointed in him, I feel constantly frustrated whenever he puts out any of his 'misguided' and not well thought out pieces, however well meaning.
It is such a pity and hurts me that such a national talent will make such 'apparent waste' of his numerous talents. Sometimes I have a feeling he is confused or between a "rock and a hard place".
francis kwarteng 11 years ago
Bravo Prof. Paul,
Good day!
In fact, most of Dr. Kennedy's citations that I have seen had been of the conservative strain (I stand to be corrected if I am wrong on this one), not that there is anything wrong with them a ... read full comment
Bravo Prof. Paul,
Good day!
In fact, most of Dr. Kennedy's citations that I have seen had been of the conservative strain (I stand to be corrected if I am wrong on this one), not that there is anything wrong with them as far as they advance knowledge, social justice, development economics, and peaceful socialization, etc.
Like you said Paul, he needs to do a lot of thinking and serious reading in the liberal strain as well (like the Clintons; on the other hand I also know Dr. Kennedy has had some important associations with a couple of liberal thinkers like Ted Kennedy and the famous American political strategist, a Democrat, and lawyer Larry Gibson, the man who helped Liberia's Sirleaf Johnson, Obama and Clinton, and Madagascar's Marc Ravalomanana win elections; the latter is in prison for corruption, etc).
I think partisan politics is killing him, Dr. Kennedy, though there is no doubt in my mind that he is a brilliant man. I believe he should go it alone by joining another party (I know this proposition is controversial in the extreme), forming his own party, going independent, whatever.
He has many good ideas but he is allowing his partisan association with the NPP to undermine the quality of his thinking. He needs to take your advice and that of Kwabena Akurang-Parry. He fumbled with his a-historical comments about both Danquah and Nkrumah. This Dr. Kennedy guy should have known better than to allow partisan sympathies to erode his sense of intellectual "fairness."
You could not have read my mind better, Prof. Paul.
Have a good weekend, both of you.
Elisabeth Serwaa Ampem 11 years ago
That is what I need from a scholar of your calibre, when you defend the UP,PP,PFP,and NPP fraternity like this then it goes to prove you as true son of the land,Change Kennedy for you have lovers and reconcile with Nana Addo ... read full comment
That is what I need from a scholar of your calibre, when you defend the UP,PP,PFP,and NPP fraternity like this then it goes to prove you as true son of the land,Change Kennedy for you have lovers and reconcile with Nana Addo and it shall be well with you. congrats Doc
Abeeku Mensah 11 years ago
Arthur Kennedy may be one of the best educated minds in the NPP and or one of those who continue to harbor historical lies that is at the root of those Busia-Danquah ideologues attempting to make saints or heroes out of simpl ... read full comment
Arthur Kennedy may be one of the best educated minds in the NPP and or one of those who continue to harbor historical lies that is at the root of those Busia-Danquah ideologues attempting to make saints or heroes out of simple minded terrorists.
It does not surprise me one bit that an educated Arthur Kennedy would say it is possible to admire Nkrumah for his role in the development and founding of Ghana but made egregious errors while ignoring and minimizin acts of terrorism by UP/UGCC led by his hero J.B.Danquah. Can anyone of you educated but unwise and or under educated tribal zealots name a nation including Western civilized democratic nations you admire which tolerates act of terrorism for any cause? If not then all you cowardly hypocritical bunch along with your apologists should be on notice that Nkrumah was ahead of his time and peers. What Nkrumah did to curtail terrorism in Ghana then is a standard being used today by every civilized industrial democracy in the world dealing with their own acts of terrorism. You ought to be ashamed for being classroom educated but unwise and incapable of the truth if it smacked you in the mouth.
KKO 11 years ago
Bloody idiot! In those civilised countries they try them in proper courts, defended by qualified lawyers. How did PDA which jailed so many innocent Ghanaians, including people who wouldn't sit tamely for CPP nincompoops to ta ... read full comment
Bloody idiot! In those civilised countries they try them in proper courts, defended by qualified lawyers. How did PDA which jailed so many innocent Ghanaians, including people who wouldn't sit tamely for CPP nincompoops to take their wives, were jailed under PDA curb terrorism?
The obnoxious law was rushed under a certificate of urgency in 1958, but up till 1964, six long years after its passage, CPP rouges were throwing bombs, so how did that curb terrorism in Ghana?
Thank the Lord that none of your low-life relations was jailed under PDA.
francis kwarteng 11 years ago
KKO,
What trial did those civilized countries give Amadou Diallo and several others? Was his skin-color not the basis for the prejudicial guilty verdict against his person, his death?
Too many many innocent people have ... read full comment
KKO,
What trial did those civilized countries give Amadou Diallo and several others? Was his skin-color not the basis for the prejudicial guilty verdict against his person, his death?
Too many many innocent people have been killed in your civilized countries without trial!
Tell me the crimes of Amadou Diallo (Don't tell me he lied on his application for political asylum, don't tell me the city of New York awarded his mother $3 million dollars, and don't tell me Diallo pulled out a wallet that looked like a gun).
Diallo should have been tried for his crime of looking black, don't you think?
Do you want me to give you an exhaustive list of innocent individuals who have killed in your civilized countries without trial?
See declassified records on the Black Panther, the communist scare, JE Hoover, etc., and tell me how many innocent people were killed by the FBI, police, SWAT Team without trial? Some of these 1960s cases are still pending in American courts!
Please don't come talking about typos and other irrelevancies. Some of you open your mouths and say whatever that comes to them.
Have a great weekend!
KKO 11 years ago
At least the Americans accepted their mistakes and did something about them. That is why people like francis kwarteng are able to live there and talk form all kinds of places!
At least the Americans accepted their mistakes and did something about them. That is why people like francis kwarteng are able to live there and talk form all kinds of places!
francis kwarteng 11 years ago
KKO,
Another naive comment from you.
That is what you think.
How about the many who died senselessly at the hands of the FBI, etc., and never received any form of apology, compensation, etc?
I don't think you k ... read full comment
KKO,
Another naive comment from you.
That is what you think.
How about the many who died senselessly at the hands of the FBI, etc., and never received any form of apology, compensation, etc?
I don't think you know much about America. There are so many places in America that Black People dare not enter.
An Italian-American professor of my friend advised him when he told him he wanted to further his education in Tennessee, to which the professor tried to talk him out of. His reason? My friend's African name alone, exclusive of his excellent academic credentials, would be enough to disqualify him.
The professor was right because he had friends who taught in a number of the universities. He told my friend there were so many white folks there who hated blacks. Go and find out how the KKK chased one of the world's most gifted mathematicians, Dr. Jonathan Farley, out of Tennessee!
This is homework for you.
BOY KOFI 11 years ago
Why did Danquah not win any of the elections he contested to lead Ghana?Did he fail because the electorates of his time did not trust him?Was he honest and pragmatic or not?Did Nkrumah steal the verdict of the people or rig t ... read full comment
Why did Danquah not win any of the elections he contested to lead Ghana?Did he fail because the electorates of his time did not trust him?Was he honest and pragmatic or not?Did Nkrumah steal the verdict of the people or rig the elections?By the way,today we don't vote for NPP because of Danquah nor vote for NDC because of Nkrumah.There must be some reasons why Danquah did not win a single election in history.Please somebody tell me why.Thank you.
Kofi 11 years ago
He won one in 1951.He was arrogant,he felt only those who were educated should have the right to vote.Soon people realized he was not the best man for them.UP/NLM even bombed Krobo Adusei"s pregnant sister.stoned the British ... read full comment
He won one in 1951.He was arrogant,he felt only those who were educated should have the right to vote.Soon people realized he was not the best man for them.UP/NLM even bombed Krobo Adusei"s pregnant sister.stoned the British Governor Lennox Boyd in Kumasi in 1954.They were called "Chicago Boys".They were no different from Boko Haram then.They believed cocoa,gold,diamond etc money should not be used to develop other parts of Ghana.Nkrumah felt we should have one united country instead of a federal one.Nkrumah felt everyone should have a vote and the wealth should be used in developing every region of Ghana. That annoyed their leaders.That is why Nkrumah brought in the Anti discrimination act.Meaning,nobody can form an Akan or Ewe party.That is why they joined the Northern people"s Party for a marriage of convenience.
Paul 11 years ago
Please note, Danquah NEVER won an election in the Gold coast of Ghana. Your opening statement that "He won one in 1951" is incorrect. He was selected to be a member of the "Legislative Council" which was not elected, and mere ... read full comment
Please note, Danquah NEVER won an election in the Gold coast of Ghana. Your opening statement that "He won one in 1951" is incorrect. He was selected to be a member of the "Legislative Council" which was not elected, and merely played an advisory role to the colonial governor. The CPP won ALL the elections from 1950 onward.
Kofi 11 years ago
Error on my part.Thanks
Error on my part.Thanks
COSMOS 11 years ago
This so called medical doctor has now become a complete waste and a big nuisance. Nothing better comes from him. As to which part of the divides he belongs, only heaven knows. The more he tries to please his masters who made ... read full comment
This so called medical doctor has now become a complete waste and a big nuisance. Nothing better comes from him. As to which part of the divides he belongs, only heaven knows. The more he tries to please his masters who made him what he is today, the faster he makes a monkey of himself. I wonder how this man can challenger professor Akosa who was there and saw everything first hand. Unless Kennedy Arthur wants us to belive that he was mature enough at the time and saw everything, and did not read it. You are just a waste to be thrown into the garbage like the same garbage you always churn out on this site. You are unrepentant shameless boot licker.
Nero 11 years ago
Isn't it ironic that President-to-be Kennedy spouts Ghanaian history from Irmo, South Carolina.
However, I must give it to him for attempting to be fair-minded, even though he pretends not to know that the UP folks constitut ... read full comment
Isn't it ironic that President-to-be Kennedy spouts Ghanaian history from Irmo, South Carolina.
However, I must give it to him for attempting to be fair-minded, even though he pretends not to know that the UP folks constituted the panzer division that hurled all those bombs. Also, Dr Danquah's incarceration was not arbitrary; there was a Preventive Detention Act (PDA)on the books, and that law authorized his arrest. Kwame Nkrumah, as head of state, would have been derelict in the discharge of his duties if he hadn't upheld the laws of the land. The debate, as you began to formulate but didn't expand on, ought to be: was enactment of the PDA the right thing to do?
Hmm 11 years ago
We don't need any lies as History
We don't need any lies as History
YAW 11 years ago
Okay,clever as a bag of snakes Arthur Kennedy. We will accept your "ahistorical" version as authentic.Who are you kidding?
Okay,clever as a bag of snakes Arthur Kennedy. We will accept your "ahistorical" version as authentic.Who are you kidding?
kwasi kyei baffour 11 years ago
I am so glad that people like tawiah adamafio who helped nkrumah passed the pda were sent to nsawam.the originator of a bad medicine will always suffer the consequence.somebody like pkk quaidoo who was once a minister in the ... read full comment
I am so glad that people like tawiah adamafio who helped nkrumah passed the pda were sent to nsawam.the originator of a bad medicine will always suffer the consequence.somebody like pkk quaidoo who was once a minister in the nkrumah regime opposed the pda when it was been passed in parliament because he knew it was not good for the country.we ghanaians are always mindful of our stomachs first.people who accuse danquah for being a cia spy should dig deep to find the real person who got money from the cia to found a political in the country.
francis kwarteng 11 years ago
Kwesi Kyei Baffour,
Your history on the PDA is totally wrong. No one helped Nkrumah pass the PDA. Neither did Nkrumah pass this law. How could Nkrumah have passed the PDA when the country had a parliament made up of the CP ... read full comment
Kwesi Kyei Baffour,
Your history on the PDA is totally wrong. No one helped Nkrumah pass the PDA. Neither did Nkrumah pass this law. How could Nkrumah have passed the PDA when the country had a parliament made up of the CPP and the Opposition.
Remember the PDA was passed in 1958 when Nkrumah was still a ceremonial Prime Minister with no significant executive powers.
Moreover, the PDA was passed with Opposition members like Busia in parliament. And it was approved by the colonial government, courtesy of Sir Arku Korsah who represented the Queen (and the Governor at the time).
Nkrumah had no hand in the passage of this law. Stop peddling falsehoods.
Get you facts right.
Captein 11 years ago
Plan against me as president you pay for it.
Plan against me as president you pay for it.
NOBODY 11 years ago
Arthur Kennedy, you and your nemesis Okoampa-Ahoofe, along with other NPP peddlers of falsehoods, have tried to rewrite the history of Ghana. You all may be well-educated, but you certainly are devious and deceptive when it c ... read full comment
Arthur Kennedy, you and your nemesis Okoampa-Ahoofe, along with other NPP peddlers of falsehoods, have tried to rewrite the history of Ghana. You all may be well-educated, but you certainly are devious and deceptive when it comes to the history of Ghana. If you understood the importance of history, you would not be out to twist historical facts for political reasons.
Kay Eghan 11 years ago
They started throwing the bombs before the Preventive Detention Act was pass.The understanding of the Preventive Detention law is that the authorities can detain you without trial as long as possible so those who are talking ... read full comment
They started throwing the bombs before the Preventive Detention Act was pass.The understanding of the Preventive Detention law is that the authorities can detain you without trial as long as possible so those who are talking about a fair trial for J.B.Dan. should try to understand the law which arrested him first.
There was so many troubles in Ghana by that time so the law was passed to put fear in those who were engaging in the troubles.It was not only J.B.Dan. that got arrested,so many people were detained and the troubles were helded in check.The law was a bad law but good at that particular time because it was the only way the then government can use to be able
to hold on as as a government in power,unfortunately some people used it to punish their political opponents to make the law a bad one.By the way the law was passed through the nation's parliament as any law, it was not cooked from K.Nkrumah's mind and forced it on Ghanaians.
In today's world the law is called State of Emergency and it is been used everywhere.
perscoba 11 years ago
You know your history then you gave dose of self esteemm. Without knowing your history you become a :no.person to everybody,
You must know your history so as to learn from it.To correct your self,for self examinati ... read full comment
You know your history then you gave dose of self esteemm. Without knowing your history you become a :no.person to everybody,
You must know your history so as to learn from it.To correct your self,for self examination.Why are history courses taught at Schools?
perscoba 11 years ago
That is why their sgeer envy arise when ever others talk about theirs.
FANTE CONDERACY!!! YAA ASANTEWAH WAR!!
THE GOLDEN STOOL....ETC ETC all pain the ndc which has no better history to brag about!!!
That is why their sgeer envy arise when ever others talk about theirs.
FANTE CONDERACY!!! YAA ASANTEWAH WAR!!
THE GOLDEN STOOL....ETC ETC all pain the ndc which has no better history to brag about!!!
Nonsense,you are sounding like a juvenile delinquent just misbehaving for the sake of it.You are making no sense at all.
A Whole lot of bull shit.
If J.B Danquah hadn't been born at all patriotic Ghanaians would've still overthrow Nkrumah with or without the help of CIA because, his leftist tendencies had reached a point of no return. The guy was a cold-blooded red sick ...
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The sycophant KB Ashanti is a disgrace. How can any reasonable human being in his right mind justify communist dictatorship and tyranny? Nkrumah did not have any excuse for doing what he did, except that he was preparing the ...
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It's surprising to note how the CPP group won't accept the fact that Nkrumah caused more harm than good to Ghana's development. After building state-owned institutions, he soon realized that the economic situation and people' ...
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"Nkrumah caused more harm than than good to Ghana's development" Are you serious? Without him Victor A. Young, there is no way I could have graduated from Achimota School and gone on to graduate from Legon.
You are maki ...
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The United Party in the 50s killed lot of people who did not support them in Kumasi and other places.It was like eliminating all the CPP suporters in Kumasi completely,exactly like what Kenneth Agyapong instigated before the ...
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Yes, it is true that Dr Danquah was not a saint, neither was Dr Nkrumah a saint. I fact nobody is a saint on this earth. But of what benefit does it make for Nkrumah to champion the dignity of a black man, build infrastructur ...
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It is a shame that UP/NLM did not succeed in their first attempt to assassinate Nkrumah in a very humane and democratic way.
Please kindly tell us some of the bad things that Danquah also did as a matter of history.When I was a little boy,I heard that the Danquah/Busia/Dombo or the UP killed lot of CPP followers and those not supporting them in Kum ...
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Poppycock!
Did whoever told you that bother to tell you who started the killing and if others were killed on the other side? How about the over 3000 others who were detained around the country without trial under PDA?
So ...
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You agree with me that the UP or mate mehu killed many innocent citizens in the first place.Danquah/Busia/Dombo were the leaders and cannot be spared for the purpose of history.I am not here to defend Nkrumah or CPP but histo ...
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A guys walking down the street and sees a yard full of naked old women just laying in the grass. So the guy walks up to the door and knocks and says "I'd like to know whats going on here" Guy replies "There a bunch of retired ...
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Greeting fellow Vandal! I have followed your write-ups and utterances. They are not historicized. They are just simple ideas of a distraught politician at a junction of non-seasoned political market of ideas. Yes, history is ...
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Dr. Kwabena Akurang-Parry,
I decided not to comment on this piece until I saw your comment. Very pointedly insightful!
In fact, if Dr. Kennedy had perused Fukuyama's work with even a passing acquaintance of the world, a ...
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Mojingles,
You might also want to read Andrew Rice's work "The Teeth May Smile But The Heart Does Not Forget: Murder and Memory in Uganda" to see how America, Britain, and Israel clandestinely helped Idi Amin to set up a m ...
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I think Dr Arthur Kennedy is trying a bit too hard to stay relevant with his perspectives on Dr J B Danquah after recent fall out with Nana Akufo-Addo's camp.
I am saddened by Kennedy's continued exposure of himself in this way. I would have hoped that after his earlier 'tribute to Danquah' a few days ago, he would just leave it at that but what do we have? In trying to respond to ...
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Bravo Prof. Paul,
Good day!
In fact, most of Dr. Kennedy's citations that I have seen had been of the conservative strain (I stand to be corrected if I am wrong on this one), not that there is anything wrong with them a ...
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That is what I need from a scholar of your calibre, when you defend the UP,PP,PFP,and NPP fraternity like this then it goes to prove you as true son of the land,Change Kennedy for you have lovers and reconcile with Nana Addo ...
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Arthur Kennedy may be one of the best educated minds in the NPP and or one of those who continue to harbor historical lies that is at the root of those Busia-Danquah ideologues attempting to make saints or heroes out of simpl ...
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Bloody idiot! In those civilised countries they try them in proper courts, defended by qualified lawyers. How did PDA which jailed so many innocent Ghanaians, including people who wouldn't sit tamely for CPP nincompoops to ta ...
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KKO,
What trial did those civilized countries give Amadou Diallo and several others? Was his skin-color not the basis for the prejudicial guilty verdict against his person, his death?
Too many many innocent people have ...
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At least the Americans accepted their mistakes and did something about them. That is why people like francis kwarteng are able to live there and talk form all kinds of places!
KKO,
Another naive comment from you.
That is what you think.
How about the many who died senselessly at the hands of the FBI, etc., and never received any form of apology, compensation, etc?
I don't think you k ...
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Why did Danquah not win any of the elections he contested to lead Ghana?Did he fail because the electorates of his time did not trust him?Was he honest and pragmatic or not?Did Nkrumah steal the verdict of the people or rig t ...
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He won one in 1951.He was arrogant,he felt only those who were educated should have the right to vote.Soon people realized he was not the best man for them.UP/NLM even bombed Krobo Adusei"s pregnant sister.stoned the British ...
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Please note, Danquah NEVER won an election in the Gold coast of Ghana. Your opening statement that "He won one in 1951" is incorrect. He was selected to be a member of the "Legislative Council" which was not elected, and mere ...
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Error on my part.Thanks
This so called medical doctor has now become a complete waste and a big nuisance. Nothing better comes from him. As to which part of the divides he belongs, only heaven knows. The more he tries to please his masters who made ...
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Isn't it ironic that President-to-be Kennedy spouts Ghanaian history from Irmo, South Carolina.
However, I must give it to him for attempting to be fair-minded, even though he pretends not to know that the UP folks constitut ...
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We don't need any lies as History
Okay,clever as a bag of snakes Arthur Kennedy. We will accept your "ahistorical" version as authentic.Who are you kidding?
I am so glad that people like tawiah adamafio who helped nkrumah passed the pda were sent to nsawam.the originator of a bad medicine will always suffer the consequence.somebody like pkk quaidoo who was once a minister in the ...
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Kwesi Kyei Baffour,
Your history on the PDA is totally wrong. No one helped Nkrumah pass the PDA. Neither did Nkrumah pass this law. How could Nkrumah have passed the PDA when the country had a parliament made up of the CP ...
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Plan against me as president you pay for it.
Arthur Kennedy, you and your nemesis Okoampa-Ahoofe, along with other NPP peddlers of falsehoods, have tried to rewrite the history of Ghana. You all may be well-educated, but you certainly are devious and deceptive when it c ...
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They started throwing the bombs before the Preventive Detention Act was pass.The understanding of the Preventive Detention law is that the authorities can detain you without trial as long as possible so those who are talking ...
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You know your history then you gave dose of self esteemm. Without knowing your history you become a :no.person to everybody,
You must know your history so as to learn from it.To correct your self,for self examinati ...
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That is why their sgeer envy arise when ever others talk about theirs.
FANTE CONDERACY!!! YAA ASANTEWAH WAR!!
THE GOLDEN STOOL....ETC ETC all pain the ndc which has no better history to brag about!!!