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What a refreshing feeling when one reads what Modey has written about Nkrumah. As human as Nkrumah was he had his failings, but there is hardly any doubt about his place in Pan-Africanism. I hope history will judge this gallant son of Africa fairly. Without doubt Mandela is a giant in the annals of African and World History. But rather than publishers replacing Nkrumah's pictures with Mandela's in global history books, one would think they rather place them side-by-side.
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From: Dzigbodi Akyea <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, March 8, 2007 1:42 pm
Subject: Fwd: THE UNION JACK WAS LOWERED FOR THE LAST TIME FIFTY YEARS AGO
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> yao modey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> GHANA FIFTY YEARS AFTER THE UNION JACK WAS LOWERED
> Haviwo,
> I have received several calls from all parts of the world about the
> independence day activities. A Sierra Leonean Mass Communications
> professor
> called to congratulate Ghana for being the trailblazer, but turned
> around to
> tell me that he thinks all Ghanaians are like traitors who ousted the
> only
> one who knew what Africa really needed at that critical period in its
>
> development
> Why do nationalities of other African countries and even some
> Africans in
> the diaspora still look upon most, if not all, Ghanaians as traitors
> who
> betrayed the Pan-Africanist cause by getting rid of Kwame Nkrumah?
> What role did Kwame Nkrumah play in the independence movement and the
>
> subsequent OAU movement which has endeared him so much to Africans
> from
> otheer countries?
> The man was a genius with a political strategy unsurpassed in the
> annals
> of African history. He galvanized Jomo Kenyatta, Sekou Toure, Gamel
> Abdel
> Nasser, Julius Nyerere, Banda, Ben Bella etc to talk the talk and
> walk the
> walk in the direction of Pan-Africanism.
> Taking stock after fifty years of self-government, can we safely say
>
> Ghana's best years are ahead and not behind her? The judgement is yours!!
> The perception that we Ghanaians are like the Jews who crucified ou
> leader will always be there. The arbitrary detentions, the deficit
> spending, the high inflation and the long lines for essential
> commodities
> these outsiders do not know about. But be it as it may, Kwame did his
> best
> for Africa, for his country and for himself. He is clearly the best
> African
> politician that ever lived. It is sad that publishers are replacing
> his
> pictures from global history books with Mandela's. Kwame Krumah was a
>
> Pan-Africanist and his impact was not limited to only one country.
> His role
> in forcing IAN Smith to flee Rhodesia making way for the new
> Zimbabwe, the
> help he gave to Sekou Toure's Guinea when the French were angry with
> that
> nation, his leadership in creating the OAU etc are but a few of his
> accomplishments which speak volumes for who the man really was.
> Concrete achievements there were many when historians assess his rule
>
> objectively. But then again what is true objectivity, a noble dream?
> As for Ghana the future is still open-ended. We need the right kind
> of
> leadership and the right programs to catapult Ghana back to where we
> really
> have to be.
>
> Yao Modey
> Associate
> Professor of History
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>
> > On Monday 5 March at 6.30pm,
> > the SOAS Student Union, SOAS African Society,
> > SOAS African Caribbean Society, SOAS Friends
> > of Africa and Kwame Nkrumah Students Society
> > jointly mark the 50th Anniversary of Ghana's
> > independence and Bicentenary of the 1807
> > British Parliamentary Act Abolishing Slave Trade **.
> >
> >This will be at Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental
> > & African Studies (SOAS), Thornhaugh Street,
> > London WC1 (Nearest tubes – Russell Square,
> > Goodge Street Euston Square and Euston.
> > Buses – 7, 59, 68, 168, 188, 253)
> >
> > The programme includes musical / poetry
> > performances, film / comedy / fashion shows,
> > and speeches. It will end with refreshments.
> >
> > >
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