***************************************************************** Note: Fiscal year of AAM is October 1 - September 30. *** Subscriptions for 2006/07 Membership are now due!!!! Join African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701 Phone: 608-258-0261 -- Email: [log in to unmask] Web: www.AfricanAssociation.org ***************************************************************** Let us insist that ALL of our leaders are honored. Fabu >From: Thomas Adeetuk <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: African Association of Madison <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Fwd: THE UNION JACK WAS LOWERED FOR THE LAST TIME FIFTY YEARS >AGO >Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 14:13:27 -0600 > >***************************************************************** > >Note: Fiscal year of AAM is October 1 - September 30. >*** Subscriptions for 2006/07 Membership are now due!!!! > >Join African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year > >Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701 >Phone: 608-258-0261 -- Email: [log in to unmask] >Web: www.AfricanAssociation.org > >***************************************************************** > > > > > > > > > >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. > >Thomas Adeetuk >College Library >Helen C. White Hall >600 N. Park Street >Madison, WI 53706 >(608)263-3145 > > > >----- Original Message ----- >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 >To: [log in to unmask] > > > > ***************************************************************** > > > > Note: Fiscal year of AAM is October 1 - September 30. > > *** Subscriptions for 2006/07 Membership are now due!!!! > > > > Join African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year > > > > Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701 > > Phone: 608-258-0261 -- Email: [log in to unmask] > > Web: www.AfricanAssociation.org > > > > ***************************************************************** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate > > in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. > > > > *** Send email to the list: [log in to unmask] *** > > *** Access AAM list archives: > > http://listserv.icors.org/archives/AAM.html *** > > > > > > > > > >*** Send email to the list: [log in to unmask] *** >*** Access AAM list archives: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/AAM.html >*** _________________________________________________________________ Play Flexicon: the crossword game that feeds your brain. PLAY now for FREE. http://zone.msn.com/en/flexicon/default.htm?icid=flexicon_hmtagline *** Send email to the list: [log in to unmask] *** *** Access AAM list archives: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/AAM.html ***