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Peggy Boateng obituary

Edit The Guardian 09 May 2016
My friend Eleanor Boateng, known as Peggy, who has died aged 92, was an inspiring teacher and human being ... Kwaku was appointed a minister in Kwame Nkrumah’s government and Peggy was in her element as an astute political spouse in a fledgling socialist state – “Everything seemed possible.” They were exciting times ... Everything changed in 1966, when a coup saw the government overthrown and Kwaku imprisoned without trial ... He died in 2006 ... ....

Roverman - A Marriage of Culture, Economics and Entrepreneurship in Theatre

Edit Modern Ghana 11 Apr 2016
Conclusion - Kwame Nkrumah’s Vision. Rubin (1997, p.139) suggests that Worker’s Brigade Drama group, a theatre enterprise formed in 1962 was sponsored by the Nkrumah government to primarily disseminate the ideals and values of self-dependence and work ethic; the core foundation of post-colonialist socialist experimentations under Dr. Nkrumah....

Fighting Corruption in Ghana: The "C" Approach

Edit Modern Ghana 30 Mar 2016
Ghana's first democratically elected leader, Kwame Nkrumah and his government were accused by western governments and local political opponents of corruption in many of their dealings ... Arguably, unbridled corruption was one of the main reasons that led to the overthrow of the Nkrumah government....

Motorway Project Must Properly Be Executed

Edit All Africa 24 Mar 2016
[Ghanaian Chronicle] One of the legacies left behind by Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's government is the Accra-Tema Motorway ... ....

Respect Is Earned And Not Given, Franklin Cudjoe 1

Edit Modern Ghana 24 Mar 2016
There is no question that African leaders, probably with the exception of Kwame Nkrumah and Nelson Mandela and a few others, if we may add, could be said to be the least respected among their colleagues in the world ... Asante, a former diplomat and minister in the Nkrumah government, seems to share in principle ... Kwame Nkrumah, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm ......

The story behind the giant silos Kwame Nkrumah built

Edit Graphic 10 Mar 2016
The eventual abandonment of the £8.5 million silos is best understood in the context of the general opposition to the national industrialisation programme Nkrumah embarked upon shortly after independence ... One foreign report on Nkrumah’s industrialisation and economic development plan was as follows. ... The silos within the harbour were built by Nkrumah’s government as part of the Tema Food Complex Corporation (TFCC) project....

The journey to independence

Edit Graphic 04 Mar 2016
The Duchess gave a speech, setting out the Ghana Government’s policy ... In reply, Dr Nkrumah said. "My government fully realises both the advantages and the responsibilities involved in the achievement of independence ... The final leg of the demand for independence from Great Britain began in May 1956, when Dr Nkrumah's Gold Coast government issued a white paper with proposals for Gold Coast's independence....

Kwame Nkrumah’s overthrow

Edit Graphic 29 Feb 2016
Apparently, Dr Nkrumah was seen as an ally of the then Soviet Union and Eastern Europe during the ‘Cold War’ ... Kotoka announced on the state radio that “Kwame Nkrumah is overthrown, and the myth surrounding him is broken.” ... How did the overthrow of Nkrumah contribute towards national development? Did the country’s fortunes improve after Nkrumah’s government was toppled? Well, your guess is as good as mine ... Nkrumah’s achievements....

Insults and lies don’t win elections

Edit Graphic 21 Feb 2016
The political life is unbalanced because of the over-mighty executive arm of government which makes the President more of a monarch than a modern day chief executive ... Any reading of the Hansard, the official report of the First Republic Parliament would reveal very spirited debates even in the days of the one-party state when Parliament was unlikely to have much effect on what the Nkrumah government wanted to do....

Insults And Lies Don’t Win Elections

Edit Peace FM Online 21 Feb 2016
The political life is unbalanced because of the over-mighty executive arm of government which makes the President more of a monarch than a modern day chief executive ... Any reading of the Hansard, the official report of the First Republic Parliament would reveal very spirited debates even in the days of the one-party state when Parliament was unlikely to have much effect on what the Nkrumah government wanted to do....

Ghana and the1966 Coup Against Kwame Nkrumah: The Role of African Americans in the African Revolution

Edit Graphic 17 Feb 2016
Due to his party’s mass support during a colonial-controlled reform election in February 1951, Nkrumah was released from ... Some within this group became staunch defenders of the Nkrumah government which was under increasing pressure from the CIA and the State Department after 1961 ... Although the overthrow of the Nkrumah government was designed by U.S....

I'll Always Salute Prez Mahama When It Comes To "Incredible" Dev'ts - Pratt

Edit Peace FM Online 07 Feb 2016
Kwame Nkrumah envisaged,” he said ... The Senior Journalist further touted the credentials of the Mahama administration saying the current administration is only beaten by the erstwhile Nkrumah government in the area of educational infrastructure development ... “It is a fact that beyond Nkrumah this is the government that has made the most investment in education; that is the fact,” he stated....

Akufo-Addo Was Against Muslim Holidays - Alhaji Haruna Rashid

Edit Peace FM Online 04 Feb 2016
“This is a man who calls himself “Zongo boy” yet he was against a decision by the Rawlings government to make our cherish festivals public holidays ... He said despite UP elements’ close ties with Muslims to kick out the Nkrumah government, the introduction of the Act to drive away Muslims made the party, now NPP, “lost the sympathies of the Zongo communities.”....
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