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Ekwow Spio-Garbrah
August 5th, was declared a Public Holiday for spurious reasons aimed at reducing Kwame Nkrumah’s legacy as the “Founder of Ghana”. President Akufo-Addo, to his eminent disgrace has come out openly to disagree with the view of most historians that Nkrumah was the Founder of Ghana, although, of course, no one person can create a country alone.
President Akufo-Addo, and those in the NPP who cannot appreciate Nkrumah’s stature in Ghana, Africa and world affairs, are swimming unproductively against a strong tide of history. The attempt to water down Kwame Nkrumah’s achievements is futile, especially if any attempt is made to resurrect the names of other Agyapadie forefathers in a vain and mischievous manner to match him in achievements. Kwame Nkrumah was and is a Pan-African hero, whose name adorns the principal street of nearly all African capital cities. Most of the other so-called Big Six, or those deemed to be Nkrumah’s political “competitors“ would have great difficulty to be recognized outside their own private homes. If any were to be resurrected for the simple opportunity to receive a national “Big Six Achievement Award”, they would not be recognized on stage.
Many of Nkrumah’s contemporaries played their parts well and are worth remembering. They can be best remembered by right-thinking Ghanaians as Kwame Nkrumah’s associates and collaborators rather than as his competitors. The NPP’s attempts at creating such a false narrative will only survive this era of the NPP’s monumental failures.
History will judge the Nana Akufo-Addo era rather harshly for well-known reasons. I fully expect the next NDC government under Historian John Dramani Mahama to reverse this national travesty of reducing the stature of Nkrumah in Ghana.
A man from Ghana who is voted as Africa’s Man of the Millennium through a BBC open contest cannot be readily replaced in our lifetime by less worthy adversaries whose progeny are doing even worse for Ghana.
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Ekwow Spio-Garbrah