Tag Archives: NKRUMAH’S

Just some three months after Ghana gained independence on March 6, 1957, the rivalry between Dr. J. B. Danquah’s National Liberation Movement (NLM) and Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s Convention People’s Party (CPP) simply could not go away, manifesting into a much broader situation that led the then opposition holding a press conference regarding …

Historian and lawyer, Anokye Frimpong, has shared the story of the great grandfather of Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Kaku Aka I, who refused the rule of the British way before Nkrumah was born.. Speaking in an interview on Max TV, shared on Facebook on September 7, 2023, Historian Anokye …

Born in 1935 to parents who lived in the Western Region, Felicia Abban grew up knowing the then budding trade of photography because that was her father’s trade. When she opted to understudy her father, little did she know that she would go on to become the official photographer of …

On March 6, 1957, exactly 66 years ago today, Ghana declared its independence from colonial rule after several decades of under British governance. But it was not until some three years later that Ghanaians assumed full reins of government with an actual government made up of Ghanaians as leaders. Thus, …

Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that after enduring the campaign of slander and sabotage by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) of the Danquah-Busia tradition, he totally empathises with Ghana’s founding President Kwame Nkrumah who, he said, suffered a similar fate until he was overthrown in a Coup D’etat …

They may not have been the closest of friends, but one unique thing puts them in the same room of similarities: they both experienced military overthrows of their governments. And while that should have served as a reason for them to be able to share ideas and interact on the …

Ten months after his overthrow in 1966, the first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, sent an emotional Christmas message to Ghanaians from the capital town of Guinea, Conakry, where he was in exile. Nkrumah, who was addressing Ghanaians on a radio station in Conakry, wished Ghanaians well despite the fact that they …

An old footage of the Okyenhene of Akyem Abuakwa, Nana Ofori Atta II, in 1957, answering questions about his shock that the government of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah had called for the revocation of his status has emerged online. The video, shared by Ghana Facts & History on Twitter, shows the chief, …

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has taken a swipe at both the  New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC), describing them as lacking focus and an unthinking government anytime they have the opportunity to lead this country. The CPP’s National Youth Organizer Comrade Osei Kofi Acquah, speaking …

It appeared shocking to Information Minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, the words of his boss, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on issues regarding the deportation of galamsey kingpin Aisha Huang. President Akufo-Addo, while speaking in an interview with Stone City Radio in Ho during his tour of the Volta Region, expressed uncertainty about the …