Nkrumah stood against slavery and colonialism- Kwesi Pratt Jnr.

The Managing Editor of the Daily Dispatch, Kwesi Pratt Jnr has reiterated Nkrumah’s commitment for the total liberation of Africa, saying that Nkrumah was one of the greatest Africans in the world who stood against slavery and colonialism.

The ace journalist speaking on the theme, “Nkrumaism and Democracy the way forward”, at a lecture organised by the Ghana Journalist Association (GJA)-Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) chapter indicated that “the ‘divine’ presence of Nkrumah in the political landscape  led to the massive political orientation of Ghanaians which subsequently gave them the insight to fight for independence.

According to him, Dr Kwame Nkrumah as a contribution to the 5th Pan-African movement in Manchester again stood for the black movement to fight for equal rights of Blacks and stood against colonialism and the maltreatment of women.

He said “Dr Kwame Nkrumah with the Pan African movement drew inspiration from Marcus Garvey, W.E Dubois and others which he directly implicated on the shores of Ghana and Africa as a whole to champion the radical movement which led to independence”.
He noted that Ghana before Nkrumah never practiced true democracy and was largely manipulated by the educated elites who sat in the comfort of their home to seek for their selfish interest and business.

He recounted that “The leaders of United Gold Coast Convention before Nkrumah sat in their home and drank tea without thinking of the liberation of the country because they were satisfied with the administration of the governors. The presence of Nkrumah transformed the UGCC to be acclaimed as the first greatest mass base political party in the world”.

He debunk the assertion that Nkrumah was a dictator, explaining that Ghana before independence was a multi-party state based on a tribal, ethnic and regional but the Convention People Party was then the only national party that identified itself well with Ghanaians hence won the 1951, 1954 election which made Nkrumah the leader of government business.

He added that before the overthrown of Dr Kwame Nkrumah in 1966 the country was unstable but plans were far advanced for a general election to strength the democratic tie in the country, thus, his overthrown shattered the plans.

He acknowledged the fact that Nkrumah alone could not have built Ghana but the fact remains that he was the founder of Ghana.

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