All Presidents of Ghana since 1957 to date
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- Опубликовано: 12 дек 2020
- We bring you all Ghanaian presidents since independence from 1957 to date. Ghana is one of the most stable democracies in Africa, but before it was a country riddle by coups one after the other.
In this episode, we cover all Ghanaian heads of states from the First republic under Kwame Nkrumah to the 4th republic under Nana Akufo.
Osajefo oyee! Nkrumah will always remain in the hearts of many African including myself, a Ugandan
As a Ghanaian, I have never seen or heard a detailed documentary like this. Keep up the good work Sir.
Please Check Andy D TV on youtube....he interviewed most of the previous soldiers involved in the coups that occurred in Ghana
@@derrickobrempong3543 Thanks
Very interesting! I've only heard of Nkrumah and Rawlings. But Ghana compared to the other African countries they seem to have their act together! If they can educate their people in every occupation from A to Z and concentrate on being self reliant, that black star on their flag will truly shine!!
Despite having spent over 10yrs of my life studying and practicing as a lawyer, I feel so excited about learning Africa and its significant historical events, it's almost like I have enrolled in a new program, thank you so more for doing this and please don't stop. To your question, I admire J Rawlings for his integrity and opposition to corruption, he took a rather draconian step of killing those he perceived as corrupt leaders but his regime set the tone for a legacy of accountable leadership in Ghana, and no I am not Ghanaian 🙂
You admire JJ Rawlings for his what? Integrity and Anticorruption ?? For real? He's pretentious and never an anticorrupt. He ended up amassing wealth together with his wife more than what he purported those had stolen. He however had his positives, that i won't downplay
J J later became the most corrupt leader in Ghana. He held Ghana to a standstill for 19 years.
Interesting history here. On a lighter note, you're more likely to become a Ghanaian president if your name is John.
Not true am a Ghanaian.....Your capability will make the people elect you
Lol. No please
@@derrickobrempong3543 First, it's a joke. Second, if that was so, we wouldn't have the problems we have in our country rn
My favorite is Kwame Nkurumah.
Rest in peace Jerry John Rawlings. I have seen many interviews of Jerry Rawlings. He was a very intelligent man
Jerry did not do anything to help Ghana
His henchman tsikata was lover of blood of innocent citizens
Thanks a lot for this video, but I would like u to inform us more about all presidents of Nigeria, Guinea Conakry (the likes of Sekou Touré, Camara Dadis), and Mali.
JJ Rawlings was my favorite President because when he took over the was lot of things changed for the better
Not true...He did not help Ghana
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John Hendrick Clark and Dave Chappelle's mother were a few Americans who worked with President Kwame.
Malcom X and WEB Dubois also metwith him.
Nkrumah met Malcom x , martin luther king jnr. Marcus Garvey, Dr. Ben jochannan, Muhammad Ali
Nkrumah is my favorite.
John Jerry Rawlings of the republic of ghana is my favourite,economic growth,prosperity to the economy and his international image has catapulted him as the best,he tepped away from power gracefully.
Quality video, could really do with more of these
Very insightful, thank you for such a great work and research. Anything on OR Tambo from South Africa??
Very nice and insightful video 👍
Ghana was the real Game of Thrones!
Actually the title befitts if Ghana surprises you. You should look out for our Nigerian episode..
@@AFRISTORYNETWORK i can not wait!
Also, i am 🇰🇪 kenyan I’d love to see an episode about kenyan politics
My favorite… J.A. Kuffuor, he transformed Ghana economically in 4 years. He was just smart and thoughtful. The Gentle Giant of Ghana
No debate on this!
The biggest achievement for the Ghanaian people as confirmed by this documentary is the transition from military to civilian rule where voters get to decide whom they want as their president and losers can go to court for arbitration. The vote is the biggest weapon for the people to hold their leaders to account and for the people change or continue with leaders as they please. Keep it up Ghana. Love and respect from Kenya.
I'm Ghana PROUD👏👏👏👏
Favourite president was Kufour for the economic growth and stability he brought with put Ghana back on the growth track. Rawlings was a charismatic leader with the firm hands that are needed to keep the country on track. Nkrumah had the foresight. Ghana now needs a president who is the combination of these three to move the nation forward.
R.I.P Jerry Rawlings
thank you for making this my family appreciate we really appr
Thank for your answered it .keep writting more😎😍😇🤔😂🏝🏞🗺🏖 ⛪⛪
JERRY RAWLINGS My Favorite. I liked his style and views
John Dramani Mahama is my favorite. He is futuristic.
Accidental Presidents excluded...
The Ignatius........
I loved Rawlins RIP King 🖤
Nkrumah; a leader of this calibre lived in exile. As a Ghanaian, I am so ashamed of myself
Jerry John Rawlings and Africa
Do you have a video on Botswana planned?
Of course Dr. Kwame Nkrumah is a father of Ghana nation their is no compromise on that and I used to respect him but my favorite goes to Flight Lieutenant Jerry John Rawlings
Only 6 coups to Nigeria's 8 and democracy restored a full decade before us too.
I pray there will be no coups again in Africa
John Jerry Rowlings
Thanks
Please help us cover those of Uganda. Much love from Uganda
I am from sweden and i love ghana
Nice
Nkrumah, Rawlings and A, Mills are my greatest president we ever have.
Good history
FLT LT JERRY JOHN RAWLINGS. BECAUSE I WAS BORN UNDER HIM. I JOINED THE BOYS SCOUTS. WE BUILD AND CLEANED MANY AREAS IN THE REGION. HE MADE GHANA VERY PEACEFUL AND SHOWED THE PEOPLE HIS LOVE FOR GHANA AND AFRICA. HE WAS READY TO FIGHT HIS FATHERS TO PROTECT HIS MOTHER'S.
He did not help Ghana kraaa
@@derrickobrempong3543 in away he did. It's hard to see what he achieved but I know he made Ghana stable without much crimes. Compare to neighboring countries . So I say ayikoo
Please can you upload North African leaders
Rawlings is popular in the comments for being a successful economic leader but he seems questionable to me, first off the public executions, and he used military coups. I guess he believes in democracy in the end but he barely gave the other leaders any time before performing a second coup.
He is just a traitor... He did the very thing he had killed people for
Cover Lumumba and Sankara
Kwame nkrumah and Jerry Rawlins and mahama
jerry changed ghana
sugestion of project for 2023 to 26 carrieed out by NPP unde Nana Addo his excellency. 1.transport terminals 120 2. Stadiums llike cape coast 30. 3. Stadiums like nigeria where ghana played final to qatar 2 4.Airports like stanstead United kingdom standard 30.Long live Ghana the e-levy and the counci of state. Thank you merci.
I like Nana Addo and Mahama😊
So Nana Akufo-Addo had both his father and uncle as former presidents of Ghana?
Do Mugabe please
Zambia
You didn't mention E. K. Kotoka who came after Kwame Nkrumah. You need to do your research again.
Kotoka was never the head of government but part of the NLC. Ankrah was head from 1966 when the coup took place till 1969 when he was forced to resign.
Kotoka was killed in April 1967.
Kotoka was not a president
I love your work but it's Ghanaian not Ghana-nians
Without doubt Nakaruma was the best.
Uganda oyee. Make one for museveni dictator
America costed us a great leader
Nkurumah still lives in our hearts
How did the United Gold Coast Convention led Ghana to independence? Check your facts.
Hi
He is not without faults but Rawlings put 🇬🇭 on the path that set it apart from the rest of Africa at the time
Ohk so a little fact check here, the UGCC didn’t lead Ghana to independence, the CPP did, led by Kwame Nkrumah. The UGCC started the independence movement but they were conservative and classic liberals. Meanwhile, Nkrumah was a “socialist”, hence his breakaway to form the CPP, which led Ghana to independence in 1957.
Very true
Not Ghananian. It's Ghanaian!
Jj
Jerry Rawling was the best. Must the best president be of the son of foreign nationals? Something is seriously wrong with us Africans. Good job though, brother
Nkrumah and jj Raeling are the two transformations Presidents they transformed ghana nkrumah 1957 to 1966 and Rawlins 1981 to 2000
@S E P Nope. Kuffuor reintroduced corruption as standard practice. The PNDC had ministers paid peanuts and not given lofty titles.
In 19yrs, Rawlings extended Electricity from 23% of the country to 89%, one of the highest in Africa; and impressive world wide.
They changed a military that was entirely unstable into one of the finest in Africa. They were the thin red line when The Rwanda genocide broke out, fought in Liberia and Seirra Leone.
That stability is why we’ve had so many elections today; something that never occurred prior.
Ghana owed 0 Cedis in 1993. This was AFTER An election. It’s popular to bash Rawlings, but the man was a Patriot who cannot be called Corrupt, stabilized a nation, and actually did massive infrastructural development.
Throughout the 1980s, the strategy was to work of mismanagement of the economy that dated back to 1966.
He even canceled the 25th Anniversary celebration Limann had planned for, stating that we couldnt afford it and had little to celebrate.
I dont know which other country has a clear Patriotic leader and continuously shits on them because it’s popular.
Executions? That’s a whole other thing we can discuss if you’re open-minded enough to hear more than the simplistic argument others like to give.
Until we can appreciate our history, we will stare at our problems without understand why they are happening or what to do about them
Oh, and Kuffuor’s NPP murdered 38 women between 1998 and 2000 in order to terrorize the 31st December women’s movement into not campaigning for NDC. As that is part of what lost them 1992.
Also there’s the murder of the Yaa Naa and his council because he was loyal to NDC.
But sure. Kuffuor... whatever works for you
@S E P lol. WHICH ethnic group did he oppress??? JJ was one of the least Ethnocentric leaders besides Nkrumah.
Please don't tell me the Akans. Because it sounds painfully like how whites think racism is directed against them because they have an issue with equality for minority groups. Please tell me that's not the logic you're going by.
@S E P So hang on... You are judging JJ from 30 fricking years ago based on Nana Addo's Ghana in 2021?? By that standard Nkrumah didnt do fucko. lol!
My father was part of the economic team and a fine Economist who was also a businessman. Unlike these academic economist who talk out of their arses and watch economies fail, the PNDC's econimic team had some giants who juggled osterity to absorb 25yrs of debt and econimic failure. I've read financial papers. Ghana's economy was down the toilet from 1966; first by Western plan, then by poor decisions of successive governments and eventually corruption that didnt get things started until 1984, 85. This is well documented, so quit with the noise.
By 1993, we owed ZERO Cedis. If you can tell me that didnt happen with evidence I'm all ears.
Many government institutions collapsed under osterity because they were insolvent white elephants either from inception or due to so many years of mismanagement. I don't think you understand the no-win scenario of leadership. Suffice to say, its not every battle you can win, and leaders need to cut losses. You can't have a Ghana airways with 1000s of employees and just 2 planes or less. Either you lay off people or you find creative ways to make it make more money.
When no one is lending due to bad debt, it makes that choice fairly simple.
Once the financials had balanced out, they DID go on massive infrastructural work, roads, railway, electricity. Rawlings even ploughed back his own personal wealth from the Hunger price he was awarded into infrastructure to develop A university.
He left with exactly one house to his name. His riverside house at Vume, which he had been building from the mid 1970s. The Ridge office was given to him after office, and the house at East Legon belongs to his wife, which she built over a period of about 20years throughout the 1990s.
I don't know which standards you are using or which recent Ghanaian presidents you THINK he should be compared to. But 19years is basically double a full 2 presidential terms, if a president is given the mandate. Given the historic low of the Economy in 1981, and where he left it in 1993 after a decade of PNDC, I'm curious who, put in the same situation, besides Nkrumah would have done different?
Lee Quan Yu? Are you prepared for the oppressive reign of terror of that government? Because Rawlings was busy dealing with an unstable armed forces that dated back to Afrifra, and peoplpe still stupidly believe that as evidence of evil perpetrated by the government itself, because they literally dont know how revolutions happen, or what the spill over is.
Ghana couldnt have had a Lee Quan Yu any more than they could have had a real revolution in 1979. The best we had in that regard was Rawlings, and we've had 30+ years of stability that we had never had prior. It's easy sitting down somewhere and criticizing as if your champion or yourself, given the same situation could have done better. But present FACTS; not just emotions and choruses. It's academically lazy.
@S E P Erm... What? You do know he accused the Lebanese during his May 15th trial, right? The Lebanese were always a middle class whose unity meant that ill-gotten businesses from some of them benefited most of them since they believed in generational and shared wealth. Like Jews.
In itself it isnt bad, but in 1948, part of the disturbance was AWAM or the Association of West African merchants, of which they were part.
Acheampong's illegal dealings with shady businessman had a few too, which then flowed back into benefiting the wider Lebanese community.
That was the clincher of the speech he wrote the prosecution read, which turned the trial. So HOW does he go from that to giving Ghanaian businesses to those same Lebanese.
My father was minister of Interior during the PNDC and he's notorious for going up against several Lebanese businessmen whose ill-gotten wealth dated back to Acheampong. They were made to leave Ghana.
He even had a nightclub, Cave duRoit broken down for illegal positioning.
So which Rawlings government are you talking about? Or are you making this shit up as you go along?
Bring FACTS. Not just hear-say. You are condemning a man's entire legacy. At least have Facts.
Nkrumah is my favorite.
For the matter of facts a heroes like Pres. Nkrumah & J.J Rawlings cannot be found in Ghana history again again & again....