How Kwame Nkrumah’s Opponents Tried To Kill Him
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- Опубликовано: 29 июн 2024
- Having lived through the years before and after Ghana gained independence, Wing Commander Patrick Nelson Sogbodjor narrates the story of how he personally witnessed plans by the opposition to Kwame Nkrumah tried hard to murder him. He also talks how Kwame Nkrumah made Ghana the first sub-Saharan African country to own fighter jets and his deep regrets over the 1966 coup.
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"The forces of light will eventually overcome those of darkness and truth will always prevail over falsehood. This is a moral law which can not be denied" - Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Founder of The Republic of Ghana.
In fact, this man will always be remembered.Nkrumah never dies
Wow! This man has speaking. Am crying because we lost a man who was willingly to lead us.
I ended up in tears after watching this emotional documentary indeed Ghana has lost a hero 😢
Ghana, our formation began with hungry opposition. In fact, we had opposition party right at the struggle for independence.
So there were detractors, saboteurs from the word go.
I wonder oooooo,
Nkrmah has suffered a lot,,
Ghana,
Another Nkrumah is on his way and very soon the world will see him … the same as Thomas Sankara is back to continue where he left
This coup killed my mother whom i never knew because i was an infant and a father i never met till today.my mom was part of the cabinet as i have found out recently.still searching for my Father hope he is still alive.
Woow, that’s truly tragic. Please, accept our heartfelt condolences and best wishes🙏🏿
Now Ghanaians historians r seriously narrating history dat empower slavery times where Ghanaians see their own tribes us enemies, fighting each other on issue dat could hv solved by mouth. Nkrumah is the greatest person dis land has ever produced
Nkrumah was God ordained from the beginning. But he was let down by his ignorant close advisors .
Please my brothers snd and sisters we are all one,this is not the time for tribalism talk,this time is time for all of us to be united as one Ghana and one nation. Tribalism brings nothing but death and backwardness..Love from Gambia 🇬🇲🇬🇲🇬🇲 one Africa ❤❤❤
Thank you, brother! One Africa!✊🏿
Hmmm.
We've lost a great son.
Hmmmmm I’m speechless
Hmmmmm oh my god.oh my goodness😢😢
They've been devilish from day one! NLM/NPP one and same
It was CIA and British Intelligence aided by Nkrumah’s opponents who caused his downfall.
The economic squeeze by the west deliberately and calculatingly lowering the world price of cocoa so that Ghana would lose needed revenue from the sales of it, as well as the lies told on him about how he ran the country.
People still believe the outright lies told on him by western propaganda.
Nope, just Nkrumah's domestic opponents. CIA and British intelligence made the same attempts at several other countries but we're seldom successful due to the patriotic disposition of the soldiers in those countries. Like Singapore. Without the actions of the treasonous of a few the coup would have never happened. If we refuse to acknowledge that this country will never learn from its own mistakes. Always believing it's someone's else's mistake.
@cnsmiles , without support of the CIA and British Intelligence, it wouldn't have worked. Those two agencies were responsible for removing all the patriotic African leaders after they were helped by the Soviet Union to achieve independence. Using Singapore as an example is a very bad one as there are more better examples on the African continent to buttress the point of the original poster.
Don't be scared to mention the devilish Ashantihene and his puppet servants (Busia and Addo Danquah) as the internal traitors as well.
When they ousted Nkrumah out of power, the Ashantihene celebrated it and even named one of the ignorant, greedy soldiers (Afrifa) as Hero
It's not wholly true. The Mastermind of the coup was J.W.K. Harley, the Head of the police who was being investigated in a bribery case. So, he had dire reasons for wanting Nkrumah out of the way. After the coup, the new head of state Lt. Gen. Ankrah traveled to the USA to lobby President Johnson for US support for the coup. If the USA was were behind the coup, that trip wouldn't have been unnecessary. My point is simply that Nkrumah was overthrown by traitors within Ghana.
Nkrumah was the best thing ever happened to Africa, we will embrace socialism as propounded by him
Truth will always defeat lies. Twene Jonas
Aren't these the traitors?
Ohh nkrumah y don't u remove Ashanti region out of ghana .just look what is happening now there no benefits from them till date .all problems comes from there
Let us not engage in tribalism please. In the video, the speaker talks about the support Nkrumah had in Kumasi and how he won multiple seats there. Yes, the leaders in Kumasi hated Nkrumah and were determined to get rid of him but that many people in Kumasi loved and supported Nkrumah and the CPP even at great risk to their own lives.
Sua nyansa na gyimie no dcc so. Ignorance is indeed a disease.
If u don't know, the Southern part was advising nkrumah not to add ur northern family to Ghana cus of ur poor and sickness behaviour then. We Ashanti brought u to come closer to join Ghana. Ask ur forefathers if u were not bathed at suame be4 entering kumasi? Don't forget that you spark the engine, so here are some of the sounds of it.
Ibrahim le me tell you something. The southern part of Ghana, then Gold Coast, was not happy why Nkrumah was expanding to add u to Ghana, but we Ashanti's were ur brothers. We gave soap and water to bathe ur forefathers and heal their wounds at suame b4 entering kumasi. Now ur civilized by us n want to redraw Ghana map. Sorry 😅. Don't forget that is u who spark the engine, so these are some of the sound. 😂 if you want more steps on the accelerator.
This means Ashanti' region has been the enemy of Ghana since day one, they want to be the head 🗣️ of GH and decide for Ghanaians,
I now understand Naaaa Dormaaa
Why still the hate.
I promise we're not going to sit down for you p'ple to lie and kill our p'ple whilst we go to the church and pray for your forgiveness.
Times have changed and so change your attitude towards Ashantis.
YES MATEMEHO CONFEDERATION ( Shamless and greedy Asantifuoh are the downfall of the Republic of Ghana for their selfish gains.
Guess who led the coup against Ghana, Kotoka an ewe so check your facts before you spew lies here
@samsondoejablah Please, in the full video, he also mentions the massive support Nkrumah received in Kumasi and the fact CPP won the same of seats as NLM in Kumasi. It is wrong for us to use the actions of some Asantes to judge all the people. Many Asantes supported and loved Kwame Nkrumah.
@@ahmedalhassan4341 The coup in 1966 was orchestrated by the Asanti hyrachies led by Danquah/ K Busua mischievous CLAN OF Nation wreakers.
All along the way Busua behaved like an OSTRITCH, stayed and backed the late HOPHEIY BOIGNY of the IVORY COAST ,criticized and inductrinated the AFRIFAS to raise with GBEVU KOTOKA THE BETRAYER who carried out the Palace Coup, añd was also killed by POWER DRUNK AFRIFA to hand over to BUSUA who migrated from the self imposed exile.
AND B' CAUSE GREED BUSUA SEEING LATE NKRUMAH FAINTED thus led to his overthrow by Loyal ACHEAMPONG, after just two years in office.
How old were u then??
MATEMEHOS SURROGATE.
Nkrumah never dies. This UP tradition has been the downfall of Ghana from day 1 and today we see it in their grandchildren
You have said all, look at jack torronto and his people
@abraham amissa, you started nicely with the cliche, Nkrumah never dies. If you had stopped there, I would have called you noble. I hope you are above but if you are not, I will advice you to get the book, politics in Ghana I think by Dr Ocquaye. But the cause of Ghana’s worries is JJ Rawlings 31st December Coup. Yes the JUNE 4th coup had its problems but the Nation in a way needed it although the excesses were so much. Abraham be a good reader if you enjoy Politics. Thank You
Thank you sir!
I agree 100%!
@@samuelkelly2197nonsense! Explain how his coup on 31 December is Ghana‘s problems. He’s dead and gone. The very people who opposed him left right center are the ones in charge that takes IMF funds through their family banks and cut compensation for their services, and you wonder if we still have Bank of Ghana or not.
Ashantis destroyed Nkrumah' thats all
Let us not engage in tribalism please. In the video, the speaker talks about the support Nkrumah had in Kumasi and how he won multiple seats there. Yes, the leaders in Kumasi hated Nkrumah and were determined to get rid of him but that many people in Kumasi loved and supported Nkrumah and the CPP even at great risk to their own lives.
We're doing the same to our leaders today. We're accusing our forefathers of what they they should have done. Is good. President Kuffour who brought so many social interventions like free feeding at schools, health insurance and started Ghana Card we are now praising him at his pension seat 💺. J.J, Mahama now Akuffu Addo and sometimes God the creator we accuse Him. 40yrs ago China, Dubai, Malaysia there were no skyscraper no development, so what did they do right? Together we stand but here Akyem is blaming Ashanti, Ewe is blaming Northern n so on. Politicians will not stop playing with our feelings cus we're divided. Sorry if I have offended anyone. 🙏
You wrote facts! Tribalism is what is killing this country of ours. JJ Rawlings stoked tribalism more than any other leader in his 19 years in power. Now we're suffering for it. People care more about their tribes than the country. Even if the leader is perpuating wrong doing they're okay as long as he's their fellow tribesmen.
It is difficult to uphold Nkrumah’s ideas and move forward when some backward tribal leaders and their misguided followers believe they can control other tribes in the same country instead of focusing on the socio-economic problems we are facing.The White man is laughing.Is this stupidity or idiocy ?
Don't add Nana addo to the list . Wasn't his father the ceremonial president to busia who planned the coup against nkrumah and now he is currently finishing Ghana completely. Complete disgrace
Don't even add Kufuor, it was he who brought all our modern troubles in Ghana today. He introduced corrupt practices like property owning democracy-whereby they were buying state properties including lands and hotels for themselves whilst in government. He introduced ex-gratia, which has become headache and draining the finances of Ghana. He introduced this tribal politics and protocols, which killing us today. He also campaigned for Akuffo Addo, for Ghanaians to vote in 2016, knowing very well how evil the man was. Today, he is still supporting Bawumia and others to be voted for.
@@frankozillar7171 Otumfuo Asantehene who is inflaming Tribalism and claiming Bono lands belong to him in our unitary state which is a Republic, must be warned.His biased and tribalistic followers see nothing wrong.Military intervention is going to end this very soon.
The downfall of this country is from the Ashanti's and the akyem .
Please, in the full video, he also mentions the massive support Nkrumah received in Kumasi and the fact CPP won the same of seats as NLM in Kumasi. It is wrong for us to use the actions of some Asantes to judge all the people. Many Asantes supported and loved Kwame Nkrumah.
It wasnt't only CIA but the UGCC kabals supported the move, which today turn to be UP to NPP.
UGCC had nothing to do with the overthrown of Nkrumah, have you asked yourself the reason why General Ankrah who was the commander of the Ghanaian contingent to the Congo and Nkrumah's trusted General became the prime minister after the overthrown of Nkrumah?. We are in the information age stop believing in what your grandfather's told you. Do your own research.
@@agoogo5026Ankrah was not Nkrumah’s “trusted” General. In fact, Ankrah had been made to retire long before the coup. The plotters only brought him to be the face of their treason.
More importantly, the key opposition figures to Nkrumah, specifically Busia and Edward Akufo-Addo were quickly given top appointments by the NLC traitors and they happily accepted these appointments.
It is very interesting to see the attempts to deny their close involvement with the traitors. Busia and Akufo-Addo headed the political committee of the NLC. They were literally part and parcel of the NLC!
It was not cia. It is Ghanaians bad luck
Dude foreigners had a hand in Ghana's downfall
It definitely was! They used Ghanaians for sure, but they were behind it. Nkrumah was 'hanging out' with commu-nism and was a marke-d man at that point. Same with Patrice Lumum-ba.
No, it's a fact that western intelligence played a role in his overthrow. They were responsible for the 5 unsuccessful assassination attempts at him, and later instigated with the Army-Police traitors that carried out the coup d'etat. The propaganda conveyed about President Nkrumah was deliberate lies: false propaganda for public consumption. The economic system was sabotaged by the world price of cocoa being deliberately lowered to adversely affect Ghana's ability to accrue the revenue it maintained before that maneuver by the U.S. Then they had the audacity to say Nkrumah mismanaged Ghana's economy.
It was an all-out intent to sabotage Nkrumah, his political party, and his ideas of development at all costs. See, then, as well as now those people don't want to see the African with any power that eclipse theirs. Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah represented that in living form.
Also, the western nations have exploited Africa's vast resource wealth for a long time. The objective of continental unification Nkrumah spoke about and actively worked toward, which would liberate all of our people was something those white men did not want to see. Which reveals how real the racism is. Racist machinations from the outside, and traitorous African's who aid and abet them on the inside.
@@ghsheabutterblacksoap2846 Communist didn´t allow them to serve their countrys and people in a silver plate for the colonizers.
Not so. The CIA chose the Army-Police traitors that staged the 1966 Coup d'etat. But they were trying to sabotage President Nkrumah at all costs. They knew his ideas of continental unification and industrial development of Africa would not only make Africa a world power but would put a screeching halt to the long-time resource looting foreign nations had engaged in for a long time, and still do today. Those western racists could not stand the thought of Africans possessing that kind of power. Also, western intelligence is responsible for the 5 unsuccessful assassination attempts at President Nkrumah as well.
Please tell him not to use sub-saharan. It is racist. It was created in the 1960's, by racist egyptologists, who wanted to separate north africa from the rest of africa. South of Sahara is a better phrase.
Duly noted! Thank you for the education 🙏🏿
With all due respect if this man thinks that the coup against Nkrumah was orchestrated by UGCC and the people from Ashanti region, then he doesn't know what he is talking about.
First of all, the first demonstration against Nkrumah's administration took place in the Sekondi Takoradi.
Secondly, the people who had meetings with the CIA were General Ankrah who miraculously became the prime minister after Nkrumah and Gbedemah.
The old man never said the coup was orchestrated by the UGCC or by people from the Ashanti region
All lies.
Tell us the truth then.
Tell us the truth we want to know.
Hahaha interesting indeed, why do the voltarians military men love to blame the Ashantis rather than coming clear to tell the those who overthrow Dr Kwame Nkrumah. None of any Ashanti person tried to shoot Dr Kwame Nkrumah rather the person who tried to shoot Dr Kwame Nkrumah in Accra was Ametepe And Again kotoka, Deku, Harlley were 3 Ewes and 3 Ga/adanbges General Ankrah, Nunoo, Ocran and 1 northerner Yakubu and after 2 days after the coup they invited Afrifa to join them to deceive Ghanaians and Akan tribes so that they won't blame them. We should listen to Captain Joel Sowu. So this man is dancing around the truth and trying to make it a tribal issue saying the Ashantis wanted a federal state why didn't he also not tell us the voltarians wanted to join the Togoland likewise the northerners wanted their join Burkina faso. He is a liar. You guys should listen to The old man from Osu called Quashie and Captain Joel Sowu. Again why should they killed General Achempong and Afrifa without allowing them to be interviewed. Shameful people but the truth would surely come out. Why did he call for the kotoka's name to be change from our only international airport. The devil pretending to be holy.
Please, let us try to do away with tribalism. The story he narrates also captures the massive support Kwame Nkrumah had in Kumasi. He mentions how CPP won the same number of seats as the NLM in Kumasi.
This shows that many asantes loved and supported Nkrumah.
The simple fact that some leaders in Kumasi formed the NLM and that was their stronghold does not mean all the people in or from Kumasi hated Kwame Nkrumah.
The traitors who masterminded that coup were small in number and they came from different ethnic groups as you rightly pointed out.
Their Chief motivation was their selfish greed and not anything to do with where they come from.
@@talkingAfrica who brought tribalism to his own speech, didn't you hear him saying the Ashantis wanted a federal states. Why didn't he also tell how the Ewes wanted to join their brothers in Togo or doesn't it sounds difficult for you. He should have gone ahead to narrate his history without mentioning the Ashantis. Do we Ashantis have to be quite while they put the blame on us. Come on I've never seen any voltarian demonstrating against kotoka's name should be change yet any speaker from the volta region love to point fingers to the Ashantis unnecessary. Why the same way they killed General Achempong without allowing him to be interviewed.
@@talkingAfrica you must be stupid to mention Otumfour Asantehene in your last sentence. Did you see Otumfour Asantehene forming any political party in Ghana. Don't be stupid. Ok I taught you're intelligent person. You guys go around to blame Otumfour Asantehene as if he has taken any money from your tribes. Foolish ashore.
@johnnydarren8444 I believe he said the NLM. He referred to the NLM throughout the interview and not Ashantis. There is no need to misquote the old man.
The NLM did demand separation from Ghana. Nobody has equated the NLM to all Ashantis. You are the one seeking to do so and there is no need for that.
@@talkingAfrica listen don't provoke me, read your own comments. Why do you mention Otumfour Asantehene in your useless statement. As he taken any money from you. Rubbish nonsense.
These are Ashantis
as an Ashanti i am uncomfortable about what transpired within that era , what our forefathers did to Nkrumah but i think they were motivated by the Akyems as well , though they wanted their independence from other ethnicities simply because of the old age division that had existed through out the centuries , however it is also true Nkrumah sacrificed a pregnant woman for power which is sad and satanic, most of our leaders do it for power, they should all have joined hands and united instead of working against each other , i have modified this comment a bit
@@liverpoolanfield50No your history before you support any assumptions Kotoka led the 1966 coup who was an ewe
@@liverpoolanfield50 Don't foolish and talk stupidly. Where did Nkrumah sacrificed a pregnant woman. Mention the name and the location. Aboa ba. The same thing that you people said, Nkrumah went for Kankanma Nyame for his presidency. Gyimie, aboaba.
@@sethbaah586 the good Lord is my father and he created me in his image and according to his likeness so if he is aboa , the Lord said thank you , i have taken your photo and your comment, very soon i will let Zion Felix and everyone know you regarding your hatred for Ashantis particularly npp people ,Seth Baah , many things awaits you , your comment is well received, just give me some small time as soon as i find time, i will personally come to Ghana to make you famous or maybe through social media
@@ahmedalhassan4341 you are very right but Acheampong and many Akans were also extremely in support of it , Kotoka was just a puppet, the kotoka family is related to me through marriage , so i have enough information about it , even tho i didn't grow up in Ghana 🇬🇭 but i know a lot of the stories , in fact Kotoka regretted it very much afterwards , u see the Ashantis felt threatened by Nkrumah especially when Nkrumah also had animosity towards Ashantis and it's really sad considering he Nkrumah was an Akan just like every other Ashanti, all am saying is that we should have all been one instead
Please, abeg! That so-called conversation with the African American could have only happened in this man"s imagination. 😂😂😂 There were over 1000 African American fighter pilots who flew hundreds of missions during World War II. They were called the Tuskeegee Airmen and African Americans were quite aware of them. So please, stop the CAP! 😂😂😂
Just looked up the Tuskegee Airmen and you are right about them. But, it is pretty clear one of the main reasons they are famous is because it was highly unusual for African-Americans to fly fighter jets at that time in the USA. In fact, the records show that Racial Segregation only ended in the US military in 1948. That’s 3 years after World War II.
And, as we know, the Civil Rights movement to demand the end of racial segregation and discrimination went on into the 1960s. In other words, African Americans were still being discriminated against in many ways up till the 1960s.
So, it is not implausible that the African-American man that the speaker refers to may have said all that. After, African-Americans did not have full rights to even vote in the USA till 1965.
@talkingAfrica Trust me, sir. I am from America. Black Americans were very much aware of the Tuskegee Airmen, SPECIALLY due to the social and political climate in the country at that time. They were a source of African American and national pride. So, yeah, I'm still calling CAP.
I will add this, though. He may have been shocked that an AFRICAN was an actual fighter pilot, and this would've been due to the propaganda at the time was such that Black Americans were being taught that Africa and her inhabitants were backward. Unfortunately, this belief still persists to this day and can be seen in the attitudes towards Africa that are held by FBA and ADOS.
I do not doubt anything you have said, brother. The man he met may have made it look like blacks were not allowed to fly jets and he was wrong.
I am giving the old man the benefit of the doubt because I do not think he can concoct such an elaborate story. But, I will do my best to try and reach him and ask him these questions. Thank you 🙏🏿
Although what you said is true (of the Tuskeegees airmen)... Ask yourself this question how were they acknowledged? You have the impression that his statement meant that he was unaware of the Tuskeegees, I believe otherwise (he's probably aware of that). The world war II required more men, and the blacks who were trained to be in the air were trained to do just that. Not because the then US government desired to integrate fully nigros into those ranks. Although the stigma (of blacks not being capable) were subsiding over the years, at the time this man had the encounter with the black American he is talking about, segregation was still rive in the American army, airforce etc. Had it not been because of the perculiar need of "more men" for the world war II, I bet you no blacks would have been exalted to pilot planes officially.
What you did is just a direct implication of equivalence (if he said this then it meant this). That is wrong analogy, his statement doesn't imply directly that there couldn't have been black pilots at any "instance" of the american army and airforce; but rather, should be understood that at that time, it was still difficult for blacks to be pilots especially where there are white pilots. In fact, with Tuskeegees, there was a perceived segregation - as white pilots wouldn't easily wish to integrate amongst blacks...
It is just after the pressure exerted by Nkrumah on the war against racism where he demonstrated that blacks can do it too, there then, as a camouflaged it became the general trend to allowing blacks participate fully, in Games, professional work and other activities that had whites and blacks together. Even that, it took many years for South Africa to fall in the same line.
So jumping into premature conclusions of people's statements without a careful scrutiny is wrong.
Please do not mind these traitors.
Their cheap confessions are nothing new.
Hmmmmm...only Jah...u look like some1 I know