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OfficialDocuments:HowtheUSOverthrewGhanasKwameNkrumah

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Tatenda Gwaambuka StaffWriter
Thu, Aug 11, 2016
The success of Ghanaian industrialisation would have further cemented the fact that African countries did not necessarily need White rule to be successful.

Kwame Nkrumah was a futurist, a born visionary. His plan as leader of Ghana was to make it an industrial hub within a generation. He
dreamt of a united and successful African continent and the narrative he was creating for Africa was a foreign policy concern for the
United States of America. In a Memorandum from the Presidents Acting Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Komer) to
President Johnson, the coup that led to Nkrumahs downfall was described as a fortuitous windfall because, Nkrumah was doing more to
undermine our interests than any other black African. In reaction to his strongly pro-Communist leanings, the new military regime is
almost pathetically pro-Western. In other words, the military regime was a shadow of the West, a whole puppet show mistaken for
governance.
Before the declassi cation of the of cial documents by the USA, a C.I.A operative, John Stockwell, shared his knowledge on how the
United States had been involved in evoking anti-Nkrumah sentiment and in the end causing the coup. He said, Howard Bane, who was
the CIA station chief in Accra, engineered the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah. Inside the CIA it was quite clear. Howard Bane got a double
promotion, and was awarded the Intelligence Star for the overthrow of Kwame.
Nkrumah had ascended to power when Ghana gained its independence in 1957. Ghana adopted a ag with a Black Star in a nod to Marcus
Garvey and his Black Star Line. Nkrumah was one of the leaders behind the Organisation of African Unity established on 25 May 1963. The
visionarys end goal for Ghana had been to industrialise it within a generation. He had used an accelerated eduction programme and set
up a Ghana Education Trust (GET) to build schools in a bid to empower the people of Ghana with the requisite expertise for industrial
take-off. He also led a promising scienti c research drive which in 1965 had expanded to no less than ve different research institutes for
food sciences and technology, aquatic biology, geology and geophysics, industrial standards and marine sheries. In 1966, Nkrumah said,
Many more research institutes are in an advanced stage of physical development or of planning. These include the Institute of Glass and
Ceramics, the Institute of Metallurgy, the Institute of Wild Life research, the Institute for Research Development and a Centre for the
Production of Scienti c Instruments. Education was only one of the chapters of the multi-faceted growth he envisioned for Ghana but it
formed the very base. By the time of the coup, his country had 68 state owned factories. It is this futuristic industrial policy that was soon
dropped by the military regimes that followed for reasons largely unreasonable in retrospect.

The danger of Nkrumah to the colonialists

Nkrumahs ideology was a threat to the imperialist cause and it still is 50 years after. Within 10 years of Ghanas independence, 31 other
countries had gained their own independence. Ghana was a trailblazer in Africa and would rearrange the matrix of how the West related to
Africa. The success of Ghanaian industrialisation would have further cemented the fact that African countries did not necessarily need
White rule to be successful. Ghana was supposed to t the narrative of a country which gained black majority rule and became a melting
pot of tension and warfare. After deposing Nkrumah, that became the reality of the day with the country having 7 violent military
transfers of power. Having undone Nkrumah, the United States started to control affairs with the IMF putting a stop to Nkrumahs
industrialisation policy. The regime that followed was a USA puppet. In Komers Memorandum to President Johnson, he said, I am not

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arguing for lavish gifts to these regimes-indeed, giving them a little only whets their appetites, and enables us to use the prospect of more
as leverage.
Even now, the USA will pursue such a policy of giving a little and gaining a lot in the manner of African allegiance and loyalty. African
leaders who are a part of this ploy to undo Africa are nothing but sell-outs. They insult the legacy of Nkrumah and so many others who
were victims of the imperialists twisted scheming. Nkrumahs fall had been discussed a year before it happened by the Director of Central
Intelligence, the Ambassador to Ghana and the Deputy Chief of the African Division in March 1965 as shown by their Memorandum of
Conversation. Africa should know there are discussions about derailing continental development that are consistently being carried out
and it is up to Africans to stand strong and united.
At a January 1961 Casablanca Conference, Nkrumah himself had called for political unity in Africa or else we will be ghting and warring
among ourselves with the imperialists and colonialists standing by behind the screen and pulling vicious wires, to make us cut each
others throats for the sake of their diabolical purposes in Africa.

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ProsperKarombaSokoineUniversityofAgriculture
FomMorogoro,TANZANIANowyousee,thisisavividevidence,thattheUSAhasnopermanentfriendorenemybutpermanentinterest.DRKWAME
NKURUMAHwasnotonlyanICONbutalsoarealpanAfricanist.SobyplottingacoupandassassinationofhimmeaningtosilencethedreamofDR
NKURUMAHtoadvocatefortheUNITEDSTATESOFAFRICA.
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90Aug20,20167:11pmEdited

MajaliwaAbbasSt.GeorgeHighSchool

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1Aug13,20168:23am

AyubaSulleyGeneralManageratAfricodiaLLC
Absolutely
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1Aug15,20165:34pm

MichealUmeohiaChiefExecutiveOfficeratBusinessOwner
Wellsaid
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1Aug16,20166:32pm

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JohnKaranjaCollegeofInsurance
MustbeUSA..watchSomaliaandSouthSudan
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11 Aug11,20164:11pm

MajaliwaAbbasSt.GeorgeHighSchool

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SavioBale
it'snotonlytheUSbutalsotheirpartners(Europeanpowers)thatoverthrowPanAfricanists.AlltheseeffortsareplannedonaroundtableinEurope.
AfteroverthrowingthesePanAfricanists,theysetuptheirowngovernmentsthatservetheirinterestswithapromiseoflettingthemruletheirnations
withoutlimits.Westernersonlyintervenewhenthecontractsarebreachedorwhentheygetbetterdealswiththeupcominggovernments(opposition
govts).
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92Aug11,20164:22pm

ObinnaJamesOnuigboAbiastateuniversityprischAba
True
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3Aug12,20163:42am

SidiAliWorksatSelfEmployed(Business)
Trueisverysadandpity.
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3Aug16,20168:21pm

AgabaMushumbusiManagingDirectoratMirunguGeneralMerchandiseCo.
Wellspoken
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1Aug17,20163:32pm

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FranklineOmwoyoNyakwebaMultimediaUniversityOfKenya
U.S.Aisfuckedup
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3Aug11,20164:46pm

JahnNapoleonWorksatIworkatarabmoneystudios
ButwestillallowUScitizensintoourcountry.....Wefooltoomuch...
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8Aug11,20166:07pm

SebastianArchimedesFianuVigloManagingDirector&CEOatSupremeCivil&MiningservicesLtd.
Lefttomealoneweshouldhavebeenburyingthemalive
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SalmanAlHalabyKadunaCapitalSchool
Exactly,nowafterthecriminaldestructionofLibyatheyquicklypressedonwithspreadingAfricom,firstwastheillegalcoupinMaliwheretheygot
colonelSanogoaspuppet.Nigerisgettinga$100millionDronebasenearAgadez.30+AfricancountrieshavegotUSbases.Thetragedy
continues.
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FaithNelson
Africanleadershastobeonendunitethatallbrothers,JAHbless
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4Aug11,20167:39pm

ForsonAsieduGyaduWorksatHyattRegencyCrystalCity
Africanleadersnowareasstupidastheircolonialmasters,greedndcorruptionisalltheyknow.ghadafiwasourlastchancendseeWattheydid
tohim
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13Aug22,20165:50am

EmmanuelKHinnehStockholm,Sweden
ForsonAsieduGyaduohbro,sayitagain
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1Oct8,20164:41pm

KibangCedrickZuoKomUNIVERSITYOFYAOUNDEIISOA
EveryroadisleadingtothepaththatthedreamofaprosperousAfricarestinUnity.Butduetothelackofthepoliticalwill,theintegrationschemesinAfrica
areparadoxicallyfragmentary.
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14Aug11,20167:48pm

KarenBronkFromingSanFrancisco,California
Thisistrulyunfortunate.Itrequiresleadershipfromwithinthecontinenttopushforthisfocusratherthanselfinterest.Itcanbedone!
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8Aug14,20166:26pm

AyubaSulleyGeneralManageratAfricodiaLLC
KarenBronkFromingyesuright
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DelitYeboahWarehouseSupervisoratCowrinDistributions
USAandEuropeanswillneverallowanyonewhowanttounitAfricatolivetoachievehisdreams.Noway.

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USAandEuropeanswillneverallowanyonewhowanttounitAfricatolivetoachievehisdreams.Noway.
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2Oct10,201612:14am

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KwamesaGisoreLegalAssistantatKituoChaSheria
TheImperialistsknowthatdisunityamongAfricansresultstoasloworstagnatedindustrialisation.Ifonlywehadacentralkityforbothindustrialand
technologicalresearch,thesameformilitarydefencesthenwewouldhavebeenaleadingsuperpower.
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22Aug11,20167:53pm

MajaliwaAbbasSt.GeorgeHighSchool

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MubilaMusaruDaresSalaam,Tanzania
Whenwouldwehavebeenleadingsuperpower?Beforecolonialismorafter?Thatcannothappeninthenext100yearsevenifweareunited.
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1Aug17,201610:05am

JakiaMarie
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1Aug11,20168:07pm

KingsleyCobbinahWorksatGoldenStarResources
WiththehelpofthegrandfathersofNPP
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8Aug11,20168:25pm

AswadUmarFarukAccra,Ghana
AndtheactionsfromthewesternworldkilledGaddafiwhileweAfricansdidnothing.AbsolutelyNothing.AfricastillSleeping.
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11 Aug11,20169:56pm

KwamesaGisoreLegalAssistantatKituoChaSheria
That'sthegreatestinjusticeAfricaisdoingtoherself
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7Aug12,201611:02am

MajaliwaAbbasSt.GeorgeHighSchool

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AwalsIssahMohammedFreelanceWriteratFreelanceWriter
ClearcaseofUnitedwestand,dividedwefall
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1Aug11,201610:38pm

MajaliwaAbbasSt.GeorgeHighSchool

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RickyPunter
TheyhavealwaysplayeddirtinAfrica,nowthehaveATrumptodealwith
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2Aug11,201611:14pm

DanielGreeneCuttingtonUniversity
Nkrumawasgreatbutleftaloftofsoftspotsthatheshouldhavesortedout.Hewasoperatinginthecoldwarera,sobybecomingalignedto
communism,hedeclaredhimselfanenemyofthewest.ok
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hwiNiamkKakou
Heneveralignedtocommunism
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3Aug12,20165:56pm

hwiNiamkKakou
InfactGhanajoinedtheNonalignedMovement...GhanawasinthescopeforacceleratingtheadvancementofAfricanswhichwascounterto
USAinterests.
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7Aug12,20165:58pm

GreysmoMutashobyaWorksatHealthPromotionTanzania
ItispainingwhenonetaketimetothingofAfricaespeciallywiththeeixistingregimes.Civilwarsarerampanteverycorner..peoplejustdyinglikeinsects!
whoseinterestdoAfricanleadersserve?ofcourse,westerners'interest!Ithinktheproblembeginswithweourselvesandourleaderssoguyslet'snot
blamewhites.
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3Aug12,201612:44pm

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RogerWorthamSouthernUniversity
Itisamatterofanalyzingandexplaininginordertochartamoresuccessfulcourse.Ifthatis"blame,"thensobeit!Mostpostershaveidentified
Africanleadersandwesternpowers,directly,fortheircomplicity.Wewouldbenegligentinanalysiswithoutdoingso.Yourinterestinsparing
"blame"iscuriousandadiversionfromstraightforwardanalysis.Pleasesharewhythatisapriorityforyou.
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DeoOkorochaAmachreeR&DEngineerOffshore/ShipDesigneratRoyalIHC
DearRoger,Idoreallyseetheneedforthekindofanalysisyouaresuggesting,atleasttolearnfromthe"unspeakable"errors/crimescommited
againstAfricannations,whichwereacreationofwesterneconomicinterests.WesternintrusionanddirectinfluenceonAfricanpoliticsarevery
obvious,andsuchcasesaboundincludingtheGadhaffiissue.ChinamanagedtoescapefromwesterngripandisuggestAfricannationslearn
fromtheChinesetodeveloptheirownpoliticalandeconomicmodels.Itissosadthatsincethedemiseofthepanafricanleaderswhofoughtfor
thecontinetsindependence,Africahasnotstabilised.Theblameculturehasneverhelpedus....andwillnot.Africalookinward!
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StifaOlomuLagos(France)
LikeGadhaffiwhowaskilledmorerecently,NkrumahwantedAfricanunity.Africacan'tsucceedwithoutunity.WeneedmoreNkrumahsandGaddhafisto
moveforward,AugustineOritseweyinmiOghanrandukunOlomu(St.Ifa)
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FestusDadzieWorksatSelfEmployed
Africaforyou
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MajaliwaAbbasSt.GeorgeHighSchool
Whataboutyou?
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AnimkorantengOakmanKwameNkrumahUniversityofScienceandTechnology(KNUST)
BotwanaissucceedingwithoutAfrica'scontinentalunity.WhatAfricaneedstosucceedisnotcontinentalunity.Buhratherinclusivepoliticaland
economicinstitutions.Yesstronginstitutionsnotstrongandselfishmen.
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AliAgilOwneratEntrepreneurs
SHAMETOAMERICANPEOPLE.
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RiadhAlBusaidi
DrKwameNkrumah(Mayherestinpeace)wasoneoftheemergingyoungAfricanleadersfightingforindependencefortheircountries.Amongthose
whocontributedtothestruggleforindependenceformanyoftheemergingAfricancountries,wasanAfricanAmericancivilrightsactivistbythenameof
Dr.WilliamDuBois(pronounceddubwa).Thiswasinthelate1950s.DuBois'sfinalpanAfricangesturewastotakeupcitizenshipinGhanain1961at
therequestofPresidentKwameNkrumahandtobeginworkasdirectoroftheEncyclopediaAfricana.
DuBoisdiedinGhanaonAug.27,1963,ontheeveofthecivilrightsmarchinWashington,D.C.Hewasgivenastatefuneral,atwhichKwameNkrumah
remarkedthathewas"aphenomenon."
Isalutetheseleaderswhoweregenuineintheirstruggleandwhofoughtforthebettermentoftheirpeople.Manyofwhomwerebetrayednotonlybythe
colonialpowersbutalsobytheirownpeople.
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Godblessusir
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ShakirAkwasiAdamsWorksatSelfEmployed
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IfthisistruethenthatImpliesthewoesofGhanaandAfricaasawhole.buttheabsurdpartofitisthis:whentheyusetheverynationalstoengeneerand
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