« OSAGYEFO KWAME N’KRUMA » WAS A VISIONNARY PAN AFRICAN REVOLUTIONNARY BORN ON THE (21ST OF SEPTEMBER 1909), WHO HAD A DREAM,NAMELY A VISION FOR FORMER GOLD COAST AND THE WHOLE OF AFRICA AS WELL!MEANWHILE,(THE WORD « OSAGYEFO ») MEANS (« SAVIOR » IN THE (« N’ZIMA-APOLO ») LANGUAGE OF « IVORY COAST »(WEST AFRICA) WHERE HIS FATHER ORIGINATED!
-BASICALLY HIS DAD WAS A GOLDSMITH FROM « IVORY COAST » AND HIS MOTHER(A TRADER) FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BORDER (« IVORY COAST-GHANA »)( NOT SO FAR FROM (« NOE »)!MOREOVER, THE MAIN AIM WHICH STIRRED HIM TO ACTION WAS TO BE EDUCATED AND BE IN THE RIGHT POSITION TO COMBAT THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF RAMPANT COLONIALISM !
-IN THE (1940S), HE MOVED TO « ENGLAND » AND LATER ON IN (USA) WHERE HE EMBRACED THE STRUGGLE OF « PAN AFRICANISM » WHEN HE CAME ACROSS THE LEGACY OF « MOSA MARCUS GARVEY »S STRUGGLE AND READ HIS RELEVANT BOOK TITLED:( « PHILOSOPHY AND OPINION »). MOREOVER, AFTER HAVING FACED SO MUCH HARDSHIPS IN (USA), NAMELY AN UNPRECEDENTED TRIBULATION, BEING BARELY HOMELESS AS A STUDENT IN « PENNSYLVANIA »(USA) !AS A RESULT, HE WAS INFLUENCED BY « MARCUS GARVEY’S IDEOLOGICAL SPECTRUM OF PAN AFRICANISM, THROUGH HIS MEMORABLE STATEMENT:(« AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS », THOSE AT HOME AND ABROAD »)! IN THE SAME TREND, BEING IN (USA) TILL (1945), HE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE « NAACP », AND HAD TAKEN PART IN MANY RELEVANT DEBATES!
- IN (1947), HE RETURNED TO « GOLD COAST » AFTER THE FIFTH PAN AFRICAN CONGRESS IN « MANCHESTER »!HE REALIZED THAT NO OPPRESSOR WOULD ABANDON YOU IF YOU DON’T REMOVE HIM BY A STRUGGLE! IN SHORT, LIBERATION WAS NOT A TEA OR COFFEE PARTY RATHER THAN A RELENTLESS STRUGGLE!
- ON (MARCH 6TH 1956), « KWAME N’KRUMA » BECAME THE FIRST PRIME MINISTER OF FORMER GOLD COAST NEWLY LABELED INDEPENDENT AS (GHANA) , NAMELY THE SECOND WEST AFRICAN INDEPENDENT NATION AFTER (LIBERIA) IN (1847).
- THIS IS ONE OF HIS MAIN SENTENCES IN (1956)DURING HIS FIRST SPEECH :(« GHANA IS FREE FOREVER AND THE BLACK MAN IS READY TO MANAGE HIS OWN AFFAIRS TODAY »)
- AS FAR AS HIS ACHIEVEMENTS ARE CONCERNED, HE TURNED « GHANA » INTO A MODERN NATION, WHEN BUILDING SCHOOLS (FREE EDUCATION), ROADS, HOSPITALS!HE ALSO IMPROVED THE AGRICULTURE FIELD THROUGH THE RAW MATERIALS(CACAO)! AT THAT TIME, « GHANA » WAS THE FIRST LARGEST PRODUCER OF « CACAO » WORLDWIDE!
- AS FAR AS « HYDRO-ELECTRIC » ACHIEVEMENTS ARE CONCERNED, « KWAME N’KRUMA » HAD REQUESTED FINANCIAL SUPPORTS FROM (USA)SO AS TO BUILD THE MOST SOPHISTICATED WEST AFRICAN DAM CALLED(« AKOSSOMBO DAM »)!UNFORTUNATELY, THE AMERICANS HAD REFUSED HIS OFFICIAL FINANCIAL REQUEST!AS A RESULT, HE THEN ASKED RUSSIANS WHO WERE HELPFUL IN A SENSITIVE CONTEXT OF COLD WAR! THE REMOTE ROOTS OF THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE VERSUS HIM INDEED…
- HE ALSO ESTABLISHED THE « BLACK STAR LINER »(SHIPS) NAMED AFTER « MARCUS GARVEY’S FORMER BLACK STAR LINER » TO RAPATRIATE BLACKS LIVING ABROAD IN THE MOTHERLAND!
- IN THE SIXTIES, « KWAME N’KRUMA » WAS THE TARGET OF MANY FAILED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AFTER HAVING WRITTEN A RELEVANT BOOK TTLED:( » THE LAST STAGE OF COLONIALISM »)!IN CONSEQUENCE, THE WESTERN POWERS AND STRUCTURES HAD MADE IT CLEAR:( « KWAME N’KRUMA » SHOULD GO BY ANY MEANS POSSIBLE ») BECAUSE HE WAS MAKING THE AFRICAN MASSES TOO POLITICALLY CONSCIOUS DOWN THE LINE!
- IN (1956), HE WAS OVERTHROWN DURING A TRIP IN « ASIA »! BEFORE HIS DEATH ON THE (27TH OF MARCH 1972 ),HE WAS IN EXILE IN « GUINEA-CONAKRY »(WEST AFRICA)!
- « OSAGYEFO KWAME N’KRUMA » WAS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PAN AFRICAN REVOLUTIONNARY OF THE MILLENNIUM! IF THE POST AFRICAN MASSES PICKED UP HIS IDEAS NOW, AFRICA WOULD BE FREE TODAY »! BUT UNFORTUNATELY, NEW POST AFRICAN PUPPETS AND REMOTE CONTROL LEADERS IN DISGUISE ARE TAKING HIGHER GROUND IN THE DARK CONTINENT: « OUR WAY TO PROSPERITY IS SO LONG BUT THE ROAD IS FOGGY , SOMEONE SAID »!ANYWAY, WE »RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LIGHT OF A BRIGHTER FUTURE IN THE DECADES TO COME! »FREE AFRICA », BECAUSE WE ARE AFRO OPTIMISTIC, NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS NOW :AS A RESULT, THE STRUGLLE OF THE AFRICAN LIBERATION STILL CONTINUES! TIME WILL REALLY TELL…
( YVES T BOUAZO)(CHIEF AND MANAGING EDITROT)(« IMAGE »: « OSAGYEFO KWAME N’KRUMA »)