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[QUOTE]Originally posted by zarahan- aka Enrique Cardova: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by lamin: [qb] Nkrumah's experiment was the most successful to date on the African continent. His empahasis on education still has its postive repercussions in that even today Ghana's teachers and technical skills in things like basic technology are the most respected in West Africa. There was the great fear on the part of the West that Ghana was advancing too fast on the industrialisation route and hence the strangulation on the part of Britain and the U.S. The CIA coup against Nkrumah was hatched right there in the U.S. embassy at the time. Attiyeh talks foolishly about going back to the African village economies. That's just wrong. What's needed are something along the blue-print lines of South Korea in terms of technological development and the Cuban model[maximal reults for minimal costs] in terms of health needs. [/qb][/QUOTE]lamin, you are sorely misinformed. Nkrumah's "experiment" was not only unsuccessful but led to massive suffering and impoverishment for ordinary Africans. The hostility of Western imperialists is no justification for his blunders. In fact, far from fear of Ghana's industrial build-up, the imperialists laughed, because Nkrumah had neither the technical expertise or the capital to realize his ambitious plans. The result was millions spent producing shoddy goods, followed by rotting machinery in the bush, unable to be maintained. If I was a Western imperialist that wanted to discredit Nkrumah, I would rather URGE him to keep making such blunders. The wasteful spending on elaborate buildings and expensive, far-flung diplomatic missions and establishents is another example of the failure. If anything Nkrumah's spending spree put desperately needed African cash into white hands, not those of the black masses suffering on the ground. I bet even lioness could point out some of Nkrumah's mistakes to you. And where and how does Ayitteh talk about going back to African village economies? Be specific, give a concrete example where he says this. So he wants Africans to ditch modern vehicles, electricity, factories, etc and go back to simple bush farming? You can't be serious. I challenge both you and lioness to give a concrete example of this claim. And when you say Africa needs something along the " blue-print lines of South Korea in terms of technological development", what do you mean? and Jari, Surely you must see some good in Mike and Clyde. Are they beyond redemption? what about some of the information they have put forth on different subjects? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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