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[QUOTE]Originally posted by lamin: [QB] Zarahan, You are just being misinformed by a hack economist--one of the Wall Street Journal's favourite negroes. In terms of what was needed to move Ghana forward during his time, Nkruhmah had the right ideas concerning education. At the time there was massive educatioanl training going on in Ghana--to the extent that Nigerians who are much more numerous in numbers than Ghanians were always asked "Are you from Ghana"--such was the worry and consternation in the West. It is a fact that Ghana at the time wanted to go the heavy industry route of the Soviets and China, with a strong central government. But the greedy, ignorant new bourgeoisie caste that was springing found a willing partner in the British and the the U.S. So they comnspired to have him overthrown. There was also the usual confounded ethnic thing at play too--as in most African countries. The Soviet model, the Chinese model and even the north Korean model worked for a number of years because it allowed the state to harness all resources for the purpose of industrialisation. Ghana was also pursuing a nuclear energy policy which really alarmed the West. [check the New African archives on this]. Re farming: Nkrumah did not collectivise African [cocoa]farming as was the norm in China and the USSSR. Don't be bamboozeld by Ayitteh's nonsense. Nkruhma's weakness was that unlike Castro or the North Koreans he still had some trust in Westerners. The first Vice Chancellor of the University of Ghana was Conor Cruise O'Brien from Ireland and his confidential secretary was an English woman. And Nkrumah's Pan-Africanism was right on target--but the West's puppets in Africa--the Monrovia group, etc.--were all too willing to do the West's biddings. Just as Wikileaks is doing today: confidential cables between the U.S. and British officials show that they were really very, very concerned of the repercussions of Nkrumah's understanding of their game and his willingness to do something about it. Item: A book Nkrumah wrote titled "Imperialism--the Last Stage of Capitalism" so enraged U.S. President, Lyndon Johnson that he told his staff, "This man must go". [/QB][/QUOTE]
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