Kwame Nkrumah
celebration, hundreds to come to Ghana
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot
Accra, Sept 18, Ghanadot -
Hundreds of people from across Africa, America, Europe,
Asia, The Caribbean, Pacific and other parts of the world
are trooping down to Ghana to celebrate the centenary
birthday of Ghana’s first president,
Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, which falls on Monday, September
21, 2009.
The centres of attraction will be Nkroful in the Western
Region, the birthplace of Dr Nkrumah, and the Kwame Nkrumah
Mausoleum in Accra, where his mortal remains are presently
accommodated.
The day has been declared by President Mills as a statutory
public holiday in honour of Dr Nkrumah, one of the most
revered black freedom fighters in the world.
Apart from the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum and Nkroful, places
and projects such as the Akosombo Dam, the Peduase Lodge,
Achimota School and the Volta Aluminium Company Limited (VALCO),
which strike fond memories of Dr Nkrumah, are expected to
attract enthusiastic crowds from far and near.
Last week Friday, the Vice President, Mr. John Mahama,
launched activities for the centenary celebration, which
would be climaxed on the African Union (AU) Day on May 25,
2010, when the whole of Africa is expected to celebrate him.
At the 13th AU Summit in Sirte, Libya, this year, African
leaders unanimously voted to adopt the centenary birthday of
Dr Nkrumah as an AU activity.
Activities to commemorate the occasion include lectures,
symposia, exhibitions and cultural performances.
Acknowledged by the BBC as the African of the Millennium, Dr
Nkrumah touched the lives of thousands of freedom-loving
people in Africa and beyond after leading Ghana to attain
political independence from British colonial rule in 1957
and, thereafter, taking a frontline role in the African
liberation struggle.
A visionary leader, he was considered by many as peerless
and decades ahead of his generation.
According to a former Chairman of the Convention People’s
Party (CPP), Dr Edmund N. Delle, the difference between
Nkrumah and his peers was universality of his person and the
manner his messages touched the lives of the suffering and
oppressed throughout the world.
Accra, Sept 18, Ghanadot - Nana Akufo-Addo sees the
occasion as appropriate for Ghanaians, in particular, and
Africans, in general, to join hands to honour “one of
Africa’s most important and celebrated personalities....
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Accra, Sept 18, Ghanadot -
Hundreds of people from across Africa, America, Europe,
Asia, The Caribbean, Pacific and other parts of the world
are trooping down to Ghana to celebrate the centenary
birthday of Ghana’s first president,
Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, which falls on Monday, September
21, 2009.....More
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