GEG History Lessons: Recounting why the 1966 coup occurred according to Dr. Obed Asamoah's book.
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- Опубліковано 1 бер 2022
- Last Thursday was the anniversary of the first ever coup in Ghana, it occurred on 24th Feb 1966… In this exhilarating history, we take viewers on a journey of why the coup occurred according to statement Dr. Obed Asamoah as captured in his book. So much to learn and know. See video... 24mins... and have your say.
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Talk all you can Mr Paul nobody can stop you... The greatest junourlist of our time
Oh don't mind "am he's a wolf in a sheep cloth hahahahaha (just a joke)... He's a Danquah associate hahahaha. Is he not the one who said Nkrumah never won any election in Ghana?.. He figure say apparatchiks like us have forgotten. Unless he clears himself from that sin, he shall not be considered a born again analyst. lol.
Again, he and his fellas hold the few that Nkrumah was innately a dictator but lo and behold as this 'acceptable' history unfold, it is clear that Nkrumah optionally did what he did on good motive (backed by massive endorsement from close to 96% of Ghanaian citizens). Anyways, Mr. Paul Adom-Otchere is a professional in the game of analysis except that he can skew stuff to favor his political lineage.
@@amoahfrank5162 read Tetteh Leon comments well...
Didn't you see the word.....":"""THE GREATEST JOURNALIST OF OUR TIME "......????
Wabon...dodo....
KWAME NKRUMAH DESERVED WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM...HUMAN BEING SHOULDN'T BE SO MUCH GREEDY AND SELFISH....LIKE THAT...
LET ME TELL YOU THAT GHANAIAN SEAT OF GOVERNMENT IS NOT A MORNACHY THRONE....
(3ny3 abusua Akonwa)) ...okay...?
AND HE WASN'T THE ONLY WISE PERSON IN THE COUNTRY.....
SO BETTER STOP YOUR IGNORANCE
Salifu Dagarti rather died at Flagstaff House when Ametewee made an attempt on Nkrumah’s life.
Thank you for the history enlightenment, thank u
Every child from the secondary school level should be taught Ghana's political history from varied sources. This will encourage a critical appraisal of history and why we are here now. For those of us growing up in this era, Ghana's hardships begun only a few years after independence. Ghana had become a one party state and dwindled resources had made living conditions much harder. Searches for contraband goods in houses, mandatory joining of Young Pioneers etc. The coup was inevitable. We are not in the same situation today.
Well are in a more serious situation
More serious things are happening today.
@@peterbaidoo1507 It will help the discussion if you would back your sweeping statement with real facts and compare Ghana today with the Ghana on the early 60s or in 1966. People are freer, we have enjoyed 20 years of democratic governance, the press is free to operate, and the law is allowed to work. Its by no means perfect but better.
@@crumuskrumus7142 Only you know what you're saying.
@@peterbaidoo1507 Obed Asamoah's book is clear. Plus I lived through it. And the author is not of the Kwame Nkrumah tradition.
You are great !
Point of correction.... Salifu dagarti actually took the gunshot during the assassination attempt at the Flagstaff house rather. Not the kulungugu assassination
True
Truth will always defeat lies..... U can see true lies on Paul's facial reaction..... Dagartii died through gun shot...
Well said Paul! But next time can you also go into events before independence in 1957?
Paul Adom Okyere Wukuo you are encyclopedia epitomized. You have no pararell. I doff my cap for you.A champion.journalist in the making. Big up Big up Big up.I salute you in high esteem.
Paul adom otchere is only father christmas and nothing else.
I never knew Ghana had so much activity in its early days. The great Nkrumah’s power grab was his undoing and I wish he never moved in that direction.
Dr Obed Asamoah was right. Around 60 and 63,there was lot of attempts on Nkurumah's life. He thought the division was the result of two party system.
This what all ghanaians who read should know!!!
All your analysis are always below belt wabon dodo......
Hahaha 😂😂. I read History, Government and Economics at Secondary School. I was taught by Cecilia Bamoah before I enrolled at College of Education. Finally, I relocated to the States and studied Finance (Business Administration). I read that history both in Government and History.
I’m 😊😊😊
He was a great man but I became mad with him in 1962 for not dealing with some of his regional commissions. In 1962,there was heavy rainfall which destroyed many historic buildings in Cape Coast. The regional commissioner at the time was called Kobina Hagan. This man has no soul. I hope his ghost is still suffering. Nkurumah visited Cape Coast and promised to rebuild the town and restored the buildings. He asked the parliament for money and it was approved. The person put in charged of the money was Kobina Hagan Instead of using the money to build better homes, he buil aluminum houses for the people who lost their houses. The houses, during hot seasons inside is like oven. People complained to him. Instead of putting him in prison, he transferred him to the eastern region as the new regional commissioner.
Justice Van Late, lived in the latter days of his life in Zik Avenue, in Enugu with his Nigerian wife in a modest double storey house where he died,,, I last saw the wife in the late 90s
Paul you will be a president one day God willing. History cannot lie. Continue to educate Ghanaians and speak the truth at all times. Remain blessed
Ei Doctor Kwame Nkrumah do things in this country before
I really enjoyed this valuable history lesson. Thank you. I thought all this time that it was Nkrumah who was anti-democratic, but I see now that it was the coup plotters who were the enemies of democracy. Nkrumah had the support of the majority of Ghanaians - they did not. You should know you're on the wrong side of African history when the West supports your coup.
You have no idea, the cheers that greeted Nkrumah,s overthrow was deafening, it made Kotoka a hero
@@huistiepersol2430 Really? Were you there? Can you support your statement with contemporaneous evidence, or is this speculation on your part? All coup plotters claim to be acting with the consent of the people.
@@kelugu3776 100 percent, Did you ever hear of "Cedi Kwasia bi to da so" ?, Did you hear of the song ,Kotoka ma fa WO she,? You were not born, yet, I was a young pioneer, ....
@Kelugu You clearly we're not born then. Nkrumah became a dictator, and filled all our prisons with his political enemies,under the Preventive Detention Act. He turned free independent Ghana into a communist-style police state, where event speaking about the President could end you in jail without trial. After persecuting his own ministers, Ghana went broke in 1963, and there were shortages of essential commodities countrywide. The citizens were disappointed in Nkrumah's despotic slide, and imposition of a one part state, declaring himself as president for life. There are UA-cam videos of the immediate aftermath of Nkrumah's overthrow, showing ecstatic scenes of countrywide jubilation. Know your history, please.
@@conqueror7723 thanks for the enlightenment
Kwame Nkrumah was never safe,
In his book "Dark days in Ghana" , he recounts the coup days and more , he said the UGCC never forgave him for breaking off to form his more radical party, they came against him personally and his party too, on the other hand, the colonisers were also coming against him through the US's CIA and his enemies within.
A total of six assassination attempts on his life, not just him, he mentions how the CIA killed other promising or radical African politicians who they perceived as a threat to their imperialism and neo colonialism.
Nkrumah's pan Africanism was a more threat to the colonizers so they collaborated with men within to kill him.
It's the major reason Nkrumah resorted to making "dictator" laws.
Nkrumah loved Ghana and we all see the works he started, he loved Africa as a whole too. Nkrumah was never the bad guy..
The only thing I think was over the bar was the flag change.
What's remarkable is the high level of development that took place under his leadership while Ghana was under seige from it's enemies. The CPP created a system imperialism could not penetrate nor manipulate. Nkrumah understood the dangers of neo-colonialism and coup d'etat. He explained them clearly in his analysis of class struggle (Class Struggle In Africa). When Africa is free all African's everywhere are free. Without interference we all could've been free decades ago. But the pursuit of liberation and independence is not over.
Gbedemah deserted after he was assigned to go to the OAU meeting by President Nkrumah soon after the coup. Instead he diverted to the usurping regime, the NLC, and pledged his services to them.
Father christmas paul adom otchere whether you like it or not Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah is still the father and founder of our nation Ghana. Worse things are occurring now.
It's refreshing to learn from Paul the CIAs complicity in Nkrumah's overthrow. Did the poor state of the economy play a role? Respected economist like Tony Killick believe it did. Be that as it may we should be guided by the fact that unhappiness in the population gives coup plotters a good excuse to interrupt constitutional rule. No need to go on a crusade. Fix the people's unhappiness and spare us a possible coup detat.
Point of correction we didn't havew 10 regions then
Ghana was working itself out of the "economic squeeze" placed on it by western nations Ghana traded it's cocoa with. The U.S. deliberately held back tons of it from the marketplace by building an up a surplus which meant Ghana's quota of the crop sat on its docks unable to be sold and shipped to it's trading partners. That lowered the quota and the prices per ton of it as well. With approval of the Parliament, Ghana started distributing cocoa to additional places for trade and exported finished products that were derivatives of cocoa to offset the effects of the squeeze, and they were working their way through it before the coup happened.
The Ghanaian economy was being transformed from a colonial raw materials to western nations type economy to an independent one. It was expected that nations outside Ghana would attempt destabilization. But it was still in transition by the time of the coup. People must remember Africa had been under colonial domination for longer than it's territories have had a degree of independence (at that time). Those states are somehow expected to develop well functioning societies in a much shorter period of time than nations that had hundreds of years to build theirs. This unrealistic expectation is placed put upon nations that choose to build societies which will place itself out the reach of foreign domination. Some aspects of socialist development need time to mature even in the face of a diametrically opposed system ran by and large by racists.
For the CPP to accomplish what they did under those conditions could not have been easy. We can attribute Ghana's success to the desire, enthusiasm and skill of it's leadership throughout the party at that time.
The economic destabilization ended Feb 24, 1966, after the illegal seizure of government occurred.
Let say yes the highlighted point or perhaps what he thinks must cause the coup was wrong.I believe after the coup they did the right thing as we all think it i want to asked has the right thing make positive impact on Ghana now?
Whatever ideology Nkrumah has was the benefit of the country because of the mistrust in the ppl he was working with which u red them just look at the plot n they had against him why do u think he won’t come out with such harsh laws to protect himself and Ghana well-being as a whole. For me I stand by Nkrumah decision trying to have one party system at least China 🇨🇳 is making it from this system we think n thought it was bad 😡
Your stories don't change anything as far as the regards for Nkrumah outside Ghana is concerned! Who is paying you guys?!
Wonders shall never end! Today, a book written by someone associated with the NDC is now your chewing stick. Last week, you were lambasting Professor Atubugah who is also associated with the NDC for making a statement that made you shiver. Where is your principle? You only love statements and writings which tickle your ears.
What is wrong if you use a written piece of your opponent. Do you know the tradition Obed Asamoah came from. When the Independence Anniversary was held in a stadium built by NDC was it bad or good?
It is called "Emergency Rule". I believe some countries in Europe such as, France, Portugal and Spain are few examples that embraced such measures to ensure stability and safety of the country and the citizens!
Atubuga should have read this Ghana political history before his PhD research to learn about Nkrumah’s dictatorship and one party state, which resulted to 1966 coup. As Winston Churchill said, Those who do not learn of their history are bound to repeat it’s mistakes.”
Professor Raymond Atuguba's speech was superb believe it or not.
@@peterbaidoo1507 Only idiots and coup mongers will applaud this reckless and erroneous statements from this bloody fool Professor. It’s travesty.
See how you're messing up history, Salifu Dagarti died at the Flagstaff House
It was good that way.It was too early in our devt for blabla.It is very funny,too much blabla in early stages would not bring progress!!. Check the story of Singapore and Co.
Because of blabla the BRITISH COULD NOT CONSTRUCT A SINGLE ROAD FOR 1300 years after the ROMANS left the Islans which is GREAT BRITAIN NOW.
I wish Ghana has the Nkrumah's dictatorship today.
That is what could happen to the current one. And you all will run and go hide under your beds. !!!
Especially those of you who buy Christmas Trees for $80,000.
The one party system would have made Ghana a develop country by now. Nkrumah may have been power conscious but we can't deny his vision. He is the best thing that ever happened to Ghana till date.
The multiple party system over the years has yielded no better results. NPP & NDC 🤦♂️
I always do have this notion too...
One party would have be the break through for us.....
But it’s disadvantages is devastating
@@hugemargin at least its worth trying it out because this multi party system has made Ghana a begging country. Anytime you hear of Government project the supporting word is loan. We are crippling ourselves in debt.
@Truth Teller I don't know if you are offended by my comment but can you also tell me any develop country in Africa? How many years have we been practicing multi party system? What good has it brought to us as Africans?
We always talk about having a national development plan, between a one party system and a multi party system which one has the potential to move forward with that national development plan?
One leader, one vision is better than this current system where every government has its own development plan and after they loose power the new government throws away that investment and starts to do his own projects.
Everyone is traveling to Dubai now because one person had a vision and had the guaranteed power to move ahead with it. See where Dubai is now.
@Truth Teller where from this GA people coming from Benin issue? Maybe you are replying the wrong person.
Which part of my comment has anything to do with the history of GA people?
Check before you reply
Nkruma took position by himself because his people were not competent and selfish
So was he the only wise person in the country???
He was a betrayal....who invited him from Overseas to come and join the big five for the struggle of independent???
He was added to the five to become the big six.....
Stop that....
Now every GH is traveling to China ,are they practicing 4 to 8 yrs presidential election,, our stupidità have led us where we are now,,,,A time is coming again...
Mass I don't agree with what u are saying, what they did to overthrow our founder is a curse to our country, that why we're suffering under a corrupt government who can not handle our economy but they know is blowing cash nyafunyafu there is time for every thing
Ghana is corrupt under this current government
Typical Paul: Always doing his pay masters job!
Thanks Dr Obed Asamoah, the real Kwame Nkrumah in 3D, A power drunk dictator who aspired to become President for life,,,
But he a god to Ghanaians
Read my bro..... Paul is telling u vivid lies
Plz, are Yu smoking cigarettes,Did Salifu Dagarti received a street bullet at Flagstaff 🏠 or boomb at Kurugugu,,, mmmmmmmEiii Adom take time,ooooo, no one is chasing yu
If you are teaching us teach n stop being bais.. you are a journalist so don't be political..always talking for npp besides you stole state money