Story by: Daniel Kwabena Asare
Director of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Dr. Collins Rawlings Nunyonameh, has stated emphatically that Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was not overthrown due to dictatorship or corruption but rather for his success against imperialism.
According to him, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) fear his perseverance and success to such an extent that they connived with internal collaborators and facilitated his removal.
As part of an annual event, the Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG) commemorated the First President of the Republic, Osaegyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, reflecting on his successes and the events leading to his overthrow, observed as “Ghana’s Day of Shame”. The theme for this year’s commemoration was “60 Years after Ghana’s Day of Shame: Imperialism on the Rampage.”
The event was graced by notable figures such as Professor Akua Opoku Britwum, a lecturer at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), the General Secretary of the Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG), Comrade Kwesi Pratt, Jnr., leader of the Black Panther Party, Comrade Dhoruba Bin Wahad amongst others.
Speaking at the event, Director of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, Dr. Collins Rawlings Nunyonameh, asserted that Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was not overthrown due to dictatorship or corruption but rather for his success against imperialism.
The Chief Financial Officer of the W.E. DuBois Museum Foundation in New York, Dr. Kofi Boateng, said that the underlying factor of imperialism is racism an issue that the Late William Edward Burghardt DuBois never shy away from.
Meanwhile, leader of the Black Panther Party, Comrade Dhoruba Bin Wahad, and the General Secretary of the Socialist Movement of Ghana, Comrade Kwesi Pratt, Jnr., also added their voices.