Glad to read that a gentle man in the name of Yusupha Jow offered himself to
defend the Nkrumah's personality.  I am one of  those that shared the same
feeling.

I have always questioned, what made Nkrumah a dictator, considering the
political atmosphere in Ghana and Africa during his time. It would be
relevant to ask this :  Most a government of necessitate be too strong for
the liberation of its people or too weak for the maintenance of its own
existence?  I think any government in the world is confronted with this
situation where the right merger is difficult to find.

If Nkrumah's is a dictator,  how about president Nixon in whose time Amreica
went into war with Vietman without the Constitutional approval.  It was in
the time of the same Nixon when the Contelpro (Counter Intelligence
Programme) was set up by the State to track down all the black organisations
who were only demanding their just right as enshrined in the federal
constitution.  Infact before 1970, which American president had lived
democratically to recognise the status of the black people?  But no mention
is made of their names when it comes to the worst dictators in the world.

To be continued....

Malang
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