Laye Ajaaramah for asking this question. I will post it to a harden defender of Nkrumah and see what he mumbles.. "*If Ghana’s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah had not declared Ghana a one-party state and vested ALL political power in his person and his political party, would he have been overthrown?"* By the way, Uncle Halifa wouldn't be sort of words in response to the question. Will Coach help us by forwarding the delima of Bambalaye.. i wonder. Or our historain Galleh can throw some light. Suntou On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Laye Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > http://accra-mail.com/index.php?view=article&catid=80%3Amainnews&id=39278%3Awe-and-our-leaders-i-am-referring-to-africa-african-leaders-&tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=&option=com_content&Itemid=209 > > We and our “Leaders” I am referring to Africa: African leaders. > > Alhaji Abdul-Rahman Harruna Attah > > Let me pose this question: If Ghana’s first president, Dr. Kwame > Nkrumah had not declared Ghana a one-party state and vested ALL > political power in his person and his political party, would he have > been overthrown? > > I am aware of all the CIA connections, the bomb throwers, and all the > development projects… > > I was just wondering aloud, knowing it is not quite kosher to think > such thoughts about the greatest African who ever lived. It is the > plight of Libya that has forced me into such heresy. > > My heart goes to the Libyan people who I believe, like all of us, > deserve not to be bombed by their own government or outside powers, > but here we are, they are being pummeled from all sides and parts of > this once prosperous nation are now being described as a “humanitarian > disaster”. > > The leader, Colonel Muammar Al Qathafi (there are other spellings) > whose people love him – he said so on a BBC television interview – has > been in charge for over four decades and was in fact readying to pass > on the dynasty to his son (sorry King Idris) when his loving people, > or at least some of them rose up to say enough is enough and the > leader lost his cool. > > Why they cannot keep their cool is something I find so hard to > comprehend. Here in Ghana in 1995 or thereabouts, street > demonstrations (Kume Preko) led to the deaths of four individuals > because the leader at the time and his handlers could not keep their > cool. > > Since then demonstrations in Ghana have become commonplace to the > extent that in one of them, a sitting president was even called an > armed robber. Remember “Kufuor nie, Ata Ayi nie”? Thank God he kept > his cool… > > Let’s contemplate some of these other leaders: Abacha, Iddi Amin, > Bokassa, Nguema, Mobutu, Doe, and others like them who have since > found repose, hopefully, in their final resting places, but what of > the current leading ones? > > How much leadership are they giving us? What could trigger them > sniping at us and eventually lead to outsiders to bomb us in > retaliation? > > No matter what justification Laurent Gbagbo may have had in trying to > hold on to power, did it not occur to him, when the blood started > flowing, that his tenacity may after all not be that beneficial to his > people – the people he loved so much? > > And poor Charles Taylor, now holed up in a prison cell somewhere at > The Hague. He has protested his capture and says he is innocent. > > And what could have happened for Kabila the elder to be dispatched the > way they did to him? Well, at least he got his dynasty well under way > and Kabila the younger is now lord of the manor in the DRC… > > …And let’s not forget that just next door to the east the Eyadema > dynasty is flourishing – to achieve that, tiny Togo had to go through > a period of mayhem and insecurity. > > And our northern neighbor Blaise, since he saw off Thomas Sankara in > such a bloody fashion, Mr. Compaore is also holding on tight. > > Lately, it has not been that rosy for him. Was it not during his > tenure that Harry Zongo, the journalist was done in? > > Venerable old Maitre Abdulai Wade. I ‘m sure they were trying to give > him a bad name when rumour went round that he was also preparing the > ground for his son to take over the Senegalese throne…But as the > saying goes, “There’s no smoke without fire”. > > Just a few more examples: General Ibrahim Babangida. He supervised an > election costing the Nigerian taxpayer hundreds of millions of > dollars. > > After the results were declared and the late Chief Abiola was in the > lead, the General simply annulled the entire election and departed > into quiet and enjoyable retirement leaving Africa’s most populated > country to handle whatever the mess his action had created...He > remains a kingmaker in Nigerian politics… > > In Gambia, we have another – Yayah Jammeh. The product of a coup > d’etat, he is now acting so strangely that some people think he is not > quite well. > > He claims to have the cure for HIV/AIDS and journalists have become > such an endangered species under him. They are yet to find the > murderers of my good friend Deyda Heydara. > > And ah! Let us not forget what Mr. Moi Kibaki did to Kenya. When it > was clear that he was losing an election to Raila Odinga, he > fast-forwarded things and before anyone could blink an eyelid, he had > “won” the elections. > > That action left around 1000 people or more dead and became the > subject of an international inquiry led by former UN Secretary General > Kofi Annan. > > Kenya has not been the same since. I am not by that absolving his > predecessor, Arap Moi, who is another matter altogether… > > In Somalia, look at what the leadership of Siad Baare, Mohammed Farah > Aideed and others has wrought – a completely failed state. > > Uganda has “strong man” Museveni stomping all over brooking no > “nonsense” from anyone, least of all from the “opposition”. > > Recalling the happenings in North Africa and other Arab countries, he > said famously on a BBC programme that in Uganda “we will lock up” > anyone who tries to demonstrate against his government. > > Before he died, Lansana Conte had declared himself President for Life > in Guinea and took his country to the brink as a result. > > The likes of Hissen Habra are still swaying between freedom and a > human rights court; Omar Bashir has actually been indicted already. > > In Cameroon they have an octogenarian, I believe, still holding tight. > What of the father-of-all African leaders, His Excellency President > Mugabe of Zimbabwe. > > After halting the rise and rise of that once very thriving country, he > is still poking his middle finger at anyone daring to tell him it’s > time to go. He’s well past the Holy Bible’s three score and ten years… > > And finally, how did Thabo Mbeki – remember the man who first spoke of > the African renaissance – yes, how did his leadership get so messy > that he was shunted aside in mid-stream by his own political party? > Just a curious thought… > > That then, is a rough portrait of the continent’s face of leadership. > Any wonder then that they’ve been unable to call their brother Muammar > to order even asd as he was clearly and inexorably pulling his people > down with him into the Gotterdamerung? > > > > -- > -Laye > ============================== > "With fair speech thou might have thy will, > With it thou might thy self spoil." > --The R.M > > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface > at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html > > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l > To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: > [log in to unmask] > ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ > -- www.suntoumana.blogspot.com ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤