Seasoned journalist Kwesi Pratt has likened Ghana’s First President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah to the ilk of German-born physicist, Albert Einstein.
Speaking to host Nana Yaw Kesse on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo, Kwesi Pratt noted that Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s achievements are second to none in Ghana.
The dyed-in-the-wool Nhrumahist stated that Nkrumah was a “cultural icon” whose impact and personality is even a subject of study by some African countries.
He cited South Africa to have established an institute in Nkrumah’s name. The Kwame Nkrumah Ideological Institute, he noted, is an establishment in South Africa to study the ideologies of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
Kwesi Pratt believed Nkrumah falls in the category of Einstein and German philosopher, Karl Marx and so arguments about whether or not he is the founder of Ghana are mere waste of time and energy.
Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics. His works are well known for its major influence in the philosophy of physics.
Karl Marx, on the other hand, was a German philosopher and revolutionary socialist who published “The Communist Manifesto” which introduced their concept of socialism and forms the basis of the Marxism. The Marxist ideologies are in modern times inculcated into academic courses in various institutes with his ideas shared across the globe.
These are great people of all time whose works have influenced generations globally.
To Kwesi Pratt, “Nkrumah is in the Einstein, Karl Marx and so on (category). That is the category he belongs to. So, for me, the thing about whether or not he’s the founder is waste of time; complete waste of time. He’s among five of the most influential people in the world over a 1000 years”.
Mr. Pratt later recounted his trip to the United States years ago, revealing that there’s an area in Los Angeles where Dr. Kwame Nkrumah is also worshipped as a “Prophet of God”.
Source: Adu Gyamfi Ameyaw/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Look at Kwesi Pratt and the fuuuulish he is spewing. Do you know who a prophet is.Nkrumah contributed to the woes of Ghana.What did he do with the money the British gave to Ghana. He became power drunk that he declared Ghana a one party state.He became enemy to democracy and turned into a detectorship.Nkrumah was invited to also help when some people had already initiated the move for independence. Founder means an initiator,establisher and somebody whose ideas,strength, contribution and effort are solely geared towards formation or establishment of an organization.How can the people who initiated the independence and invited Nkrumah rather be put at the backyard without recognition and the person they invited to come and help rather becomes the founder.The way the UGCC wanted to go about it was different from Nkrumah. Look at south Africa today.If Nkrumah had allowed the White men to stay in Ghana, Ghana would have developed by now.Nkrumah is the first president of Ghana but he never founded Ghana. The foundation of Ghana can never be traced to one person simple
AND SO WHAT IRRELEVANT MAN KWESI PRATT.
Samia does not need to be CPP in order to have genuine love for Nkrumah. Many of the NDC and even some CPPs like Kwesi Pratt has no love for Nkruma. They only exploit the name of Nkrumah to make political noisessss. Nkrumah was a good man. He has good intention for Ghana and Africa but he was destroyed by the people who surrounded him. They mislead him to make self-destructive policies which destroyed most of the good social and pyusical structures he established for Ghana. Today we still have the same manipulatorsss, who use the name of Nkrumah to exploit simple minded people. Nkrumah was not corrupt like NDC through Millsand Mahama regimes. Nkrumah did not create loot and share. Many Ghanaians jubilated at the overthrown of Nkrumah because the people who surrounded Nkrumah exploited his achievements to aaaabuse power to become corrupttt and loot the nation. It is very demeaning for Nkrumah to be identified with NDC. It makes Nkrumah, corrupt, vissionless and tribalistic. But we all know that Nkrumah was none of these. Shame to NDC, they have no credentials but corruption. Samia is very much aware of this and so she denounces any attempt by NDC to identify with Nkrumah. Nobody understand the intellectual and reasoning state of NDC. Ghana which was called Gold Coast was not founded at independence. Ghana was founded by Europeans putting Fantes, Ashantis, Gas and Ewes, Northerners and others together as a colony. Perhaps All Ghana would have Existed as Ashanti and others small states if the British had not colonised the region together. Now at some points in time these amalgamated indigenous people demanded for concessions for fair and better treatment and eventually for self rule which started before Nkrumah was born. Nkrumah was brought to join the leadership group fighting for self rule at a point in time. It is individuals who has no senseee in logic, lack wisdom of history and ability to follow and grasp the sequence of event would suggest that Nkrumah founded Ghana. He play a key role at his time and lead his party CPP to attain independence. The ignorance of NDC is reveal in the fact that the seem not to understand attainment of independence and founding a nation. the two are not the same. To found a nation is to create a nation from. To attain independence is to attain a self rule from colonial master who rule over an existing nation. In fact it is true that de3 owo okwaseaaa ombr3 s3 de3 otete no. NDCfuo mmo ma y3br3 wo Ghana dodo. We waste so much time talking and debating on uselessss arguments. Moagyimieee dodo. Momma yenwene and move forward to build the nation. Nkrumah will be happy to see a Ghana economically and socially well built than to be drawn into uselesss senseleees debates. Samia knows this so she does not allow herself to be drawn into NDC shamefullll politics of create loot and share. NDC only get into such ardument to confused the people in their propaganda and senselesss argument just to divert attention from their corruptionnnn and incompetenceeee.
Yes it is very true. Kwame Nkrumah created Ghana. He even created Africa and the world. Yes I remember, Nkrumah was the one who laid the foundation of the earth and he is currently interceding for Ghanaians in heaven. He is the one who created the air we breathe in the world. I hope Kwesi Pratt and his CPP/NDC parties are OK now