Sir Sam Jonah: We've spent 60 years arguing about Nkrumah instead of building the nation
The Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Sir Sam Jonah, has raised concerns about the lack of enough development in Ghana post Nkrumah-era.
Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Sir Samuel Esson Jonah, has raised concerns about the limited focus on Kwame Nkrumah's philosophical works in Ghana's educational curriculum. He likened the situation to a national irony, given that Nkrumah's writings continue to be studied in universities outside Ghana. Addressing the 15th Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Lectures, Sir Jonah pointed out that Ghanaian students might graduate without a comprehensive understanding of Nkrumah's major intellectual contributions, including works such as Consciencism, Africa Must Unite, and Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism.
He noted that across the Atlantic, in American universities' African American Studies departments, Nkrumah is a regular part of the curriculum, being read, examined, and debated. Jonah, a devoted Nkrumahist, highlighted the irony that Nkrumah, who studied at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, is more frequently encountered in American classrooms than in Ghana.
He challenged the university to reconsider the prominence of Nkrumah's ideas in its academic curriculum, directing this to the UCC's Vice-Chancellor and Convocation. The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Lectures, established in 1974, are one of the university's longest-running academic lecture series, hosting esteemed African scholars and statesmen over the past five decades to discuss Nkrumah's ideas, Ghana's development, and the broader African experience.
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