6th March 1957, Ghana pushed aside colonialism which was characterised by oppression, substantive British rule and unfair exploitation of our mineral resources.
Kwame Nkrumah and others in a mass struggle with the ordinary people of Ghana fought for self governance and leadership.
54 years of self governance today; do you think we have achieved the better Ghana agenda? As a Ghanaian, are you proud of how far Ghana has come? What do you think has been good or bad, looking at our 54 years of self rule?
On the eve of Independence, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah said “…And as I pointed out… I made it quite clear that from now on – today – we must change our attitudes, our minds, we must realise that from now on, we are no more a colonial but a free and independent people. But also, as I pointed out, that also entails hard work…”
Do you think Ghanaians have changed their attitude and have worked hard enough over these 54 years as Nkrumah beseeched from us?
Looking at the state of Affairs in Ghana, do you think Nkrumah’s “black man is capable of managing his own affairs” has been profitable to Ghana as a nation or could we have done far better under colonial rule?
Happy Independence Day to You All!
To Ghana our hearts and souls belong, our dreams of old and new.Your sacred grounds receiving our libations as you did our mothers and fathers.Hopes never faltering while heeding the wisdom of the ancients.The sacred drums will beat as we feed from our mothers’ breastsWhile our fathers nurture our visions old and new against all odds.With perseverance, trust, honesty, keen foresight and compassionWe pledge our commitment to a prosperous and brighter futureSo watch over our tomorrows until you claim us back againLest we forget, lest we perish
Shout out to: to Opanin, B.B, Maame, Flawless x3, Weapon x, Mother, GC members, Adjoa Dbaaso, Cici
Enjoy your 54th independence day
And I think we have work and improved allot of things
I tip my hat to you Bruh. Very well said and I couldn’t be more happier reading about my country turn 54.
Dammn, I wonder what’s popping at Independence Square and I wish I was there.
Last but not least Shout out to ALL my Ghanaians and indeed we are the Black Stars.
Thanks bruh I wish on the 29th of this month you could be here to see the Ghana England match
It’s going to be hype
@ Miyagi thanks for the shoutouts…Happy Independence Day to Ghana….Hope the Almighty God Protect Our Motherland .
Amm Miyagi thnks luv.I guess u were attened one of those parties?miss U ..lol
@adjoa Dbaaso miss you to sweety I did attend on of them and enjoyed
It a
God bless Ghana.
My opinion is, we should stop relaxing on the government. As the youth of the nation we should work and leave a legacy to next generation of Ghanaians. Every Ghanaian can contribute to the development of our nation.
I’m very proud to be a ghanaian..ghana b3y3 d3 n3..God continue to bless Ghana n make de gov’t an honestt one..
My three wishes for Ghana is that
1. Her children living abroad do not live in fear of one another
2. His children living in Ghana have the desire to think outside the box
3. That Ghanaians continue to have pride in our various history and grow out of it
Well to assess Ghana over these 54 years one can use the analogy of a football game – that after the match has been played the game ended in 1-1 draw. Ghana first scored an own goal but in the dying minutes it equalized. If it was not the rich traditional history of Ghana that dates way back to times of the Ashanti Kingdom which was the most successful kingdoms of precolonial Africa. The kingdom included modern Ghana and parts of Ivory Coast and Togo.
Without this rich history the spirit of political barbarism experienced in major countries of West Africa would have invaded Ghana bit by bit. My assessment comes down to: The strength of traditional roots kept Ghana from falling into the hands of barbarians.
MAY god continue to bless ghana with peace forever !
I love GH to death. it’s the only place i can call HOME no matter how other people see it.
I pray God continue to bless GH and make it peaceful forever.
ahh you spoke for me my sis or bruh! I LOVE GHANA TO DEATH!!
FOREVER A GHANIAN NO DENYING IT!!!
Happy Birthday to yoooooooou. God Bless you oh GH. x
AMEN sassy
Happy birth day Ghana we people U S A me and my farmely are so glad to be Ghanaian now this is the time we want to come home but we can not because of the bribery going on at harbur which we can pay to bring our personal thins they charge 35% on your old car and your personal things that you are bring .this thins dont say good at all about the Country peace Be to Ghana Happy 6
I am proud and most honored to be a Ghanaian and YES ME YE GHANA NE. Yen ara ye asase ne. Aye abodenden ma yen. Mogya nananom hwe go ho ma yen, se ye so ye be ye be atwoa so. God bless our home land Ghana and make our nation great and strong. Bold to defend for Ghana the cause of freedom and of right. Fill our hearts with true humility, make us cherish, fearless, honesty and help us to resist oppressors rule; with all our will and might forevermore.
No African country suffered what Ghana had suffered so I see nothing to celebrate because you are just healing from your wound.Ghanaians were my fathers servants when I was growing up and later our military government then chased them away from Nigaria because of ther imoralities.So you fools should shut your mouths up because there is nothing to celebrate.
@jojo you don’t deserve to be insulted but your just a sad as Nigerian what do you know about Ghana independence day
I don’t know what they teach you in Nigeria but i want even let you come here and disrespect my fellow ghanian brothers and sisters I want even call you names because you dint deserve it at all I can see that your here to get attention but I will plead with my brothers and sisters. Not to give you one at all but will educate you a bit Sinds as a ghanian we got allot to celebrate about something you nigerians will never ever be able to compete with us you guys
Want even be able to stand I. Our shoes our population my be smaller but yet we are well known. The world what do you guys have apart from killing each other there beef between muslems and Christian back to our independence day let me school you a but
And put some sense into your damn skull Ghana before Independence on March 6,1957 was called Gold Coast. The earliest Europeans to arrive here were the Portuguese in the 15th Century On their arrival they found so much gold between the River Ankobra and the Volta and subsequently named it “da Mina” meaning The Mine. In 1482 the first castle was built in the Gold Coast by the Portuguese at Elmina This was built to enhance their trading activities especially gold and slavery
By 1598, the Dutch were in the Gold Coast to also trade. They built forts along the coastal areas notable among them being the Komenda fort. In 1637 they captured the Elmina castle from the Portuguese and that of Axim (Fort St. Anthony) in 1642
Many other European traders came to the Gold Coast to trade These included the British Danes and Swedes These European traders built several forts along our coastlines. In 1872 the Dutch lost interest in the coast and ceded their forts free to the British. Thus ended a period of Dutch occupation lasting 274 years By 1874 the British were the only Europeans in the Gold Coast and thus made it a crown colony. This in effect gave them total control
The British government established their headquarters at Cape Coast Castle. This had been their headquarters since 1662 and is one of the greatest historical sites in the country It has numerous dungeons which were used to keep slaves before being transported to the Diaspora.
There had been many wars fought between the people of the Gold Coast and the British over governance In 1874, an army under Sir Garnet Wolseley crossed the Pra River into the Asante territory The Ghanaians referred to this War as the “Sagrenti War” because they could not pronounce Sir Garnet’s name correctly. The British force, this time proved too strong for the Asante who, after a long and brave fighting agreed to sign a peace treaty at Fomena At about the same time the British defeated the Anlo people in the Volta area. On the 12th of September 1874the whole of Southern Ghana including Anloland became a British colony The Capital was removed from Cape Coast to Accra two years later
After the Second World War (1939-1945), things began to change in the then Gold Coast The discrimination against educated Ghanaians in the civil service was on the increase and high positions were reserved for whitemen while Ghanaians became hewers of wood and drawers of water The European and Asian firms were also seriously exploiting the Africans The Ex-servicemen (Ghanaian soldiers who fought in the World War), helped in another way to expose the weakness of the British They realized that they performed better than the whites on the battlefield. These Ex-servicemen again saw the struggle for independence in India and Burma where most of them went to fight They were therefore inspired to struggle against the same British in Ghana after the their return from the war.
The first political party was formed in August 1947 by Paa Grant, Dr. J.B Danquah and others It was named the United Gold Coast Convention (U.G.C.C). Its slogan was “Self government within the shortest possible time” The U.G.C.C. therefore invited Dr. Kwame Nkrumah home from his studies to become the full-time General Secretary of the Party. The U.G.C.C. had earlier on criticized the Burns Constitution of 1946 introduced by Sir Allan Burns who was governor by then.
In January 1948 Nii Kwabena Bonne III a Ga Chief organized a general boycott of all European imports A series of riots followed the boycott in early February, 1948 The last straw that broke the camel’s back was the famous February 28 1948 incident A batch of unarmed Ex-servicemen marched to the Christiansborg Castle on that day to submit a petition to the Governor about their poor conditions. Superintendent Imray a white police officer ordered the policemen at the castle to shoot. When the police refused to do so, Imray himself opened fire on the unarmed soldiers at the Christiansborg crossroad Three of the leaders namely Sergeant Adjetey Private Odartey Lamptey and Corporal Attipoe fell dead Thereafter riots broke out in Accra European and Asian stores were looted by the angry mob The rioters forced open the Central Prison and set free its inmates
After the riots the Nationalist leaders in Ghana sent a strong worded cable to the Secretary of State in London They blamed the Governor Sir Gerald Creasy greatly They called him “Crazy Creasy” because he had failed to handle the problems facing the country The Secretary of State however blamed the Nationalist leaders for being responsible for the disturbances in the country Consequently six of the leading nationalist were arrested and detained They were popularly referred to as the BIG SIX. These leaders were Dr. J.B Danquah, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Obetsebi Lamptey, Akuffo Addo, William Ofori Atta and Ako Adjei.
The U.G.C.C. which awakened fervent national consciousness in the Gold Coast was what might be described as a liberal group with its slogan of “Self-government in the shortest possible time.” This attitude did not please Nkrumah who wanted “Self-government Now”
Following disagreement of ideologies Kwame Nkrumah left the U.G.C.C. and formed a more radical and nationalist party – Convention People’s Party (C.P.P) on June 12th, 1949 with its motto “self-government now” He was joined by Kojo Botsio, K.A Gbedemah and others
On 9th January, 1950 the C.P.P organized a nation-wide boycott and strike for workers and the masses The people refused to buy all British goods Workers were warned not to cause any trouble. In the cause of the riots however two policemen were shot dead On January 21st 1950, Nkrumah and other leading C.P.P members including Kojo Botsio and K.A. Gbedemah were imprisoned at the James Fort Prison, Accra, on charges arising from pursuing what was termed as “Positive Action” against the Government The imprisonment of Nkrumah made him a hero and martyr in the eyes of the people
In 1951, the pace was set for general elections. Dr Kwame Nkrumah was in prison when the elections were conducted He overwhelmingly won the elections and was released by the then Governor, Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clark to head the new government This however became the British Colony’s first African government In March 1952, Kwame Nkrumah was designated Prime Minister. He was to appoint a cabinet which was not to be responsible to the Governor but the Assembly
Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in June 1953 submitted proposals for a new constitution. It was upon those that the April 1954 constitution was introduced making the country virtually self-governing This new constitution provided for an All-African cabinet from an enlarged legislature. A general election followed in June 1954 from which the C.P.P won 79 out of the 104 seats of the National Assembly.
In 1956 another election was held in response to a pledge by the British Secretary of State for the colonies that if the newly elected legislature by a reasonable majority passed a resolution calling for independence; a firm date for the changeover would be announced. C.P.P won 71 out of the 104 contested seats. The British Mandated Togoland also held a plebiscite to join the Gold Coast
This action opened the way for Ghana’s Independence and on 6th March, 1957, the curtain was drawn on the old order The country emerged as the first country in Africa ( are you reading it jojo first country in africa) South of the Sahara to regain independence from colonial rule A new chapter was opened in the history of Ghana On the eve of Ghana’s independence, Dr Kwame Nkrumah (then Prime Minister) proclaimed at the old Polo Grounds in Accra: “ At long last the battle has ended and Ghana our beloved country is free forever.” The nation however became a republic on 1st July, 1960 with Dr. Kwame Nkrumah becoming the first President.
So before you come here chatting nonsense please think twice don’t be a jealousy and keep it real like I said before Jojo don’t be jealous don’t hate because Nigeria will never be as Ghana Miyagi has spoken
No African country suffered what Ghana had suffered.They were every where suffering and when I was growing up they were our servants so there is nothing to celebrate because you are just healing from your wounds and just recovering from your hardship.The best and biggest economy in west Africa still remain Nigerian and Cote d’ivoire.I want you all to keep your dirty mouths shut up.
@JOJO sensible nigerians will burn you alive if they see you saying this here cos ghanain must be small in your sight but ghana has achieve many things than your socales naija…..nigerians resently celebrated it independence day and what i heared is BOMB blast killing people ,no wonder nothing good come out of nigeria now adays>>>
@27 calibre no need to insult him that’s what he wants just let it go and ignore him at the end of the day he will feel the shame