Ghana: Memorial Day for Kwame Nkrumah

Ghana: Memorial Day for Kwame Nkrumah

Ghana: Memorial Day for Kwame NkrumahEvery year on September 21, Ghanaians celebrate a national holiday — Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day. It was established in honor of the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana and is celebrated on his birthday.In...

Founder’s Day: We face forward, but are we moving? - The Ghana Report

Today, Ghana observes Founder’s Day, and while many of us will appreciate the chance to rest, spend time with family, attend an event, or simply step away from our normal routines, I find myself wondering what this day is actually asking of us. We can post photographs of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, repeat his words, […]

Africa has deviated from Nkrumah's vision - Lawyer Yaw Anokye Frimpong

By Love Wilhelmina Abanonave   Historian and Private Legal Practitioner, Lawyer Yaw Anokye Frimpong, has stated that the whole of Africa has deviated from the vision of Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.   Speaking in commemoration of Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day, which is observed on September 21 every year to mark the birthday of Ghana’s first […]

He was just an ordinary human being – Dr Frimpong on Nkrumah

Ghanaian historian Dr Yaw Anokye Frimpong has urged Ghanaians to remember Dr Kwame Nkrumah as a human being rather than treating him as a perfect figure. Speaking on Joy Prime on September 21, in commemoration of Nkrumah’s birthday, Dr Frimpong said understanding Nkrumah’s personal experiences could help people appreciate his achievements better. He was responding […]

‎Ghanaians, Pan-Africans commemorate 117th birthday of Nkrumah

By Edward Acquah, GNA Accra, Sept. 21, GNA – Ghanaians and Pan-Africans worldwide are commemorating the 117th birthday of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, with renewed calls to examine and apply his development ideas to address contemporary challenges. The occasion, observed as Founder’s Day, is a statutory public holiday following Parliament’s restoration of September 21 as Founder’s [...]

Kwame Nkrumah gets new monument in Ghana to mark 117th anniversary

Lands and Natural Resources Minister, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has unveiled the Osagyefo Roundabout at Sanzule, near Eikwe, in honour of Dr Kwame Nkrumah.