KWAME NKRUMAH The Great African WoEli DEKUtsEy WOELI PUBLISHING SERVICES ACCRA 2021 Published by Woeli Publishing Services P. O. Box NT 601 Accra New Town Ghana Tel.:+233243434210 Email:woeli@icloud.com woelidekutsey@gmail.com Reprint © Woeli Dekutsey, 2021 ISBN 978-9988-8511-2-5 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED It will be an infringement of the Copyright Law to copy this book without the written permission of the Author. Typeset at Woeli Publishing Services, Accra Printed by Kwolity Printing Press, Accra "If we do not formulate plans for unity and take active steps to form SROLWLFDO XQLRQ ZH ZLOO VRRQ EH ÀJKWLQJ DQG ZDUULQJ DPRQJ RXUVHOYHV ZLWK LPSHULDOLVWV DQG FRORQLDOLVWV VWDQGLQJ EHKLQG WKH VFUHHQ DQG SXOOLQJ YLFLRXV wires, to make us cut each other's throats for the sake of their diabolical purposes in Africa . . . I can see no security for African states unless African leaders like ourselves have realized beyond all doubt that salvation for Africa lies in unity." KWAME NKRUMAH Casablanca, 7 January 1961 To STEVENS GBAFAH for his determination that .ZDPH 1NUXPDK·V VWRU\ EH WROG WR WKH \RXQJ RQHV and in memory of the late GLAD KOFI JOHNSON ZKR VDZ LW DOO IURP WKH EHJLQQLQJ WR WKH HQG Table of Contents 1. HISEARLY YEARS 2. HARDTIMES ABROAD 3. BIRTHPANGS OF INDEPENDENCE 4. INDEPENDENCEAT LAST 5. THEBEGINNING OF THE END 6.