University of Ghana, Legon
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16th September, 2009
Make Nkrumah’s Philosophical Thought A Course At Legon
Professor Kwaku Osam, Dean of Faculty of Arts, University of Ghana, has proposed a course to be labelled as Nkrumah’s Philosophical Thought to be run by the university.
Dr Nkrumah was a great philosopher and the university is proud to associate with his ideologies, Prof Osam stated.
He has therefore asked the Department of Philosophy to table the proposed programme for further discussion for it to commence next academic year.
Professor Osam made this proposal in Accra on Monday at the commencement of the Du-Bois Padmore Nkrumah lecture.
The lecture forms part of activities marking the centenary celebration of Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
He praised him for his pioneering role in establishing the university.
In his remarks, Professor Francis Nkrumah, first son of the late Ghanaian leader, said the lecture “will help to contribute to reawakening and projecting Nkrumah’s philosophical and political ideologies” and relating it to present day situation in Africa.
He said Nkrumah may have been terribly ahead of his time and asked whether the next generation of African leaders would want to take on board Nkrumah’s ideas or “are we, as people, missing the boat? I hope not,” he remarked.
Professor Nkrumah said, Nkrumah’s ideologies which centered around Pan-Africanism, social transformation, aim at equity and social justice, anti-imperialism, anti colonialism and modern day neocolonialism should be revisited and debated on.
Professor Akilagpa Sawyer, chairman of the Centenary Planning Committee and member of the Council of State, said the occasion of the centenary celebration was to look back at the performance of our history to evaluate it and learn lessons from it.
He said the lecture was meant to create the platform for all players to ethically debate the ideology of Nkrumah on a non-partisan basis.
Dr Nkrumah was a great philosopher and the university is proud to associate with his ideologies, Prof Osam stated.
He has therefore asked the Department of Philosophy to table the proposed programme for further discussion for it to commence next academic year.
Professor Osam made this proposal in Accra on Monday at the commencement of the Du-Bois Padmore Nkrumah lecture.
The lecture forms part of activities marking the centenary celebration of Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
He praised him for his pioneering role in establishing the university.
In his remarks, Professor Francis Nkrumah, first son of the late Ghanaian leader, said the lecture “will help to contribute to reawakening and projecting Nkrumah’s philosophical and political ideologies” and relating it to present day situation in Africa.
He said Nkrumah may have been terribly ahead of his time and asked whether the next generation of African leaders would want to take on board Nkrumah’s ideas or “are we, as people, missing the boat? I hope not,” he remarked.
Professor Nkrumah said, Nkrumah’s ideologies which centered around Pan-Africanism, social transformation, aim at equity and social justice, anti-imperialism, anti colonialism and modern day neocolonialism should be revisited and debated on.
Professor Akilagpa Sawyer, chairman of the Centenary Planning Committee and member of the Council of State, said the occasion of the centenary celebration was to look back at the performance of our history to evaluate it and learn lessons from it.
He said the lecture was meant to create the platform for all players to ethically debate the ideology of Nkrumah on a non-partisan basis.
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