JB Danquah—The Greatest African

Let us recap Mr. JB Danquah’s major international achievements:

—“Fundamentally, I do not believe in the great men theory of history, but I do think that so-called great men of history merely personify the synthesis of the tangled web of the material and historical forces at play (Kwame Nkrumah, “Nkrumah’s Private Notes”).” …Danquah’s response? “NOTHING.”

—“Even General J.A. Ankrah, who headed the Supreme Military Council that took over Ghana after February 24, 1966, coup d’état that toppled Nkrumah, confirmed that his place in African history had been assured (Dr. Ama Biney, “The Political and Social Thought of Kwame Nkrumah,” p. 2).” …Danquah’s response? “OKYEMAN CEMETERY.”

—BBC African respondents/listeners vote Kwame Nkrumah “Africa’s Man of the Millennium.” ...Danquah’s response? “LOST IN ACTION.”

—Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada, organizes a Biennial International Conference International Conference (KNICS) to celebrate Kwame Nkrumah, his ideas, and scholarship on the African world. Papers are accepted from scholars and scientists all over the world. …Danquah’s response? “THE DANQUAH INSTITUTE.”

—Nkrumah is the single most important African politician of the past century. Almost all ideas that are vetted by contemporary leaders have appeared in Nkrumah’s writing. He is the seminal African political philosopher (Molefi Kete Asante) …Danquah’s response? “THE THIRD WOMAN.”

—The African Union (AU) names an award in honor of Kwame Nkrumah: “African Union Kwame Nkrumah Scientific Awards.” …Danquah’s response? “THE NATIONAL LIBERATION AWARD FOR TERRORISM.”

—A poll by The London-based New African Magazine ranks Kwame Nkrumah “The Second Greatest African of All Time” out of a list of 100 Greatest Africans including Nelson Mandela, Pele, Bill Cosby, Shaka Zulu, Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali, etc. …Danquah’s response? “LOST IN ACTION.”

—A Special Session of the United Nations posthumously awards Kwame Nkrumah for his role in dismantling Apartheid (1978). …Danquah’s response? “SERVING TIME IN PRISON FOR TRYING TO OVERTHROW A DEMOCRATICALLY-ELECTED GOVERNMENT.”

—Nelson Mandela no doubt saw Kwame Nkrumah as a hero (Nuclear Scientist Dr. Kwame Amuah, Nelson Mandela’s son-in-law, New African Magazine, Dec. 2, 2013). …Danquah’s response? “NELSON MANDELA’S HEROINE.”

—A Science and Technology is named after Kwame Nkrumah: “Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.” …Danquah’s response? “THE DANQUAH INSTITUTE.”

—Igwe Mabalabala Holdings/National Heritage Council of South Africa posthumously award Kwame Nkrumah its prestigious SATMA Awards “for his contributions towards the emancipation of South Africans.” Mr. Enoch Ampofo remarks in connection with the award: “Gaining perspectives into how Dr. Kwame Nkrumah has affected the lives of people of South Africa, I found out that back in the days of Apartheid, the oppressed people went to school and were taught the principles of Kwame Nkrumah or Nkrumahism.” …Danquah’s response? “SERVING TIME IN PRISON FOR TRYING TO OVERTHROW A DEMOCRATICALLY-ELECTED GOVERNMENT.”

—The Millennium Excellence Foundation posthumously awards Kwame Nkrumah 2000 Personality of the Century. …Danquah’s response? “THE THIRD WOMAN.”

—Kwame Nkrumah receives the International Lenin Peace Prize (equivalent to the Nobel Peace Prize). …Danquah’s response? “Cocobod.”

—International Canadian Journalist refers to Kwame Nkrumah as “The Greatest Africa.” …Danquah’s response? “LOSES ELECTIONS ONE AFTER THE OTHER.”

—BBC describes Kwame Nkrumah as a “Hero of Independence” and an “International symbol of freedom as the leader of the first black African country to shake off the chains of colonial rule.” …Danquah’s response? “CO-LEADER WITH KA BUSIA OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION NATIONAL LIBERATION OF MOVEMENT.”

—Kwame receives honorary doctorates from Poland (Jagiellenian University), USA (Lincoln University), East Berlin (Humboldt University), Moscow State University, and many other universities. …Danquah’s response? “Receives PDA.”

—Late Atta Mills declared September 21 as “Founder’s Day,” a “statutory holiday in Ghana to celebrate the legacy of Kwame Nkrumah.” …Danquah’s response? “NON-FOUNDER’S DAY.”

—Nkrumah Hall is the world-famous symbol of the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM). UDSM was ranked the fourth best among Africa’s 100 universities behind the University of South Africa, University of Cape Coast, and University of Stellenbosch (Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, “The Citizen,” Dec. 30, 2013). …Danquah’s response? “DANQUAH PRESBYTARIAN-TRAINING COLLEGE, AKROPONG-AKUAPONG.”

—“Very few statesmen have attempted or achieved so much as Kwame Nkrumah, a leading activist and theoretician of Pan-Africanism. His work lives on and continues to inspire Africans, people of African descent and progressive movements worldwide (June Milne).” …Danquah’s response? “A CIA MOLE.”

—“The Greatest African” (the words inscribed on Kwame Nkrumah’s coffin in Guinea courtesy June Milne). …Danquah’s response? “THE THIRD WOMAN.”

—“Kwame Nkrumah was Ghana’s leader but he was our leader too, for he was a great African leader. He did not have a Swiss bank account. He died poor (Julius Nyerere).” …Danquah’s response? “DANQUAH AND NANA OFORI ATTA 1 GIVE THE PEOPLE’S MONEY TO TO SUPPORT BRITISH WAR EFFORTS DURING WORLD WAR 1.”

—“The Life and works of Kwame Nkrumah, the most influential agent of African liberation and organizational unity since Marcus Garvey, provide a useful ideological foundation and strategic models for agency to the construction of African Centered curriculums…Nkrumah’s impact on the development of the fields of Black Studies and Africa area studies requires further attention in the academy (Dr. Zizwe Poe, “Kwame Nkrumah’s Contribution to Pan-African Agency: An Afrocentric Analysis,” p. 1). …Danquah’s response? “NATIONAL LIBERATION MOVEMENT.”

—“Occasionally, usually in a character attack, scholars would claim that Nkrumah was not a scholar. These writers either overlooked or rejected Nkrumah’s academic degrees, body of written works, or professional titles (Dr. Zizwe Poe).” …Danquah’s response? “BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S UNIVERSITY OF PENSYLVANNIA IS AN IVY LEAGUE, THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON IS NOT. SCHOLARS/HISTORIANS REFER TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AS “THE GREATEST AMERICAN.”

Note: Literary thousands of scholarly papers and tons of books have been written about Kwame Nkrumah, his ideas, and legacy. Also, hundreds of bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral dissertations have been based on Kwame Nkrumah, his ideas, and legacy. In fact, Kwame Nkrumah’s corpus of written works, his ideas, and legacy, and others’ scholarly works about him, his ideas, and legacy are required reading in many universities around the world. What a giant!

Take a look at this bibliography compiled by Mr. JB Danquah, of The University of Ghanaweb:

AFRICA MUST UNITE

DARK DAYS In GHANA

NEO-COLONIALISM: THE LAST STAGE OF IMPERIALISM

FORWARD EVER

I SPEAK OF FREEDOM

CLASS STRUGGLE IN AFRICA

TOWARDS COLONIAL FREEDOM

CONSCIENCISM: PHILOSOPHY AND IDEOLOGY FOR DECOLONIZATION

KWAME NKRUMAH; THE CONAKRY YEARS

REVOLUTIONARY PATH

THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES

VOICE FROM CONAKRY

CHALLENGE OF THE CONGO: A CASE STUDY OF FOREIGN PRESSURES IN AN INDEPENDENT STATE

GHANA: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF KWAME NKRUMAH

HANDBOOK OF REVOLUTIONARY WARFARE: A GUIDE TO THE ARMED PHASE OF THE AFRICAN REVOLUTION

AXIOMS OF KWAME NKRUMAH

AFRICAN PERSONALITY

AFRICAN SOCIALISM REVISITED

RHODESIA FILE

Questions: Do we make Mr. JB Danquah the Dean or Chancellor of The University of Ghanaweb? What do we do with Dean JB Danquah or Chancellor if The University of Ghanaweb should close down? Further, granted that Dean JB Danquah or Chancellor JB Danquah, one of the world’s least-recognized authors, has never won any of the cheapest literary prizes awarded to outstanding University of Ghanaweb writers by The University of Ghanaweb Foundation, how do we preserve his legacy when he’s finally gone? In other words, how do we exactly help Dean JB Danquah or Chancellor JB Danquah to sell his literary trinkets on The Great Chorkor Market?

Over to you Chancellor JB Danquah, of The University of Ghanaweb!