Many Ghanaian believe Kwame Nkrumah is greater than Mandela there reason is Mandela fight for freedom in south Africa while Nkrumah fight for independence in Africa.

Do you think Kwame Nkrumah is greater than Mandela?

The Editor of the New Crusading Guide, Mr Abdul Malik Kweku Baako says Kwame Nkrumah was the greatest African.

He was contributing to a debate on whom of South Africa’s first black President, Nelson Mandela, and Ghana’s first President, Kwame Nkrumah, was the greatest African.

The debate, which has gained grounds since Mandela died last week, has divided many Ghanaians.

Mr Baako said while Mandela could be described as one of the greatest Africans, he did not measure up to Nkrumah.

“The greatest leader, for me, was Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah”, Mr Baako said on Peace FM’s ‘Kokroko’ on Wednesday.

He said Ghana became the first country in Sub-Sahara Africa largely due to Nkrumah’s efforts.

Ghana’s independence, he said, had an “electrifying, catalytic effect on the black race.”

Mr Baako added that while Nkrumah was the greatest African, Mandela was the continent’s most famous individual.

Kwame Nkrumah, (21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was the leader of Ghana and its predecessor state, the Gold Coast, from 1951 to 1966. Overseeing the nation's independence from British colonial rule in 1957, Nkrumah was the first

President of Ghana and the first Prime Minister of Ghana.

An influential 20th-century advocate of Pan-Africanism, he was a founding member of the Organization of African Unity and was the winner of the Lenin Peace Prize in 1963.

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

He was South Africa's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.

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Mandela's victory was the last page in a book of self determination started by Nkrumah.
Nkrumah's mismanagement of Ghana stains his legacy where as Mandela's is spotless.

MajeMedia: Mandela's victory was the last page in a book of self determination started by Nkrumah.
Nkrumah's mismanagement of Ghana stains his legacy where as Mandela's is spotless.

Mandela is spotless??/
Fallacy of the Highest

Who the “F” iz Kwame Nkrumah?

MajeMedia: Mandela's victory was the last page in a book of self determination started by Nkrumah.
Nkrumah's mismanagement of Ghana stains his legacy where as Mandela's is spotless.

Erm.... I don't know about this one.

Jamey Maxwell: Who the “F” iz Kwame Nkrumah?

-________- google.

sometime I wonder how history remembers people. Kwame Nkrumah who was a dictator, wanted to be life president and only left the sit after a coup was used to force him out. Tell me, what dignity did that man have?

Who knows, for all we know history may later remember IBB, Abacha and OBJ as saviours of Nigeria

Does it matter they were both great leaders. The question we should be asking ourselves is how come Africans have only few great leaders. The last great leader Africa had is gone.

How long till we get another great leader?

MajeMedia: Mandela's victory was the last page in a book of self determination started by Nkrumah.
Nkrumah's mismanagement of Ghana stains his legacy where as Mandela's is spotless.

Nelson Mandela did not win anything. Mandela was imprisoned due to terrorist acts against Apartheid regime in South Africa. He was set free by the same Europeans who imprisoned him in lieu to maintain status quo in RSA except Apartheid. It is an act of goofiness to say that Mandela was spotless. You are definitely drunk on irresponsible sentiment.

Mandela was once a great terrorist,

Who was the greatest African? This is very debatable. Also, we need to define Africa and what it actually means to be African. Africa itself is so vague and vast that trying to define the term in a myopic way would obfuscate what it actually means to be African, and exempt a lot of people. And like Zuma, the South African president said a few weeks ago: "There's no Africa/African." A few other African academics share the same sentiments. Perhaps, we need to start defining it as "black" - to make it all inconclusive.

So to call either Kwame Nkrumah or Nelson Mandela the greatest black person ever is a tad bit too generous IMO. However, we can debate who was more influential, more popular and more accomplished between the two icons. I'd say Kwame Nkrumah was more influential to the "African" cause since he was the face of anti-colonial struggle and he paved the way for everyone else. All the subsequent pan-Africanists came from his school of thought and they all studied him. But when it comes to popularity and accomplishment, as a black man, then no one is ever going to touch Nelson Mandela. If you want to use the creation of OAU as a yardstick to measure greatness, despite the non-achievements of the OAU - then Muammar Gaddafi also deserve to be in the conversation for creating the AU.

Personally, for the greatest black person ever - I would lean towards Malcolm X and Steven Biko since they both provided blueprints on how to solve the unique problems of the black race. However, they never really accomplished much while they were alive, so we can't really call none of them the greatest. But some might argue that Jesus also never really achieved much while he was on this planet, but most people believe he was the greatest that ever lived. That's an argument for another day.

All in all, I believe there's no greatest African/black person. They all contributed to black history and were icons.

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Hotep!

MajeMedia: Mandela's victory was the last page in a book of self determination started by Nkrumah.
Nkrumah's mismanagement of Ghana stains his legacy where as Mandela's is spotless.

If you are going to devalue Nkrumah's legacy with the argument of 'economic mismanagement', on what moral basis do you then grant Mandela, whose implementation of social mobility programs was mainly to betterment of a minority, a free pass?

To be truly objective in your appraisal, you must look beyond the parameters used by neo-colonialists and European revisionists.

Intresting so you think Mandela is spotless?

MajeMedia: Mandela's victory was the last page in a book of self determination started by Nkrumah.
Nkrumah's mismanagement of Ghana stains his legacy where as Mandela's is spotless.

A democrat can never be a good leader in Africa i think Kwame Nkrumah is more influential than mandela

drnoel: sometime I wonder how history remembers people. Kwame Nkrumah who was a dictator, wanted to be life president and only left the sit after a coup was used to force him out. Tell me, what dignity did that man have`?

Who knows, for al we know hiytory make later remember IBB, Abacha and OBJ as sarviours of Nigeria

Ati Kwame o, ati mandele o

Both of them don enter 6feet.
So why the Hullabaloo

I no no o,i don tire for these attention seekers,i am greater dan mandela because he fought for SA independence while i fought for Africa's independece wetin cum concern urs abeg make una go hug transformer joor me sef i fought for d universe independence!!!

sexymoma: Ati Kwame o, ati mandele o

Both of them don enter 6feet.
So why the Hullabaloo

Abeg help me ask them o

why didnt over 91 heads of state attended nkrumah's burial?
Chikenah

So?

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psalm68: why didnt over 91 heads of state attended nkrumah's burial?
Chikenah

Cos of ur grammatical error!

eGuerrilla:

If you are going to devalue Nkrumah's legacy with the argument of 'economic mismanagement', on what moral basis do you then grant Mandela, whose implementation of social mobility programs was mainly to betterment of a minority, a free pass?

To be truly objective in your appraisal, you must look beyond the parameters used by neo-colonialists and European revisionists.

You are right.

Agreed!

psalm68: why didnt over 91 heads of state attended nkrumah's burial?
Chikenah

I respect Nkrumah more than any other African leader!

Hmm

both were great men. They all contributed. If i am to choose the greatest blackman for the black struggle, i think i'll settle for Martin Luther King jnr or Malcolm x even though both never lived to age 40 and had lower achievement to show for it. THEY died of their struggles