Friday, September 18, 2009
Kwame Nkrumah – He Laughed!
A black Atlas shouldering the Black Man’s Burden, many of his pictures revealed a pensive phiz with resident shadows and a receding hairline. But, one picture in black and white has crossed my ken somewhere - Kwame Nkrumah laughing in percolating paroxysms. I cannot explain this rationally, but it makes my soul proud! Its infectious, carefree silliness weighed against his serious developmental mind just about fascinates me more than any other shot of any other man!
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hahaha...the man is just great...where did you see this?
ReplyDeleteWow! Greatness in a smile? I really need a good education on the meaning of "greatness". I've seen that pix - markedly different from all the others. Someone must have said something really nice or he must have seen something very touching. Its really an infectious smile - a beautiful smile. It makes him great? Naaaaaaaa.
ReplyDeletehahaah, receding headline..you mean apampam stall eh?
ReplyDeleteFinally, something i have also seen, lol!. Kiz,kiz, kiz, not a big fan i see lol!
ReplyDeleteNana Yaw, Thanks for the series.
ReplyDeleteGhana started off with a leader with great vision and was well on his way to achieving all his goals, & we've practically been "stuck in traffic" since his overthrow.
We all won't be fans of Nkrumah or any other leader. We must learn to acknowledge good ideas and build on them regardless of who takes credit for it. We should be thinking about making Ghana better.
Nana,
ReplyDeletei remember the series you run about the elections!
beautiful job!
makes me feel like taking a photo of you myself too!
smile... flash...click-click!!
where is the photo of the smiling President? I want to see it too! Personal and gripping text as always.
ReplyDeleteI've always wondered if he ever had a 'presidential barber' because that receding hairline was serious. That barber would have lost his job in today's world, no doubt :) . Could this be the picture you are eluding to? http://elproyectomatriz.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/kwame-nkrumah.jpg
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite picture of his, 'da gangsta pose' is unprecedented!
http://nhs.needham.k12.ma.us/cur/baker_00/2002_p5/baker_p3_12-01_vf/nkrumah.jpg
Nana F-A, I've seen them in books, I think. But it was put up during 2008 (our Golden Jubilee year) and cleverly merged electronically with Kufuor (I think). Now they have all been taken down.
ReplyDeleteLol, Edward.
ReplyDeleteSo, lucci, where did you see it?
ReplyDeleteYes, Mike. Reasonable proposition. We should be thinking about making Ghana better.
ReplyDeleteNovisi, thank you, thank you, thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kajsa. I believe the picture was up all over the country during Ghana @ 50, cleverly juxtaposed with a picture of Kufour.
ReplyDeleteDear Kwadwo O-M, no it is not this pic. In the one I'm talking about, Kwame Nkrumah was really in fits!
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with Kiz, that greatness is not to be found in smiles alone. My intention was to show the human side to Kwame Nkrumah (as I tried to do throughout this series) and no more.
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