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| Rocky Dawuni |
Rocky
Dawuni, the globally acclaimed international reggae maestro says the legacy of
Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah is very well alive regardless of the numerous
attempts to subdue and denigrate the role of Ghana’s first president in the
African liberation struggle.
He
has also called for the return to the principles of self determination taught
by Dr Kwame Nkrumah as the surest way to liberate Ghana and Africa from the
forces of imperialism that continue to pillage the continents resources and
leave behind jobless and homeless masses.
“In
my travels as an artists, I meet a lot of people and on my recent travel to
Indonesia it became apparent that Indonesians recognize Kwame Nkrumah as an
intimate friend of Sukano and their country and a tower on the side of all the
down trodden masses of the world” the reggae artist said.
He
was speaking at an event organized to honour three distinguished Ghanaians who’ve
contributed in divers ways to the development of the broad progressive movement
in Ghana.
According
to Rocky Dawuni, Kwame Nkrumah showed Indonesia the way out of political and
economic dependence towards the creation of a new society based on the
principles of social justice and equality for all.
That
vision Nkrumah shared with the Indonesian people according to Rocky Dawuni, is
still alive in Ghana today and might not exist necessarily in the political
realm but finds expression in the everyday life of the ordinary Ghanaian.
He
called on the youth of Africa to craft a vision based on the blueprint left
behind by the freedom fighters that fought gallantly to grant Ghana and Africa
the right to live freely and be able to chart their own destinies.
“It
is important for the youth of today to define a vision of where Africa must go
but that vision must not be reinvented, that vision must stem from the
blueprint left for us by our predecessors who laid down their lives and worked
so hard to win for us our freedom from colonialism and who serve as a motivation
for the on-going struggle to emancipate our continent from neo-colonialism.
“I
am happy that we are all here today honouring these three giants of the
progressive movement in Ghana and also celebrating the legacy of Osagyefo Dr
Kwame Nkrumah and making a bold statement that this legacy is alive and we are
going to carry it forward” he said in reference to Cde Kwame Wiafe, Lt Owusu
Gyimah and Cde Kofi Duku.
Rocky
Dawuni reveals that in all his life and in his music career the voice of Kwame
Nkrumah is one voice that has directed his life.
“Although
I walk amongst so many different people with very varying ideologies I have
always held that Nkrumah is perhaps the only selfless leader who believed in
thought and in his action that leadership is servitude to the people” and has
expressed the hope that coming leaders of Africa will walk in that path.
Editorial
ROCKY
DAWUNI’S WISDOM
The
reggae superstar, Rocky Dawuni says the ideas of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah are
still relevant and who can disagree with him?
Indeed,
the ideas of the Osagyefo have become even more relevant today than they were
some 50 years ago.
It
has become imperative for all Africans to struggle for the economic and
political unification of the continent in the light of the regional blocks that have emerged all
over the world.
Africa’s
under development is also partly due to the fact that the continents resources
have been stolen by giant corporations from the colonial metropolis.
If
Africa is to make any headway in its development, it would have to take full
control of its natural resources and exploit them in the interest of its people.
Africa’s
destiny needs to be taken out of the gambling house of neo colonialism.
The Insight fully agrees with Rocky Dawuni-
Nkrumah’s ideas are still relevant to
the development of Africa.
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