Here is the full video of my chat with Historian Lawyer Frimpong Anokye on the founders of Ghana. Enjoy the full video #Ghana #GhanaEmpire #KwameNkrumah
This man will know my father, Kwesi Afoakwah, whom Nkrumah sent to liberate the rest of Africa from colonialism. I was born within that era, on the laps of Julius Nyerere at Agakhan Hospital, Dar-es-salaam. I crawled on the feet of all the new presidents of Africa in our residence in Nairobi, including those, then on the run - Oliver Tambo, Mandela, Mogabi etc I was named after all of them. My father was dubbed, “the son of Africa” among the tributes read by the dignitaries present at his funeral in 1991. I’d like to share what he wrote on Ghana and African history
This is simply AWESOME. LONG LIVE LAWYER FRIMPONG. You are a treasure for our beloved Ghana. This is the type of history that needs to be taught across Africa.
When I first got u.s in 1999, son of the black Americans called a sell out and I didn’t understand why. It took me 2,years to understand. This man has proof my own research right.
Most grateful to the learned Lawyer Anokye Frimpong. I have really enjoyed the narrative and humbly wants to add some few facts. * Much of the information we know of the Western Sudanese empires, especially Ghana, comes from travellers and traders from the Ahmoravid empire. The Ahmoravids were Tuaregs and Berbers who converted to Islam and subsequently formed the Ahmoravid empire. The Ahmoravid empire had a common border with Ghana and continued to the Western Sahara, Morocco and later Spain ( Iberian peninsula, which they called Andalus). Infact, the Akan word for money, Sika, was the Ahmoravid word for minted gold. According to the Ahmoravid travellers, the official title of the King of Ghana was GANA. I believe it was NANA that they heard as as GANA, since most languages around the world, minus Akan, stress on the first syllable of a word with the stress being on the second syllable in Akan.Today, NANA, NAA, NENE are still the titles of all traditional leaders, priests and elders throughout the country. * The empire resisted converting to Islam until Mali did and eventually defeated the Ghana empire, thus setting the stage for mass migration southwards into the forest belt.
My question is why didn't black people from the very beginning of invasion recognize the effects of colonization and allowed it. Is it because the europeans were more united as a group than we were. Great video. To move forward as a people we need to know more about ourselves. For too long we've been taught about other people's history.
General Kafui. I am much grateful for this interview. As for Lawyer Anokye Frimpong. I pray that Almighty Allaah grant you the best of guidance and preserve you ... I wish our arrogant politicians will humble themselves before you for a patriotic wisdom.
One of many important facts from this interview, which I absolutely love, is the delineation between where/what was referred to as Gold Coast and where/what became known as Ghana. I would encourage people to read the clergyman Reindorf's piece on the history of the Gold Coast and the Ashanti kingdom.
37:00 George Ekem Ferguson was a National hero. He deserves an honour. NPP only care about honouring party men not national heroes. Point of correction: the university in Wa was named after Dombo - Simon Diedong Dombo University for Business and Integrated Development Studies (SDD-UBIDS), Wa, Upper West Region. It is rather the university in Navrongo which was named after Tadem - CK Tadem University for Technology and Applied Sciences (CKT-UTAS), Navrongo, Upper East Region.
This is so brilliant and refreshing brother Kafui. What a treasure this man is. Does he have any books? We, as Ghanaians, have only one founder, and that's Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. ❤
Yes, this man is a true historian. I only disagree with him on the Nortse concept. The meaning of Nortse is meant the eight days he mentioned in Akan language. The leader of Ewes then was called adela Noe. He left his people in the forest in groups and it leader to go and look for water,or where there there will be river for good farming land for the ewes. When adala Noe was not coming back for long period of moths, his people decide look for him. He was found in a bank of river exhausted. He told the delegate that ,this land is fertile so we shall remain here.ln ewe,Tsi, means remain So Adela Noe said me tsi. So later be known as Nortsi.meaning adela Noe be y tsi afisia.
The people of present Ghana are not likely originated from Ancient Ghana. I have traveled and lived in that part of West Africa. The closest Soninke language of Old Ghana is Sarahoule today. Most tribes in that part of the world practiced martrilineal before Islam became the main religion. Gold is still mined in Upper Guinea and Mali. By the year 1240, Bono Manso already existed in the current Ghana. This is just an academic exercise. There is no more space for me to debunk this idea. Yes, Ghana was the first to come out of colonialism in West Africa. Ghana was the first Western Sudan to be founded, hence our founding fathers, chose. "Ghana" as a name.
Hello Kafui I am so taken in by this educative history by Lawyer Frimpong Anokye and I would like to make contact with him. I feel there is more to learn and do on that aspect of founders and role models. Thanks.
Quite a shame the country Ghana rather honors the people who didn't do much to fight for the independence. There many edifices, monuments and streets notable sons(& daughters)mentioned in this interview should be named after, just like in many other countries. Can there be an interview on the language & lifestyle Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah used to convince his fellow Gold Coasters?
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@@numofrancisSoninke are from the Ghana empire ! Has nothing to do with this Ghana. They are in Gambia, Senegal, Mali currently. My friend is a Soninke. The Akans of Ghana currently have stole their history as theirs.
That statement is untrue that 300 years of slavery no moses It was the whole world that was in that type of trade.. slavery still exist among human. The rich or the powerful get saved everyday..
Where is the source of Lawyer Anokye Frimpong 's info regarding all that he said on Ghana history? I think it's about time the continent write the African history with complete fact check, on the begining of the nations, colonization, slave trade, etc. in order to preventing people telling various story, not being fact checked.
Who founded Ghana is a very easy answer that will shock the entire world. The original name Wagadou meaning Soedan. Therefore it's the original Sudan Egypt but where did the people come from? They used Gongs for war signals. Where were Gongs "Drums" originate? They originated in Java🧐. Ghana means Gong therefore they were the Australs who settled there.👍
The Europeans also faught wars with the local community and rulers taking over their trade and government and taking captors in the war into Slavery, this was the case or narrative more in the case of resistant Nigerian west African tribes such as Igbo, Ibibios and Efiks especially in igboland which supplied 60 percent of West Africa slaves to Caribbean and North America
No , He is good but he started the story from half-way because the Ewes and the Guans came in far behind time of Ghana.. in fact he's confusing the who time line...the name Ghana didn't just start from the Ghana Empire but the name was there already by the Akans (earlier people ) who came in from the Kushites...... ( Kusi- people ) who with King Menes from Queen Mekeda Sheba came to build earliest Khemet.. therefore the name Ghana has been in assistance far beyond the then Ghana Empire...
The old Ghana company has nothing to do with Akans. The Soninke, Malinke and Mande were the ones who stayed in the old Ghana empire. These languages are only similar to the northern region languages. Saying the Ghana old empire has something to do with Akans is rubbish haha. This fella is always trying to fabricate stories to empower Akans maybe that’s his clan or tribe. Go do your own research and don’t listen to this guy false stories.
Gas, Fantes and Nzemas should be the rulers of modern Ghana. They are very wisest tribes who really have blacks at heart wholeheartedly and out of love came together to protect and fight for the Blacks in entirety. However, Ghana has not paid them well, with honor and gratitude. They have not been treated well and fairly at all especially by their own people and other tribal groups after forming Ghana as a nation. This is because of the evil tribal bigots of Danquah-Dombo Busia people who were not educated, lacked wisdom and understanding and full of lies and evil mindset. But I know for sure that Gas, Fantes and Nzemas will rise again. God richly bless them and their generations.
Next time, kindly hand over your computer or phone to you Child to assist you in writing your thoughts out. He or she will prompt you not to put it out here if it's senseless. You should be ashamed of your self
This is just sheer nonsense! Invented history. The people of Ghana today have no relation with the Ghana empire. Kwame Nkrumah just named the Ghana today it because he simply liked the name. There is absolutely no relation. Zero! This is just nonsense.
@@patrickmayisi2678 go and read for yourself. Listening is all u do. Read. He has some good history, but parts of what he saids sometimes are just way off. These are his views not history. Ghana doesn’t have a documented history. It’s all oral. Yesi yesi. About this. He is completely wrong. Ghana today has relation with the Ghana empire of Mali. Do a simple google search. Or even ask ChatGPT since u lazy to read.
It's just funny how wild invented lies have come. The ratio between what seems true and the obvious lie, par greatly on a grand scale. Jeez!!! The story about the old Ghana empire😂 How about looking at the side of the story as told by the people group on whose land the old Ghana empire once existed and I bet you would be appalled by the sheer dichotomy🤮 This in turn invalidates those spewing these information🥱
