A Primary 6 History Textbook approved by the Government through
the National Curriculum’s NaCCA has labeled Ghana’s Founder President Kwame
Nkrumah as a dictator who used power to repress Ghanaians.
This approved textbook is the
Golden History of Ghana for Basic 6 Primary pupils written by one Mercy
Gyaa-Adiyiah and is based on the new NaCCA syllabus for schools in Ghana.
“The leader of the party,
Dr Kwame Nkrumah, was a dictator whose command must be obeyed without
complaining,” point 3 on page 36 of the textbook read.
Many have reacted with anger to
the content of the curriculum saying President Akufo-Addo is on an agenda to
elevate his uncles who pale out in comparison to Nkrumah in the historic
struggle for Ghana’s independence.
On age 36 of the textbook, in
seeking to give a historical background into the establishment of the
Convention Peoples Party in the Gold Coast, headed by Osagyefo Dr Kwame
Nkrumah and the fight for Ghana’s independence, the book makes a selection
of incidents that it believes portrays the Kwame Nkrumah regime in a negative
light to the pupils.
“The CPP was not a democratic
party because it turned Ghana into a one-party state” whiles point six (6) also
reads “the CPP abused the rights of many Ghanaians through the
Preventive Detention Act it brought about in 1958.”
The Curriculum content has been
receiving strong reactions on social media.
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