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Presents An International Conference:
THEME: “ GHANA @ 50 – SALUTING OSAGYEFO DR. KWAME NKRUMAH – CHARTING NEW FRONTIER OF KNOWLEDGE AND LEADERSHIP FOR AFRICA IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM”
LOCATION: THE GREAT HALL, KNUST, KUMASI
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, (KNUST) is located in Kumasi , the capital city of the Ashanti Region of Ghana, is the Garden State and, Cultural Center of West Africa. KNUST will transform its dynamic campus into a first class residential complex for the conference.
DATE: SUNDAY, JULY 1 – 6, 2007
( July 7 – 14, 2007 ) Tour of historical, cultural and project sites: ie: Nkrumah's birth place & mausoleum, Slave Dungeons, Forts, Akosombo, Tema, etc
MISSION : To provide an intellectual forum to debate Nkrumah's socio-political philosophy and action that changed the political landscape of Africa , as his geo-political paradigm altered the balance of power in global diplomacy.
PURPOSE: To Salute Ghana's first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah for his outstanding leadership qualities and role in the struggle for independence of Ghana/Africa and Global Peace; in commemoration of Ghana's Golden Jubilee of Nationhood.
NKRUMAH : “The Greatest African.” – Sekou Toure, “The African of the Century” – BBC African Listeners, A Visionary and a Doer.
• The only world leader to attempt a peace accord with America to end the Vietnam War
• Built new schools and accelerated the education system in Ghana
• Introduced free healthcare delivery system in Ghana
• Established 68 new State-owned factories within a record time of 9 years, etc.
EXPECTATIONS :
• Participants will journey through provocative intellectual tourism by visiting Nkrumah's political sphere of reality. Authors, scholars and persons with prior and personal contact with Nkrumah will lead the presentations.
• Participants will witness a lifetime experience of exotic culture and historical destinations in Ghana . Participants will observe existing colonial edifices, from where millions of innocent lives were once packaged in dungeons and shipped across the Atlantic for enslavement.
• Participants will share the elegance of African Royalty by interacting with some of Ghana 's Queens and Kings. You are cordially invited to Ghana : the Land of Gold . |
