ALL EYES ON AFRICA-THE DOC.-FORWARD EVER , BACKWARD NEVER

REVELATIONS & SOUL CONTEMPLATIONS
THE VISION IS SO GRAND
THE DESTINY IS SO REAL
THE WORK IS SO NEAR, DEAR & CLOSE TO THE HEART
I’VE BEEN TALKING THE TALK & HAVING SO MUCH PRIDE ABOUT MY GHANAIAN HERITAGE FOR TOO LONG, TO ACCEPT A TAINTED, STAGNANT FOR THE MASSES VERSION OF IT. THE COUNTRY & THE WORLD IS READY TO REVIVE NKRUMAH’S BLACK STAR EVOLUTION, NOT JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF ONE COUNTRY BUT FOR THE CONTINENT AS A WHOLE!!
I VISITED THE NKRUMAH MAUSOLEUM TODAY & DID THE FULL TOUR WITH MY CREW. I WAS ASHAMED TO HEAR THAT I HAVE A COPY OF A BOOK PURCHASED IN THE US, WRITTEN BY NKRUMAH, THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN GHANA TO HER PEOPLE OR THE WORLD DIRECTLY FROM GHANA!

WHAT IS A DEMOCRACY THAT SUPPRESSES ITS DEMOCRATIC INDEPENDENT ROOTS BY NOT MAKING IT EASILY & READILY AVAILABLE IN ITS ENTIRETY & SPECIFICALLY IN ITS WRITTEN FORM THRU THE WORDS, MOVEMENTS, IMAGES, INNER THOUGHTS, TEACHINGS & LEARNING BY THE ONE THAT MADE IT AN ACTUALITY!

A TRUE DEMOCRACY IS ONE BY THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE!
WHICH MEANS THE PEOPLE MUST TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR OWN PARTICIPATION,
BY NOT EXCEPTING THE ILLS OF GOVERNANCE AS STATUS QUO OR JUST THE WAY IT IS!!
I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER PERSON TELL ME THAT THIS IS JUST THE WAY IT IS, WELCOME TO AFRICA/GHANA, OR THIS IS JUST THE WAY THINGS WORK.
DO WE NOT BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER OUR WAY OF LIFE OR DESTINY? MUST EVERYTHING BE LEFT IN GOD’S HANDS? TO ME GOD IS NOT JUST SOME UNKNOWN SPIRIT, BUT IT IS A SPIRIT WITHIN US ALL & IT IS THE ENERGY & BELIEF IN THIS SPIRIT THAT HELPS THOSE WHO TRY TO HELP THEMSELVES


“FORWARD EVER, BACKWARD NEVER”

THIS IS THE CHANT OF GHANA BY WAY OF NKRUMAH. TRUE LEADERS WILL HOLD STEADFAST TO THE MEANING OF THE WORDS THRU TRUE ACTION. FIRST & FOREMOST BY MAKING IS NKRUMAH’S WRITINGS AVAILABLE FOR THE PEOPLE OF GHANA ! HOW CAN ONE AVOID PAST MISTAKES , SEEK & BELIEVE IN THEIR OWN GREATNESS & POTENTIAL IF THEIR HISTORY IS NOT AVAILABLE TO THEM IN ITS TOTALITY! THIS IS AN EXTREME DISSERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF GHANA AND IN PARTICULARLY THE YOUTH. WHAT IS A GHANAIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM WITHOUT NKRUMAH’S WRITINGS AS PART OF THE CORE CURRICULUM, IF WE ARE TRULY INTERESTED IN MOLDING & CREATING FUTURE LEADERS THAT WILL CARRY OUT THE THE MOTTO OF “FORWARD EVER, BACKWARD NEVER”.

THE ENTIRE WORLD PREACHES ABOUT EDUCATION BEING THE KEY TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE, YET WE FAIL TO FULLY EDUCATE ALL OF OUR PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNIVERSE BY SUPPRESSING INFORMATION & MAKING IT UNAFFORDABLE & UNATTAINABLE TO THOSE WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM IT THE MOST. THE FUTURE OF GHANA AS WELL AS OUR GLOBAL WORLD IS WITH ITS YOUNG PEOPLE; THEREFORE WE MUST BE STEADFAST IN THE PROPER PASSING DOWN OF HISTORY & CULTURE WITH A MUTUAL RESPECT IN THE PRESERVATION & PROGRESS OF OUR HISTORY & CULTURE!

“A NATION WITHOUT ANY HISTORY IS LIKE A TREE WITHOUT ROOTS, THAT KIND OF TREE CAN NEVER BARE NO FRUIT, BEFORE YOU DANCE ABROAD YOU’VE GOT TO LEARN TO DANCE A YARD, SELF EMPOWERMENT DON’T EVEN COST THE SAME , JUST SOME LITTLE WORDS OF WISDOM TO LEAD YOUR MINDS TO FREEDOM… DON’T WANT & EXPECT ANY HAND OUTS, YOU CAN DO FOR YOURSELF, JUST PUT YOUR SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL & I AM SURE YOU WILL HELP YOURSELF, LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT YOUR HISTORY SO YOU CAN BETTER KNOW YOURSELF- EMANCIPATE YOURSELF FROM MENTAL SLAVERY” MORGAN HERITAGE

MY SENSE OF PRIDE & FAITH IN GHANA’S POTENTIAL COMES FROM KNOWING & READING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF KWAME NKRUMAH. MY REASON FOR TAKING ON & REALIZING MY OWN DREAMS WITH THIS DOCUMENTARY IS BECAUSE OF NKRUMAH’S IDEAL , DREAM, & UNABASHED PRIDE IN THE UNIFICATION OF AFRICA FOR THE GREATNESS, SELF SUFFICIENCY AND SELF RESPECT FOR THE CONTINENT AS A WHOLE!

THRU ALL THE HARDSHIPS, UPS & DOWNS OF THIS TRIP TO GHANA, THE ONE THING THAT I CAN’T GET OUT OF MY MIND IS HEARING THE TOUR GUIDE TELL ME THAT NKRUMAH’S WRITINGS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN GHANA.

I URGE THE EDUCATORS TO RECTIFY THIS AS SOON POSSIBLE, IF GOVERNMENT DOESN’T SEE THIS AS A DISGRACE & PRIORITY FOR ITS COUNTRY. GHANA IS KNOWN GLOBALLY BECAUSE OF NKRUMAH, AND TO LIMIT HIS GREATNESS & ACHIEVEMENTS TO JUST A NAME, SHRINE & STATUE WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO GET THE INFORMATION THAT GAVE HIM, GHANA & AFRICA GLOBAL RECOGNITION IS BEYOND REPULSIVE. HATE HIM OR LOVE HIM-YOU CAN’T DENY HIM!

THERE IS A CERTAIN ENERGY IN THE AIR OF YOUNG PEOPLE BEING FED UP WITH THE STATUS QUO & GHANA’S IRREVERENCE IN HAVING RESPECT FOR YOUR ELDERS, EVEN WHEN THEY ARE NOT GOOD ELDERS OR TRUE LEADERS. EDUCATED RADICALS LIKE NKRUMAH ARE BY FAR MORE FEARED THAN RADICALS WHO JUST RIOT & WAR. ARE NKRUMAH'S WRITINGS NOT MADE AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT WILL GIVE THE BLUEPRINT TO CHANGE THE STATUS QUO & MAKE PEOPLE REALIZE THAT THE LITTLE CRUMBS THEY ARE GIVEN ARE NOT TRUE PROGRESS BECAUSE IT HAS ALL BEEN DONE BEFORE ON A GREATER GLOBAL SCALE & SOMEHOW WE DID GO BACKWARDS INSTEAD OF FORWARD EVER!

I HAVE MET A DYNAMIC PARLIAMENTARIAN WITH GREAT POTENTIAL & EXACTLY WHAT I KNOW GHANA TO BE AS A LEADER IN AFRICA & THE GLOBAL WORLD! HIS VISION, OPENNESS & WAY WITH THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE IS FASCINATING & THE BREATH OF REAL FRESH AIR NEEDED IN GHANA. EACH GREAT LEADER IS A LEADER BECAUSE HE/SHE IS HIS/HER OWN PERSON! GHANA SHOULD NOT WAIT FOR OR EXPECT THE NEXT NKRUMAH, BUT STAND UP , FIGHT & CHOOSE THE NEXT GREAT LEADER WHO WILL RECOGNIZE & ACHIEVE GHANA’S GREAT POTENTIAL! THE WORLD IS CHANGING & WE ALL MUST PARTICIPATE & CHANGE WITH IT!

FOR THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE MEANS PEOPLE MUST INVEST IN THEMSELVES & SOCIETY BY PAYING PROPERTY TAXES & OTHER TAXES IN ORDER TO BENEFIT SOCIETY IN TERMS OF HEALTHCARE , INFRASTRUCTURE, ROADS, RUNNING CLEAN WATER, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. THERE IS NO PRIDE IN BEGGING OR CONSTANTLY FEELING YOU HAVE LESS THAN ANOTHER! I HAVE NEVER BELIEVED THAT I WAS LESS THAN ANOTHER OR BELIEVED THAT I COULD EVER HAVE MY DREAMS DEFERRED, IF I PUT IN THE WORK BECAUSE OF MY GHANAIAN HERITAGE! TO COME BACK TO GHANA & SEE PEOPLE BE SO COMPLACENT & CONSTANTLY LEAVING WHAT CAN BE DONE TODAY FOR TOMORROW IS DISHEARTENING BECAUSE I KNOW WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT! TOMORROW IS NEVER PROMISED, SO DO NOT LEAVE FOR TOMORROW WHAT CAN BE DONE TODAY! THIS IS MY ADVICE TO MY PEOPLE OF GHANA & REALLY TO THE UNIVERSE BECAUSE I SEE THIS SENSE OF POWERLESSNESS & COMPLACENCY IN THE USA AS WELL, ESPECIALLY AMONGST MY OWN FELLOW AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

AS AN AMERICAN & A GHANAIAN , PAN AFRICANISM HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF WHO I AM & KNOW MY IMMEDIATE HISTORY TO BE. IT HAS NEVER BEEN AGAINST ANY OPPRESSOR, BUT ABOUT MY OWN POTENTIAL, SELF SUFFICIENCY, SELF CONFIDENCE, & CONTRIBUTION TOWARD A SOCIETY AS A WHOLE!

THE LAST TIME I WAS IN GHANA WAS DURING THE ELECTIONS WHEN KUFUOR WAS ELECTED TO HIS FIRST TERM IN GHANA & GEORGE W. BUSH WAS BASICALLY HANDED THE ELECTION IN THE USA. THE PAST 8 YEARS HAVE BEEN PROGRESSIVE FOR GHANA IN TERMS OF THE ECONOMY & FORWARD MOVEMENTS & THINKING; WHETHER IT IS AT THE LEVEL THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE & BENEFIT FROM IT DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL WHO COMMENTS ON IT. AMERICA WITHIN THE LAST 8 YEARS HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN A WAR , HAS BASICALLY LOST ANY SENSE OF BEING A GLOBAL LEADER OR SUPERPOWER & IS NOW IN A RECESSION WHERE THE DOLLAR IS WEAK IN COUNTRIES LIKE GHANA. 8 YEARS AGO , MY DOLLAR WENT A LONG WAY IN GHANA! IF THE PEOPLE OF GHANA DO NOT SEE ANY PROGRESS, THEN THEY ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM. ONE MAN & ONE GOD CAN NOT SAVE AN ENTIRE NATION OR CONTINENT IF THE PEOPLE CHOOSE TO BE COMPLACENT & ALWAYS LEAVE THINGS FOR TOMORROW OR LEAVE EVERYTHING IN GOD’S HANDS.

NKRUMAH’S IDEAS OF UNITY & UTILIZING THE PEOPLE OF GHANA TO BE INVOLVED IN THEIR OWN GOVERNANCE, AS HE HAD WATCHED, LEARNED & PARTICIPATED IN DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN THE USA, IS A MAJOR PART OF HIS LEGACY THAT NEEDS TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE PEOPLE OF GHANA TO DO THEIR PART. IT TOOK THE PEOPLE TO STAND IN UNIFICATION TOGETHER & DEMAND PROPER RECOGNITION FROM GOVERNMENT FOR THE MUCH NEEDED CHANGES TO OCCUR IN THE USA & IN GHANA. I FEEL WE ARE AT THAT PERIOD AGAIN WHERE THE USA HAS BEEN BASICALLY CRIPPLED ECONOMICALLY & SOCIALLY CALLING FOR RADICAL CHANGE IN GOVERNANCE, WHILE GHANA IS CELEBRATING A CLINTONESQUE PERIOD & MUST BE CAREFUL TO MOVE FORWARD & NOT GO BACKWARD IN ELECTING/OR HAVING AN ELECTION TAKEN BY THE WRONG TYPE OF LEADER, WHO WILL TAKE GHANA BACKWARDS AS BUSH DID TO THE USA AS WELL AS RAWLINGS& OTHERS DID TO GHANA.

I HAVE NOT DECIDED ON CLINTON OR OBAMA YET, AS I PRESS FORWARD TO VOTE IN THE ELECTIONS IN THE US. AS A NEW YORK SENATOR , CLINTON HAS NOT PROVEN HERSELF TO ME AS BENEFICIAL TO MY STATE OR ME & THE PROGRESS THAT I WANT TO SEE, SO HOW CAN I PROMOTE HER TO BENEFIT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY? OBAMA IS THE RIPE, PROGRESSIVE SELF MADE MIND THAT WE NEED AT A TIME WHEN SUPER POWERS CEASE TO EXIST AS WE ONCE KNEW THEM TO BE. GLOBALIZATION IS NOW THE STATUS QUO OF PROGRESS AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A PLAYER & A TRUE LEADER! IT SEEMS MOST PEOPLE IN GHANA SEEM TO BE PUSHING TOWARD THE SON OF ONE OF GHANA'S "BIG SIX", AKUFFO-ADDO. I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENCY OF THE SENIOR AKUFFO-ADDO, BUT I HEAR HIS SON IS THE TYPE OF NO NONSENSE STERN LEADER WITH GREAT BUSINESS SENSE & HOPEFULLY GREAT APTITUDE TOWARD SOCIAL CHANGES TO BENEFIT ALL THE PEOPLE OF GHANA!





MOST PEOPLE THINK GREAT GOD WILL COME FROM THE SKY, TAKE AWAY EVERYTHING & MAKE EVER BODY FEEL HIGH, BUT IF YOU KNOW WHAT LIFE IS WORTH ,YOU WILL LOOK FOR YOURS ON EARTH & NOW YOU SEE THE LIGHT GET UP STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS..

ROBERT NESTER MARLEY