The Department of History and Diplomacy of the University of Cape Coast (UCC) has organised a day’s programme dubbed: “History Alive” at the Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang Auditorium.

The event, which is the third in the series, was to stress the importance of history in understanding how past events shape the present and future, allowing for informed decision-making and a deeper understanding of ourselves as a people.

The Paramount Chief of the Essikado Traditional Area in the Western Region, Nana Kobina Nketsia V, who chaired the event called on Ghanaian youth to make conscious efforts to learn Ghana’s history.

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Nana Kobina Nketsia V

He said it was time for them to ask critical questions that would enable them to acquire the requisite information on the history, tradition and cultural heritage of the country which would help them to make the right decisions.

Nana Kobina Nketsia V stressed that history was important to the socio-economic development of the country and urged Ghanaians not to underrate the study of history in schools.

He further urged students to take the study of history seriously and disabuse their minds that history was archaic and should be eradicated in the curriculum.

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Dr. Moses Leo Blay

A senior citizen, Dr. Moses Leo Blay, who served in the Presidential Guard of Ghana’s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, recounting the circumstances that led to his overthrow, reiterated that CIA involvement was widely believed to be pivotal at the time.

Dr. Blay indicated that though Dr. Nkrumah never returned to Ghana, he continued to push for his vision of African unity and projection of the African personality.

Source: Documentation and Information Section-UCC