Sir Sam Jonah defends Nkrumah’s Preventive Detention Act, says history must be judged in context

The Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Sir Samuel Esson Jonah, has called for a more contextual assessment of Kwame Nkrumah’s constitutional legacy, particularly the controversial Preventive Detention Act. Speaking at the opening of the 15th Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Lectures, Sir Jonah acknowledged that the law remains one of the strongest points of criticism against Ghana’s first President,…

By er3lkSeptember 18, 20261 min read5 views