KENYAN PAN-AFRICANIST PLO LUMUMBA URGES GHANA: RENAME KOTOKA AIRPORT AFTER KWAME NKRUMAH, NOT ACCRA
The Ghanaian government has confirmed plans to rename Kotoka International Airport back to Accra International Airport â its original name from 1958 until 1969. The facility was renamed after Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Kwasi Kotoka, a leader of the 1966 coup that overthrew Ghanaâs first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.
Reacting to the announcement, renowned Kenyan lawyer and Pan-Africanist Prof. Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba offered a different view. While in Ghana, he said: âHistory is history⊠There are some of us who think it should bear another name, and that name is Kwame Nkrumah.â
Lumumbaâs statement has sparked fresh debate on whether Ghanaâs main gateway should honour its founding Pan-African leader instead of reverting to a neutral city name.
