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@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA Kweku Opoku-Agyemang, Ph.D

Kweku Opoku-Agyemang, Ph.D posts on X about ghana, prime minister, real madrid, madrid the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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"Motivation: Nkrumah wanted a "model club" that would set the standard for Ghanaian football provide top-tier training and serve as a readily available core for the national team the Black Stars. He admired clubs like Real Madrid and aimed to replicate their dominance. Nkrumah was a tactical and social science expert. What he was doing was bringing his centralized model for Ghana's development (a national over ethnic focus) to the Black Stars in a scientific way. At the time it is fair to say that many of the football clubs in Ghana were ethnically biased"
@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA on X 2025-07-26 20:52:28 UTC 15.9K followers, XXX engagements

"1964 Tokyo Olympics: Ghana became the first African nation south of the Sahara to reach the quarter-finals showcasing their prowess on a global stage. Historic Real Madrid Match (1962): Nkrumah even arranged for the then-European champions Real Madrid to play the Black Stars in Accra (a 3-3 draw) boosting Ghana's international reputation. (This is something that stopped most resistance to the Real Republicans approach. Today most football fans would agree that the Black Stars holding Real Madrid to a 3-3 draw is simply not going to happen.)"
@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA on X 2025-07-26 20:52:37 UTC 15.9K followers, XX engagements

"The Birth of Real Republicans: A "Shadow National Team" In 1961 Nkrumah in collaboration with Ohene Djan formed the Real Republicans FC. It was the Ghana super-team. The club's creation was achieved by drafting two of the best players from EACH existing club in Ghana's top league. As you might imagine it was controversial. This effectively created a "dream team" or as some called it "Osagyefo's Own Club" (OOC)"
@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA on X 2025-07-26 20:52:28 UTC 15.9K followers, XXX engagements

"Legacy & Lessons: Investment Unity and the Price of Success. The Real Republicans were not a "secret" but a very public aspect of Nkrumah's national sports policy. They were a direct pipeline of talent and a testament to the power of concentrated state investment in achieving national goals. While the methods were forceful and created resentment among traditional clubs their impact on the Black Stars' early unprecedented success on day one is undeniable. When Nkrumah was overthrown the team was disbanded. The fall in performance was clear. It would be EIGHT (8) more AFCONs before the Black"
@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA on X 2025-07-26 20:52:39 UTC 15.9K followers, XX engagements

"Ghana's Original Superstar Cabinet Left to Rght front row: Hon. A. Casely-Hayford Hon. Kojo Botsio; The Prime Minister Hon. Kwame Nkrumah; Hon. K.A. Gbedemah Hon. E. O. Asafu-Adjaye. Left to right back row: Hon. J.H. Allassani Hon. N.A. Welbeck Hon. A. Ofori Atta Hon. Ako Adjei Hon. J.E. Jantuah Hon. Imoru Egals"
@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA on X 2025-07-28 09:46:53 UTC 16K followers, 22K engagements

"Housing a Nation: Nkrumah's Vision for Affordable Urban Living 🏡 This image captures a vital part of Kwame Nkrumah's development vision: affordable housing for low-income earners in Accra during the 1960s. Facing rapid urbanization & a burgeoning housing deficit his government through the State Housing Corporation and the GNCC embarked on large-scale public housing projects. #Nkrumah #AffordableHousing #Accra #UrbanDevelopment"
@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA on X 2025-07-27 16:05:55 UTC 16K followers, 26.3K engagements

"Nkrumah's Return: A Clash of Approaches to Power This marked a unique moment in Ghana's political history: the first and only time a major party imported a campaigner from overseas to rally on an actual candidate's behalf. Kwame Nkrumah would campaign on behalf of the UGCC. Not as one of many campaigners. As the only one. It makes little sense. If you want to be a prime minister or president you should be able to campaign and convince voters yourself not ask someone else to do it for you right"
@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA on X 2025-07-26 14:13:24 UTC 15.9K followers, 2834 engagements

"Kwame Nkrumah the first Prime Minister of Ghana watches a Ghanaian operator at work on a machine producing metal labels in a factory"
@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA on X 2025-07-28 07:59:06 UTC 16K followers, 43.8K engagements

"Competitive Landscape: The power dynamics of African football are now far more diversified with talent spread across numerous clubs and international leagues. The Cost of Centralization: While it delivered success for Ghana at the national the Real Republicans model came at the cost of disgruntling local clubs and suppressing domestic league competition which may have hindered the overall development of club football. To Nkrumah winning the AFCON is what mattered the most. It was hoped that when Ghanaians saw the result they would feel that the method was worth it"
@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA on X 2025-07-26 20:52:38 UTC 15.9K followers, XX engagements

"Changing the face of Ghana: the Ghana National Construction Corporation (GNCC) In his era Kwame Nkrumah understood that true independence required building the physical infrastructure of a modern nation. That vision led to the Nkrumah administration's establishment of the GNCC a crucial part of his plan for self-reliant development. When did you last see a advertisement bold enough to declare they were "changing the face of Ghana" This was no typical construction firm. It was a nationalistic movement of civil engineers and contractors determined to make an impact. Thread"
@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA on X 2025-07-24 18:32:58 UTC 16K followers, 33.6K engagements

"The Unexpected Twist: How Ghana's Path to Power Diverged The United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) was initially poised to lead the Gold Coast to independence. Many believed they were the intended successors. However a pivotal moment changed everything. Kwame Nkrumah a talented political organizer that had developed his skills in the US and UK was invited back to Ghana to serve as the UGCC's General Secretary. Nkrumah would serve as a political organizer for the party. What could possibly be wrong with that Read on"
@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA on X 2025-07-26 14:13:24 UTC 16K followers, 3151 engagements

"Why didn't they go to the World Cup if they were so great There was a barrier that had nothing to do with skill. For the 1966 World Cup FIFA allocated only one qualification spot for three confederations combined: Africa (CAF) Asia (AFC) and Oceania. Three continents had only one team to represent them at the World Cup which was deeply unfair. Nkrumah led a boycott of the World Cup for this reason. However they were clearly world class:"
@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA on X 2025-07-26 20:52:36 UTC 15.9K followers, XX engagements

"The vindication of Nkrumah: Post-1966 incompetence and the dismantling of a vision. The "proof in the pudding" came after the overthrow. Ghanaians finally got to see what a post-Nkrumah Ghana meant in real life. The National Liberation Council (NLC) and subsequent regimes would do the following: (1) dismantled key state enterprises (e.g. GNCC was renamed SCC ultimately collapsed; even KNUST was renamed UST etc.) often based on emotionalism hate and envy rather than sound economic analysis. (2) They engaged in politically motivated "witch hunts" (like the fruitless search for Nkrumah's alleged"
@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA on X 2025-07-26 14:13:32 UTC 15.9K followers, 1756 engagements

"The Strategic Imperative: Ghana's Economic Engine. The decision to build Tema a new town and harbor was strategic. It was designed to: Support the Volta River Project: As the primary port for bauxite exports & alumina imports related to the Valco smelter. Ease pressure on Takoradi Port which was Ghana's only major port at independence. Serve as an industrial hub: Attracting factories that needed efficient import/export facilities. Facilitate trade: A gateway for continental commerce. It was a colossal undertaking involving massive dredging breakwater construction and town planning. It was to"
@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA on X 2025-07-28 20:55:28 UTC 16K followers, XXX engagements

"Birth of a Modern Metropolis: Nkrumah Founds Tema. Beyond Accra Kwame Nkrumah harbored an ambitious dream: to create a purpose-built industrial city & deep-sea harbor. This vision became Tema rising from a small fishing village into Ghana's industrial heartland and busiest port a true testament to his relentless drive for modernization and economic sovereignty. #Tema #Nkrumah #GhanaDevelopment #Industrialization"
@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA on X 2025-07-28 20:55:26 UTC 16K followers, 13.6K engagements

"In a rebuke to Ghana's new regime at the time Nkrumah was made co-President of Guinea. What was happening in Ghana by then Eventually in power the opposition did not even bother implementing the federalism they claimed to have wanted so badly. It was very quickly exposed as having nothing to offer other than pro-ethnic corruption. The Ghanaians that supported them lived to deeply regret giving them that opportunity. Nkrumah predicted a series of coups across Africa a steep decline over a long period of time and ultimately a future rise"
@KwekuOA Avatar @KwekuOA on X 2025-07-26 14:13:33 UTC 15.9K followers, 1606 engagements