The Quest for Authentic African Christianity

Abstract

"In January, 1953, Kwame Nkrumah paid a state visit to Liberia at the invitation of President William Tubman. Addressing a mass rally at the Centennial Pavilion in Monrovia, the future President of Ghana took as his theme: "The Vision That I See." He pointed out that, " ... it is better to be free to manage, or mismanage your own affairs, than not to be free to mismanage or manage your own affairs." He went on to explain that it was this conviction which motivated him in 1949 to found a political newspaper, the Acero Et1ming Net/Ja. The guiding philosophy of those who were behind the paper was contained in its motto: "We prefer self-government with danger to servitude in tranquility."