Ghana: What Becomes of the Nkrumaist Tradition?

The name Convention People's Party (CPP) once stood as a giant in the African Continent. However, as there is always an ant in every giant, this once powerful political party is now seriously struggling to gain the attention of the electorate.

Starting out as the party of the first ruling government, the CPP had full government machinery working for it, and, at one point, it was the only constitutionalised accepted political party when the nation went into One Party State in the sixties. It became an offence to have any other party besides the CPP.

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