A video said to contain the original Ghana National Anthem during the Nkrumah administration has surfaced on social media.
The video shared by X user, @KyeiMeshack, features an aged man who claims the national anthem currently being sung has been altered following Nkrumah’s overthrow in 1996.
“Then when Nkrumah was overthrown, they changed to God bless our homeland, Ghana. Ghana had a national anthem under Nkrumah but it has changed now. We changed it. Why did we change it,” he said.
According to him, the actual anthem sang:
“Lift high the flag of Ghana.
The day starts shining in the sky
Bright with the souls of our fathers for whose lives we live and die
Red, for the blood of the heroes in the fight.
Green for the fruitful forms of our birthright
And linked with this is the shining gold band, which marks the richness of our fatherland.”
Currently, the Ghana National Anthem sings:
God bless our homeland Ghana,
And make our nation great and strong,
Bold to defend for ever,
The cause of Freedom and of Right.
Fill our hearts with true humility
Make us cherish fearless honesty,
And help us to resist oppressor’s rule
With all our will and might for evermore.
The Ghana National Anthem was composed by Philip Gbeho when Ghana gained independence from British colonial rule.