A monarchical historian in Kumasi, Osei Bonsu Sarfo-Kantanka, alias Professor, has said President Akufo-Addo’s applause to the Dormaahene as a good historian is in bad taste.
According to the history teacher, Dormaahene Osagyefo Oseadeyo Agyemang Badu II spews out inaccurate, incorrect, false and untrue history.
Teacher Kantanka’s position is in obvious reaction to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s commendation of the Dormaahene’s vast knowledge in history, for which reason he (President) advised the Dormaahene to codify chieftaincy lineage.
The President said he was impressed with the recent outdooring of the Kwahu State Book, which detailed the lineage of the area and believes if other traditional authorities emulate what the Kwahus have done, it would help curb chieftaincy disputes in the country.
“So now I leave it to you. I know you are versed in history. Nana Dormaahene, your history goes far. We hear. Those about Asante and the rest, we hear all of them. If you bring that idea for us to replicate (what has been done in Kwahu), it will help all of us for peace to decorate chieftaincy,” he reportedly said.
The occasion was when Osagyefo Oseadeyo Agyemang Badu II as President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs and his entourage called on the President at the Jubilee House last week Wednesday to congratulate him for his re-election.
But the Kumasi-based monarchical historian, speaking on Opemsuo radio in Kumasi on Monday, said the Dormaahene is not conversant with the tradition, culture and history and that his (Dormaahene’s) history is inaccurate, incorrect, false and untrue, hence the distortions by
him of late.
Teacher Kantanka, as he is commonly called said he suspects that the president might have a hidden motive in encouraging the Dormaahene to continue with his invectives against Asantehene and distortions of Asante history and spite the people of Asante.
Teacher Kantanka, who is also the Organiser of the Asante Kotoko Society, comprising about 23 Asante youth groups, said it is unfortunate that the president could applause the Dormaahene the way he did. He stressed that though a Nana Akufo-Addo fan, he cannot sacrifice Asante for the love of the President.
“I love Nana Addo but I cannot sacrifice Asante for him”, he stressed in reaction to the President’s praises of the Dormaahene.
