Black Star Line
NUKRUMAH - BLACK STAR LINE -
“...But as soon as Nkrumah won independence and drove the British out of Ghana, one of his first acts was to sign the Black Star Line into being. Nkrumah told them, “You laughed at Garvey, but you will never laugh at us.” And he signed in the Black Star Line, which was to travel the world as the the ocean-going fleets of Ghana...
TRAVELLING TO AFRICA BY SEA
...In the early1960’s, another friend took the Black Star Line to Ghana. It was also a freighter trip. His experience was quite a different story. It was when Ghana had recreated the Black Star Line under the then president, Kwame Nkrumah. One of the ships was the Afram River which had made a maiden voyage to the U.S. The political fervor around the relaunching of the Black Star Line impressed the black activists of the time and our friend decided to make his move to Ghana by ship where he could take all his belongings and take up his new teaching assignment. He was thrilled by the fact that the entire crew, including the captain were all Africans...
MARITIME IMAGES
Black Star Line (State Shipping Corporation) Ghana
Operated ships registered in Israel (Zim Line). U.S. and Canadian agents: American Israeli Shipping Co.
92 posted on July 23, 2009 10:56:09 PM CDT by Fred Nerks (fair dinkum!)
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There it was, the answer to how so many people travelled back and forth to Ghana, and many other destinations; they had a State owned shipping line at their disposal.
No need to look for airline schedules.
... In the early 1960's, another friend took the Black Star Line to Ghana. It was also a freighter trip. His experience was quite a different story. It was when Ghana had recreated the Black Star Line under the then president, Kwame Nkrumah. One of the ships was the Afram River which had made a maiden voyage to the U.S.
The political fervor around the relaunching of the Black Star Line impressed the black activists of the time and our friend decided to make his move to Ghana by ship where he could take all his belongings and take up his new teaching assignment. He was thrilled by the fact that the entire crew, including the captain were all Africans and he was honored to dine with the captain and crew. He loved stopping at all the African ports en route to Ghana...
See Brochure here:
http://www.timetableimages.com/maritime/images/b-star.htm
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278969/posts?page=92#92
From #97 on the same thread:
"...many years later, when Nkrumah became President of Ghana, because Marcus Garvey was now seen as a saint, Nkrumah started up a State shipping line and named it after Marcus Garvey’s Line:
“...But as soon as Nkrumah won independence and drove the British out of Ghana, one of his first acts was to sign the Black Star Line into being. Nkrumah told them, “You laughed at Garvey, but you will never laugh at us.” And he signed in the Black Star Line, which was to travel the world as the the ocean-going fleets of Ghana, which still exist even today despite all the attacks, internal and external, that it has undergone...
The Black Star Shipping Line. Ghana then had 14 ships and they sailed the world oceans, the prime export of Ghana being cocoa. Or it was, until Nkrumah ruined the economy, as all good little marxists are inclined to do