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KWAW deGraft Johnson's forward to "The Persistence of Paradox"

20-Sep-09: Francis Lodowic Bartels traces his name and ancestry to a German in the service of the Dutch West India Trading Company with commercial interest in Elmina and other coastal townships in Ghana who married into a Ghanaian family. This line of descent made him more open to both African and European cultural influences. His mastery and promotion of both Fante and English as means of communication gave indications that he was at home in both cultures.

Kwame Gyekye's forward to F.L. Bartel's "The Persistence of Paradox"

20-Sep-09: Dr F.L. Bartels is undoubtedly one of the most distinguished headmasters Mfantsipim has had since its establishment in 1876. himself an Old Boy (1925-1928), his time as Acting Headmaster from 1943 to 1945 and Headmaster from 1949-1961 saw a phenomenal growth not only in infrastructural facilities but also in academic progress and achievements; for instance, the Sixth Form, the intermediate stage between secondary and tertiary education, was started during his time. 

Forward By The Secretary General United Nations "The Persistence of Paradox"

20-Sep-09: The essence of education lies in allowing an individual to discover himself, and to recognize not only the strength he possessed, but also the infirmities that inhibit them and which are in his power to remedy. Education can also infuse us with the wisdom to gaze beyond the confines of self-interest and see the common good that transcends our immediate needs and concerns.

Professor David Weir's forward to "Journey Out Of The African Maze: Indigenous And Higher Education In Tandem"

20-Sep-09: If there is to be a future for mankind it is obvious that mankind will have to change its ways. The collective assurance that has accompanied us since the mid-twentieth century that a future based on growing economic prosperity would spread inexorably from the West as it shared its secrets with what we called "the developing world" has been relentlessly dissipated as the new century opens.