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princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

Grandpa watched Tommy pull a worm out of the ground and told him that he would give him 10 bucks if he could put it back in.

Tommy left for a bit and said "Ok Grandpa, watch this". Tommy then pushed the worm right back dow ...
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Grandpa watched Tommy pull a worm out of the ground and told him that he would give him 10 bucks if he could put it back in.

Tommy left for a bit and said "Ok Grandpa, watch this". Tommy then pushed the worm right back down in the hole.

The Grandpa got out the 10 dollars and gave it to Tommy.

Tommy said "Grandpa I can't keep this because I cheated. I sprayed the worm with hair spray. That's why I was able to do that."

Grandpa said "No, you keep it."

The next morning at breakfast Grandpa walked up to Tommy and gave him another 10 bucks.

Tommy said "No Grandpa. You already paid me."

Grandpa replied "That money was from Grandma.

THE WORM HAS RESURRECT AND GRANDPA WAS ABLE TO SCREW GRANDMA.
ABU OKYEMAN 12 years ago

THIS UGLY TARZAN IS AN IDIOT ,..OKOMFO ANOKYE IS NOT AN ASHANTI BUT AN ANUM GOD FOR THE AKUAPIMS

THIS UGLY TARZAN IS AN IDIOT ,..OKOMFO ANOKYE IS NOT AN ASHANTI BUT AN ANUM GOD FOR THE AKUAPIMS
OYOKOBA 12 years ago

First it was clutching to the name of uncle Victor Owusu, to make himself valuable. When that didn't go well Mister Butterhead is up to his game again, strategically dropping the name of Komfo Anokye here and there, to curry ...
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First it was clutching to the name of uncle Victor Owusu, to make himself valuable. When that didn't go well Mister Butterhead is up to his game again, strategically dropping the name of Komfo Anokye here and there, to curry favour.

Listen Wrecking Brobbey, you have overstayed your welcome, your mischief and treacherous ways have caught up with you. We know what Victor Owusu and Komfo Anokye stood for. You do not come even close. And how come you never mention your father and mother in any of your writings? Are there any skeletons in the cupboard you don't want anybody to know? Victor Owusu's children even don't use him as a calling card like you. Where is your own drive, Komfo Anokye and Victor Owusu are not here to help you. Muff there!
OKERESOBA 12 years ago

OKOMFO ANOKYE HAILED FROM THE OKERE TOWN OF OKERESO, BETTER KNOWN AS AWUKUGUA. HE WAS NO ASHANTI AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE YOUR ANCESTOR, WIREKO BROBBEY. SHAME ON YOU, TRAITOR.

OKOMFO ANOKYE HAILED FROM THE OKERE TOWN OF OKERESO, BETTER KNOWN AS AWUKUGUA. HE WAS NO ASHANTI AND THEREFORE CANNOT BE YOUR ANCESTOR, WIREKO BROBBEY. SHAME ON YOU, TRAITOR.
princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

OKOMFO ANOKYE HAILS FROM NOKYE THE PRESENT DAY ANLO TOGOLAND.THATS WHY HIS ANCESTORS CANNOT BE TRACED IN ASHANTI LAND.
THE ASHANTI LAND WAS VERY WEALTHY SO THEY CAN EMPLOY PRIEST AND FETISH DOCTORS IN THEIR LAND.

OKOMFO ANOKYE HAILS FROM NOKYE THE PRESENT DAY ANLO TOGOLAND.THATS WHY HIS ANCESTORS CANNOT BE TRACED IN ASHANTI LAND.
THE ASHANTI LAND WAS VERY WEALTHY SO THEY CAN EMPLOY PRIEST AND FETISH DOCTORS IN THEIR LAND.
TOGBE FIAWORSIMEH 12 years ago

We all know where Tarzan stands!! At the onset of the petition, he bitterly criticized the NPP for taking the issue to court. He was of the opinion that, it was unnecessary and it would fail. So instead of wasting time and re ...
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We all know where Tarzan stands!! At the onset of the petition, he bitterly criticized the NPP for taking the issue to court. He was of the opinion that, it was unnecessary and it would fail. So instead of wasting time and resources to pursue the petition, the party should drop the case and start earnest preparation towards Election 2016.

Later, he also attacked the personality of Dr. Bawumia by claiming that he (Bawumia) was clueless etc. after Bawumia had done what most people easily adjudged to be an excellent job as on his cross-examination by Tsatsu Tsikata.

Therefore if today, Tarzan is predicting 9-0 as the outcome of the supreme court's judgement for whoever will win the case, it means that he is infact concluding that Mr. Mahama and NDC will win by 9-0. This is what Tarzan wants to tell the world!!

I stand to be corrected but this is my frank and humble opinion!
Ghanabiya 12 years ago

I disagree with your frank and humble opinion about Dr. Brobby. No where in his article did he expressed his opinion of who will win the case.

The NPP as a party that prides itself of acceptance of diversity of opinions a ...
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I disagree with your frank and humble opinion about Dr. Brobby. No where in his article did he expressed his opinion of who will win the case.

The NPP as a party that prides itself of acceptance of diversity of opinions and open to criticisms should not have attacked Dr. Brobby for his comments on the case.

But their behavior betrayed them and showed their true colors to Ghanaians and the world. So do not try to put words in the mouth of Dr. Brobby.
C.Y. ANDY-K 12 years ago

Really? Surely, there was no tribe or ethnic group known as "Asante" prior to Osei Tutu and Okomfo Anokye bringing together the rebellious subjects of the kingdom of Denkyira, which rebellious subjects, btw, included many bon ...
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Really? Surely, there was no tribe or ethnic group known as "Asante" prior to Osei Tutu and Okomfo Anokye bringing together the rebellious subjects of the kingdom of Denkyira, which rebellious subjects, btw, included many bonafide Denkyeras themselves, to wage war against their master's household then led by Ntim Gyakari, defeated him and formed a new entirety known as Asante which incorporated that Denkyera too! All the small chiefdoms and people that formed that union became known as Asantes, and since Okomfo Anokye was an integral Founding Father (no dispute about that, abi?) how can someone deny him the accolade of becoming an Asante himself? After all, it was he who decreed the fearsome "afisem" taboo, whereby even the background of freed and assimilated slaves couldn't be revealed upon pain of death! So whatever your origin, once you're incorporated, you become an Asante eventually. It is like becoming Arab. Your ancestors don't have to come from Saudi Arabia in order for you to claim Arab ancestry. So whether Anokye is an Nzema, as some Nzemas have claimed, an Ewe, as some Ewes have been claiming or a Guan from Awukugua in Akwapim, which I think was most likely, he became an Asante by virtue of what happened. Yes, not even Osei Tutu was an Asante before that momentous occasion!

The same can be said for practically all the ethnic/tribal groups in Ghana. None is pure, having people from different linguistic and cultural groups forming them. The ancestors decreed that no one should point a hand behind anyone's back and mention his/her origins. One can still pay a heavy fine for doing just that!

All said and done, Tarzan has written a thoughtful piece, worth reading rather than the heap of trash some write here. People like him should share their thoughts more often in spite of the ad hominem attacks on them.

Andy-K
Apatupr3 12 years ago

The Akan aphorism that says,"Eny3 aburoo nko na dokono nko". In any event,Charlie and his other siblings -Liz and Yaw Nsuo, have made something of themselves, and do not need to hang onto the coat-tails of anybody!
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The Akan aphorism that says,"Eny3 aburoo nko na dokono nko". In any event,Charlie and his other siblings -Liz and Yaw Nsuo, have made something of themselves, and do not need to hang onto the coat-tails of anybody!
Their mum, the late Auntie Christie,was a well-educated woman of her day,and was a pioneer in the field of basic education,particularly in the Kumsai Metro area.
Listen,if you have a pedigree to crow about,why don`t you go ahead and publicise it and stop being jealous,because we have never heard you complain about those who have made a career of clutching to the names of ancestors nobody has heard about!
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 12 years ago

AFARI GYAN'S HAND IN COOKIE JAR
HW3, AFARI DJAN MUST BE JAILED. WAT A DISGRACEFUL HUMAN BEING...ONYAME EHU WOOOOOOOOO!
YET, HE Is STILL LYING. YOUR WIFE HAS CAUGHT U RED HANDED FUCKING ANOTHER WOMAN. YET, U FOLLOW HER IN UR ...
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AFARI GYAN'S HAND IN COOKIE JAR
HW3, AFARI DJAN MUST BE JAILED. WAT A DISGRACEFUL HUMAN BEING...ONYAME EHU WOOOOOOOOO!
YET, HE Is STILL LYING. YOUR WIFE HAS CAUGHT U RED HANDED FUCKING ANOTHER WOMAN. YET, U FOLLOW HER IN UR NATIVE SUIT.
TELLING HER, I WAS JUST FUCKING HERE, BUT ITS YOU I LOVE....EEEEIIIII
35 MILLION CEDI NTORO WEI DI3. I NO GO FIT OOOO. PEEP IN GOLD WATCH.
MAHAMA BRIBED AFARI DJAN WITH 35 MILLION CEDIS TO RIG THE ELECTIONS. GO AND ASK JJ RAWLINGS, HE WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
FOLKS, EACH PINK SHEET HAS A UNIQUE NUMBER. THIS NUMBER IS WHAT WE CALL THE SERIAL NUMBER. EACH SERIAL NUMBER IS ASSIGNED TO ONE PINK SHEET.
So if for example pooling station 'A' collects a pink sheet, that number on the pink sheet is solely for that pink sheet ALONE and no other pink sheet must have that same number.
THEREFORE, WHY THEN DO WE HAVE DUPLICATE SERIAL NUMBERS ON MULTIPLE PINK SHEETS? NA WHO CAUSE AM?
AFARI DWAN CAUSE AM, AND HE MUST BE TRIED FOR TREASON. THIS IS GARGANTUAN DAYLIGHT TREASON TO THE NATION STATE GH.
So, it does not matter what name you call it, serial NUMBER or no serial # every single pink sheet must have a distinct number that must be different from all the numbers on all other pink sheets.
As long as the petitioners found that there were duplicate numbers on the pink sheets, that is HIGHLY illegal.
IF YOU FIND THE SAME SERIAL NUMBER ON MULTIPLE CEDI NOTES. WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? COUNTERFEIT BILLS!
If you find any 2 currencies of a particular denomination with the same number on it, then one is counterfeit. That is what the EC did.
They printed two sets and released them into the system. ONE SET WAS FOR ALL, THE OTHER SET WERE ONLY MARKED FOR NDC.....MUAHAHAHAAAAA
GREAT CID JOB BY THE PETITIONERS. AFARI DJAN, U ARE A DISGRACE. YOUR ILK SHOULD BE EXILED FROM GH FOREVER. NATION WRECKER!
What EC did is a day time robbery! TREASON!
THE SC MUST REMOVE JOHN MAHAMA N GIVE THE MANTLE TO NANA ADDO SOLELY ON THIS PREMISE. NDC SHOULD GO BACK N CLAIM THEIR 35MILL FROM AFARI DJAN.
MAHAMA: WHY ARE ALL UR MINISTERS NON AKANS? IS NDC A TRIBALISTIC PARTY?
ALL AKANS MUST ADVICE THEMSELVES WELL FROM THIS NDC, TRIBALISTIC PARTY....
WHEN NPP WERE BUSY MAKING NHIS, SCH FEEDING FREE FOR ALL GHPPL. NDC/MAHAMA
IS GIVING AWAY FREE COMPUTERS WITH HIS FACE ON THE BOXES, LIKE SANTA CLAUS. WHY DONT U MAKE
EDUCATION FREE FOR THE KIDDIES?
MAHAMA HAS 24 KIDDIES AND COUNTING, WITH 13 WOMEN AND COUNTING...MAHAMA SAYS HE IS A CHRISTIAN. REALLY, WITH ALL THESE WOMEN?
THE BIBLE WILL EVEN TELL YOU. DONT TRUST A WOMANIZER!
Forceful acknowledgement of the Mahama
The Senegalese President, Macky Sall, for example, was visibly distraught after descending the dais to congratulate President Mahama and Vice President Amissah-Arthur.
What was intended to be a swearing in ceremony, according to them, turned out to be forceful acknowledgement of the Mahama presidency, which organizers intended as a ruse to ‘legitimize’ the presidency of John Mahama.
“All the presidents who attended this ceremony know the election results are being disputed. They know President Mahama has been dragged to court to answer charges of fraud and irregularities that characterized his being declared president,” a commentator told the New Statesman.
NDC/MAHAMA'S COUP D'ETAT WAS TO DEAD MILLS. USE CHINESE LOAN MONIES TO BRIBE THE ELECTORATE. TO PRINT DUPLICATE PINK SHEETS. WHICH WAS USED TO FOOL THE PPL OF GH AND THE INTL COMMUNITY INTO THINKING THAT MAHAMA WAS THE CREDIBLE WINNER OF THAT ELECTION. HOW CAN WE HAVE SEVERAL PINK SHEETS WITH DUPLICATE OR THE SAME SERIAL NUMBERS. IF WE HAVE MORE THAT 1 CEDI NOTE WITH THE SAME SERIAL NUMBER. IT MEANS THAT ONLY 1 CEDI NOTE/SERIAL NUMBER IS LEGIT. THE REST ARE ALL COUNTERFEIT.....WHERE DID THESE COUNTERFEIT PINK SHEETS COME FROM, AFARI DYAN? HE SAYS HE DOES NOT KNOW THE COMPANY THAT PRINTED THE ELECTION BALLOTS? EEEEIIIII, FOLKS, U SEE THESE DAYLIGHT ROBBERY OF THE VOTES. THE SC NEEDS TO MAKE A RULING THAT WILL SET A PRECEDENT FOR GH ELECTIONS GOING FORWARD. HW3, From 1957 independence to 2008 Ghana owed $9.5 billion in loans.
Within the last 3 years alone Ghana's debt has increased to $21.7 billion !!!
HMM HMM, Where did the $12.2 billion go? Alhaji Dramani Mahama has used the nation as a security to purchase an Aircraft at the expense of
Tax Payers.
How can Dramani go out to borrow money $3 billion dolla
rs from the Chinese Government and use the money to buy an aircraft
for himself when our nation is suffering?
My question is : if for over two years Mr Mahama as a VP in charge could not tame or manage this wild bunch of "rotten plank" and watched the
bridge deteriorate from what performing strength does he legitimize his suitability to lead the nation ?
Who selected Afari-Gyan and his cohorts to constitute the Electoral commission ?
With the exception of the NDC, did any other political party in the country had any hand in the selection of the composition of the Electoral Commission ?

princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

My husband Tarzan came home with a tube Vaseline and said, 'This will make you happy tonight.' He was right. When he went out of the bedroom, I squirted it all over the doorknobs. He couldn't get back in so he called crazy ...
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My husband Tarzan came home with a tube Vaseline and said, 'This will make you happy tonight.' He was right. When he went out of the bedroom, I squirted it all over the doorknobs. He couldn't get back in so he called crazy Prince willys wife and she said when she caught the Prince in bed with another woman,he slapped her ass and said she is next.
AKUA DEDE 12 years ago

WHO GIVES A RED CENT WHO VICTOR OWUSU IS. DOES HE PISS UPWARDS. OYOKOBA, THANKS FOR YOUR INSIGHT. WHATS WRONG WITH WE GHANAIANS? WE ARE AN EDUCATED GROUP OF PEOPLE AND YET WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE MANHANDLED BY MUFOO IDIOTS ...
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WHO GIVES A RED CENT WHO VICTOR OWUSU IS. DOES HE PISS UPWARDS. OYOKOBA, THANKS FOR YOUR INSIGHT. WHATS WRONG WITH WE GHANAIANS? WE ARE AN EDUCATED GROUP OF PEOPLE AND YET WE ALLOW OURSELVES TO BE MANHANDLED BY MUFOO IDIOTS IN GHANA. WAKE UP AMANFUO AND DEAL WITH THESE BUSHMEN POLITICIANS IN SUITS. THEY REALLY LOOK FUNNY IN THEIR HORRIBLE SUITS, IDIOTIC MORONS.
MR BUTTERHEAD GO SIT DOWN AND SHUT THE HELL UP
Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. 12 years ago

"Boodua" sounds like "Jeeman-Prempeh," a non-Akan's comical attempt at "Bodua," pronounced with a shortened form of the vowel "O."

It is a flywhisk of any symbolically powerful quadruped, not necessarily a horse, which is ...
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"Boodua" sounds like "Jeeman-Prempeh," a non-Akan's comical attempt at "Bodua," pronounced with a shortened form of the vowel "O."

It is a flywhisk of any symbolically powerful quadruped, not necessarily a horse, which is a recent importation to Akan culture.

"Bodua" is used to invoke curses on one's enemies, that is why it called "Bodua."

Obviously, Tarzan has to look for his ancestral roots from outside the Akan nation.

My ancestor is Osei-Tutu I, by way of Nkoranza to Manhyia and Asiakwa; Offinso is my granduncle. Nobody can contest this fact.
G. K. Berko 12 years ago

Why not simply use the more widely known descriptive form of word, 'Tail', instead of a quadruped's 'fly-whisk'?. 'Fly-whisk' is a functional nomenclature and many who do not know an animal's tail functions for repelling flie ...
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Why not simply use the more widely known descriptive form of word, 'Tail', instead of a quadruped's 'fly-whisk'?. 'Fly-whisk' is a functional nomenclature and many who do not know an animal's tail functions for repelling flies and other bugs off it, might not know what you are talking about.

Using the term 'fly-whisk' could cause some folks to think "Bodua", as our folks knew it from the beginning, could be any artifact made of something else other than the Tail of an animal. Incidentally, 'Bodua' is used by many people who own one for a 'fly-whisk', even as they often want the Public to believe it signifies some exceptional spiritual powers they possess.

There may be imitations of 'Bodua' made of artificial or synthetic fibers. But its original form would be a processed animal Tail, as you alluded to.

BTW, why do you suggest Tarzan has to seek his ancestral roots outside Akan? Should his claim to Okomfo Anokye's lineage stand, would he not still be within the Akan family? You made it sound like Okomfo Anokye was not an Akan. Gee, for once, I thought you were siding with the fatuous, farcical claim by some non-Akan that Okomfo Anokye hailed from Anlo.

(Read that comment from one princewilly@ymail.com).

Long Live Ghana!!!
Kwaku Acpoli 12 years ago

Anokye gives one two words in the Gwa, "GUAN", language I.E. ANO KYE meaning ANO SEE! No more no less. Anokye was a GUAN. Period.

Anokye gives one two words in the Gwa, "GUAN", language I.E. ANO KYE meaning ANO SEE! No more no less. Anokye was a GUAN. Period.
Kofi Ogbame-Tetteh 12 years ago

Sorry, Abu Okyeman you have got it totally wrong. In fact, Okomfo Anokye was an EWE, from Ngotse, in the Volta Region. His parents were only residents at Awuku Gua therefore, you could in a way fair in saying that he was an A ...
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Sorry, Abu Okyeman you have got it totally wrong. In fact, Okomfo Anokye was an EWE, from Ngotse, in the Volta Region. His parents were only residents at Awuku Gua therefore, you could in a way fair in saying that he was an Akwapem. It was during his saty at Awuku Gua as an 'okomfo' , a fetish priest or a traditional spiritualist that through his mystical spiritual omens through the deities that he was supposed to have conjured the 'golden stool'- 'sika gua kofi', supposedly, the powers of the Asantes. In reality, it was through Okomfo Anokye that some of the various reminants of the nomadic Akan groups were brought together to form the now 'Asante'. For some reasons some Asantes refused to accept this historical fact that Okomfo Anokye(Okomfo a ofiri Ngotse i.e 'Ngotse okomfo'). But those who have researched deeply into the formation of 'Asante' as a tribe would throw an affirmative view on this fact. Unfortunately, many has been mislead to believe that Okomfo Anokye was an Asante. It is also interesting for you to know that the Akwamus were very powerful during those days even more than the Asantes because the Akwamus were already a united group of the nomadic race long before Okomfo Anokye's mystical and mysterious conjectural. The unfortunate thing about some of our Africa history is that many were not documented. They are mainly oral history and so every person seems to rely on what they were told by their fathers, grandfathers and passed on to their great, great grant children and so on without any intelligent questioning and reasoning. The only way to establish the validity and reliability of our history is by a proper research. The challenge is on you and I otherwise, we would foolishly and unintelligently be defending 'Ananse' stories or tales instead of the real things which had really come to passed in our people and country e.g culture, language and heritage. .
Stan 12 years ago

nice piece , prolific

nice piece , prolific
Nana Ansah 12 years ago

FREEDOM AND JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL. LET PEACE AND FREEDOM REIGN.

GHANA FIRST! THE SKY WILL NOT FALL ON GHANA DUE TO A VERDICT BY THE SC. OUR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL BECAUSE GHANA IS BIGGER AND LARGER THAN ANY INDIV ...
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FREEDOM AND JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL. LET PEACE AND FREEDOM REIGN.

GHANA FIRST! THE SKY WILL NOT FALL ON GHANA DUE TO A VERDICT BY THE SC. OUR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL BECAUSE GHANA IS BIGGER AND LARGER THAN ANY INDIVIDUAL OR PARTY.

50 YEARS AGO ON THIS DAY WE REMEMBER THE WORDS OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH. LET US ALL DREAM OF A BETTER GHANA FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN. FOR POSTERITY WILL NOT FORGIVE US AND HISTORY WILL CONDEMN TO HELL IF WE ABUSE THE ABUNDANT FREEDOM AND PEACE WE ENJOY.

FROM THE SHORES OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN; LET FREEDOM REIGN. FROM THE AKWAPIM HILLS TO MOUNT AFADJATO ; LET PEACE REIGN. FROM THE DENSE FOREST OF ASANTE AND AHAFO REGIONS; LET FREEDOM REIGN. FROM THE SAVANAH BELT IN THE NORTH TO THE UPPER REGIONS; LET PEACE REIGN. I LOVE GHANA! DO YOU?!!!

In the words of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah: Ghana our motherland is free forever. FREEDOM! FREEDOM!! FREEDOM!!!

Nkrumah Lives! We still face forward. Long live Maame/Daavi Ghana in ample FREEDOM and social JUSTICE.
ALFRED OKO VAN MILLS 12 years ago

LOOK AT HIS FACE ! WA LOOK !!!

LOOK AT HIS FACE ! WA LOOK !!!
kofiwa 12 years ago

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

zewu krebekuku 12 years ago

Kudos tarzan.champion nuM ye bako pe.JDM.

Kudos tarzan.champion nuM ye bako pe.JDM.
KO 12 years ago

YOUR NPP PEOPLE WILL SKIN YOU TO DEATH IF YOU GO NEAR THEM .

YOUR NPP PEOPLE WILL SKIN YOU TO DEATH IF YOU GO NEAR THEM .
kwaku USATarzan must be mad. 12 years ago

Tarzan must be mad.

Tarzan must be mad.
A. Rahman 12 years ago

Allah's time is the best. He chooses his own leaders'. Peace and tolerance is a great asset, lets embrace it peace loving Ghanaians.

Allah's time is the best. He chooses his own leaders'. Peace and tolerance is a great asset, lets embrace it peace loving Ghanaians.
ABDUL-AZIZ MOHAMMED-JAH 12 years ago

GREAT PIECE

GREAT PIECE
Okonko palm 12 years ago

The verdict will be 9-0 for the choice of the Ghanaian electorate who queued and voted for their choice.Their votes were counted openly and openly collated to arrive at the results declared.It will stand because posterity wi ...
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The verdict will be 9-0 for the choice of the Ghanaian electorate who queued and voted for their choice.Their votes were counted openly and openly collated to arrive at the results declared.It will stand because posterity will judge anyone who thinks otherwise.
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

I do not want to sound stupid but could someone explain what is "Boodua"? I know it should be an Akan word but I never come across it and Tarzan did not explain it.

Okonko, Tarzan's prediction may too ambitious. Form what ...
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I do not want to sound stupid but could someone explain what is "Boodua"? I know it should be an Akan word but I never come across it and Tarzan did not explain it.

Okonko, Tarzan's prediction may too ambitious. Form what I observed throughout the hearing I am hoping for 6-3 majority decision (whichever way). However, when at one point the Justices ruled against an application with the Presiding Justice adding that they had enough evidence to make their decision (even before the hearing ended) I almost assumed that a unanimous decision was likely, so Tarzan could be right. It's now less the 24 hours so we have no long to wait. Tarzan will have a fiver from me if he gets his prediction right. I know a fiver is nothing to Tarzan but it's just a gesture of goodwill.
JK 12 years ago

This is the decorated Horse-Tail that chiefs hold as symbol of authority. It is also loosely used as fly whisk of sorts to keep the little pests off the chief. This same boodua is used by fetish priests in their dances and or ...
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This is the decorated Horse-Tail that chiefs hold as symbol of authority. It is also loosely used as fly whisk of sorts to keep the little pests off the chief. This same boodua is used by fetish priests in their dances and or incantations.

Let me stp here...by now you have a good picture of this item
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

JK, thanks a million. I now know what it is. Sometimes, I get confused if I do not know the English equivalent of the Akan word. For example, Nana Kwame Ampadu is one of my favourate hilife artist but the names of the animals ...
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JK, thanks a million. I now know what it is. Sometimes, I get confused if I do not know the English equivalent of the Akan word. For example, Nana Kwame Ampadu is one of my favourate hilife artist but the names of the animals he sings about confuse me since I struggle to know what they are in English. Recently, I asked listeners on a London based Ghanaian radio station to tell me the English names for "Cici kwabrafo" and "pataku". I am not sure if I got the Akan spelling correct but to my amazement they were bear and hyena respectively. I had no idea what those two words meant. Did you know?
Obed Adore 12 years ago

Hello Kofi Attah,
"Boodua", is a furry or hairy animal's tail, or a furry/hairy animal skin crafted into that shape usually held by the traditional "powerful" person. Boodua is usually found in any traditional fetish shrine, ...
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Hello Kofi Attah,
"Boodua", is a furry or hairy animal's tail, or a furry/hairy animal skin crafted into that shape usually held by the traditional "powerful" person. Boodua is usually found in any traditional fetish shrine, any traditional royal stool room or palace. They are EMBLEMS or REGALIA that signify spiritual powers, and authority. The fetish priests(tesses) would use them to invoke spirits, curses, or even spiritually cleanse the body, items, spots suapected to be harbouring evil spirits etc. Hey I ma a true son of a VOODOO MAN, ok? So, believe me.
This is the best I can do with the definition/description.
have fun with it

Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 12 years ago

Obed, thanks a million. From your/JK's explanation, Boodua could be serving the same purpose as Talisman. Thank to you and JK I now know what Boodu is. This is one of what we should use this forum for. Today, I have learnt so ...
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Obed, thanks a million. From your/JK's explanation, Boodua could be serving the same purpose as Talisman. Thank to you and JK I now know what Boodu is. This is one of what we should use this forum for. Today, I have learnt something good. Though I knew the item I was unaware that the Akan word is BOODUA.

May I ask, has your Voodoo father predicted the outcome of the petition tomorrow and if so who will win?
Servant of God 12 years ago

How dare you equate , God Almighty to okomfo anokye,buddah or Allah please repent

How dare you equate , God Almighty to okomfo anokye,buddah or Allah please repent
Good Citizen 12 years ago

GOOD PEACE BY ALL STANDARD, BUT TARZAN I UNDERSTAND OKOMFO ANOKYE WAS NOT AND ASANTE, SO HOW COME HE IS YOUR ANCESTOR,OR ANOTHER REWRITING OF TRADITIONAL HISTORY,HMMM

GOOD PEACE BY ALL STANDARD, BUT TARZAN I UNDERSTAND OKOMFO ANOKYE WAS NOT AND ASANTE, SO HOW COME HE IS YOUR ANCESTOR,OR ANOTHER REWRITING OF TRADITIONAL HISTORY,HMMM
Martin/PA 12 years ago

Anybody with a glue? Many say he from Anotse. If he of Akan stock where does the name hail from? And what is the meaning? Over to you my fellow Ghanafuo.

Anybody with a glue? Many say he from Anotse. If he of Akan stock where does the name hail from? And what is the meaning? Over to you my fellow Ghanafuo.
TT 12 years ago

The word is clue not glue.

Hail from?

I have given up. You are beyond redemption as far as the English language is concerned.

The word is clue not glue.

Hail from?

I have given up. You are beyond redemption as far as the English language is concerned.
DKB 12 years ago

Huhahahaha! TT allow the man, after all english is not his mother tongue, he too wants to comment "some".

Huhahahaha! TT allow the man, after all english is not his mother tongue, he too wants to comment "some".
Philip Attipoe Gorni 12 years ago

Your piece is excellent. The outcome of tomorrows election petition judgement should not tear us apart. As rightly said by writer of this piece. Ghana ye yen ara asase. There is no place like home. Let us nurture and keep the ...
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Your piece is excellent. The outcome of tomorrows election petition judgement should not tear us apart. As rightly said by writer of this piece. Ghana ye yen ara asase. There is no place like home. Let us nurture and keep the peace that we all enjoy as a collective whole
Nana kofi- London 12 years ago

MA MBOWA EBEDZI KO NO WOEBEDZI KO, MA WAKAE YI YEB3 HO BAN.....

MA MBOWA EBEDZI KO NO WOEBEDZI KO, MA WAKAE YI YEB3 HO BAN.....
NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 12 years ago

TARZAN THANKS FOR THIS NICE PIECE. YOU ARE A SMART GUY. BUT I THINK TARZAN CAN DO MORE WITH HIS PhD, IF HE HASN'T PASSED RETIREMENT AGE (I DON'T KNOW HIS AGE). I DON'T ALSO KNOW HIS AREA OF SPECIALISM ACADEMICALLY. BUT WHY CA ...
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TARZAN THANKS FOR THIS NICE PIECE. YOU ARE A SMART GUY. BUT I THINK TARZAN CAN DO MORE WITH HIS PhD, IF HE HASN'T PASSED RETIREMENT AGE (I DON'T KNOW HIS AGE). I DON'T ALSO KNOW HIS AREA OF SPECIALISM ACADEMICALLY. BUT WHY CAN'T HE GET A LECTURESHIP JOB IN ANY OF THE UNIVERSITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, AFTERALL PhD IS FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH. PhD IS TRULY NOT FOR MANAGING SERIOUS BUSINESSES, COMPANIES, OR ORGANIZATIONS. PhD IS MEANT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE UNIVERSITY LECTURERS AND RESEARCHERS. SO WHY WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THESE POLITICAL MAMBO JAMBO AND RECEIVE INSULTS FROM ILLITERATES AND SEMI-ILLITERATES FROM NPP?
MENSAH 12 years ago

HE EXCELS REALLY,AT THE ENERGY CIRCLES.
HE SAYS HE IS 61 YEARS OLD,I REMEMBER.
HE SHOULD KNOW WHERE HE ACTUALLY BELONGS AND OPERATE IN IT.

BECAUSE:

WHERE YOU ARE MATTERS AS MUCH AS WHAT YOU ARE:
YOU COULD/MAY BE A BE ...
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HE EXCELS REALLY,AT THE ENERGY CIRCLES.
HE SAYS HE IS 61 YEARS OLD,I REMEMBER.
HE SHOULD KNOW WHERE HE ACTUALLY BELONGS AND OPERATE IN IT.

BECAUSE:

WHERE YOU ARE MATTERS AS MUCH AS WHAT YOU ARE:
YOU COULD/MAY BE A BEAUTIFUL WHALE,SHARK,OR ANY FISH,YOU BETTER BE IN WATER:
THE LAKE,SEA,RIVER,POND ETC.
THE JURISDICTION/HABITAT,WHERE THEY THRIVE BEST.

WE ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSIGNED AND DESIGNED,BY GOD.
THEREFORE,WE HAVE TO KNOW WHERE WE BELONG AND WHERE WE DISCOVER OUR CENTRE OF OUR ASSIGNMENT,THEN WE WOULD EXPERIENCE NO RIVALRY.
BECAUSE THE BEST OF OURS ARE BEING EXPOSED,REGENERATED AND BLOSOMED AND THEREFORE,CELEBRATED AND REWARDED.
princeattapy 12 years ago

NPP clueless party.

NPP clueless party.
PHILTY McNASTY 12 years ago

Are you this stupid or you are pretending?

Are you this stupid or you are pretending?
James Adams 12 years ago

As your name stands you cannot call yourself tarzan,are you not a shame of yourself what did you say before the case started,please don't add more salts to the damage you have brought upon yourself since you have lost respect ...
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As your name stands you cannot call yourself tarzan,are you not a shame of yourself what did you say before the case started,please don't add more salts to the damage you have brought upon yourself since you have lost respect from your marriage life to your profession.
kwaku USATarzan must be mad. 12 years ago

Everything about wereko brobbey is a failure. Stupid man. Was Okomfo anokye an Ashanti?

Everything about wereko brobbey is a failure. Stupid man. Was Okomfo anokye an Ashanti?
Samuel 12 years ago

I guess what Tarzan is trying to say is that Okomfo Anokye being a Ghanaian could pass as an ancestor to any Ghanaian.
Does not matter really whether he's an Ashanti or Akwapim, though in actual fact Okomfo Anokye hails fro ...
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I guess what Tarzan is trying to say is that Okomfo Anokye being a Ghanaian could pass as an ancestor to any Ghanaian.
Does not matter really whether he's an Ashanti or Akwapim, though in actual fact Okomfo Anokye hails from Awukugua in Akwapim in the Eastern region of Gana.
JK 12 years ago

Except for you and a few others, most appear to be completely lost on the use of this reference by Tarzan. They have failed to consider the possible symbolic use of the stature of Okomfo Anokye by Tarzan.

Kudos to you, Yo ...
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Except for you and a few others, most appear to be completely lost on the use of this reference by Tarzan. They have failed to consider the possible symbolic use of the stature of Okomfo Anokye by Tarzan.

Kudos to you, You have not dwelt on where the famous Fetish Priest hailed from.

The idea that Tarzan could not possibly be a relative even surprizes me.

How, exactly, do people know for sure?
Do we have a genealogy database in Ghana that some of us are not aware of?
Eugene 12 years ago

bull shit

bull shit
Woman's wisdom 12 years ago

Tarzan is become of a three year old lad. He can't think like an adult. Maybe he needs help. Please let's help him. No common sense in anything he says lately. Please let's help him.

Tarzan is become of a three year old lad. He can't think like an adult. Maybe he needs help. Please let's help him. No common sense in anything he says lately. Please let's help him.
Apatupr3 12 years ago

Great-Great Grandson has shown the right way to apply one`s intellect. A great piece devoid of insults, Tarzan has demonstrated superior writing skills by lacing this write-up with wonderful humour that should touch the heart ...
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Great-Great Grandson has shown the right way to apply one`s intellect. A great piece devoid of insults, Tarzan has demonstrated superior writing skills by lacing this write-up with wonderful humour that should touch the hearts of all all well-meaning Ghanaians. What a delight!
GBEVU 12 years ago

OH SAY IT AGAIN. I AM EVEN ASHAMED FOR THEM, A SIMPLE CONGRATULATION MESSAGE FROM AKUFO ADDO TO MAHAMA WOULD HV AVOIDED ALL THESE THAT GHANA HAS GONE THROUGH FOR 8 MNTHS NOW. AND NO BODY WAS BOLD ENOUGH TO TELL THIS MAN THE T ...
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OH SAY IT AGAIN. I AM EVEN ASHAMED FOR THEM, A SIMPLE CONGRATULATION MESSAGE FROM AKUFO ADDO TO MAHAMA WOULD HV AVOIDED ALL THESE THAT GHANA HAS GONE THROUGH FOR 8 MNTHS NOW. AND NO BODY WAS BOLD ENOUGH TO TELL THIS MAN THE TRUTH. PASTORS HV ORGANIZED PRAYER MEETINGS, PEACE AMBASSADORS HERE AND THERE. BUSINESS PEOPLE BEING SKEPTICAL, MANY HV TRAVELLED WHEN IT WAS'NT WITHIN PLANNED SCHEDULED. THE WORST OF IT ALL IS THE MENTAL TORTURE. I SOMETIMES ASK MYSELF DO GHANAIANS REALLY DESERVE THIS? I BLAME THIS ON BAD LEADERSHIP, SQUARELY AT THE DOORSTEP OF NPP LEADERSHIP. NEVER AGAIN SHD GHANA COME TO THIS JUNCTURE, YES B'COS IT IS DANGEROUS FOR US. WE DONT NEED THIS.
chris 12 years ago

this should have been decided in few days and before the beginning of the new administration...even Kenya got it right... the so-called learned judges of the supreme court are incompetent and have plugged ghana into confusio ...
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this should have been decided in few days and before the beginning of the new administration...even Kenya got it right... the so-called learned judges of the supreme court are incompetent and have plugged ghana into confusion and possibly a constitutional crisis.
Nana Ansah 12 years ago

FREEDOM AND JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL. LET PEACE AND FREEDOM REIGN.

GHANA FIRST! THE SKY WILL NOT FALL ON GHANA DUE TO A VERDICT BY THE SC. OUR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL BECAUSE GHANA IS BIGGER AND LARGER THAN ANY INDIVI ...
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FREEDOM AND JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL. LET PEACE AND FREEDOM REIGN.

GHANA FIRST! THE SKY WILL NOT FALL ON GHANA DUE TO A VERDICT BY THE SC. OUR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL BECAUSE GHANA IS BIGGER AND LARGER THAN ANY INDIVIDUAL OR PARTY.

50 YEARS AGO ON THIS DAY WE REMEMBER THE WORDS OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH. LET US ALL DREAM OF A BETTER GHANA FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN. FOR POSTERITY WILL NOT FORGIVE US AND HISTORY WILL CONDEMN TO HELL IF WE ABUSE THE ABUNDANT FREEDOM AND PEACE WE ENJOY.

FROM THE SHORES OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN; LET FREEDOM REIGN. FROM THE AKWAPIM HILLS TO MOUNT AFADJATO ; LET PEACE REIGN. FROM THE DENSE FOREST OF ASANTE AND AHAFO REGIONS; LET FREEDOM REIGN. FROM THE SAVANAH BELT IN THE NORTH TO THE UPPER REGIONS; LET PEACE REIGN. I LOVE GHANA! DO YOU?!!!

In the words of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah: Ghana our motherland is free forever. FREEDOM! FREEDOM!! FREEDOM!!!

Nkrumah Lives! We still face forward. Long live Maame/Daavi Ghana in ample FREEDOM and social JUSTICE.
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 12 years ago

"Pardon my Christian bias; blame it on the missionaries. Maybe when I have done “Mr Documents” transition to another faith, I may be able to illustrate my point from grounds of faith."

Hahahaha, Tarzan, the free bird i ...
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"Pardon my Christian bias; blame it on the missionaries. Maybe when I have done “Mr Documents” transition to another faith, I may be able to illustrate my point from grounds of faith."

Hahahaha, Tarzan, the free bird is singing and now singing his whole heart la...
KB 12 years ago

Are you normal?

Are you normal?
Sam, USA 12 years ago

Trim the ugly hair around your upper lips! Are you hiding something on the lips?

Trim the ugly hair around your upper lips! Are you hiding something on the lips?
Charles 12 years ago

Indeed you work hard for PhD, God bless you, excellent work

Indeed you work hard for PhD, God bless you, excellent work
CHE 12 years ago

The decision of the wise judges should be such as to stop any further future attempts by arrogant sore losers to disturb the electoral peace of our democracy. While admitting to the ample room for improvement in the electoral ...
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The decision of the wise judges should be such as to stop any further future attempts by arrogant sore losers to disturb the electoral peace of our democracy. While admitting to the ample room for improvement in the electoral process, the sovereignty of our nation is underpinned by the free choice of its peoples and not through any attempt at using legal loopholes and shenanigans to come to power through the backdoor. Our parliament should be able to enact electoral laws that that fix the lapses found in the past. This could have been done through the elected representatives without holding the nation to ransom with a legal suit at the highest court. Akufo-Addo and his cabal really represent a real and present danger to the stability of our democracy and they should not trick us into believing that this egomaniacal trip to the highest court was meant to bring about positive changes to our democracy. This fraudulent exercise is yet another page out of the book of entitlement and skullduggery of Nana Akufo-Addo whose legal educational credentials remain a mystery.
Humphrey 12 years ago

Speak your mind Tazan

Speak your mind Tazan
ME AND YOU WERE NOT THERE 12 years ago

A TRUE CERTIFIED COPY.

A TRUE CERTIFIED COPY.
zewu krebekuku 12 years ago

Champion nu ye baku pe. JDM ALL THE WAY.

Champion nu ye baku pe. JDM ALL THE WAY.
zewu krebekuku 12 years ago

JDM ALL THE WAY.CHAMPION NU YE ONE. ANOTHER T.K.O

JDM ALL THE WAY.CHAMPION NU YE ONE. ANOTHER T.K.O
paapa agyesco 12 years ago

Tarzan is nota humanbeing,The greatest bonehead I have ever seen on this earth

Tarzan is nota humanbeing,The greatest bonehead I have ever seen on this earth
mankind 12 years ago

dumb ass tarzan go back to your cocoa ase farm b4 the verdict

dumb ass tarzan go back to your cocoa ase farm b4 the verdict
ghanaian 12 years ago

animal, he just want job in the ailing mahama govt

animal, he just want job in the ailing mahama govt
GK 12 years ago

Good write-up, Tarzan!

Good write-up, Tarzan!
Patimaroom 12 years ago

We the people of ghana need justice not peace. Your can't steal justice for peace.

We the people of ghana need justice not peace. Your can't steal justice for peace.
Mawutor 12 years ago

“Whatever anybody/everybody is thinking or doing or meeting or saying ..., it’s only the judges who have the evidence and who can pronounce the Final Verdict,”

“Whatever anybody/everybody is thinking or doing or meeting or saying ..., it’s only the judges who have the evidence and who can pronounce the Final Verdict,”
Dr kwadwo kufuor U.S of A 12 years ago

He is from Agona royal family and that links him to Obrikumfour Anokye

He is from Agona royal family and that links him to Obrikumfour Anokye
Dr kwadwo kufuor U.S of A 12 years ago

He is a true blood of Okomfo Anokye

He is a true blood of Okomfo Anokye
Komfo_Adu 12 years ago

Tell the many 'pretenders' to the throne or courtiers like Adofo Rockson,who come to this website to make all sorts of 'crazy' comments about royal lineages in Ashanti!
Those of us with first-hand knowledge of the true facts ...
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Tell the many 'pretenders' to the throne or courtiers like Adofo Rockson,who come to this website to make all sorts of 'crazy' comments about royal lineages in Ashanti!
Those of us with first-hand knowledge of the true facts always chuckle readind the nonsense this is put out on this site.
BRAVEBOY 12 years ago

Dr. Brobbey why don't you create a medium to encourage a new, committed, and selfless future leaders for Ghana. Just my thought.

Dr. Brobbey why don't you create a medium to encourage a new, committed, and selfless future leaders for Ghana. Just my thought.
Sankofa 12 years ago

Hahahahahaaa!

Hahahahahaaa!
GREAT NANA ANTWI 12 years ago

ARE YOU IN NEED OF A FAST POWERFULL SPIRITUALIST?THEN GO TO www.greatnanapowerfullspiritualist.blogspot.com

ARE YOU IN NEED OF A FAST POWERFULL SPIRITUALIST?THEN GO TO www.greatnanapowerfullspiritualist.blogspot.com
GHANA FIRST 12 years ago

Wo ye no yiye a woara wo dea
You and your children your grand children and your great grand children
Whatever you sow that shall you reap
Pray for her
Do good to her
Be honest to her
Love her
Work for her etc And you ...
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Wo ye no yiye a woara wo dea
You and your children your grand children and your great grand children
Whatever you sow that shall you reap
Pray for her
Do good to her
Be honest to her
Love her
Work for her etc And you will surely enjoy the fruit of your labour
GHANA FIRST 12 years ago

Or should i say stomach politians all around

Or should i say stomach politians all around
George Best. 12 years ago

YES, THIS IS THE TRUE NATURE OF THE MAN CALLED CHARLES WEREKO BROBBEY; THIS MAN IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN SATAN.
THIS CHARLES WEREKO BROBBEY MAN PLANTED HIMSELF IN NPP ONLY TO SPY AND DESTROY THE PARTY, HE IS THE REAL DEVIL`S ...
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YES, THIS IS THE TRUE NATURE OF THE MAN CALLED CHARLES WEREKO BROBBEY; THIS MAN IS MORE DANGEROUS THAN SATAN.
THIS CHARLES WEREKO BROBBEY MAN PLANTED HIMSELF IN NPP ONLY TO SPY AND DESTROY THE PARTY, HE IS THE REAL DEVIL`S INCARNATE. HE IS IN THE PARTY TO CAUSE REAL MAYHEM.
IN THE INETREST OF THE PARTY, THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE SHOULD DISMISS THIS `CHIMPANZEE` FORTH-WITH. HE IS A BIG TRAITOR, HE NEVER HAS THE INTEREST OF THE PARTY AT HEART!
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