Chief shreds Magna Carta

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Nii Adjei 10 years ago

Onukpa Nana,
Thank you very much for your stand.
//Hewale ke Ejuru Feemo Afee Ono!

Onukpa Nana,
Thank you very much for your stand.
//Hewale ke Ejuru Feemo Afee Ono!
william 10 years ago

See the horse tails they wear on black faces like mine in the African heat looking like comedian occult groups suffering from europeantiasis Africashytiansis!!!

See the horse tails they wear on black faces like mine in the African heat looking like comedian occult groups suffering from europeantiasis Africashytiansis!!!
c.stephen sackey. 10 years ago

Oh William, you are what is called a self-hating African.
You wished you were something other than African, and it shows. It's just sad.
But, William just take an ownership interest in your self plus all that the African re ...
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Oh William, you are what is called a self-hating African.
You wished you were something other than African, and it shows. It's just sad.
But, William just take an ownership interest in your self plus all that the African represents and gave mankind- we birthed it, never forget that - and you'll just be fine.
And, don't forget, mankind's progress has it's own life cycle.Africans turn is around the corner.
Chin up young man, you and your Africans turn would come up before you know it.
And, trust me on this one. This is not a feel good mindset, it's a belief.
PRINCE 10 years ago

What is the difference between the two? Oppressors and the oppressed. That is why democracy came to level the ground but unfortunately for Ghana, we have voted fools who ideally should have been oppressed in the feudal system ...
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What is the difference between the two? Oppressors and the oppressed. That is why democracy came to level the ground but unfortunately for Ghana, we have voted fools who ideally should have been oppressed in the feudal system. Until chieftaincy is abolished, human beings and not fools like dumsor assume leadership roles, neither feudalism or the magna carter can save Ghana.
JJ 10 years ago

Why shred the document. Ghana is not ruled by MC. He does not understand the contents of the Document. This highly prejudiced, probably racist African chief should burn all copies of the Magna Carta in the world and destroy ...
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Why shred the document. Ghana is not ruled by MC. He does not understand the contents of the Document. This highly prejudiced, probably racist African chief should burn all copies of the Magna Carta in the world and destroy all the chieftaincy practices.
Kofi 10 years ago

Did the Magna Carta exist when Sir Garnet Wolseley [The Irish Murderer] descended on our ancestors in 1874?My grand mother who died aged 106 IN 1977 never stopped talking about the evil SARGRENTI.

Did the Magna Carta exist when Sir Garnet Wolseley [The Irish Murderer] descended on our ancestors in 1874?My grand mother who died aged 106 IN 1977 never stopped talking about the evil SARGRENTI.
gretchy 10 years ago

Who the fuk is this mongrel.Western world has followed the main contents of this document.Geeze no wonder ghana's democracy is down the plug hole.No human's right No freedom of speech cos useless chief like u wants to rule th ...
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Who the fuk is this mongrel.Western world has followed the main contents of this document.Geeze no wonder ghana's democracy is down the plug hole.No human's right No freedom of speech cos useless chief like u wants to rule the vunerable
HASSAN, Tamale 10 years ago

The hypocrisy of British colonialists. Where was the Magna Carta when you carted our brothers and sisters away as slaves and plundered our resources?

The hypocrisy of British colonialists. Where was the Magna Carta when you carted our brothers and sisters away as slaves and plundered our resources?
Concerned 10 years ago

They said the Africans were monkeys so maybe this charter did not cover us. The UK ambassador says the magna carta have evolved. It's now powering the ICC and continuing the hypocrisy. Our occultist lawyers will definitely su ...
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They said the Africans were monkeys so maybe this charter did not cover us. The UK ambassador says the magna carta have evolved. It's now powering the ICC and continuing the hypocrisy. Our occultist lawyers will definitely support something like that
HANS 10 years ago

DANQUAH-BUSIA TRADITION SHOULD BOW DOWN THEIR HEADS IN SHAME FOR CONSPIRING WITH THE WEST TO TOPPLE NKRUMAH. NKRUMAH'S CPP GOVERNMENT REMAINS THE BEST IN OUR HISTORY. THE MOTIVE OF THE WEST WAS TO TOPPLE NKRUMAH AND RESTRUCT ...
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DANQUAH-BUSIA TRADITION SHOULD BOW DOWN THEIR HEADS IN SHAME FOR CONSPIRING WITH THE WEST TO TOPPLE NKRUMAH. NKRUMAH'S CPP GOVERNMENT REMAINS THE BEST IN OUR HISTORY. THE MOTIVE OF THE WEST WAS TO TOPPLE NKRUMAH AND RESTRUCTURE OUR ECONOMY TO MAKE IT DEPENDENT ON THE ECONOMY OF THE WEST.GHANA HAS NOW BECOME THE DUMPING GROUND FOR MANUFACTURED GOODS OF THE WEST. THE WEST ENSURES THAT WE DO NOT ADD VALUE TO OUR RAW MATERIALS THROUGH MANUFACTURING BECAUSE GHANA (AND AFRICA) SHOULD REMAIN THEIR MARKET. THEY HAVE PUT VARIOUS IMPEDIMENTS IN OUR WAY TO ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT DEVELOP BUT CONTINUE TO DEPEND ON THEM FOR EVERYTHING. WHEN ANY AFRICAN LEADER TRIES TO CHANGE THE STATUS QUO, THEY ALIGN WITH THE OPPOSITION PARTY, FOMENT TROUBLE AND DEPOSE THE AFRICAN LEADER.THEY DEPOSED NKRUMAH,GADAFI, LUMUMBA. LIFE IN GHANA DURING THE DAYS OF NKRUMAH WAS SO GOOD ECONOMICALLY AND GHANAIANS WERE SO SATISFIED THAT THY WERE NOT TRAVELLING TO STAY OUTSIDE BUT NOW LIFE IN GHANA IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE MAJORITY.
DANQUAH-BUSIA TRADITION PARTLY CONTRIBUTED TO THIS UNPLEASANT SITUATION SO THEY SHOULD BOW DOWN THEIR HEADS IN SHAME.

c.stephen sackey. 10 years ago

If there was any one man in the history of the Republic who subjudicated the nation into servitude, it's that spawn of the Trojan horse, JJ Rawlings.
He of the man who-without any credentials and of any known pedigree- sold ...
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If there was any one man in the history of the Republic who subjudicated the nation into servitude, it's that spawn of the Trojan horse, JJ Rawlings.
He of the man who-without any credentials and of any known pedigree- sold off the very industrial assets he inherited for pennies on the dollar to his crony capitalists.
And, this usurper don't look and talk like any of the writers on this blog.
But, he cowered the populace for almost twenty years through contempt and fear.
KN only ruled Ghana for just nine years, folks!
Anytime , and everytime I see him and hear his boisterous,orchestrated harrangues of contempt for his epiphanies of probity and accountability it makes me cringe.

This is the man who should be brought before the courts, if the populace would have the sense to scrap the "indemnity clause" under his orchestrated constitution.And, he even had the chutzpah to insert into the national anthem " to fight oppressors " rule.
What does he take us for? Fools?,

Man, how I wished he lives in Latin America. They know what to do with traitors!
Akans. Prophecies 10 years ago

And also a parasite on Ghana's. Colons Vetebrae clinching for survival. Only idiots remebers the name of this Monster.

And also a parasite on Ghana's. Colons Vetebrae clinching for survival. Only idiots remebers the name of this Monster.
Vincent USA 10 years ago

You are yet to understand your past, present and maybe the future. oga! Stephen Sackey.

You are yet to understand your past, present and maybe the future. oga! Stephen Sackey.
Eduwodzi Kpevor 10 years ago

Why are we busy celebrating things to do with imperialism? In their countries they hardly realise that African exust. When they do, they still portray us as savages. But at the slightest opportunity we affirm this view by uph ...
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Why are we busy celebrating things to do with imperialism? In their countries they hardly realise that African exust. When they do, they still portray us as savages. But at the slightest opportunity we affirm this view by upholding things to do with imperialism. Don't we have heroes of our own? Many years after colonialism, our minds are still not free. It is still colonised. Teach the children about imperialism and the damage it did to Africa. When the Second World War is celebrated in the west, there's not s single mention of Africa. As if African who died fighting in Burma never even existed. Think guys, think!
Kwame 10 years ago

When European swallow their goof and praise the same as a good meal you ask yourself so these are the people who call themselves the wise men of our world. Magna Carta did not abolish slavery, colonization, imperialism, neoco ...
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When European swallow their goof and praise the same as a good meal you ask yourself so these are the people who call themselves the wise men of our world. Magna Carta did not abolish slavery, colonization, imperialism, neocolonialism, racial segregation, apartheid and neoglobalism a forceful form of neocolonialism. Thus Magna Carta did not give back to man the dignity that the monarchy took from him.
Nii Lartey Nartey. 10 years ago

This is an African shame, hugely embarrassment to our independence and political sovereignty when the English even do not celebrate such unrelated thing and the youth do not even know nothing about Magna Carta nonsense.

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This is an African shame, hugely embarrassment to our independence and political sovereignty when the English even do not celebrate such unrelated thing and the youth do not even know nothing about Magna Carta nonsense.

So what is the benefit to the majority Ghanaian poor to celebrate the foreign man's thing here? bonkers!!!
Ababio 10 years ago

Nana, I doff my cap for you...Our 'learned' lawyers are part and parcel of the British 'evolution' system. These people vouching for the magna carta are completely dead from the neck up.

Nana, I doff my cap for you...Our 'learned' lawyers are part and parcel of the British 'evolution' system. These people vouching for the magna carta are completely dead from the neck up.
Thompson 10 years ago

If dumsor, womanizer, brainless, dead goat were a professional, Ghana would not have been like this

If dumsor, womanizer, brainless, dead goat were a professional, Ghana would not have been like this
King Leopold of Congo 10 years ago

Jon Benjamin, where sat these ideals u talk about between the 15th n 19th centuries. Magna Carta came in 13th Century, then came Elmina Castle. Shame on you all.

Jon Benjamin, where sat these ideals u talk about between the 15th n 19th centuries. Magna Carta came in 13th Century, then came Elmina Castle. Shame on you all.
Osei Yao 10 years ago

HAS ANY LAWYER STUDIED THE LEGAL HISTORY OF OUR PEOPLE? SIMPLY IMMITATING OTHERS DOES NOT HELP OUR PROGRESS AND SELF-CONFIDENCE.
DO THEY CALL WHAT WE HAVE IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES RULE OF LAW? OF COURSE, WITH WIGS AND GOWNS THE ...
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HAS ANY LAWYER STUDIED THE LEGAL HISTORY OF OUR PEOPLE? SIMPLY IMMITATING OTHERS DOES NOT HELP OUR PROGRESS AND SELF-CONFIDENCE.
DO THEY CALL WHAT WE HAVE IN AFRICAN COUNTRIES RULE OF LAW? OF COURSE, WITH WIGS AND GOWNS THE CHIEF IMITATORS THINK THEY ARE DOING WELL. HOW WELL?

Nyame Dua 10 years ago

Do we celebrate Asante Union??? Do we celebrate Yaa Asantewa's triumph over the British imperialist army? Do we celebrate the genius Kwame Nkrumah??? Do we even celebrate the great Ephraim Amu??? Yet we are always happy cele ...
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Do we celebrate Asante Union??? Do we celebrate Yaa Asantewa's triumph over the British imperialist army? Do we celebrate the genius Kwame Nkrumah??? Do we even celebrate the great Ephraim Amu??? Yet we are always happy celebrating imperialist nonsense. The British people don't give a damn about us. Be careful what you celebrate.
aboa-bu 10 years ago

Question is: why CELEBRATE that on African soil? A 1200s European document preceded European barbarity many centuries later - toward Africans, African civilization and on African soil. This is really SAD to hear! And the so-c ...
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Question is: why CELEBRATE that on African soil? A 1200s European document preceded European barbarity many centuries later - toward Africans, African civilization and on African soil. This is really SAD to hear! And the so-called intellectuals there talking RUBBISH! Please Osagyefo, we need you back, PLEASE!!!!! Next we will be celebrating Chinese dynasties too if you don't come back.
Ghanaman THE REAL 10 years ago

What a joker to pick a fight with a historical document! Get real man and understand the historical significance of this document called THE MAGNA CARTER which has nothing to with Britain's colonial past!! Look at how great A ...
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What a joker to pick a fight with a historical document! Get real man and understand the historical significance of this document called THE MAGNA CARTER which has nothing to with Britain's colonial past!! Look at how great America has become adhering to the tenets of this visually decrepit piece of parchment. Knowledge, Nana, is golden not ignorance!!!
aboman 10 years ago

You need some good KG schooling to build on! Wake up, bro/sis unREAL!

You need some good KG schooling to build on! Wake up, bro/sis unREAL!
Eduwodzi Kpevor 10 years ago

Of course America has adhered so religiously to the tenets of Magna Carta to the extent that it resulted in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Great thinking!

Of course America has adhered so religiously to the tenets of Magna Carta to the extent that it resulted in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. Great thinking!
Eduwodzi Kpevor 10 years ago

Oh, please check out a bit of history. The Magna Carta was created in 1215 and the transatlantic slave trade was from 1562 - 1888. Do you see the irony???

Oh, please check out a bit of history. The Magna Carta was created in 1215 and the transatlantic slave trade was from 1562 - 1888. Do you see the irony???
Sankofa 10 years ago

I daresay, Nana Nketsia, as an eminent historian, knows a little bit more about the Magna Carta than you.

If the Magna Carta has nothing to do with Britain's colonial past, just ask yourself this question: If it was meant ...
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I daresay, Nana Nketsia, as an eminent historian, knows a little bit more about the Magna Carta than you.

If the Magna Carta has nothing to do with Britain's colonial past, just ask yourself this question: If it was meant to underpin democracy what were the British doing using the power of the gun to conquer our people, exploit us for centuries and not bother to foster democracy in that period? Or were the principles purportedly espoused by the Magna Carta just for white people?

I would urge you to research the Magna Carta and its historical fallout before you come to this forum and expose your own ignorance.
aban 10 years ago

Thank you for salvaging us and giving the future hope. I hope the so-called lawyers and intellectuals will reflect on your wisdom and LEARN. God bless you with more wisdom and long life: WE NEED YOU HERE MUCH MUCH LONGER!

Thank you for salvaging us and giving the future hope. I hope the so-called lawyers and intellectuals will reflect on your wisdom and LEARN. God bless you with more wisdom and long life: WE NEED YOU HERE MUCH MUCH LONGER!
Martin 10 years ago

The Paramount Chief of Essikadu Traditional Area, Nana Kobena Nketsiah V, does not think the rights of the individual is that important, as prescribed by the Magna Carta. I am not surprised by that statement because the chief ...
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The Paramount Chief of Essikadu Traditional Area, Nana Kobena Nketsiah V, does not think the rights of the individual is that important, as prescribed by the Magna Carta. I am not surprised by that statement because the chief fails to grasp the significance of the document. Like him, King John felt he was above the law and that's the reason why the Barons forced the King to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede in 1215. This document is the basis of the constitutions of numerous nations, including the Bill of Rights of the US constitution. So when this chief discredits the Magna Carta as not relevant to the African, then he is refuting good governance.The Magna Carta in of itself cannot contribute to human society, as the chief demands, but such contributions come from those who live by the ideals of the document.
No Guarantee 10 years ago

You hit the nail right Martin.
The paramount believe that there should be no accountability by any ruler in the African set up system.Chiefs and so called kings sell people's land in their jurisdiction or areas,pockets the m ...
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You hit the nail right Martin.
The paramount believe that there should be no accountability by any ruler in the African set up system.Chiefs and so called kings sell people's land in their jurisdiction or areas,pockets the money meant for the whole communities so that they can build massive mansions and palaces like himself,send their children to the best schools and unis both home and abroad without any accountability to the very people who owns the lands.
Also "as Africans" as the chief wants all of us to believe that,we are different from the best systems which exist outside our continent which have solved problems elsewhere is irrelevant to our needs.
Look at how many Africans are perishing as a result of trying to reach paradise Europe on the Mediterranean sea?Has any leaders or kings or chiefs spoke of this or meet to discuss how best we can as a proud people stop this unfortunate happening?
Again take the ebola pandemic which started last year in W/Africa,had it not being WHO and other western countries and NGOs,this disease would still be spreading like a wide fire killing more people.
If the chief believe that Magna Carta is not an Africa thing,like he and others who believe in that,Civil Wars will be the other way forward.Since the any group of people who have no voice will fight for their freedoms and lands,AND THAT WILL SERVE NO ONE INTERESTS.

Sankofa 10 years ago

Read the article carefully.

Nana is not saying that human rights are not important. He says our African traditional systems are about our responsibilities to one another and to society.

Nana is right because today unde ...
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Read the article carefully.

Nana is not saying that human rights are not important. He says our African traditional systems are about our responsibilities to one another and to society.

Nana is right because today under democratic governance,people seem to be more interested in asserting their rights to go on strike and demonstrations than fulfill their responsibilities to society. The consequence is the problems we face.

The Magna Carta has little relevance to us. The British certainly did not believe in any democratic principles
it may have espoused when they were colonising us and indulging in the abomination of the slave trade.

Let us look to our own traditional systems of governance which were based on consensus and responsibility to society.
John Bull 10 years ago

An African Chief speaking like a cultural marxist lol

An African Chief speaking like a cultural marxist lol
Abeeku Mensah 10 years ago

Is it not funny that other than the chief none of the participating (speakers at the forum) speakers did address the relevance of the Magna Carta on lives in Africa Ghana to be specific?
Better yet why is the Magna Carta see ...
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Is it not funny that other than the chief none of the participating (speakers at the forum) speakers did address the relevance of the Magna Carta on lives in Africa Ghana to be specific?
Better yet why is the Magna Carta seen as God sent by those Ghanaian speakers without question but with all their belief in the document sat around and saw Ghana's parliament ratify the crap we call a constitution in Ghana?

These house Negros are typical of the ills in African society; they buy into "massa" says but never trust what a black man says.
okofo 10 years ago

I like the mindset of this kings: Slavery is still being JUSTIFIED, hence no need for apology. Take that Magna what ever somewhere else.

I like the mindset of this kings: Slavery is still being JUSTIFIED, hence no need for apology. Take that Magna what ever somewhere else.
Jupiter 10 years ago

Well said, Nana Nketsia.Bob Marley cautioned us about mental slavery but it fell on deaf ears. The miseducated are very difficult to accept simple reasoning. But some of us are with you. Keep up the good work. My regards to K ...
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Well said, Nana Nketsia.Bob Marley cautioned us about mental slavery but it fell on deaf ears. The miseducated are very difficult to accept simple reasoning. But some of us are with you. Keep up the good work. My regards to Kwesi Tawiah.

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