New “Awonoors” & Anti-Akufo-Addo/Akanism

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SAKOTA 12 years ago

MY DEAR, YOU HAVE WRTTEN A NICE PIECE, BUT YOU ARE NOT TRUTHFUL TO YOURESLF. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE NORTHERNS TO THINK WHEN A MEMBER OF THE NPP SAID, HAD IT NOT BEEN FREE EDUCATION, THEY WILL STILL BE CHASING COWS AND ALSO WH ...
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MY DEAR, YOU HAVE WRTTEN A NICE PIECE, BUT YOU ARE NOT TRUTHFUL TO YOURESLF. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE NORTHERNS TO THINK WHEN A MEMBER OF THE NPP SAID, HAD IT NOT BEEN FREE EDUCATION, THEY WILL STILL BE CHASING COWS AND ALSO WHAT DO YOU EXPECT THE EWES AND GAS TO THINK TOO WHEN ANOTHER NPP MEMBER SAID THE AKANS WILL KILL THEM.
www.panafricanistinternational.org 12 years ago

OFFICE OF THE ODIKRO
a companion of the black star!

This is a patently idiotic analysis of the "all die be die" slogan adopted by the NPP. A fact that the writer ignores is that Nana Akufo-Addo said:

"They have made ...
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OFFICE OF THE ODIKRO
a companion of the black star!

This is a patently idiotic analysis of the "all die be die" slogan adopted by the NPP. A fact that the writer ignores is that Nana Akufo-Addo said:

"They have made up their minds that they are going to intimidate us in 2012." Akufo-Addo was caught on the microphone, speaking in Twi, an Akan language, 'I sometimes explain this as the claim that we Akans are cowards. They argue that if one is able wound one or two of us, then all the rest of us remaining take to our heels! Is that so? Well, We shall see! Atiwa for example, was a little illustration of this. During the by-elections at Atiwa we did "something small" that showed a little bit of this. And so we have to understand that this party was formed by brave men. Our elders who formed this party which is now the biggest political party in Ghana, were not people who were hiding under beds! The courage that is needed now to face the 2012 elections is 'All die be die! All die be die!' Nobody is a man more than his fellow! Nobody more manly than the other. No matter how tall you are, no matter how small you are in size, by God's plan, all of us are endowed with exactly the same thing. You cannot tell us that you have three inside yours. All of us have how many? Two! Ha! ha! ha! So we are going to pick up courage. Ghanaians need us to come back to power. Whatever courage we need to stand firmly and to ensure that we come back to power in 2012, we are going to have to do it!" (Transcription by the Office of the Odikro, from audio, source: @joyonlinenews: Listen to key voices on Nana Akufo-Addo's 'all die be die' dlvr.it/Gb2v7)

The writer childishly claims the "all die be die" "was meant to empower
his followers. Yes we may all call into question Akufo-Addo’s “All die be die” statement, but only partisan and “tribalistic” minds see it as a synonym of violence. However defined, Akufo-Addo said that to empower his NPP followers", but failed to explain why it begins with "WE AKANS"!
ATAKORA BEDIAKO 12 years ago

IF YOUR OPPONENTS BULLY YOU AND SEEM TO GET AWAY WITH IT,THEN, I DO NOY SEE WHERE 'ALL DIE BE DIE' IS WRONG.NDC SURVIVES ON PROPAGANDA AND BY PLAYING THE ETHNIC CARD, BUT CAN THEY CONTINUE TO USE THE SAME TRICKS FOREVER?

IF YOUR OPPONENTS BULLY YOU AND SEEM TO GET AWAY WITH IT,THEN, I DO NOY SEE WHERE 'ALL DIE BE DIE' IS WRONG.NDC SURVIVES ON PROPAGANDA AND BY PLAYING THE ETHNIC CARD, BUT CAN THEY CONTINUE TO USE THE SAME TRICKS FOREVER?
Kofi Asaase Asa-----Mantukwa 12 years ago

"Foxes have holes but the Son Of Man has nowhere to lay his head."

Was this comment written by Nana Akyea Mensah The Odikro?

Why hiding under a new logo?

"Foxes have holes but the Son Of Man has nowhere to lay his head."

Was this comment written by Nana Akyea Mensah The Odikro?

Why hiding under a new logo?
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 12 years ago

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'EVEN THEN if we assumed that Akufo-Addo meant violence it was only in the
unfortunate overt oratorical sense. Akufo-Addo, unlike Rawlings who is so much
admired and revered by Bokor, ...
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'EVEN THEN if we assumed that Akufo-Addo meant violence it was only in the
unfortunate overt oratorical sense. Akufo-Addo, unlike Rawlings who is so much
admired and revered by Bokor, Kwawukume, Bannerman, etc. has never killed any
Ghanaian.'
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Your Quotation above makes no sense when you concluded that JJ has killed. Is there any evidence that JJ Has Killed? You see your bias here Akurang?

Akuffo Addo's hasty call for 'all die be die' alone claimed lives in Otuom in the central region, Kumasi where several NDC supporters where butchered with cutlasses and in other parts of the country.

If JJ Rawlings did not Kill directly and killed through his being the Leader of AFRC, at least that is understood as in his capacity as a Soldier but not a Politician Like Akuffo who's hasty pronouncement saw many Ghanaians being butchered to death.

Try and be objective and non bias.
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 12 years ago

'were' butchered not 'where' butchered

'were' butchered not 'where' butchered
BISHOP 12 years ago

I cant believe you will post this article on a day a black man Barrack Obama is been inaugurated as president voted by a white majority country USA.

Yet you will be the first to complian of racism if an American should te ...
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I cant believe you will post this article on a day a black man Barrack Obama is been inaugurated as president voted by a white majority country USA.

Yet you will be the first to complian of racism if an American should tell you to get your stupid self out of this country.

Some of the articles posted by the above mentioned werent good but you Mr. Akadu is worse than them. For those of us that have known you here for sometime do know that you are a real supremacist.

You are not helping the NPP cause by posting this kind of articles, it might win you a few praises and acolades from some misguided here but it doesnt do NPP, Ghana, Akans, and Ewes any good.

If you want to know why many believe that the NPP is Akan centered as it stands now just refer to the first comment to your article.

Thank you
Esi Atta 12 years ago

Obama is building America based on racial respect and equality! It is the same thing that Akadu is saying. Why don't you question all the anti-Akan quotations!

Obama is building America based on racial respect and equality! It is the same thing that Akadu is saying. Why don't you question all the anti-Akan quotations!
Erick 12 years ago

Its true Ghweb is for kids and feeble minds

Its true Ghweb is for kids and feeble minds
Justice WilliamAtuguba Atinga SC 12 years ago

Asante Akyems should be really for war. Dont say I didnt tell u.

Asante Akyems should be really for war. Dont say I didnt tell u.

AMA 12 years ago

SAME PERSON. BE BOLD AND COME OUT AS YOURSELF. ALL THE PEOPLE YOU MENTIONED USE THEIR OWN NAMES. BE BOLD AND STOP HIDING BEHIND NON-EXISTENT NAMES.

SAME PERSON. BE BOLD AND COME OUT AS YOURSELF. ALL THE PEOPLE YOU MENTIONED USE THEIR OWN NAMES. BE BOLD AND STOP HIDING BEHIND NON-EXISTENT NAMES.
Esi Atta 12 years ago

Deal with the article! Who wrote it is immaterial as much your name; AMA WHO?

Deal with the article! Who wrote it is immaterial as much your name; AMA WHO?
A GERSIS 12 years ago

GVYB TV

A Gersis reporting

Fellow Ghanaians

It is now so sad that in her sermon to her tribalist hordes this misogynist, deficient in humanity will produce such an article sprinkled with clannish sentiments to arouse ...
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GVYB TV

A Gersis reporting

Fellow Ghanaians

It is now so sad that in her sermon to her tribalist hordes this misogynist, deficient in humanity will produce such an article sprinkled with clannish sentiments to arouse hatefull feelings towards my people-the Ghanaian Jews. Akadu, as if double talk seems to be your second language, it certainly and equally reflects a calculating mind that is easily as an addled one.

Your tone now brisk, now elegiac also risis from the deep hatred you harbor for the Ghanaian Jew. May be Akadu is beefing up her timid heart and her pompous style and blustering her egocentric self to make every fibre of her delusions of grandeur puff and puff untill she realises her lost supremacy- a taste for nostalgia.

What is it that makes you hate the Ghanaian Jew? What is it that really has such an impact on you to hate us? Akadu, there's somthing more powerful than just being a Ghanaian Jew. Even in the slightest of my thought, the briefest epigram, there is a rosonance, the revibration of my emotion of being an EWE. What i am talking about are epiphanies-the result one can hardly measure.

Akadu, do you hate us because of our intellect? Do you hate us because of our bravery? God! What is it that has such an impact on you to hate us?

OH God! It is the Jewish girls! It is my girls that are making her mad!
My girls are true and touching. Their beauty is epitomized by the pneumatic Cloepatra. That single act of God, the beauty-the crystal whose unexpected beauty explodes in an epiphany and then melts away barely before you, Akadu could take a second look. This act by God to create the Ewe girl is like when a crystal falls from God's hand to meet the science of his Creation.

Akadu, the Ghanaian Jew is created in the Providence of God. Our beauty is like a hardy seed planted by God on the banks of my BLUE BIG RIVER, the Volta.

If you chose to hate us, you will die of heart attack hating us.

fellow Ghanaian Jews, stay strong.

ANTONIO GERSIS
PLAZA ONE
DALLAS
Kofi Asaase Asa-----Mantukwa 12 years ago

'Dressing one's self in borrowed robes.'

'Dressing one's self in borrowed robes.'
ATAKORA BEDIAKO 12 years ago

ONE MEMBER OF THE NPP SPEWS OUR RUBBISH AND SO THAT MAKES THE NPP A TRIBALIST PARTY.THERE LOTS OF ASANTES AND AKIMS IN THE NDC.HOW MANY NON AKANS ARE IN THE NPP? AND NO BODY BARS ANY NON-AKAN FROM JOINING THE NPP.IT IS SAD BU ...
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ONE MEMBER OF THE NPP SPEWS OUR RUBBISH AND SO THAT MAKES THE NPP A TRIBALIST PARTY.THERE LOTS OF ASANTES AND AKIMS IN THE NDC.HOW MANY NON AKANS ARE IN THE NPP? AND NO BODY BARS ANY NON-AKAN FROM JOINING THE NPP.IT IS SAD BUT WE VOTE ALONG TRIBAL LINES-PERIOD.
ABBA 12 years ago

And I heard Borkor is a lecturer at university of Ghana. Hmmmm! how I pity his students. I wonder what kind of analytical knowledge/ critical thinking he is imparting to his students. Nowadays, it is just easy to become a doc ...
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And I heard Borkor is a lecturer at university of Ghana. Hmmmm! how I pity his students. I wonder what kind of analytical knowledge/ critical thinking he is imparting to his students. Nowadays, it is just easy to become a doctor/Phd and not a lecturer
Kofi Asaase Asa-----Mantukwa 12 years ago

Borkor, at The University of Ghana, Legon?

What a joke!

Is this true? By Jove!

"..The beautiful ones are not yet born."

Borkor, at The University of Ghana, Legon?

What a joke!

Is this true? By Jove!

"..The beautiful ones are not yet born."
Sani 12 years ago

... masquerading as objectivity.

You commit the same mistakes you accuse others of.

... masquerading as objectivity.

You commit the same mistakes you accuse others of.
SAINT JAMES 12 years ago

AWAY WITH YOUR TRIBAL NONSENSE

AWAY WITH YOUR TRIBAL NONSENSE
Sam Myles Aikins 12 years ago

Personally, I don't care whether the author is Akadu or Prof. Parry, even St. James. The fact of the matter is that this is a great essay based on facts. At least, the author quoted non-Akans who according to him are discredi ...
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Personally, I don't care whether the author is Akadu or Prof. Parry, even St. James. The fact of the matter is that this is a great essay based on facts. At least, the author quoted non-Akans who according to him are discrediting Akans.

The least you could do is to respond by denying, accepting, or refining the conclusions.Telling us this is not Akadu does not mean a thing. If anything at all it means that you can't handle the truth!

Saint James while you are at it tell us aboiut your real name, give us your address, your phone number, gender, profession and all!

Atua Kofi 12 years ago

Would you be kind enough to point out where Akadu makes the same mistakes? I think this essay as scholarly as it sounds is very simple: a group of people are insulting Akans and what Akadu is saying is that this must stop!

Would you be kind enough to point out where Akadu makes the same mistakes? I think this essay as scholarly as it sounds is very simple: a group of people are insulting Akans and what Akadu is saying is that this must stop!
AMA 12 years ago

WHY IS HE AFRAID TO USE HIS OWN NAME?

WHY IS HE AFRAID TO USE HIS OWN NAME?
eddie 12 years ago

he was writting using his name 'KWABENA OPARE AKURANG-PARRY about 4 years ago,he will switch to AKADU each time he wanted to write rubbish,this guy is just dangerous and will never complain about name callings on this site'wh ...
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he was writting using his name 'KWABENA OPARE AKURANG-PARRY about 4 years ago,he will switch to AKADU each time he wanted to write rubbish,this guy is just dangerous and will never complain about name callings on this site'which he is a pioneer."KABLI"
We should blame GHANAWEB for allowing all these rubbish being posted to this site;
IF PEOPLE WITH Ph.Ds CAN NOT SCAN THEIR BRAINS PROPERLY AND WRITE SOMETHING BETTER THAN TRIBALISM/SOCIAL TENSIONS,then,sorry,I will say they are all BLOODY F**LS!...think of'ONE PEOPLE,ONE NATION,ONE DESTINY.Away with TRIBALISMS and welcome
ONENESS!UNITY!ONENESS!UNITY
Agyeman 12 years ago

Fool, speak to the issues raised and stop your inferior tactics. The use and adoption of names is not the problem but the extreme tribal hatred and falsehoods propagated by the NDC. May God give all those insulting the writer ...
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Fool, speak to the issues raised and stop your inferior tactics. The use and adoption of names is not the problem but the extreme tribal hatred and falsehoods propagated by the NDC. May God give all those insulting the writer the grace to reason as humans.
Sani 12 years ago

In the first place, this is not a scholarly essay. It is just one man's opinion about a national issue. Akadu may be a scholar but this article is not a scholarly article.

A group of people are insulting Akans and Akadu is ...
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In the first place, this is not a scholarly essay. It is just one man's opinion about a national issue. Akadu may be a scholar but this article is not a scholarly article.

A group of people are insulting Akans and Akadu is saying this must stop by insulting the people back and saying that they and their people are rather the tribalists.

And you don't see where Akadu is making the same mistakes???
Dr Jay 12 years ago

This Akadu man is a one of those NPP men that will sacre away the most intelligent Ghanaian from the NPP. He is a very dangerouse and a bitter man parading as a woman. Full of hate and tribal supremacist views, the same he is ...
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This Akadu man is a one of those NPP men that will sacre away the most intelligent Ghanaian from the NPP. He is a very dangerouse and a bitter man parading as a woman. Full of hate and tribal supremacist views, the same he is accusing those named in his articles.
Esi Atta 12 years ago

Yes, I have followed Akadu from day one. She is about talking to us about truth we all fear to handle!

Yes, I have followed Akadu from day one. She is about talking to us about truth we all fear to handle!
Kofi Boadu 12 years ago

If u want some one to live longer, don't look at Nkrumah. He is dead and gone. How about ur Jukwahene BoaAmponsem or ur Odeefour...thought you were a bit smarter

If u want some one to live longer, don't look at Nkrumah. He is dead and gone. How about ur Jukwahene BoaAmponsem or ur Odeefour...thought you were a bit smarter
WARD GDX - WE THE PEOPLE 12 years ago

Yet another brilliantly crafted piece shattering and wiping clean the nonsense those nutheads litter these pages with.

What I like about the Akan intellectuals, they don't make noise like these buffoons.

Yet another brilliantly crafted piece shattering and wiping clean the nonsense those nutheads litter these pages with.

What I like about the Akan intellectuals, they don't make noise like these buffoons.
SLY 12 years ago

Who are the Akan intellectuals buddy?

Who are the Akan intellectuals buddy?

Frank 12 years ago

Who tells you that only Anloland has produced intellectuals? Empty barrels do make a lot of noise. Ethnocentric and tribalistic tendencies amongst certain groupings in Ghana very divisive in their thoughts, words and even act ...
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Who tells you that only Anloland has produced intellectuals? Empty barrels do make a lot of noise. Ethnocentric and tribalistic tendencies amongst certain groupings in Ghana very divisive in their thoughts, words and even actions. Remember that the blessing of God is irrevocable. Go to Ashanti Region and you will find Ewes, northners living side by side the 'so called tribalistic' Ashantis in peace. Please give Ashantis a break with your gross ignorance and misinformation. Long live Ghana.
Real Ghanaian 12 years ago

You just read one from one of them. What exactly are you trying to get at ?

You just read one from one of them. What exactly are you trying to get at ?
Prekese 12 years ago

Look at all these fools.when will Ghanaian learn any lesson. This is how it started in Code d'ivoire,Liberia ,Rwuwanda and Nigeria, so stop all these nonsense and go to hell with your stupidity. you are a professor in USA can ...
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Look at all these fools.when will Ghanaian learn any lesson. This is how it started in Code d'ivoire,Liberia ,Rwuwanda and Nigeria, so stop all these nonsense and go to hell with your stupidity. you are a professor in USA can see how things done here compare to Ghana?. shout the fuck out girl.
Gyambibi 12 years ago

If the writer is making a contribution towards Ivory Coast, Liberia, Rwanda and Nigeria as you allege, then, so are those writers mentioned in the article. Follow their writings and you will probably understand.

Every wri ...
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If the writer is making a contribution towards Ivory Coast, Liberia, Rwanda and Nigeria as you allege, then, so are those writers mentioned in the article. Follow their writings and you will probably understand.

Every writer who makes a contribution to Ghana's descent into Ivory Coast, Liberia, Rwanda, etc will end up at the Hague. What has been written is on record and will resurrect to haunt them.
JOMO 12 years ago

YOU HAVE NOW BEEN CAUGHT IN THE WEB.FACELESS WRITER PRETENDING TO BE FEMALE BUT INDEED A MALE. A CRIMINAL & A COWARD BY ALL STANDARDS. YOU THINK YOU CAN CONTINUE TO HIDE.

YOU HAVE NOW BEEN CAUGHT IN THE WEB.FACELESS WRITER PRETENDING TO BE FEMALE BUT INDEED A MALE. A CRIMINAL & A COWARD BY ALL STANDARDS. YOU THINK YOU CAN CONTINUE TO HIDE.
Kwadwo 12 years ago

Kwabena O. Akurang-Parry, a poet and historian, graduated from York University in Toronto in 1999 with a Ph.D. in African History. He has held teaching posts at York University and Tulane University. He is currently Assistant ...
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Kwabena O. Akurang-Parry, a poet and historian, graduated from York University in Toronto in 1999 with a Ph.D. in African History. He has held teaching posts at York University and Tulane University. He is currently Assistant Professor of African and World History at the Department of History and Philosophy, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. He specializes in colonial and contemporary Africa, with a research focus on the social and economic history of Ghana. Apart from numerous book chapters on African history, his work has appeared in Slavery and Abolition, African Economic History, History in Africa, The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Ufahamu, Okike, Ghana Studies, Refuge, and Cultural Studies.
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 12 years ago

No doubt we are fed with lies in our history books if such beings are writing the books.......God help us.

No doubt we are fed with lies in our history books if such beings are writing the books.......God help us.
POPPY POPPY 12 years ago

NDC'S PROPAGANDA AGENDA WAS TO DESTROY THE PERSONALITY OF NANA ADDO AND VIRTUALLY ANYTHING AKAN AND IT WORKED TO PERFECTION AS ALL THE OTHER TRIBES TURNED AGAINST NANA ADDO AND NPP BY VOTING BACK A LOOTING PARTY WHICH PAID OU ...
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NDC'S PROPAGANDA AGENDA WAS TO DESTROY THE PERSONALITY OF NANA ADDO AND VIRTUALLY ANYTHING AKAN AND IT WORKED TO PERFECTION AS ALL THE OTHER TRIBES TURNED AGAINST NANA ADDO AND NPP BY VOTING BACK A LOOTING PARTY WHICH PAID OUT ALMOST ONE BILLION DOLLARS IN FAKE J-DEBTS TO CRONIES....WHAT CAN BE MORE CRIMINAL THAN THIS BROAD DAYLIGHT ROBBERY BY ATTAMILLS AND HIS COHORTS WHILST PARADING HIMSELF AS ASOMDWEHENE AND GODFEARING PRESIDENT.....WHEN THE TRUTH CAME TO LIGHT ATTAMILLS NEVER IMPROVED IN HEALTH AS IT WAS SO SO SO EMBARRASSING TO HIM AND HIS PEDIGREE,,,,,,,,BUT ALL THE WHILE NDC KEPT PAINTING NANA ADDO AND NPP BLACK TILL ALL THE OTHER TRIBES DISREGARDED THE THIEVERY OF NDC AND MAINTAINED THEM IN POWER......EVEN IF U BRING ALLAN KYEREMATENG OR BAWUMIA THE NDC PROPAGANDA MACHINERY WILL FIND A WAY TO ATTACK THEM THO THE NDC HAS NO CONSCIENCE AND IS READY TO SELL GHANA TO CONST PIONEERS, AFRICA AUTOMOBILE, WOYOME, ETC ETC ETC......FORTUNATELY IT IS THEIR STRONGHOLDS WHICH ARE POOREST IN GHANA SO LET THE NDC CONTINUE TO STEAL AND HATE THE AKANS TO THE DETRIMENT OF THEIR OWN STRONGHOLDS.....
Kwaku 12 years ago

Akadu or what ever you are called, the NPP is a tribal Party, Asante-Akyem Party period we all know that in Ghana.

Akadu or what ever you are called, the NPP is a tribal Party, Asante-Akyem Party period we all know that in Ghana.
Bomfaboy 12 years ago

Akaadu, I think you worry for nothing. Empty barrels always makes the most noise. Those that have branded NPP as an Akan party only do so because they know very little. They are always afraid of their own shadows. Many may be ...
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Akaadu, I think you worry for nothing. Empty barrels always makes the most noise. Those that have branded NPP as an Akan party only do so because they know very little. They are always afraid of their own shadows. Many may be educated, but they cannot stand the test of time in Ghana. They have hated the Akan people and particularly Ashantis for a long time. I guess they feel liberated, and think back few years ago and many thought flash through their minds and think that Akans and particularly Ashantis were the cause. Forgetting that Ashantis/Akans did them a great favor. Sometime I think that all those making tribalisic statements are those who could not hold their own. With all the education they say they have they still are not sure of themselves. This is manifest especially when one goes abroad, where most Ghanaians, if alone among other foreigners pretend to be Akan. When they want friends, they want Akan friends, yet on the political field they de efface Akans, why? They are always afraid of their own tribes men, to the extent that they will not even put decent houses in their hometowns, fearing they will go under! They have used force, and forgery, to gain power so they can do what they knows best, steal. In the olden days there was a saying that when you give a gift of hen or cockerel to an...... He/she will say no, only to turn round and steal it. If others hate the Akans they only expose themselves as people unsure of their very existence, and know very well that on a level playing field they can never be competitive. Let the NPP not think too much of what they say and continue with this court case to it's logical end. Perhaps a strong and lasting reforms would come out of it that would make the field much more fair. Win or lose, history when written by logical brains will cast the name Nana Akuffo-Addo and NPP in stone. I rest my case.
Samuel 12 years ago

Bomfaboy, face the facts. Don't go about thinking that people hate and envy Ashantis. Everybody these days is struggling to make it, whether Ashanti, Akyem, Ewe, Ga or whatever. Whoever succeeds does so through his/her effort ...
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Bomfaboy, face the facts. Don't go about thinking that people hate and envy Ashantis. Everybody these days is struggling to make it, whether Ashanti, Akyem, Ewe, Ga or whatever. Whoever succeeds does so through his/her efforts, not because the person belongs to a particular tribe.

NPP is in theory NOT a tribal party. Tribal parties are not allowed by the constitution. But the NPP has not quite succeeded in making itself truly national in practice. The party is still too much dominated by Akans. It's not good for NPP, it's not good for Ghana. The day Ewes, Northerners etc see that NPP is genuinely national, they will join the party. These people don't think they have any chance in the party now. That is why they call it Akan party. They have the evidence from the party's presidential primaries since its inception.

NDC is NOT a better party than NPP but it is not dominated by any one tribe. NDC has Akans who are very influential in the party. ALL the influential people in NPP are Akans. Jake is the party chairman but he is just a figurehead who doesn't even have the support of most Gas.

People will start believing in NPP as a national party the day it chooses a presidential candidate who is neither Ashanti no Akyem! It doesn't mean people hate Ashant's or Akyems as individuals! Remember Kufuor was there for 8 years. There was nothing wrong with that. Many non-Akans voted for him especially for his first term when people were fed up with NDC.

The same thing can happen again. But NPP has to work harder to broaden its base. Akufo-Addo was also too controversial a figure. That is a personality problem, not a tribal one. Another Akan candidate could have done better.

NPP, open up to Ewes. Let them feel welcome. Don't invite them to your meetings and start speaking Twi to them. They won't come again tomorrow.
Son of man 12 years ago

Not the NPP that has over the years won elections accross all part of Ghana apart from the Non-Ghanaian ewe land.The reason is that the Ewes are non Ghanaians and cannot reason as such.Since the inception of the 4th Republic, ...
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Not the NPP that has over the years won elections accross all part of Ghana apart from the Non-Ghanaian ewe land.The reason is that the Ewes are non Ghanaians and cannot reason as such.Since the inception of the 4th Republic,they have voted in unison for NDC,a party formed by one of their own,not because the NDC has anything good to offer the country.They will continue to vote for dogs,cats,rat or anything on the NDC ticket to the detriment of national interest because they are not Ghanaians and do not really care about the wholestic development of the country apart from satisfying thier own tribal interest.Thus,Volta region is the least developed and the so call idiot tribal intellectuals refuse to build their own houses there.For your information,the same cannot be said of we Asantes.I am proud of my mansion in Kumasi even it i am still putting up one in Accra.I certainly dont care about who wins the presidency but will rather have otani,than to have ewe kronfoo.
Kwaku 12 years ago

Surely these people need attitudinal change,they claim we Akans do not like them but a look around shows that Akans have done more for Ewes than the reverse.Go to the Akwapim,Akyem,Ashanti areas etc and you would find out tha ...
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Surely these people need attitudinal change,they claim we Akans do not like them but a look around shows that Akans have done more for Ewes than the reverse.Go to the Akwapim,Akyem,Ashanti areas etc and you would find out that some of them have been given free land to farm on,house to live in yet they say we're not trustworthy people.For some of us this tribalism became so entrenched when NDC came to power,they exploited the minority tribes to create this divisions.The NPP needs to be tactful to go round this problem because the NDC at the moment is taking advantage this dirty politics.
Samuel 12 years ago

Son of man, can you argue with facts, figures and logically - not with insults and prejudices?

Son of man, can you argue with facts, figures and logically - not with insults and prejudices?
Sitsofe 12 years ago

Your words are just replica of a thought of an idiot. You braggart! You don't know history. If not because of Western Togoland, do you think Ghana will ever know what is INDEPENDENCE? I will advise you to contact former Presi ...
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Your words are just replica of a thought of an idiot. You braggart! You don't know history. If not because of Western Togoland, do you think Ghana will ever know what is INDEPENDENCE? I will advise you to contact former President John Agyekum Kuffour to tell you much about the people of Volta Region. In 2006 when the people of Volta Region wanted to separate from Ghana, JAK went to discuss it with the Queen of England and if you care to know the Queen's advise to JAK; "If you allow this people to separate from Ghana, Ghana will callapsed because they are brain of Ghana, therefore when you return to Ghana, divide Volta Region into two so the Ewe speaking people will not meet the population target of the UN to grant them independence." That is why in 2007, JAK decided to divide Volta Region in Volta Region which comprises of the Ewe Speaking People and the Oti Region which comprises of Both Akans and Guans. But the people of Volta Region are so united that they disagree with the JAK decision.

You don't know the history of Ghana. If you want to know, you can contact me through sitsoyao@yahoo.com. I will put some sense into your block headed brain.
Akatapore Jnr. NY, USA 12 years ago

You've done a great job with this piece. Those rented/hired fake journalists are not worthy of space. The so called Dr. Bokor, for instance, spews trash and he's filled with malice towards Asantes. Very sick educated illitera ...
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You've done a great job with this piece. Those rented/hired fake journalists are not worthy of space. The so called Dr. Bokor, for instance, spews trash and he's filled with malice towards Asantes. Very sick educated illiterates.
Mawufemor 12 years ago

Kwame akurang-parry. History professor in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. You will die of bitterness. What do gain hatting non-Akan tribes?

Kwame akurang-parry. History professor in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. You will die of bitterness. What do gain hatting non-Akan tribes?
OTCHERE DARKO 12 years ago

Tribalism is a real problem in Ghana that has the capability to disstabilised this nation. Any Ghanaian who disagrees with this statement is either in self-denial or in self-delution.

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Tribalism is a real problem in Ghana that has the capability to disstabilised this nation. Any Ghanaian who disagrees with this statement is either in self-denial or in self-delution.

I suggest, Learned Akadu Ntiriwa Mensema, that in your second chapter you should help the political leadership in the country by suggesting possible solutions to the problem.

In my viw, I think, we, as a nation, must devolve power from the central government level to local government level.

By devolution, I am referring to the full election of DCEs and all local assembly men and women.

By devolution, I am also referring to the giving of power to local legislators to raise local revenue to meet local needs that have been prioritised by local people themselves.

By devolution, I am referring to the empowerment of local people to develop local culture to enhance the uniqueness of local communities within a multi-cultural Ghanaian society.

We can do all these things within a non-federal unitary system of overnance within which the powers of central government end at the regional level; and beneath which the role of central government becomes guiding and counselling of local communities and their local governments only.

In my view transferring power to local communities in Ghana will encourage self-development and discourage "envy", which is the main cause of tribalism in Ghana.
Frank 12 years ago

Lets go federalism and see what will become the fate of the noisy and loud groupings. Hey hey eeeee

Lets go federalism and see what will become the fate of the noisy and loud groupings. Hey hey eeeee
Nyansasem 12 years ago

WE WILL DO THAT WHEN WE BECOME A DEVELOPED COUNTRY. FOR THE SAKE OF ILLETRACY WE HAVE TO KEEP ON DOING WHAT WE AHVE BEEN DOING UNTIL PEOPLE CAN REALLY DUEL ON ISSUES WELL

WE WILL DO THAT WHEN WE BECOME A DEVELOPED COUNTRY. FOR THE SAKE OF ILLETRACY WE HAVE TO KEEP ON DOING WHAT WE AHVE BEEN DOING UNTIL PEOPLE CAN REALLY DUEL ON ISSUES WELL
faruk 12 years ago

Though you disguise yourself as Akadu.you get it wrong for comparing Akufu- Addo to Rawlings.The issue was Akufu-Addo Mill and Akufu-Addo Mahama,so you see they are far ahead of him by character.

Though you disguise yourself as Akadu.you get it wrong for comparing Akufu- Addo to Rawlings.The issue was Akufu-Addo Mill and Akufu-Addo Mahama,so you see they are far ahead of him by character.
Left Critic 12 years ago

Akancentric Nkrumahism! That is NOT an oxymoron but a howling contradiction.

Akancentric Nkrumahism! That is NOT an oxymoron but a howling contradiction.
princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

Kwabena Parry the Akan KKK bigot in Shippensburgh University.

Kwabena Parry the Akan KKK bigot in Shippensburgh University.
JOHNY PEE 12 years ago

When truth is too harsh to handle, you call people names!

When truth is too harsh to handle, you call people names!
Johnson Adjei 12 years ago

Who is this Akadu?.What kind of human is he or she?.When your Akufo Addo said we akans all die be die,did you come out to condemn his stupidity,you cherish his lunacy,so what is your beef,go to hell with your nonsense.Your Ak ...
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Who is this Akadu?.What kind of human is he or she?.When your Akufo Addo said we akans all die be die,did you come out to condemn his stupidity,you cherish his lunacy,so what is your beef,go to hell with your nonsense.Your Akufo Addo planted the seed and is now showing that you cannot really only on akans to win the presidency.Until he apologise to Ghanaians about misguided statement he will surely be a loser no matter what.So your writeups won't change the minds of sensible Ghanaians PERIOD.
Joe Canada 12 years ago

Sometimes I wonder where most of our so-called intellectuals got thier education from. I don't understand what they are trying to prove.

I have a suggestion for those who hates Ashanti's/akans so much. Lead a crusade to se ...
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Sometimes I wonder where most of our so-called intellectuals got thier education from. I don't understand what they are trying to prove.

I have a suggestion for those who hates Ashanti's/akans so much. Lead a crusade to seperate Ashanti/Akan or what not from the rest of ghana.
And to those who hates the other tribes do the same.What kind of nonsense is this today Ashanti's this,Ewe's that.Fools!! if you guys have nothing good to offer the poor people of Ghana, leave us alone!! and take your intellectual idoicy somewhere.We don't need your devisive rants!! ASSHOLES!!
Vodoo Xebieso 12 years ago

The NPP never "ferried urbanism, modernity, and other developments of repute to the Volta Region, including the Keta Sea Wall, major highways, and provision of water and toilet facilities..." as asserted by you.

Correction ...
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The NPP never "ferried urbanism, modernity, and other developments of repute to the Volta Region, including the Keta Sea Wall, major highways, and provision of water and toilet facilities..." as asserted by you.

Correction here: (1) NPP did not start the Keta Sea Defence Project. This project was begun by the NDC and carried on by the NPP. For reasons best known to itself, the NPP regime truncated the project by deviating from the project master-plan.
(2) I am yet to see the sort of "urbanism, modernity, and other developments of repute to the Volta Region" you speak of. The Accra-Aflao road project stopped at Tefle and never crossed the Volta River to Sogakope let alone to Aflao during the NPP regime.

I'm trying to grasp what you mean by "modernity". Is it wearing coat and trousers or mini-skirt? Please educate me further on your notion of "modernity".

Provision of water? Just tell me where in the Volta Region was water provided by the NPP and also mention where toilets were provided.

In your usual attempt or effort to champion the cause of your stock, please be advised to refrain from peddling lies as the truth and the truth as lies.
Kwame 12 years ago

Auntie Akadu we speak Akan, you do not speak Ewhe so from the logic above who hates the other.
I wrote on the web the other time that when our brothers and sisters Akans tribal supremacist lay claim to being hated by Ewhes ...
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Auntie Akadu we speak Akan, you do not speak Ewhe so from the logic above who hates the other.
I wrote on the web the other time that when our brothers and sisters Akans tribal supremacist lay claim to being hated by Ewhes their words did not even leave their mouth before they fall flat like a sack without content.
I wish to repeat here again that Prof. Kofi Awoonor (the owner of cloth) was born and brought up in an Akan region. He and Kojo Tsikata speak Akan even better than most Akans. So Kofi Awoonor hates Akans, but speak their language better than most of them. Did my clan-man Nyidehu want to spite Akan tribal supremacist the reason why he learn their language. Did anything prevent the Akan tribal supremacist from learning Ewhe in order to spite Nyidehu.
On that score who fail to do his propaganda act better the propagandist Nyidehu who carries his propaganda in Akan with ease or the peopagandist Akadu who can not mention a single word in Ewhe.
The issue with tribalism is with the New Patriotic Party which leadership comes out to denigrate people from other tribes. To the executives of the NPP Akans are the first citizens of this country and thy must come first before any other tribe.
Akans in the New Patriotic Party say it openly that no person from any other tribe, other than an Akan can be its presidential candidate.
No other party in Ghana has made claim to Akans other than the NPP.
NPP must learn from people in the left side of the political divide who relate to people from other parties, rather than theirs even better to how they relate to their own siblings and call them comrade because the word comrade sounds with pride.
We wrote the other time that if there are people in this country who pay others wickedness for the kindness they have done to them, then that type of people are found in the NPP.
If it is not tribal why should the NPP make the issue of Mr. Alfred Agbesi Woyome an election propaganda when there are equally members of the NPP in court facing the similar charge. Why are members of NPP not telling Asamoah Boateng and his wife for instance not to return what they stole from the state to it, but are ready at any opportunity to tell Woyome to return to the state what he stole from it.
Is it not the same ignorance and illusion by Akan extreme tribalist that they are more Ghanaian more than the rest of us.
We ask the other time what has those Akan tribal extremist brought to the table call Ghana apart from enriching themselves at the expense of all of us, and it some instances stealing from us as they steal from Ewhes, Krobos and our Northern brothers and sister who work on their farms, whiles they sent their time with a calabash full of palm wine.
Son of man 12 years ago

The ewes are non-Ghanaians and as such can never behave as real sensible Ghanaians.Just look at some of the semi-demi literates described by their own Rawlings as Children with Sharp teeth(Ablakwa,Fiifi Kronfoo,Quashiga) that ...
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The ewes are non-Ghanaians and as such can never behave as real sensible Ghanaians.Just look at some of the semi-demi literates described by their own Rawlings as Children with Sharp teeth(Ablakwa,Fiifi Kronfoo,Quashiga) that they have voted for to represent them in parliament and tell me if they would not vote for even a cat,mouse,rat or anything on NDC ticket.That is what we call tribal nyebros, unlike real Ghanaians lack the capacity to differentiate between what is good for our nation and what only serve their tribal interest.As for volta region it will continue to lack behind in development because of idiots like you voltarians who will support a nation wrecker like Wayome just because he is nyebro.As for A gersis and his hallucinations of Ewe criminals as Ghana Jews,wait until the d-day
Sitsofe 12 years ago

We are too intelligent to be selling dog chains and shoe shinning on the street of Accra. Perhaps you do not know that indeed we are Ghana Jews. We have a clear conscience and that is why we hold the destiny of Ghana.

You ...
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We are too intelligent to be selling dog chains and shoe shinning on the street of Accra. Perhaps you do not know that indeed we are Ghana Jews. We have a clear conscience and that is why we hold the destiny of Ghana.

You can go to hell. Who care if you build a manson in Accra and building anothor one in Accra. Our conscience will not allow us to live our lives on filthy money as you people have been doing; "BLOOD MONEY or QUICK MONEY"
JOHNY PEE 12 years ago

Akadu sells dog chain but has demolished all the nonense you put out there!

Akadu sells dog chain but has demolished all the nonense you put out there!
KOBLA 12 years ago

We want to know ,what has the Akan tribal extremist brought to the table of Ghana apart from enriching themselves at the expense of all of us, and it some instances stealing from us as they steal from Ewhes, Krobos and our No ...
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We want to know ,what has the Akan tribal extremist brought to the table of Ghana apart from enriching themselves at the expense of all of us, and it some instances stealing from us as they steal from Ewhes, Krobos and our Northern brothers and sister who work on their farms, whiles they sent their time with a calabash full of palm wine.
Kofi Asaase Asa-----Mantukwa 12 years ago

And I quote:

"..NPP did not start the Keta Sea Defence Project. This project was begun by the NDC and carried on by the NPP. For reasons best known to itself, the NPP regime truncated the project by deviating from the proj ...
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And I quote:

"..NPP did not start the Keta Sea Defence Project. This project was begun by the NDC and carried on by the NPP. For reasons best known to itself, the NPP regime truncated the project by deviating from the project master-plan."

If you are genuine and honest to yourself, go into your closet and moan over this question:

Does it need to take even 8 years to do this? From AFRC, PNDC and NDC regimes. Was the leader not the same man?

Now don't you realize that The NPP did well, if even, the regime "..truncated the project by deviating from the project master plan"?

Don't behave like 'a fowl, which drinks water, looks up to Almighty God, and brushes its beak on the ground' as a sign of ingratitude.
Eddy 12 years ago

Vodoo,why waste time on this rubble rouser Kwame Akurang,the most tribalistic being Ghana has ever known. Yesterday,I pointed it to him that, Kufour had no choice than to pay the rest of the project´s cost of the sea defense ...
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Vodoo,why waste time on this rubble rouser Kwame Akurang,the most tribalistic being Ghana has ever known. Yesterday,I pointed it to him that, Kufour had no choice than to pay the rest of the project´s cost of the sea defense wall.Even though, they tried to abrogate it using certain traitors within the region. This guy,fooool of shit,thinks he can teach anyone lesson in this country-Perhaps only his primitive rats.Anytime he gets up,Kufour brought developments to the Volta region,yet the Voltarians refused to vote for the NPP! How silly and stupid! How many Asante/Akyems voted for the NDC? Even if Kufour did those things,is it not his responsibilty to do them? It is as if Kufour used his father´s money for the said projects that this tribal idiot is always talking about.Kufour who couldn´t put up even a primary school block in his own village! Kwabena Akurang Parry,no amount of your profound tribal stupidities can change the way Ghanaians know the NPP.You can not teach us.Go and teach your rats and squirels! Gbemi!
Son of man 12 years ago

To insinuate that even if NPP under Kuffour brought develomental projects,it was his responsibility.What about the NDC you have since the inception of the republic voted in UNISON for? Did the NDC see it as its responsibility ...
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To insinuate that even if NPP under Kuffour brought develomental projects,it was his responsibility.What about the NDC you have since the inception of the republic voted in UNISON for? Did the NDC see it as its responsibility to develop any part of Ghana apart from stealing to become millionaires overnight,yet fools like you will still vote for it because of tribal expediency.Tell me if the Ewes are real Ghanaians and if they are why would they not look at the national developmental agenda as being paramount to tribal sycophantic criminal support for ordained corrupt NDC.Tell me if fools like you from volta region will not vote for a cat,rat,dog or anything on NDC ticket.That is why the volta region will continue to lack behind in development because the inhabitants are idiots non Ghanaians who cannot think properly
Akoffo Addo 12 years ago

well written

well written
Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

Keep on piling the insults. They mean means nothing! I want to engage in fruitful discussions. But I know better than that because most of the comments will be insults. So far no one has contextualized the "quotations" from t ...
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Keep on piling the insults. They mean means nothing! I want to engage in fruitful discussions. But I know better than that because most of the comments will be insults. So far no one has contextualized the "quotations" from the non-Akan writers! Most of you overlook them and call me "tribalist." What about the authors of the quotations? Are they nationalists? I wrote this essay just to highlight what such non-Akan writers have been putting together on Ghanaweb. That is all. If you face the truth and can't handle it you are free to call me a goat, a woman, man, Akadu, Parry, etc., and it would not change what you are reading! And it will not change what I plan to write on Ghanaweb.
AMA 12 years ago

USE YOUR OWN NAME. THAT WILL BE A STEP FORWARD BEFORE WRITING ALL THIS NONSENSE. DON'T DENY THE OBVIOUS.

USE YOUR OWN NAME. THAT WILL BE A STEP FORWARD BEFORE WRITING ALL THIS NONSENSE. DON'T DENY THE OBVIOUS.
Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

You can identify me as a she or a he goat as long as you call yourself Ama! People use pen-names. And even if I were Prof. Parry so be it. It does not change what I write here as far as it does not change what you write here ...
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You can identify me as a she or a he goat as long as you call yourself Ama! People use pen-names. And even if I were Prof. Parry so be it. It does not change what I write here as far as it does not change what you write here under Ama! No one has proved that I am Prof. Parry. I know that Amina reference "article" on USA-Africa Dialogue! Quoting someone's brief biography and using it as mine does not cut it!
Esi Atta 12 years ago

So who are the others - Kola London, KATH, GERSIS, et al.? Pen names so why can't Akadu use a pen name?

So who are the others - Kola London, KATH, GERSIS, et al.? Pen names so why can't Akadu use a pen name?
tHE sENTINEL 12 years ago

Akadu, what a worthless being not worth pursuing! What a superfluous, supercilious, spurious, hypocritic (I‘ve ran out of vocab) chaff, replete with tribal garbage. The dubious concept defeated the precept! Needless to ...
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Akadu, what a worthless being not worth pursuing! What a superfluous, supercilious, spurious, hypocritic (I‘ve ran out of vocab) chaff, replete with tribal garbage. The dubious concept defeated the precept! Needless to remind this he/she ape HOW MANY times and for HOW MANY YEARS has she been vilifying Rawlings (not my favorite president, though) and the NDC! The pot calling the kettle black?? I’ll be damned.!
What a price FREEDOM OF SPEECH!

Does this he/she ape ever, ever washes the stench from the two holes under her? I’ll bet my behind, SHE NEVER DOES!

What a shame and sham!

The Sentinel
K Philly 12 years ago

Beyond Wooden Poetry … Stirring Tribal Bees' Hornet

Akadu's posting is reductive and extractive with the unmistakable evil eye toward purveying tribal antimony. It is her toxic extrapolation of the other carefully const ...
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Beyond Wooden Poetry … Stirring Tribal Bees' Hornet

Akadu's posting is reductive and extractive with the unmistakable evil eye toward purveying tribal antimony. It is her toxic extrapolation of the other carefully constructed full length arguments. Akadu, your dishonesty is glaring. If you are have any intellectual aptitude at all you would bring out the entire arguments of Dr Bokko, etc and then engage them . This bravado goes beyond your scripted and wooden poetry. It is lame to pick and string together out of context phrases, to fit into your diseased tribal mentality. As you smear the village wall, note that proverbially you are also searing and smearing your behind. Akadu, to every derivation you post, there are at least half a dozen of your own rabid tribal hate statements!
Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

Daniel Pryce or whoever you are put down your "tribal" load. The above Sentinel and K Phily are obviously your signature writings!

You sanitize the quotations and rather insult me because I have the courage to argue that ...
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Daniel Pryce or whoever you are put down your "tribal" load. The above Sentinel and K Phily are obviously your signature writings!

You sanitize the quotations and rather insult me because I have the courage to argue that what these non-Akan writers are doing is equivalent to tribalism! Comment on the quotations too! Then again, the support your beliefs, etc.!
K Philly 12 years ago

I have no need to fumigate the atmosphere. I do not have to exhale. You have planted yourself firmly into the cesspool of tribal hatred. Your mantra is tribalism. You live and breathe tribalism. You have exiled your God-give ...
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I have no need to fumigate the atmosphere. I do not have to exhale. You have planted yourself firmly into the cesspool of tribal hatred. Your mantra is tribalism. You live and breathe tribalism. You have exiled your God-given gift of seeing all Ghanaians as an extension of yourself. Such a dangerous mindset has produced genocide.
Daniel K. Pryce 12 years ago

Akadu,

Please don't drag me into this matter. This is my only comment under your piece. You accused me of posting comments using monikers under my own article a while ago, which was not fair. I only post comments under my ...
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Akadu,

Please don't drag me into this matter. This is my only comment under your piece. You accused me of posting comments using monikers under my own article a while ago, which was not fair. I only post comments under my REAL NAME! Why don't you ask SARPONG to give you the IP addresses of these two people you claim are me? Please, I will never call another person an "ape" or any such derogatory words! Please, keep me out of this mess -- I am busy preparing for a comp. exam and I have only written one article in months. I don't come here as regularly as you may think. Stop these accusations -- they are not fair.
Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

You are too busy to stop by here, yet you did! Sarpong is also busy! I don't need Sarpong to tell me about IPs! The writing has your imprints on them! Anyway, good luck with your comps!

You are too busy to stop by here, yet you did! Sarpong is also busy! I don't need Sarpong to tell me about IPs! The writing has your imprints on them! Anyway, good luck with your comps!
Samuel 12 years ago

The decent thing to do is to tell Daniel you're sorry for calling his name in vain. Perhaps you still don't believe he is not the one.

The decent thing to do is to tell Daniel you're sorry for calling his name in vain. Perhaps you still don't believe he is not the one.
mojingles 12 years ago

Akadu, why don't you and the Ewe cabal lay to rest these poisoned and obviously disjointed sentiments about Akans, Ewes etc? It does you nor the Bokors any good to continuously harp on warped ideas that will only sink the nat ...
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Akadu, why don't you and the Ewe cabal lay to rest these poisoned and obviously disjointed sentiments about Akans, Ewes etc? It does you nor the Bokors any good to continuously harp on warped ideas that will only sink the nation and not lift it up from years of tribal hatred.
Kuuku 12 years ago

Ghana and Ghanaian intellectuals.Hmmmmm.

Ghana and Ghanaian intellectuals.Hmmmmm.
Sani 12 years ago

What is the use of harping on the same issue time and time again? Why can't we make critical analyses of our national problems instead of accusing individuals and tribes?

What is the use of harping on the same issue time and time again? Why can't we make critical analyses of our national problems instead of accusing individuals and tribes?
Esi Atta 12 years ago

man look at the quotations and address them. They are the subject matter! Don't sidestep them.

man look at the quotations and address them. They are the subject matter! Don't sidestep them.
Julor Kromfor 12 years ago

NPP is Ake-Asante-Akyem elite party.

NPP is Ake-Asante-Akyem elite party.
CHE ANDREW 12 years ago

NO University of repute will offer a pighead like you a leaf let alone a certificate that resemble an academic one.

NO University of repute will offer a pighead like you a leaf let alone a certificate that resemble an academic one.
AWULEY 12 years ago

You are just like the rest: you have nothing to dispute in this marvelous article so what do you do? Either insult the auhor or call her credentials into question Either way, Akadu has made a solid argument by using quaotatio ...
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You are just like the rest: you have nothing to dispute in this marvelous article so what do you do? Either insult the auhor or call her credentials into question Either way, Akadu has made a solid argument by using quaotations from anti-Akan writers.
Nana Anim 12 years ago

How can the author be so educated and idiotic at the same time? Fact is the nepotism people's party are about to be as useless as the CPP if they don't become more inclusive. You can't win a national election with a regional ...
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How can the author be so educated and idiotic at the same time? Fact is the nepotism people's party are about to be as useless as the CPP if they don't become more inclusive. You can't win a national election with a regional party.
Esi Atta 12 years ago

Most of you are insulting the author because you have nothing to add to her brilliant counter-punch!And you also know that she is right!

Most of you are insulting the author because you have nothing to add to her brilliant counter-punch!And you also know that she is right!
Ghanaian 12 years ago

Point of correction, the Keta sea wall was not built by Kufour. Check the time the project was started and where it reached before Kufour came to power. Mention the towns and villages Kufour supplied water and electricity in ...
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Point of correction, the Keta sea wall was not built by Kufour. Check the time the project was started and where it reached before Kufour came to power. Mention the towns and villages Kufour supplied water and electricity in the Volta Region.Do not forget to tell us the roads as well.
JOHNY PEE 12 years ago

Okay, granted that the NPP did nothing in 8 years, what did the P/NDC did for Volta in 19 years and counting, though you vote for the NDC calnnishly!

Okay, granted that the NPP did nothing in 8 years, what did the P/NDC did for Volta in 19 years and counting, though you vote for the NDC calnnishly!
JOHNY PEE 12 years ago

Excellent use of language and countering ideas. Good job.

Excellent use of language and countering ideas. Good job.
Maamepanyin 12 years ago

A STUPID WRITE UP FROM A STUPID WRITER. ARE YOU FROM THE MOON? WHEN YOU LISTEN TO COMMENTS MADE ABOUT EWES BY SOME OF OUR AKAN-AKYEM BROTHERS AND SISTERS, YOU WILL BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY GHANA'S POLITICAL TERRAIN IS BECOMING V ...
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A STUPID WRITE UP FROM A STUPID WRITER. ARE YOU FROM THE MOON? WHEN YOU LISTEN TO COMMENTS MADE ABOUT EWES BY SOME OF OUR AKAN-AKYEM BROTHERS AND SISTERS, YOU WILL BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY GHANA'S POLITICAL TERRAIN IS BECOMING VENOMOUS. WE AKAN MUST STOP THE FINANCIAL, VERBAL, PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL MALTREATMENT OF NON AKAN AND AKYEM TRIBE FIRST. I BECOME ANGRY WHEN INSTEAD OF PROVIDING SOLUTION, PEOPLE WHO SHOULD KNOW BETTER OVERLOOK KEY ISSUES.
Mac Tonto 12 years ago

Waste of precious time. Sorry but AKADU, you failed this time.

Waste of precious time. Sorry but AKADU, you failed this time.
Paul Amuna 12 years ago

Akadu, thank you for a very thoughtful piece. I also admire your patience throughout this process. The trouble is, the other side has not done anything to dispel these "myths" or impressions about the NPP and if anything, I h ...
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Akadu, thank you for a very thoughtful piece. I also admire your patience throughout this process. The trouble is, the other side has not done anything to dispel these "myths" or impressions about the NPP and if anything, I have been personally appalled at the tribal vitriol being spewed out on all sides. As Ghanaians, I believe we all have a duty to work hard to remove tribalism from our politics and national dialogue. By all means we must hold dear to our roots and I respect your 'Denkyire Natioanlism'.

The problem arises when such nationalism is wrongly expressed or is used as a tool to propagate a superiority complex as I am sure we have all seen with some of the posting we have all read on Ghanaweb. I am sure you will say that we are mature enough to rise above pall that. True, but can you imagine the impact of constant, repeated name-calling and the insults which go way beyond the bounds of banter.

I for one do not belong to any of the political parties and although a northerner from Bongo-Dua in the Upper East region, I grew up in a military barrack in Accra which was a melting pot of all tribes, hence my FLUENCY in FIVE Ghana languages including Ga, Twi and Eve which I can also write. I also speak my mother tongue and Hausa fluently. I schooled in Accra, Navrongo and the Ashanti region (Oboasi) and have travelled to all parts of Ghana. I have very close friends from all parts of Ghana for which I am very proud. My family tradition is built on valuing and cherishing your tribe, who you are, speaking your own language yet treating all others equally and with the Utmost respect. I have family members who belong to all major parties in Ghana, some of them are MPs (and ministers). I do respect them all and can argue politics with each one of them but have never taken advantage of their political positions. The long and short of it is that I find it very hard to accept that in the 21st Century, we will continue to hear some of the base and crass utterances and venom people post on these airwaves.

I agree with you some writers betray their personal preferences and sometimes some of them bother on tribal leanings. I have always sought to extract the key messages in most postings and have been critical where that was necessary. I would hope that instead of invoking negative reactions that would continue to propagate these tribal arguments in respect of our politics, people like yourself and the rest of us who have had the fortune of a good education and are now playing responsible roles wherever we are based, will forge a common positive bond to argue together to eliminate the tribal tones in our politics and work more for the unity of our country.

I notice you ended on a note suggesting that you are an Nkrumaist. I happen to value the work of Nkrumah myself and believe he is the singular Ghanaian and African politician who has made the most impact. I find it interesting the president and government seem to have a number of educational and other developmental projects in the pipeline which if properly executed, could move Ghana a long way forward along similar lines but let's watch the space.
Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

Yours is the most thoughtful of all the commentaries. I think that a great number of Ghanaians have your background, but they are still tribalistic. I speak to all issues irrespective of "tribe," party, region, etc. I have co ...
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Yours is the most thoughtful of all the commentaries. I think that a great number of Ghanaians have your background, but they are still tribalistic. I speak to all issues irrespective of "tribe," party, region, etc. I have come under attack from some constituencies that think that I unfairly questioned the Mills regime and JJ Rawlings. The same people forget that I have also taken to task the NPP, Kufour, Akufo-Addo, etc. I have written about the environment, gender equality, neocolonialism, pollution, education, corrupt elites, infrastructure, name them. I find it hard that some of us worship the very people who impoverish us because of "tribe." For my part, I am a die-hard Nkrumahist, and I may believe that you don't belong to any political party, but certainly your comments and writings here point to the direction where you lean: P/NDC. And I would leave it that. Thanks for your thoughtful comments!
frank 12 years ago

FOOLISH MAN,think first of your HERD MENTALITY/NAME CALLINGS!you and your Bokor are same same same,"meme pipe,meme tab..."and why are you complaining!OFUI,go away from here and sought it out with your Bokor.

FOOLISH MAN,think first of your HERD MENTALITY/NAME CALLINGS!you and your Bokor are same same same,"meme pipe,meme tab..."and why are you complaining!OFUI,go away from here and sought it out with your Bokor.
Sensible Ghanaian 12 years ago

No matter what your point is, maybe good and relevant, it is unnecessary, long-winded and over-embellishing your English to show-off that you know more English than the originals.

When writing for a public audience, and ev ...
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No matter what your point is, maybe good and relevant, it is unnecessary, long-winded and over-embellishing your English to show-off that you know more English than the originals.

When writing for a public audience, and even most good writings, you should use simple and straight-forward phrases, yours was just long-winded and I am afraid you missed an opportunity to make a valid case on the subject and failed to obtain the sympathizers that your article sought.
Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

I have been careful not to respond to knee-jerk takes on what I have written. Let me say that you may have good points! But that is my style cultivated years ago when my primary school teacher pulled me aside and encouragingl ...
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I have been careful not to respond to knee-jerk takes on what I have written. Let me say that you may have good points! But that is my style cultivated years ago when my primary school teacher pulled me aside and encouragingly told me to write "how I write" and added that writing skills are like finger-prints: they differ. Hold onto to your style. Mine has taken me to places. The assumption that people who visit Ghanaweb cannot understand what I write is very classicist and demeaning! I write what I write and how i write. I hope that the previous sentence speaks to your mentality!
Jonathan Waki united states 12 years ago

Will they change at all.

Will they change at all.
insight to the bone 12 years ago

finally it seems someone has finally begun to address the real issues that plague our country and the reasons why npp still can not achieve the 60% majority vote . the cpp fraction has taken over the ndc while the npp lost th ...
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finally it seems someone has finally begun to address the real issues that plague our country and the reasons why npp still can not achieve the 60% majority vote . the cpp fraction has taken over the ndc while the npp lost the votes of the fanti speaking peoples of the western and central regions because it does appear the npp during the k4 era and with nana continue to marginalize and humiliate the fantis

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