Lest We Forget – 1983 - Thirty Years Ago

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veep 12 years ago

hmmm.... i really don't know what to make out of it. i've heard very sad stories. i am a late comer. maybe others could tell us more....

hmmm.... i really don't know what to make out of it. i've heard very sad stories. i am a late comer. maybe others could tell us more....
joe eshi 12 years ago

great piece I was in secondary school then where we were served with Kako. That was also the period we had the dont touch me soap, yellow corn and wheat for meals Oh Ghana how far we have come. H

great piece I was in secondary school then where we were served with Kako. That was also the period we had the dont touch me soap, yellow corn and wheat for meals Oh Ghana how far we have come. H
Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

Thanks for this history!

Thanks for this history!
George Opoku-Agyemang 12 years ago

it should be a national celebration

it should be a national celebration
asonaba kofi 12 years ago

this is a very good piece.its always good to remember the past to help plan for the future.as usual there wont be much comment on this because id doesnt give people the chance to insult others.

this is a very good piece.its always good to remember the past to help plan for the future.as usual there wont be much comment on this because id doesnt give people the chance to insult others.
obuoh 12 years ago

What a piece. I hope it will serve as a reminder to all those concern
Bravo

What a piece. I hope it will serve as a reminder to all those concern
Bravo
yaw manu 12 years ago

I was young but saw it all.
Thanks to USA who supplied us with
"yellow corn" it was a distasteful experience and have written about it in my book which is yet to come out. May we never cross that road again. No, not now,a ...
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I was young but saw it all.
Thanks to USA who supplied us with
"yellow corn" it was a distasteful experience and have written about it in my book which is yet to come out. May we never cross that road again. No, not now,and not by the future generations
Kwa.... 12 years ago

People will not comment because its not politics. I was only 9 years when this happened and i remember it vividly. God bless you for this article. May it never happen again.

People will not comment because its not politics. I was only 9 years when this happened and i remember it vividly. God bless you for this article. May it never happen again.
' and Jesus wept ' 12 years ago

And as if this is not enough, we have certain infidels among us who want us to kill ourselves so they can lord over us at all cost. Never again.

And as if this is not enough, we have certain infidels among us who want us to kill ourselves so they can lord over us at all cost. Never again.
fay 12 years ago

This was the year gari was served in the dining hall and students refused to eat bcos of the bad smell and was given to pigs and they too did not eat.God save Ghana from famine forever and ever.

This was the year gari was served in the dining hall and students refused to eat bcos of the bad smell and was given to pigs and they too did not eat.God save Ghana from famine forever and ever.

Titugri 12 years ago

I was outside Ghana when this happened, but when I visited Ghana in early 1984 I wept for many days on seeing my family and friends looking scanty and pale from the hunger and hardship that was ongoing.

Those years were th ...
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I was outside Ghana when this happened, but when I visited Ghana in early 1984 I wept for many days on seeing my family and friends looking scanty and pale from the hunger and hardship that was ongoing.

Those years were the Rawlings chain years when Rawlings so-called revolution caused so much suffering that most Ghanaians looked so lean around their necks as if there were chains tied around them. That was when the term Rawlings chain was coined.

The worst part of those years was that Rawlings and his cronies either arrested, tortured or killed those who complained aloud about the suffering. May the good lord save Ghanaians from any such evil visiting the country again.
Akosua Foruwaa 12 years ago

Thanks for this article,I lived through that time, I was pregnant with my first child, ironicaly she is thirty today 13th May. You couldn't trust anyone with your money. My mum gave money to a pastor to go and pay the electri ...
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Thanks for this article,I lived through that time, I was pregnant with my first child, ironicaly she is thirty today 13th May. You couldn't trust anyone with your money. My mum gave money to a pastor to go and pay the electric bill he used the money to eat, who could blame him! So much to tell our kids, when they waste food! We will never forget. Yaw Manu I like your idea of a book on 1983,Ilook forward to reading it.
Daakye Kwabre MP 12 years ago

One thing though, you forget to mention about the power rationing of electricity due to severe dry conditions and bush fires that affected Akosombo Dam and Volta Lake. The Exodus of teachers to Agege. Cancellations of WAEC's ...
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One thing though, you forget to mention about the power rationing of electricity due to severe dry conditions and bush fires that affected Akosombo Dam and Volta Lake. The Exodus of teachers to Agege. Cancellations of WAEC's O'lvel and A' levels exams. Oh gosh that was terrible, I was in form 4. All we went to dinning hall to eat were yellow corn, cocoyam and if we were lucy gari and beans.But we survived.
brant romeo 11 years ago

neva will it hpn agn

neva will it hpn agn
Kweku,USA 9 years ago

Very interesting story and I wish the young ones will research about that year.That was when dumsor started,no food,no rain and secondary school gave 3 to 4 weeks exeats to students because there is no food and no water to dr ...
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Very interesting story and I wish the young ones will research about that year.That was when dumsor started,no food,no rain and secondary school gave 3 to 4 weeks exeats to students because there is no food and no water to drink.I saw malnutrition that resulted in human beings bloated in medical term generalized edema as a result of malnutrition.l was living in Ankaful mental Hosp and chronic mental patients were dying because no food nor water.l remember eating rice pudding in am,boiled rice with 'kakoo' in lunch and rice water in evening for a month at school.95% of student at Augusco in cape developed skin rashes in their genital area as well as in between our fingers and toes.for about 2 weeks we haven't taken a shower because no water to drink let alone bath.l wish the young ones we are beating war drums should think twice about it because what famine did to Ghana during that period was terrible.God bless the writer for reminding us.
evangite 11 months ago

hmmmm

thanks fr this piece

hmmmm

thanks fr this piece

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