From "Bottom-Power" To "Trokosi Power"

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misty 12 years ago

Rawshit is simply BARTARD period he came to steal and DISTROY Sold CARIDEM to his wife Rawlings BASSSSSTTTTTAAAAAARRRRRRRDDDDDD

Rawshit is simply BARTARD period he came to steal and DISTROY Sold CARIDEM to his wife Rawlings BASSSSSTTTTTAAAAAARRRRRRRDDDDDD
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 12 years ago

Until last year, Ghana’s amateur democracy has been touted as quite sturdy and flaring from strength to strength attracting unwavering accolades from both within and without. Conspicuously, this high pedestal of our twenty ...
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Until last year, Ghana’s amateur democracy has been touted as quite sturdy and flaring from strength to strength attracting unwavering accolades from both within and without. Conspicuously, this high pedestal of our twenty years rule by the ballot is marred and tainted by some EC officials whose sole aim is to pile wealth to subvert the sovereign will of Ghanaians resulting into the contention of election 2012 at the Supreme Court of Ghana. These bad officials of the constitutionally mandated body responsible for conducting free, fair and transparent polls in the country must be flashed out to save the integrity of our Nation.

The district electoral officer of the Asante-Akyem South in the Ashanti region, Mr. Joseph Appia-gyei is one such bad nut who is at all times fervent and disposed to trade the genuineness of every election under his watch for cash at the mightiest expense of the constituents. The veiled and ill motive to cash in on every election is the driving force behind his clandestine looting of Presiding officers and polling Assistants whom the EC had temporally hired to supervise elections in the district.

You see, the Electoral Commission of Ghana has delayed in the payment of allowances of Presiding officers and polling Assistants after the December polls partly due to the negligence of many of these officials in the discharge of their duties which culminated in the hearing of a novel case between the standard bearer and two others of the NPP and the EC along side the President of Republic at the Supreme Court to ascertain the validity of the latter’s declaration of the former as the victor of last year’s elections. All hope on the allowance was lost lest the highest Court of the land will order a re-run or pronounce Nana Akufo- Addo winner of the 2012 polls.

Nonetheless, the funds were released to the various regional and district offices of the EC for its intended purpose. Beneficiaries in the Asante Akyem South district are outlandishly being robbed by Mr. Joseph Appia-gyei, the electoral Officer, of their hard earned and well deserved allowances. According to the information gathered, Presiding officers are entitled to GHC 100 where as polling Assistants take home GHC 70. These are the distribution of the allowances per head by the Electoral Commission of Ghana.

However, oily corrupt mouthed Mr. Appia-gyei has a different definition for the national distribution of the allowance per role of the officials in his district to lacerate the amount for his egotistic motive. Instead of a Presiding officer taking home a Hundred Ghana Cedis (GHC 100), the EC officer slashes Ten Ghana Cedis out of the total amount leaving ninety Ghana Cedis (GHC90) for the head of a polling station. The same way Five Ghana Ceds is deducted from a polling Assistant’s Seventy Ghana Cedis (GHC 70) parting with Sixty-five Ghana Cedis (GHC 65). These deductions do not constitute any processing or incur cost whatsoever but mere abuse of office and thievery on the part of the district EC Boss. As espouse in the bible “what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and lose his soul”

Suffice herein is the summative amount Mr. Joseph Appia-gyei is making out of, say a total of 500 electoral officials in the Asante Akyem South district. Let’s even consider an average of five Ghana Cedis (GHC 5) and multiply that by 500 Officials. That is a whopping GHC 2500 in just one dubious transaction. This is unacceptable in any society and a complete barbarism on the part of this rogue who cares less about his fellow human. Available reports indicate that, the EC Boss of the Asante Akyem South district takes money from individuals who apply to be temporally hired for the electoral job. It is believed that, this is a common and consistent practice of Mr. Joseph Appia-gyei since he assumed the office in the district way back in 2000 or beyond.

What is even more risible is that, most of these electoral officers are teachers who fear relegated and tagged down for future opportunity in the same capacity when they utter or register displeasure at the looting Mr. Appia-gyei and his ilk are heaping on them. According to officials who suffered this ordeal at the hands of the EC Officer, most of their colleagues who protested previously to Mr. Joseph’s behaviour were not included in last year’s exercise. This goes to confirm his hidden agenda and ill intention to compile wealth at the expense of these impoverish teachers who risked their precious lives and valuable time in the remotest areas to supervise the 2012 elections.

On a more serious and binding note, Mr. Appia-gyei must answer certain encumbrance and treacherous questions that remained unanswered. Asante Akyem South, specifically, the district capital Juaso, was mentioned in the election petition at one of the sittings of the Supreme Court. Could it be that, Mr. Joseph Appia-gyei, whose adoration for money can drive him to do anything vicious can be cited as one of those electoral officers who had corroborated with the NDC and John Mahama to rig last year’s election metamorphosing to the land mark case pending in our august Court?

What explanations can Mr. Appia-gyei, the district electoral officer give to the citing of his district capital Juaso, in the ongoing election petition? Is it possible his paymasters had a field day in other part of the district to commit various electoral crimes which are not detected by the petitioners because the region is believed to be the strong hold of NPP? Has he taken any money from the then candidate and President, Mahama and his party for any clandestine motive since he (The EC Boss) is the master of that art and has a track record of such since 2000? Will this villain survive if the “ANTOA” deity is evoked on his acts? These and many more are some of the troubling questions the Juaso district electoral officer must provide answers to.

Ghana’s electoral Commission must have high integrity and we can only achieve that when the likes of Mr. Appia-gyei and others who are out there to subvert and compromise the mandate and sovereignty of this country are cast out of sight. They must be pursued, apprehended, investigated, prosecuted and given maximum sentence to serve as a severe deterrent to other wrong doers in our institutions. Ghana must work in unison and offer no cover or excessive advantage to people who lead our nation. Ghana is the only country we have, let’s all give out our best to move it forward. “It is not about what you do but how much love you put in the doing”….His Royal Majesty, Emperor Haile Selassie.

Kashaa Nuhu babnuh11@yahoo.com

Comments:
wizman Quansah 12 years ago

Oh you stupid and ugliest son of your father's most ugliest wife, how long do we have to suffer your ethnocentric bad breath of an attempt at human speech. Show respect to the great and handsome Rawlings who liberated this c ...
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Oh you stupid and ugliest son of your father's most ugliest wife, how long do we have to suffer your ethnocentric bad breath of an attempt at human speech. Show respect to the great and handsome Rawlings who liberated this country. I hope you are wise in choosing a wife .
Ibrahim 12 years ago

Tribalism poisons everything you had to say foolish man. Dont blame tribalism on Rawlings, a cursory look throughout Africa shows that there is a direct link between tribalism and multi party democracy, and this is evident fr ...
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Tribalism poisons everything you had to say foolish man. Dont blame tribalism on Rawlings, a cursory look throughout Africa shows that there is a direct link between tribalism and multi party democracy, and this is evident from North to South, East to West of Africa.

Multi party democracy has only awoken a dark side to the rational weak nations that were created by our colonial masters and the deep divisions that layed dormant for years has just awoken.
BAM 12 years ago

THIS GUY WORKS IN THE LIBRARY, WEARS THE SAME JACKET SIX DAYS A WEEK. HE HAS A LOT OF FACIAL HAIR AND LOOKS LIKE A MALE GOAT

THIS GUY WORKS IN THE LIBRARY, WEARS THE SAME JACKET SIX DAYS A WEEK. HE HAS A LOT OF FACIAL HAIR AND LOOKS LIKE A MALE GOAT
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 12 years ago

.... The story of Ghana is like the story of the biblical Moses and the Jews. It required a certain J.J Rawlings to play the role of the powerful Hebrew. It is a story of emancipation, bravery and patriotism. A story of belie ...
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.... The story of Ghana is like the story of the biblical Moses and the Jews. It required a certain J.J Rawlings to play the role of the powerful Hebrew. It is a story of emancipation, bravery and patriotism. A story of belief, national commitment, sacrifice, hardwork and honesty to fellow citizens.
Ft Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings Liberated the west African country from militarism, mis-governance, economic paralysis, hunger, and perpetual doom when he publicly executed the likes of Gen. Afriffa, Gen Akuffo, Gen Acheampong, and all those who plunged Ghana into untold hardship. Today, Ghana is laughing loud and thankful to God for using J.J to emancipate the country.
Worse still, American congressmen have cautioned that Nigeria is on the verge of collapse and disintegration. In the last twelve months, some conglomerates have closed their plants in the country and relocated to Ghana. Among them are Dunlop and Mitchelen Plc. Only recently, more companies have informed the general public they would soon be folding operations in Nigeria to resettle in Ghana. The excuse of these companies is the same, energy crisis and political instability. Nigeria’s inability to stabilize the energy sector is the cause of her dwindling fortunes
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REALITY 12 years ago

NDC's start behaving like animals gone crazy anytime the King Okoampa pops up. He knows NDC's weakest part and the king moves slowly from behind unheard and delivers a painful blow which makes NDC behave crazy.

NDC's start behaving like animals gone crazy anytime the King Okoampa pops up. He knows NDC's weakest part and the king moves slowly from behind unheard and delivers a painful blow which makes NDC behave crazy.
ATO 12 years ago

THIS EMBARRASSING IDIOT HAS PROGRESSIVELY DETERIORATED FROM THE STAGE OF AN IMBECILE TO A DERANGED SOCIOPATH .

THIS EMBARRASSING IDIOT HAS PROGRESSIVELY DETERIORATED FROM THE STAGE OF AN IMBECILE TO A DERANGED SOCIOPATH .
Kwame Okiampa-Ahuufe 12 years ago

Oh kindred name sake, once again I didn't understand your rumblings after the first read. I'm going to pray and wish for the secrets in your writings to be revealed to me in all of their glory

Oh kindred name sake, once again I didn't understand your rumblings after the first read. I'm going to pray and wish for the secrets in your writings to be revealed to me in all of their glory
Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

Duh!

Duh!

K. Boateng 12 years ago

"MAY YOU JUST CAN'T READ"

what a pathetic, miserable, day care attendan,and ignorant fool passing as a college professor; w'abon papa. Can you ever construct a cogent sentence? Aboa beast.

"MAY YOU JUST CAN'T READ"

what a pathetic, miserable, day care attendan,and ignorant fool passing as a college professor; w'abon papa. Can you ever construct a cogent sentence? Aboa beast.
MAHA 12 years ago

You " benkoto bensore" fool has the audacity to tell somebody of "w'abon". Did you read your comment before posting?

You " benkoto bensore" fool has the audacity to tell somebody of "w'abon". Did you read your comment before posting?
K. Boateng 12 years ago

Still living in a precrambrian tribal cave in this day and age?

Still living in a precrambrian tribal cave in this day and age?
MINOR CASE 12 years ago

Unfortunately some primitive people still exist among us . When a whole tribe throws its support behind a native son who through dubious means steals millions because he is one of their own . Either you are from that tribe or ...
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Unfortunately some primitive people still exist among us . When a whole tribe throws its support behind a native son who through dubious means steals millions because he is one of their own . Either you are from that tribe or you prefer to play the ostrich .
True prophet 12 years ago

A whole tribe like many other tribes are throwing their support behind a native son because your party does not know how to open its doors to those who arent like yourself. Its not the job of ppl to come to a party, its rathe ...
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A whole tribe like many other tribes are throwing their support behind a native son because your party does not know how to open its doors to those who arent like yourself. Its not the job of ppl to come to a party, its rather the job of the party to reacfh out to the ppl.

When a party wins two out of 10 regions in two consecutive elections its the party that has a problem and not the ppl.

Think about it
MINOR CASE 12 years ago

Your assertion is well taken. Take note of these three points: The population of the whole northern part of Ghana can not equal the population of of the two regions the NPP won . I am sure it cannot even equal that of Ashan ...
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Your assertion is well taken. Take note of these three points: The population of the whole northern part of Ghana can not equal the population of of the two regions the NPP won . I am sure it cannot even equal that of Ashanti Region. Those pseudo regions were created for administrative purposes that is why our electoral laws put emphasis on the the number of votes one gets and not on the number of Regions one wins. 2 . There have been concerted actions since independence to break a perceived hegemony of the Asante people hence the breakup of the Ashanti Region to create Brong Ahafo Region.3 The Gas had no Ga Mantse before independence .This was instituted by Kwame Nkrumah to rival Asantehene.Check that out. Your party can win the 8 Regions but soon people will wake up from their prejudices and see the light. You see what Kuffuor despite your accusations brought to Ghana - NHIS ,School Feeding Program, NYEP,SSSS etc. What has the NDC brought to the table ? Nothing new.That is why Ghanians are suffering and they like you will suffer .
True prophet 12 years ago

All the points were taken however remember that despite the huge population of Asante and Eastern its still almost a homogeneous group of ppl. Meaning Asantes, Kwawus and Akyems who mostly make up the Ashanti and Easter R the ...
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All the points were taken however remember that despite the huge population of Asante and Eastern its still almost a homogeneous group of ppl. Meaning Asantes, Kwawus and Akyems who mostly make up the Ashanti and Easter R the home of the NPP are almost exclusively the same ppl.

What this analysis tell us is that the NPP is not diverse enough or attracting ppl of other ethnic backgrounds enough and some smart ppl in the party admitted to this fact right after the elections.

What you need to understand is that the NDC is not in power cos ppl believed they could perform better than the NPP and genuinely speaking I always believed the current make up of the NPP leadership has more to offer Ghana than NDC.

The question then is why is the NDC still wrestling power from the NPP despite this glaring fact? The answer is simple the NPP as it stands now is not doing enough top appeal to many outside of its strong hold due to the mindset of some old fools in the party who are extremely ethnocentric.

It is the duty of a political party to reach out to ppl irrespective of what it takes, not the other way round. The NDC seems to hv gotten the message, the NPP old leaders are yet to understand this phenomena that election is about numbers irrespective of where it comes from and that you cant rely solely on any large group and hope to win all the time. Check with the Republicans in the USA...they hv learned their lessons with similar political styles of relying on white male anti immigrant supremacist groups.

And this believe goes beyond Ewes to other minority ethnic groups...its the truth though u may choose to accept it or ignore it.

"Your party can win the 8 Regions but soon people will wake up from their prejudices and see the light"

Sorry but i am one of those who do not believe in any party blindly so thinking I am an NDC man is a wrong assertion. If some idiots can be gotten rid of in the NPP and I was in Ghana I will always vote NPP because of what I believed they can do but for now I cannot tolerate some of them and an example is the author of this article. He simply too repulsive as an individual.

If i cant trust the NDC i will rather stay home and forget about voting. I do believe the only way Ghana can move forward is us moving on together but it seems some old fools in the NPP do not get it.
Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

At least Kutu built the Dansoman estates; empowered us with operation feed yourself; introduced anifa anifa; and build a few schools. Who can tell me three positive things that Rawlings did? None!

At least Kutu built the Dansoman estates; empowered us with operation feed yourself; introduced anifa anifa; and build a few schools. Who can tell me three positive things that Rawlings did? None!
K. Boateng 12 years ago

"...and build a few schools..."

hahaha, and you call yourself a college professor with this? No wonder Dawu says you're a PhD thief. Should the phrase read " he built a few schools" or "...he build a few schools?" You're a ...
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"...and build a few schools..."

hahaha, and you call yourself a college professor with this? No wonder Dawu says you're a PhD thief. Should the phrase read " he built a few schools" or "...he build a few schools?" You're a disgrace to academia, in indeed you're one. Please, creep back to your village school and learn your past tensese, aboa beast.
Yaw Asumadu 12 years ago

So is that your correction? D
id you count how many mistakes you've made

"In indeed"

"Past tensese"

"He built a few schools"

Do the corrections and bring your work for grading.

So is that your correction? D
id you count how many mistakes you've made

"In indeed"

"Past tensese"

"He built a few schools"

Do the corrections and bring your work for grading.

K. Boateng 12 years ago

I'm just a mere village boy with little education and therefore expecting more from a college professor so ask your college professor to make corrections to his /her mistakes a 100 times and bring it back to you for grading. ...
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I'm just a mere village boy with little education and therefore expecting more from a college professor so ask your college professor to make corrections to his /her mistakes a 100 times and bring it back to you for grading. Meanwhile, I give him/her an attempt grade.
sam 12 years ago

HE DOES NOT HAVE A CLASSROOM. HE WORKS IN THE LIBRARY. HE DOES NOT TEACH STUDENTS. I KNOW HIM

HE DOES NOT HAVE A CLASSROOM. HE WORKS IN THE LIBRARY. HE DOES NOT TEACH STUDENTS. I KNOW HIM
jake 12 years ago

Okaoampa did teach once, most called him 2.6% Prof. His best line is "I love America". Most students did not understand him, uses irrelevant words, and so was sacked. Now that is true

Okaoampa did teach once, most called him 2.6% Prof. His best line is "I love America". Most students did not understand him, uses irrelevant words, and so was sacked. Now that is true
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 12 years ago

Kutu Bottom Power was better than Rawlings in your own view. Can you not see the madness of this author in his wrtings? Or Maybe you also Mad.

Talking about food production, electrification, roads construction,and a gener ...
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Kutu Bottom Power was better than Rawlings in your own view. Can you not see the madness of this author in his wrtings? Or Maybe you also Mad.

Talking about food production, electrification, roads construction,and a general transformation, this author is having a big laugh.............
Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

Insult me all you and when you are done, just name three achievements of your Ewe tin-god: JJ

Insult me all you and when you are done, just name three achievements of your Ewe tin-god: JJ
C.Y. ANDY-K 12 years ago

Ahoofe, we all know by now that you are a schizophrenic psychopath out to get "Anlo-Ewes" who have become the demons you chase in your state of constant paranoia. What you write is therefore nonsense and gibberish.

Aren't ...
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Ahoofe, we all know by now that you are a schizophrenic psychopath out to get "Anlo-Ewes" who have become the demons you chase in your state of constant paranoia. What you write is therefore nonsense and gibberish.

Aren't you aware that at the time Kufour was a PNDC Secretary and much later, ony Rawlings was a member of the PNDC? Most members were Akans. Even Kojo Tsikata, the security capo was not a member. But since he was very valuable to maintain the regime, he was allowed to sit on some cabinet meetings. This even aroused the objections of the very Akan members you said were just playing second fiddle to Rawlings and your mythical "Anlo-Ewes". Kojo T became alienated so much so that he didn't join the NDC, and was hounded out of the country to live in S. Africa! Out of teh 3 Tsikatas who supported the PNDC, only one survived, i.e., Tsatsu T. Even Soussoudis, Rawlings' own cousin who suffered a lot in serving them, became a victim, raided by armed men led by Obed Asamoah.

You can write to criticise Rawlings on many things but please leave us Anlos out of it! Didn't hear of how our late Awoamefia, Torgbui Adeladza II, was nearly killed too? This was divulged at the Reconciliation C'ttee sittings, and the records are there for all to read. Some of us knew abt that when it happened. If you want to know about those who bring ethnic politics into Ghanaian politics search your own backyard! Or, I tell you. Foolish man!

Andy-K
C.Y. ANDY-K 12 years ago

Telling It As It Is: The PP/NPP’s Tradition of Tribal Politics

Folks,

Here is the some posts from the archives. It should be an eye opener to all those who are claiming that tribal politics started under Rawlings and ...
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Telling It As It Is: The PP/NPP’s Tradition of Tribal Politics

Folks,

Here is the some posts from the archives. It should be an eye opener to all those who are claiming that tribal politics started under Rawlings and the PNDC. For others, it should reveal to them the origins of the ethnic foment and ethnic politics in Ghana under the NLC and then under the PP regime. It is that tradition that continues today, with the sympathisers of the NPP with Akan backgrounds being the main culprits.

I wrote the piece in response to Prof. George Ayittey, a major exponent of tribalistic analysis of politics in Africa. He failed to write a response though, since he has none. What I wrote then is still very relevant today and on this forum too with only some slight editing for typos.

Well, this is quite long so I’d leave this with you and for the record.

Date: Wed Aug 05 20:03:14 1998
To: ayittey@, VILLAGE@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
From: Andy K
Subject: Re: [VILLAGE] Ghana Leader Seeks Unity of Black Race
Cc:
Bcc:

Villagers,

This is something I can't pass over. As usual, it is designed to inform you all, not to enter into any discussion with Prof. Ayittey. He may however issue rebuttals to what I have written if false, or not entirely correct. After all, I never make claims to holding the monopoly to the elusive truth. I am just a lonely Seeker after the Truth. (To your information, Prof Ayittey had never taken up the challenge to back up his claims with some facts and I burnt him out the last time he repeated them).

At 19:07 03.08.1998 -0400, George B.N.Ayittey wrote:
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>Cinque, and look who's calling for unity of the black race? A "Clarence >Thomas" :) >Ooops, a Freudian slip :)
>
>Seriously, Cinque, in my view, Rawlings is NOT the person for this job because:

>1. His 17 years in power in Ghana have been the MOST DIVISIVE. Ethnic tension is very >high in Ghana today. Ask any Ghanaian. There is a public perception that key positions in >Rawlings' government are occupied by his ethnic group, the Ewe. Note: I said public >PERCEPTION. Ask any Ghanaian. If he cannot unify his own citizens, how much more >those outside the country?

Andy-K writes in reply:
That ethnic tensions in Ghana are very high, first of all, is an overstatement. Rather, it is high among Ghanaians in the diaspora. Secondly, whatever ethnic tensions are there are not due to Rawlings' doing. Rather, it is the doing of some bankrupt and jaded politicians who have been arousing ethnic hatred against Rawlings mother's ethnic group members, the Ewes, as a political tool to gain power. So far, it has failed resoundingly. In fact, it has backfired so badly the culprits, found mainly in the NPP, which George also belongs to, are now openly writing and saying that they had to reassess their strategy.

The issue is not a "public perception," shared by a majority of Ghanaians. The "perception" is insidiously and virulently promoted by a narrow group of Ghanaians, of whom George indeed is one of them. He clearly and unambiguously promoted this in a mail he posted on Okyeame sometime ago. As to be expected, I took him on and referred him to the English Sociologist, Charles Elliott's book (1975). A great comparative study of poverty and its causes in some "Third World" countries, it presented statistics on the ethnic distribution in different occupations, including the public services in Ghana too. As I told George, the figures show that by 1975, his own ethnic group, the Gas, proportionately have more of their people in higher govt. positions than any other ethnic group in Ghana! I wanted to know whether that has changed since Rawlings assumed office again on 31 Dec., 1981, less than a day to 1982. As to be expected no answer came from him.

Of course, I am aware of newer researches, as that of Richard Jefferies, African Affairs, 92. 331-399:1993, which clearly state that Rawlings has not packed higher offices with Ewes since his second coming to power. (BTW, same accusations were made during his brief first coming of 3 months too). What anyone having the pretensions to being a scholar or an intellectual should do is to read those studies and stop spreading such venomous and virulent lies, which are in fact reminiscent of 1920 and '30s Nazi campaigns against Jews. Or what we Africans get from anti-alien, racist groups and parties in Europe presently. But that is not the way of George. His is abstract empiricism! Just repeat the nonsense ad nauseam without bothering to cross-check!

Anyway, I can recollect that when he posted the same offending post to the Village, he had amended the offending portion about one ethnic group in Ghana dominating to a multiplicity of ethnic groups, thanks to my biting criticism of him (on Okyeame). He left intact that simplistic level of analysis for Nigeria and Kenya, which I also objected to too. Some of you may recollect that post.

What actually is the problem? Is that "perception," (actually it's nothing more than sheer, deep-seated expression of "native prejudice" - my coinage - against Ewes, which stock I belong to), of what they have now dubbed "Ewenisation" a new thing, arising after Rawlings became head of the PNDC? Which PNDC and later NDC Party comprise a cross-section of Ghanaians? Far from it! Indeed, all the political parties in Ghana were represented in the PNDC in its early years, so nobody was excluded. (Interestingly, Kufour, presidential candidate of the NPP, was the rep. for the PFP in the PNDC).

Villagers, it is the confrontation of the source of that native prejudice that recently spilt over into the Village under the title of “Yaa Asantewaa....” We aren't finished yet! So let me take you back just to the late 1960s, not 1900.:-)

From Denis Austin's book, Ghana Observed (1976: 125), Manchester University Press and Africana Publishing Company, we read about the anti-Ewe hysteria prior to the election that brought Dr K.A. Busia's Progress Party to power in 1969. Please bear with my long quote.
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"A surprising and disagreeable novelty of the election was the extraordinary anti-Ewe sentiment that was expressed in conversation with many of those who were against Gbedemah and his party. One can explain this very strong animus not simply by a dislike of Gbedema's reappearance in political life but in relation to events after 1966 coup. Suddenly there were the soldiers and the police, and everyone bust out singing, but when the music died away it was noticed that the NLC was commanded (it seemed) by minorities: Ewe and Ga. When Ankra (a Ga) was moved out, and charges were brought over-hastily by Harlley against the Chief of the Defence Staff, Michael Otu, the evidence to many was overwhelming. It was all an Ewe plot. Soon Ghana would be run for the benefit of an energetic minority, operating first within the armed forces, and now behind Gbedemah. "Appoint an Ewe to a public corporation or to a government department and within a year the entire hierarchy down to the messenger will be Ewe.” So the argument ran.

[MY COMMENTS: As it is still running today, as shown by a piece on the web site of the Ghanaian Chronicle I have posted below - one reason for the ongoing Yaa Asantewaa fracas.].

"And there was always some evidence for it, since the Ewe, deprived of any natural wealth in their barren region, have for many years been energetic in seizing the opportunities of public employment, including positions in the army and police, which wealthier communities (like the Akan) did not wish to occupy. In practice, looking through the list of senior officers in government departments and the public corporations, the evidence is certainly not clear of any Ewe domination: it could hardly be so in view of their number. (MY COMMENT: JUST OVER 13 % OF GHANA'S POP.). But a belief does not, of course have to be true for people to hold it fervently.
Now there is an Akan-dominated government of an Akan-dominated society. Were I to become, by some improbable change of fate, leader of the governing party I would be much less apprehensive of my Ewe opponents in front than of the large and expectant following behind. I would be fearful too of the ambitions of those now excluded from power, remembering the Songs of Innocence that:
The strongest poison ever known
Came from Caesar's laurel crown".

Here we end the extended quote!

Wise words indeed! But were the reactionary PP members told then, they would not have paid any heed. After assuming power, after a coup in which some Ewe officers played dominant roles, they set out to dismiss mostly Ewes, some few Gas and others known to be sympathetic to the banned CPP from their posts. They achieved this through the insertion of the first infamous Transitional Provisions in a Constitution of Ghana, attempts to deprive Ewes of their jobs having failed during the latter years of the NLC. This is the backdrop to the struggle Awoonor briefly mentioned in his ‘famous’ book, and for that, he has become an object of insult to all kinds of puny Akan boys and girls with some modicum of literacy. They (PP) did not last even 2 years in office! I can comment deeper on the above quote, since my own father was one key person who gave evidence, and was before then discriminated against after the coup. And there was plenty to tell, since the charges were true. Hope the official, classified documents of the hearing in camera should now be declassified to stop future speculation. I was big enough to know what was happening then, right from the 1966 coup.

My own father, being the most qualified around, was persuaded to forego confirmation for a post he had been acting in for years under the CPP regime (the CPP big-wigs thought only whites could hold the post!), just to allow a Ga to assume it, as Ewes were supposed to be already too many in similar posts! It was indeed a case of jobs for the boys all over again! So there was some sort of Affirmative Action going on to allow newly qualified Akans and others to also assume posts they did not formerly want. I suffered same fate with another Ewe friend too before, in our seeking a simple vacation job in 1976! And to think an Ewe, a father to a dormitory mate in school was in charge of the recruitment! But he explained, and we accepted, that even though far better qualified, they must take some others too, or they'd be hearing complaints again! So they took on 2 Twi-speaking secondary F4 girls while I, a Sixth Former armed with superlative ‘O’ L results and 3 RSA Stage 2 in English, Accounting and Commerce, was turned down! My friend was also an ‘O’L graduate with good grades and teaching part-time in a preparatory school while pursuing the CA then.

Unfortunately, they (PP, now NPP cohorts) have not learned anything from their past folly and are condemned to the political wilderness, raining insults on all and sundry. Most Ghanaians don't trust them any longer.

Anyway, some of us said enough is enough with this ethnic demonisation, while we are not even enjoying the fruits of office. Our region ranks among the lowest on the development ladder, a permanent position of "Number 9" among 10!:-) We gonna respond and do you in proper, exposing you down to your fathers and mentally warped ancestors who passed on to you those kinds of native prejudice; not better than those held by white supremacists we have come to know in our sojourn among white people.

After all, some of us know that white supremacist ideas had origins from ideas held by the incestuous ancient Egyptians about other peoples! They used to call the Greeks barbarians and no Egyptian girl would kiss a Greek ‘cos Greeks eat pork and meat, taboos to Egyptians. The demon in our midst is our own creation! Let us deal with it right from our homes! To UNIFY any people in a meaningful way, some would have to be made to drop their feelings of superiority and prejudices they hold about others within the same group. Period!

I think Rawlings has done enough to remove that image from the eyes of the mass of Ghanaians. In 1966, Kotoka would have been quite unacceptable to most non-Ewe Ghanaians as Head of State. That's why Ankrah was brought out of retirement to be head of the NLC. After all, by 1966, Ewes were just "Ayigbe dzorlor," i.e., "Ayigbe thieves," the pejorative term you Gas had coined for us Ewes, George. And I did not hear crying "you've changed meter band to Number 9," at the sound of Ewe when I was last at home, as was the case in even the early ‘80s. We'd get to the bottom of all this, just wait long enough!
Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

When are you going to write something new for us to read!

When are you going to write something new for us to read!
K. Boateng 12 years ago

"When are you going to write something new for us to read!"

Hi "Prof"; your sentence is that of interrogation and therefore needs a question mark so why the exclamation mark?

"When are you going to write something new for us to read!"

Hi "Prof"; your sentence is that of interrogation and therefore needs a question mark so why the exclamation mark?
DusTY-FooT-pHiloSophER 12 years ago

No comment.

No comment.

C.Y. ANDY-K 12 years ago

Please find below a "modern" version of the Ewes are dominating us hysteria. Make up your own minds about the import of the purported letter to the "Chronicle."

>Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 21:17:28 +0200
>To: Okyeame@africaon ...
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Please find below a "modern" version of the Ewes are dominating us hysteria. Make up your own minds about the import of the purported letter to the "Chronicle."

>Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 21:17:28 +0200
>To: Okyeame@africaonline.com
>From: Andy K
>Subject: Tribal Conspiracy at Wesley College?
>Cc: africa_think_tank@databack.com
>
>Folks,
>As you can see, they are still at it, the T-mongers! By their words, we shall know them!
>As an Ewe, as you all know of course, I have said no to this kind of demonisation. I have >renounced the "si kpi kporwo" (don't mind them) mentality which our parents, siblings and >elders brought us up with, and is out to confront bare hands, if need be, all who think they >have grievances against Ewes. They have no case!
>That this should be happening within a church organisation is even more pathetic. Read for >yourself this piece of crap found in a national press and put on the web.
>
>Andy Kwawukume
>Norway
>
Tribal Conspiracy At Wesley College

In the November 11, 1997 issue of the "Free Press", Mr. A. Bosompem Boaboduro wrote inter alia:
"That is the reason why a place becomes Ewenized in no time, the moment you put one Ewe there."

In this write-up we intend to prove why and how there has been a conspiracy to subject Ashantis to humiliation, in Wesley College and as a result Ewenize the college. We know that at the end of it all we will be accused of fanning tribalism, but we are sure that whoever reads this article carefully and objectively will sympathise with us, the students of Wesley College and particularly the Ashantis among us.
When a little over two years ago it became necessary for the then Principal of Wesley College, Rev. Kofi Amponsah to retire from the Ghana Education Service, it became necessary for the Methodist Church to recommend somebody to replace him.
Also in 1984 when Rev. Brew-Riverson left the college as principal, two people, Rev. Kofi Amponsah and Rev. M. O. Antwi vied for the post of principal of the college. Rev. Kofi Amponsah eventually got the post and Rev. M. O. Antwi was appointed General Manager of Methodist Schools. Now as General Manager, Rev. M. O. Antwi became the Appointing Officer when Rev. Amponsah was to be replaced as the principal of the college in 1996.
It was at this stage that the conspiracy began. Apparently Rev. M. O. Antwi was peeved because in 1984 an Ashanti was appointed to the post of principal of the college, now that he was the Appointing Officer, he decided to "show" Ashantis, who he had thought, manouvred to side-step him in favour of Rev. Amponsah.
It is pertinent to note that even though in June 1996, a date was fixed for an interview to select a principal for the college, long before the interview many people in GES circles knew that Rev. Ametefe would be the principal of the college. This, the General Manager was capable of doing, because as the Appointing Officer, he was in a position to advise whatever panel conducted the interview on whom to appoint. So eventually Rev. Ametefe got the post after a farce of an interview had been conducted.
Now after Rev. Ametefe had got the post of principal, the scene was set to "show" the Ashantis. In less than two years as Principal of Wesley College, Rev. Ametefe's administration has been so fraught with tribalism and mal-administration that if nothing is done about the situation, Wesley College will lose its glory as one of the best training colleges in Ghana.
Now let me enumerate a few examples of tribalism and poor administration under Rev Ametepe. A few months after taking over the administration of the college, he declared that he could not work any more with the domestic bursar, her assistant, the college store-keeper, all Ashantis. Although, he could not assign any tangible reason for this action, he put so much pressure on the regional office that the two women were transferred from the college. Our information is that he wanted to replace those transferred with Ewes but he apparently met resistance somewhere.
In furtherance of his plan to Ewenize the administrative set-up of the college, Rev. Ametefe has made the college librarian (an Ewe), Gershon Tsadidey, virtually a vice-principal of the college. All construction works are under his care.
Obviously all these are creating tension in the college, and certainly if nothing is done about this, there will soon be an explosion on campus.
We plead with the GES Directorate in Ashanti and opinion leaders in the region to do something about it. We warn that this should not be interpreted as merely crying wolf or making false allegations. Whoever doubts what we have said can conduct his own investigations to find out the truth.
> CONCERNED STUDENTS.WESLEY COLEGE, KUMASI, ASHANTI.
> Homepage
> //www.africaonline.com.gh/AfricaOnline/newsstand/chronicle/1/page07.htm

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KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 12 years ago

C.Y I know you posted one of such rich history about why the Dominance of Ewes had been so great due to their skill in carpentry, construction and others which the Akans did not have at the time. That is when most of the Asan ...
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C.Y I know you posted one of such rich history about why the Dominance of Ewes had been so great due to their skill in carpentry, construction and others which the Akans did not have at the time. That is when most of the Asantes and Akyems were basically stuck in the BUSH.

It also gave an account of the hatred the Akans had for the Ewe Dominance over the Akans soon after or before independence.

Please Ghanaians need to read them over again and to download them if you can help to post them here again.
Joe Boateng---Dabaa 12 years ago

don't mind that senseless/low life man...he is born a bloody fool of all fools.!

don't mind that senseless/low life man...he is born a bloody fool of all fools.!
Joe Boateng---Dabaa 12 years ago

fool of all fools,have you bloody fool ever written something sensibly before?...you fool of all fools and lord of stupidity,CURSE CURSE CURSE to your brainless head!

fool of all fools,have you bloody fool ever written something sensibly before?...you fool of all fools and lord of stupidity,CURSE CURSE CURSE to your brainless head!
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 12 years ago

C.Y Andy-K, I have never come across such an intellectual in my life. Without your wisdom, I hope these BUSH RATS would be having a fields day but thanks to the rich history.

C.Y Andy-K, I have never come across such an intellectual in my life. Without your wisdom, I hope these BUSH RATS would be having a fields day but thanks to the rich history.
Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

You always surface to sustain the stereotypes of Ewes! Do you see Akans defending everything that's written about them. I lokk forward to the day when you will call your rabid tribesmen to order. I had hoped that you would in ...
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You always surface to sustain the stereotypes of Ewes! Do you see Akans defending everything that's written about them. I lokk forward to the day when you will call your rabid tribesmen to order. I had hoped that you would intervene in some of the Bokor's nauseating anti-Akanism/Akufo-Addo. But then again, you are an Ewe man!
K. Boateng 12 years ago

Akadu Mensema, who is more tribalit than you are? Your shameful Ewephobia will send your pathetic self into your grave and I hope it doesn't take long, fool. And please, exclude all Akans from your primitive tribalits nonsens ...
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Akadu Mensema, who is more tribalit than you are? Your shameful Ewephobia will send your pathetic self into your grave and I hope it doesn't take long, fool. And please, exclude all Akans from your primitive tribalits nonsense, wimp.
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 12 years ago

Accept the truth for once. C.Y has given references where you can go and make your own research. What is stopping from that?

Your ancestors plundered and killed for nothing and you, sons and daughters continue in same man ...
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Accept the truth for once. C.Y has given references where you can go and make your own research. What is stopping from that?

Your ancestors plundered and killed for nothing and you, sons and daughters continue in same manner yet you call yourself intellectual,really half baked!!
C.Y. ANDY-K 12 years ago

Now, how can appointing a principal to a school in Ghana be the concern of some students; not even old students? BTW, the Rev. Antwi is most likely an Akan too, as “Antwi” is a common Akan name, though there are some Ewes ...
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Now, how can appointing a principal to a school in Ghana be the concern of some students; not even old students? BTW, the Rev. Antwi is most likely an Akan too, as “Antwi” is a common Akan name, though there are some Ewes of Akan origins with Akan names. And there is a whole bunch of an Ewe sub-group with Ga-Fanti origins marrying with Ewes, the so-called Mina-Ewes centred around southern Togo Republic and Benin. Ewes are thus people of mixed linguistic origins, not any single tribal group from the past. Our eventual homeland became the so-called Slave Coast, as some of you surely know already. But that is quite another story, even though it is much a part of the reason for the formation of what I've dubbed "native prejudice" against us by non-Ewe Ghanaians.

Some few other comments on what George wrote.-

>2. His regime has been the MOST BRUTAL and CORRUPT in Ghana's history.

That the PNDC has been brutal in its early years I won't dispute. Much of that brutality was actually directed at each other, in the power struggle between the "super-revolutionaries" and the moderates. The moderates won. That stopped most of the abuses super-revolutionaries were meting out to the public. There was near anarchy in the country. Rawlings himself was nearly several times "devoured by the revolution." Insiders claimed he was not sleeping at the same place twice at a time!

As for the corruption, the PNDC was once one of the cleanest in Ghana's history. Ghana won some few prizes, e.g., for having the lowest pilfering and theft at the ports, and fastest turn around (hence low demurrages) for ships. Since 1990, particularly after 1992, the need to accommodate the vociferous business community and sections of the right-wing opposition, has meant a general laxity and return to the bad ways of the past with a vengeance. It seems the dictum of those people that "corruption is the lubricant which oils the wheels of bureaucracy" has won the day. But Ghana is certainly not the number 6th in corruption level, bypassing even Indonesia, as claimed not long ago. Something must be done to curb rampant corruption though.

>3. He denigrated the sanctity of African heritage by imposing ALIEN
>institutions on the people of Ghana. He blew up indigenous MARKETS,
>stripped and whipped MARKET WOMAN who violated price controls -- an
>alien measure. (Chiefs do not impose price controls on village markets);
>imposed nonsensical revolutionary committees -- an idea which was
>imported from Cuba, etc. etc.

As for this, what the hell does George mean? Which "alien institutions"? BTW, Rawlings is half-Scot, half-Ewe. His present Vice is also called Mills! Alien names, by George! Indeed, aliens are ruling us.:-) What else can we expect?:-)

The rest of the stuff above is just fiction too. I don't know which traditional institutions George has studied. If I begin to quote lengthy sentences to disprove him now, some will begin to say that Andy-K is anti-this or that. Perhaps, he hasn't read any where how the Kings and chiefs imposed very strict fiscal rules over the markets and trade routes, breaking them which can earn man the loss of his/her head! Of course, whole towns and villages could be wiped out for severe violations.

One devastating war the Asantes fought against the Fantis was simply for the reason that some two chiefs failed to send some gold nuggets they found to the Asantehene's treasury! And we know by now how the Asantes control the prices of slaves. Don't we? Well, they locked the "surplus" in their homes and burn them alive, for instance! Cinque, you must be lucky your ancestor got through into the slave boat! I hate myths!

And what dared you grow pepper in ancient Dahomey without permission from the King of Abomey? And can you move a slave or an elephant tusk to the European slave castles in Accra without paying your due to the free-booting Akwamus when they were the mercenaries and guardians of the slave routes for you Gas; or after they had given your ancestors a thrashing and taken over the trade themselves, spilling the slave trade into the world of our ancestors in the present VR?

>4. Surrendered the sovereignty of Ghana to the World Bank and the IMF,

Hmm! As for this, no plenty comments! I don't think much of the Terrible Twins too. But did we ever regain that "sovereignty"? Nkrumah only said everything else (economic independence inclusive) would follow political independence. "Seek ye first the political kingdom ....” Some of his critics, e.g., Prof. A.W. Seidman (1978), said the formula was naive to begin with.

>5. Placed the SEAT of his government in the Castle in Accra, where
>thousands of AFRICAN SLAVES were kept in dungeons before trans-shipment
>to the Americas. Yet, he is the same man who sherperd black American
>tourists to Elmina Castle, some 80 miles away, for an emotional connection.
>Some tourist guide, eh?

The seat of government has for a long time been the Castle. Rawlings just moved in too.

As for the tourism project, I have my own serious misgivings about it and had expressed them elsewhere - directly to those involved too. In fact, I know some of the key architects very well, including the brain behind. He was my host when I was collecting data early 1993 at Elmina and at Shama. We go a long way back.

However, when I read some of the goings on, apart from making contact with my friend, I made contact with no less a person than one main consultant at Smithsonian Institute and expressed my (our) concerns. I gave permission for everything I wrote to be sent to the powers-that-be in Accra and Cape Coast, where George actually attended his famous "high school" in which students used to sit on the floor.:-) Phew! Some people can spin a yarn for a buck! Sorry! Villagers, pardon my soliloquy.

George, there is a fierce power struggle going on in Ghana (and elsewhere) the surface of which only appears now and then. It all has to do with the UNITY of the Old and New, the historically dispossessed of the African diaspora and that of Africa, and the place of the "privileged" of Africa within that order. That unity of purpose and interest, of course, MUST come into fruition, but upon whose terms and conditions? At this moment, I do not want to write more about this, as I intend to do so elsewhere, sooner or later. But let me just narrate this incidence involving the so-called renovation of the Cape Coast and Elmina Castles.

What apparently turned out to be a "white-washing" exercise, led an African-American to go on hunger strike protest in the Cape Coast Castle. Some of you certainly know the story better than me already. Ghanaians, including those on Okyeame were outraged, claiming that such a publicity gimmick by well-to-do idealists was out of place in a country some people go to bed with only one meal a day! I stepped in to inform Akyeame that even when some of their ancestors (the hunger strikers) were in shackles, they tried to starve themselves to death. That was why the white slavers used to bring special pincers for knocking off the front teeth of those captives seaward-bound refusing to eat so that they could be force fed. After that, we had a fruitful discussion of enlightenment and Re-Awakening of African Consciousness. Akyeame learned that hunger strike as a tool of protest was not something invented by Gandhi! Of course, the incidence brought out some contradictions in attitudes and viewpoints between the various three parties I identified above, which I'd pass over discussing now.

Well, I have been more verbose than intended.:-) Thanks George for giving me the opportunity to let some bile off my chest.:-)

Andy K

ADDENDUM:
So here ended my views on a number of issues, besides the accusation of the T-thing, which generated it. For those dishonestly or ignorantly claiming that Rawlings brought tribalism to the Ghanaian body politic, from now onwards, they should know that we have travelled that blind alley before, and heard it all before! The Busia, PP tradition introduced it into Ghanaian politics! They used it against our fathers, uncles, aunts, etc. We their sons and daughters shall NOT TOLERATE ANY LONGER THIS concoction of BIGOTRY, ENVY AND PREJUDICE FROM ANYONE WHATSOEVER! We Ewes study hard to get jobs we are qualified for, as someone responsible for recruitment in Ghana recently confirmed to me again. Himself an Ewe, he said at times, he tried awarding lower points to the Ewe candidate, only to be overruled by the white boss and others on the panel! That was his way of dealing with the murmurings he has been hearing – attempt to disqualify yet another more qualified Ewe from getting a job his/her struggling parents had sacrificed so much for!
INDIGO 12 years ago

We are sick and tired of all these rubbish you keep posting to disturb our ears. Just stop all these cut and paste business! You are the number one tribalist on Ghanaweb. You are here only to defend your people. I expect you ...
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We are sick and tired of all these rubbish you keep posting to disturb our ears. Just stop all these cut and paste business! You are the number one tribalist on Ghanaweb. You are here only to defend your people. I expect you to comment on certain news items that affect other peoples in general and especially Akans but you always decide not to comment at all. It only shows that you are a hypocrite and therefore only your tribesmen will take you serious.
Joe Boateng---Dabaa 12 years ago

you a fool like that bloody fool called Akadu

you a fool like that bloody fool called Akadu
C.Y. ANDY-K 12 years ago

I choose what to use my precious time to comment on. Many a times, I open the comments sections to make a comment but is put off by the ongoing Insult Warfare b/n the Brotherhood of Nitwits, as a friend dubbed the Ghanaweb In ...
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I choose what to use my precious time to comment on. Many a times, I open the comments sections to make a comment but is put off by the ongoing Insult Warfare b/n the Brotherhood of Nitwits, as a friend dubbed the Ghanaweb Insult Warriors.:-) So far as it doesn't concern or touch me, I sneaked out unscathed.:-) But when it comes to the T-War, as an accomplished T-Warrior veteran and Commandante of the fearsome and invisible Moral Brigade, I don't like to miss the opportunity to step into the mud pit to rub the faces of some pigs into the mud! Hey! hey!

Prepare for the counter-attack and assault to demolish the deranged sods for good. So far, it has all been defensive tactics.

BTW, in spite of what I wrote above, I'd make serious comments on other issues and write articles on other topics as well. Check the little that Ghanaweb still have under my name, Andy Kwawukume in the Features Archives. You'd see that your so-called criticism of me is totally misplaced, misguided and designed out of malice to soil my impeccable name and reputation! That has failed already! Tofiakwa!

Meanwhile, deal with the facts I've presented. I write them and can re-post them as many times as I want. It is not cut and paste. My quotes of other authors - neutral and objective foreigners for that matter - simply support and buttress my facts and positions therein stated, as per the contents of the articles from the archives posted here.

Andy-K
Gido 12 years ago

page 29 of daily graphic of saturday june 8th 2013, made be cry. the founder of the news paper white king said that when they founded the newspaper, they found the ewes to be the most intelligent and hardworking and a ...
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page 29 of daily graphic of saturday june 8th 2013, made be cry. the founder of the news paper white king said that when they founded the newspaper, they found the ewes to be the most intelligent and hardworking and at a point had only ewes in the company. they therefore tried hard to recruit other tribes in order not to ewenise graphic. this c alls for a national debate about qualification for jobs.
my current boss calls it mtn, everywhere u go, a kwahu man, all his most trustworthy, intelligent and hardworking staff are ewes. another, a canadian i worked for wondered at a point how wonderful it was to work with ewes, only for to realised that all her staff were ewes....recruited unintentionally.

so i now get it, the jealousy of the other tribes is becos ewes aere doing well, and we thank God for that. u can sink in your inferiority and hatred of ewes, hard work and intelligence pays
C.Y. ANDY-K 12 years ago

The archives speak for me! They are just the forerunners of the blockbuster coming! Brace yourselves!

As the sages said long ago, the goat with diarrhea that shits around and thinks it is spoiling the environment is simpl ...
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The archives speak for me! They are just the forerunners of the blockbuster coming! Brace yourselves!

As the sages said long ago, the goat with diarrhea that shits around and thinks it is spoiling the environment is simply spoiling its own back side! Your shit has hit the fan and it is now falling on you and you don't realise that! Soon, you'd smell it and know that you are very thoroughly soiled!

Andy-K
KOLA, INSIDE LONDON. 12 years ago

They 'BUSH RATS' OR AKAN HATERS are running scared. They can't take the truth.

I suggest you post your contact on line for us to contact you.

They 'BUSH RATS' OR AKAN HATERS are running scared. They can't take the truth.

I suggest you post your contact on line for us to contact you.
mumuni AK 47 12 years ago

thank u andy-k, these facts are what people like ahoofe with their head burried in sand fail or refuse to hear. WHEN THE EWE IS LOOOKING FOR EDUCATION,THEY ARE LOOOKING FOR MONEY,TODAY THEY ARE MORE IN THE DIASPORA THAN ANY O ...
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thank u andy-k, these facts are what people like ahoofe with their head burried in sand fail or refuse to hear. WHEN THE EWE IS LOOOKING FOR EDUCATION,THEY ARE LOOOKING FOR MONEY,TODAY THEY ARE MORE IN THE DIASPORA THAN ANY OTHER; WHEN EWES REMAIN TO BUILD WITH THEIR COMPATRIOTES FROM NORTHERN PARTS OF GHANA THE COUNTRY THEN THEY DESCEND WITH THEIR QUESTIONABLE QUALIFICATIONS WITH FAKE FOREIGN ASCENTS OF ENGLISH SEEKING POLITICAL POWER. ANDY K. , it will surprise you that they don't want to be public or civil servants but just hop straight to become MPs MINISTERS of state ? AMBASSADORS, Vice PRESIDENTS and PRESIDENTS;
Ada Boy 12 years ago

This guys lacks self-confidence. He thinks every Ghanaian woman is out there spreading their legs for a quid? How pathetic for a man who parades himself as educated and informed!There is one saying in Ghana that holds very tr ...
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This guys lacks self-confidence. He thinks every Ghanaian woman is out there spreading their legs for a quid? How pathetic for a man who parades himself as educated and informed!There is one saying in Ghana that holds very true,"the educated fool".Kwame Ahoofe is flying the flag that group.
Akadu Mensema 12 years ago

You sound silly!

You sound silly!
Joe Boateng---Dabaa 12 years ago

akadukwabena opare akurang-parry,you are a foolish man just like your senseless father,take it from this afternoon.you flat nose baboon

akadukwabena opare akurang-parry,you are a foolish man just like your senseless father,take it from this afternoon.you flat nose baboon
joe BOYE 12 years ago

no doubt,from this bonobo monkey called AKADU GBEMI always comes something silly!

no doubt,from this bonobo monkey called AKADU GBEMI always comes something silly!
Abu DHABI 12 years ago

you rather sound very silly,he is giving you facts,you fool said you are a historian with you hollow history books,just face him and stop your silly acts...

you rather sound very silly,he is giving you facts,you fool said you are a historian with you hollow history books,just face him and stop your silly acts...
TROUBLE-MAKER 12 years ago

Do you see Akans defending everything that's written about them.
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Idiot.Are you from outer space?

Do you see Akans defending everything that's written about them.
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Idiot.Are you from outer space?
Afetor SOFAHU 12 years ago

AKADU is born a bloody fool and he will remain like that till his death.

AKADU is born a bloody fool and he will remain like that till his death.
mumuni AK 47 12 years ago

in fact reading this ahoofe man's articles make me wonder if he did meritoreously acquired his Ph.D? basic education objective is to instill in benefactors faireness but ethnocentrism has blinded him. Who can objectively say ...
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in fact reading this ahoofe man's articles make me wonder if he did meritoreously acquired his Ph.D? basic education objective is to instill in benefactors faireness but ethnocentrism has blinded him. Who can objectively say there were more ewes in Rawlings' governments from PNDC till he stepped down from political leadership than akans and other tribes? What can the comparaison be like with kufuor's NPP 's 8 yeras? When kufuor was asked why he did not have any one from UPPER WEST REGION IN HIS CABINET; WHAT WAS HIS RESPONSE? HE SAID'IDONT SEE ANYBODY WORTHY IN THAT REGION. Where was this ahoofe man then? Empty barrels indeed!
Boy Alinko 12 years ago

DO you really hold Ph.D? because, Your articles demonstrates how we reacted to issues during our secondary school days.

DO you really hold Ph.D? because, Your articles demonstrates how we reacted to issues during our secondary school days.
princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

HOUSE SEX - When you are newly married and have sex all over the house in every room.

BEDROOM SEX - After you have been married for a while, you only have sex in the bedroom.

HALL SEX - After you've been married for man ...
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HOUSE SEX - When you are newly married and have sex all over the house in every room.

BEDROOM SEX - After you have been married for a while, you only have sex in the bedroom.

HALL SEX - After you've been married for many, many years you just pass each other in the hall and say "FUCK YOU"

COURTROOM SEX - When your wife and her lawyer fuck you in the divorce court in front of many people for every penny you've got.
Marquis 12 years ago

Get over it Kwame. You are full of it

Get over it Kwame. You are full of it
Donkra 12 years ago

Ahoofe, Mensema, and co are stupid English teachers who think they are intellectuals. Writing and speaking perfect English does not mean you all are intellectuals. Ghanaweb is for all including some of us who decided not to b ...
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Ahoofe, Mensema, and co are stupid English teachers who think they are intellectuals. Writing and speaking perfect English does not mean you all are intellectuals. Ghanaweb is for all including some of us who decided not to be stupid by not becoming English teachers but by becoming scientists, engineers and medical professionals.
So shut up all of you who are bragging about your proficiency in English. What were your O'level grades in maths and the sciences?
Kwame 12 years ago

The United Nations Convention on Human rights stated that every person has the right to conscience and it is an act of genocide to prevent people to practice their religion or falsely accuse them of committing a crime by virt ...
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The United Nations Convention on Human rights stated that every person has the right to conscience and it is an act of genocide to prevent people to practice their religion or falsely accuse them of committing a crime by virtue of their religion.
Dr. Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe you must know that so long as any other person on Earth has the right to conscience, then Ewhes also has the right to conscience to be Christians or Etroxovis.
So as long is it is improper to say that a person is a criminal by virtue of he being a Christian or a Muslim, then invariably being an Etroxovi does not make a person a criminal.
AUDI Q5 12 years ago

Kwame, you're indeed guilty by association with JJ Rawlings during the darker days of the Revolution! You were once JJ's unflinching ideological cheerleader. What ended your love affair?

Kwame, you're indeed guilty by association with JJ Rawlings during the darker days of the Revolution! You were once JJ's unflinching ideological cheerleader. What ended your love affair?
Agyeman 12 years ago

If you ever wanted to see a living epitome of wasted life, or an embarrassment for Ghana in the diasporas, this author is it.

If you ever wanted to see a living epitome of wasted life, or an embarrassment for Ghana in the diasporas, this author is it.
Otis SIAW 12 years ago

that foolish man called Akadu is not a Ghanaian,so snub him.

that foolish man called Akadu is not a Ghanaian,so snub him.

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