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Africa Must Practice Its Own Democracy:

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  • prempeh 1. 10 years ago

    This is a very good piece of an article, but the African leaders will never heed to it, for, they are blind only with western ideas, and this Western kind of democracy wouldn´t help Africans anyway.

  • Yaw Ohemeng 10 years ago

    I do not know what to make of this article. Where are the writer’s original thoughts and contribution to the debate? Is he condemning ‘borrowed’ African way of life (via Judge’s wigs) or defending that Africa has alwa ...
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  • francis kwarteng 10 years ago

    Yaw Ohemeng,

    Good morning? How are yo doing?

    First, I am Yaw too. Second, I have more than 10 articles published on Ghanaweb alone.

    I have advanced many original ideas there as to how Ghana and Africa as whole can ...
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  • C.Y. ANDY-K 10 years ago

    My broda, you couldn't be louder in excoriating our intellectually bankrupt and pathetic lawyers whose predominance in politics and governance syst. as main actors is responsible for our malaise. They adoption and adherence t ...
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  • francis kwarteng 10 years ago

    Dear Brother,

    How're doing? I am working on our attack on Prof. Saladduhin. Please I have not forgotten that.

    I will let you once I am done.

    And your comments here! They are a killer!

    Some have taken issue with ...
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  • Dantankwa 10 years ago

    Kwarteng, I could barely help but to agree with Yaw that your voice is hardly felt in your writings. It usually gets drown in your endless quotes. There is no denying that you are well-read and a prolific writer. That said, o ...
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  • francis kwarteng 10 years ago

    Hello Dantankwa,

    Pardon me for any errors you see in this reply.

    Yaw Ohemeng said he wanted my original ideas yet none of the suggestions he outlined was original. I have everyone of the things he said in my previous ar ...
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  • Dantankwa 10 years ago

    Dear Francis,

    Yaw Ohemeng raised a genuine concern which I seemed to agree with, and I drew your attention to it so that you can address that in your future writings and there you go on the offensive, bloating and balooni ...
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  • Kawaanopaado 10 years ago

    The African democracy cannot be defined. Let us avoid anarchy by reinventing the wheel. If we say we want African democracy, we shall end up having demo-crazy, whereby each leader will sell his own version and force us to buy ...
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  • Kawaanopaado 10 years ago

    I hope those craving for African democracy and not telling us to go back to pre-European advent communal leadership in this 21st century, are not unaware of modernity and modernisation in a global village and the need to adap ...
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  • francis kwarteng 10 years ago

    Kawaanopaado,

    How are you doing?

    My article explored the benefits of traditionalism in the context of modernity.

    I showed how America and Japan, for instance, wedded their traditional concepts on political thought t ...
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  • mohammed 10 years ago

    Have you witnessed what is African democracy all over Africa? where winners take all, loot and share at the expense of the poor, the weak and meek in society? is that not a representation of the African mind that motivated sl ...
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  • francis kwarteng 10 years ago

    Mohammed,

    Before I begin, please find time to read Kirsten West Savali's piece "Divided States of America: 26 States Petition To Secede After Reelection of President Obama."

    Please find time to read this essay "The Rig ...
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  • Nii Ashitey 10 years ago

    Yesterday’s Ghanaweb saw two prominent Europeans giving us advice on what we should have known already. Professor Prodi a former Prime minister of Italy said that Africa should not copy Western Democracy the way it is being ...
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  • Yaw Ohemeng 10 years ago

    Nii, I share your observation that democracy has not failed Africa; it is rather how we have constructed it that has failed us.

    I also think that in the case of Ghana, we had the opportunity at independence to fashion our ...
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  • Kwame 10 years ago

    Every form of government of an oppressive institution set up to protect the interest of one class against the other. Thus the history of governance is the history of the oppression of people.
    The issue of capitalist democra ...
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  • Yaw Ohemeng 10 years ago

    I am finding it difficult following your claim that western nations somehow foistered on us our terms of our democracy. We are free to specify whatever term our presidents should serve. President Kufuor on exiting office obse ...
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  • Kwame 10 years ago

    The government of the 1960s was voted into power by universal adult suffrage. Unfortunately those who accused our presidents at the time of being authoritarian were practicing apartheid, racial segregation and neocolonialism ...
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  • KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON. 10 years ago

    Why should western countries always insist that african countries should practise'western democracy' without taking into consideration differences in culture.If western democracy is good for africa why is it that african nati ...
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  • Nii Ashitey 10 years ago

    For once it seems like Dr Ohemeng and I are on the same wavelength and singing from the same hymn book.Francis has set the tone.This is a very important subject which must be properly scrutinized.I believe the modern African ...
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  • francis kwarteng 10 years ago

    Dear My Two Brothers,

    Well said. I agree with the analytic eloquence of your observations in their entirety.

    Your insighful formulae are what Africa need today. Indeed, Africa has come of age to be dictatated to.

    S ...
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  • Nii Ashitey 10 years ago

    I must have taken Kwabena for Dr Ohemeng.Sorry for the misup.In fact with Kwabena Ohemeng we have always been on the same wavelength as ardent Nkrumaist.

  • KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON 10 years ago

    You are absolutely right Nii.Yaw and I have got the same surname and I am hoping that one day I will meet him.Yaw is very intelligent and analytical and his comments carry a lot of weight.I love reading his comments.

  • francis kwarteng 10 years ago

    Dear Brother,

    Where do you live? Let me now where you live.

    Nii Ashitey is another guy I will like to meet one day!

    Thanks.

  • CS 10 years ago

    Quote: "It is not an indisputable fact that those who practise democracy well have been able to also protect human rights and deliver prosperity for their people."

    Are "Native American Red Indians" who live on "reservation ...
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  • mohammed 10 years ago

    I am very disappointed in your over-generalization as if there are easy answers when we african democracy. which rights are we to protect over whom? The gay, religious or the agnostics? so is the term African culture or democ ...
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  • prempeh 1. 10 years ago

    J.B. Danquah was a terrorist with his gangs in Ghana, that caused Ghana´s downfall till today, my brother, check your files well.

  • Yaw Ohemeng 10 years ago

    I will not join this kind of debate because it does not solve the problems of today. We can either draw a line under the battles of yesteryear or let it continue to divide us. Whilst the situation persists, we cannot achieve ...
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  • mohammed 10 years ago

    Remember each language have different culture and interpretations if you look at Matrimonial or paternal societies? what are we to do with the cultural practices that are very barbaric such as female genital mutilation, slave ...
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  • NON-ALIGNED 10 years ago

    Francis....... What is democracy?
    To my understanding, it is by definition……..means the government by people.

    That means that all the people should be able to have their say in one way or another in everything that ...
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  • francis kwarteng 10 years ago

    Hello,

    Well said

    You know I am always on your side.

    Your analysis is right on course. In fact, what you have been saying is exactly what we Africans need to put in action.

    Thanks.

  • NON-ALIGNED 10 years ago

    Francis, I have always enjoyed reading your articles which hits the nail right on the head. Please keep it up, brother!

    Francis the action required needs to start from emancipating the masses from the mental slavery of our ...
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  • francis kwarteng 10 years ago

    Dear,

    What more can I say? You have said it all.

    In fact, education is part, if not exclusively, of our problems.

    Like you said, we need to subject our entire educational system to radical transformation to suit our ...
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  • mohammed 10 years ago

    what is wrong with changing government of the same coin but different faces? We have that in ghana, but how much public assets are looted after a change in government? could you state the same for USA or Britain? How long ca ...
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  • francis kwarteng 10 years ago

    Hello Mohammed,

    Read all the sources and get back to me. Then I shall satisfatorily address your questions.

    If this article somehow disappears,reach me at (franciskkwarteng@yahoo.com).

    Presently, I am busy working on ...
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