The NPP’s bogus Akan tag

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awuku 11 years ago

don't you have anything better to write about either than this old same thing that is sinking the nation

don't you have anything better to write about either than this old same thing that is sinking the nation
NAKED 11 years ago

How could you insult someone like that? He can be your father, brother etc, don't you know that opinion is free and he is entitled to his opinion? Think before you talk.

How could you insult someone like that? He can be your father, brother etc, don't you know that opinion is free and he is entitled to his opinion? Think before you talk.
Sam 11 years ago

Arthur K have you finished dealing with your pal Okoampa who had attacked you a million times yet you choose to avoid him. He has reminded us time and time again what the NPP stands for. We learned from him.

Thank You

Arthur K have you finished dealing with your pal Okoampa who had attacked you a million times yet you choose to avoid him. He has reminded us time and time again what the NPP stands for. We learned from him.

Thank You
Kofi Kuntakinte 11 years ago

Im very sure Arthur K decided not to mind okoampa because okoampa is a disgrace to logical reasoning. Kennedy cannot afford to be dragging himself in the dirty gutter with okoampa! However, it was Akufo Addo, the NPP's 2-time ...
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Im very sure Arthur K decided not to mind okoampa because okoampa is a disgrace to logical reasoning. Kennedy cannot afford to be dragging himself in the dirty gutter with okoampa! However, it was Akufo Addo, the NPP's 2-time flagbearer that said the NPP is an Akan party; so no amount of denial would get rid of that tag! THE NPP IS AN AKAN PARTY! Period!
AGOO 11 years ago

DR.A. K. KENNEDY YOU ARE A FINE GENTLEMAN BUT, IT WAS YOUR OWN AKUFO-ADDO HIMSELF WHO SAID "YEN AKANFUOR".

DO YOU TAKE GHANAIANS ILLITERATES ?

DR.A. K. KENNEDY YOU ARE A FINE GENTLEMAN BUT, IT WAS YOUR OWN AKUFO-ADDO HIMSELF WHO SAID "YEN AKANFUOR".

DO YOU TAKE GHANAIANS ILLITERATES ?
yaw b 11 years ago

And what is wrong with ''yen Akanfuo''? Stop being deliberately foolish. Ghana deserves better and we shall expose evil agents like you who are bent on fuelling tribal sentiments.

And what is wrong with ''yen Akanfuo''? Stop being deliberately foolish. Ghana deserves better and we shall expose evil agents like you who are bent on fuelling tribal sentiments.
C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

It's clear our good Drs Yaw Ohemeng and Arthur Kennedy have managed to evade the main problem for the NPP: the vituperative "Akan" ethnocentrism that emanates from their very being and thinking! And so far, I see almost all t ...
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It's clear our good Drs Yaw Ohemeng and Arthur Kennedy have managed to evade the main problem for the NPP: the vituperative "Akan" ethnocentrism that emanates from their very being and thinking! And so far, I see almost all the commentators haven't addressed that either.

Yes, we all know that Ghana is Akan dominated. Dennis Austin said that much in the quote I've been lifting from his Ghana Observed. But to listen to these particular breed of Akans in the NPP, and overwhelming "Ewe hegemony" is repressing them, taking all the govt jobs since indep., all the Ministerial posts even under Mills (according to Akadu), and under Mahama, they have added the "pepenis" as joint oppressors of the "Akan majoritifo"! And all these claims are accompanied with liberal doses of ethnocentric and prejudiced labels and insults, all hinged on claims of some Akan superiority. Made me to ask on Okyeame in the '90s a long list of questions about what made the Akans, particularly the Asantes behind whom some of the former vassals hide to spew their nonsense, have which I don't have as an Ewe from the VR.

I guess the time has come for me to post the next series of my examination of the ethnic imbroglio in Ghana.

Andy-K
yaw b 11 years ago

Hypocrisy at its highest level. Can you honestly say that Ewes and the NDC don't insult other tribes? That Ewes don't look down on Northerners? For many reasons it is more easier to accuse Asantes but every tribe is equally g ...
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Hypocrisy at its highest level. Can you honestly say that Ewes and the NDC don't insult other tribes? That Ewes don't look down on Northerners? For many reasons it is more easier to accuse Asantes but every tribe is equally guilty of tribal insults and disrespect.

I can write a whole book about the open tribalism that was displayed by Rawlings and his PNDC that has spilled over to our current democracy. Ewe tribalism is worse than any in the country. Yes, they have no match and I'm sure you know that. Nobody forced anybody to look up to Asantes or any tribe.. inferiority complex comes from within or from your background. The NDC is constantly preaching tribalism because that is the only way they can become competitive on Ghana's political arena. Has that even crossed your mind?
C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

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

Folks,

Here is the other post 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 other post 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. I’ve slightly edited it.

Incidentally, it was this very post Gamal Nkrumah took exception to, as he wrongly thought I was referring to him when I wrote “incestuous Egyptians”. I found out and explained to him that he and present Egyptians were far from my mind, as I was referring to the ancient and real Kemetians. Kofi Ellison, you get this straight, as you’ve been wrongly referring to this from an unknown source who told you I had a clash with Gamal.

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:
>*************
>
>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!

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

-----------END OF FORWARDED POST-------------------------

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 (sic) 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!
yaw b 11 years ago

Your response is quite long but very interesting if the first few lines are anything to go by. Thanks anyway. I will take my time and read and email you my response hopefully tomorrow. But I must make it clear that I'm no pr ...
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Your response is quite long but very interesting if the first few lines are anything to go by. Thanks anyway. I will take my time and read and email you my response hopefully tomorrow. But I must make it clear that I'm no professor of History.

C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

Take all the time you need. I've been relaxing from the nitty gritty of this issue for years now, despite my seemingly appearance when it crops up!

Anyway, just to give you and all a gist of my much talked about write-up ...
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Take all the time you need. I've been relaxing from the nitty gritty of this issue for years now, despite my seemingly appearance when it crops up!

Anyway, just to give you and all a gist of my much talked about write-up which I never seem to complete or post. From Part 3, we get this introduction:

CONFRONTING THE ETHNIC DEMONS, PART 3

NEW MYTHS: WHY ASANTES DISRESEPCT THE GBE AND “NORTHERNERS”

Below we read Marc's reasons, given during exchanges on the Okyeame forum, for why there is "phenomenal disrespect" of the Gbe people and people from the north of Ghana, classified as “Northerners”, among his ethnic group the Asantes, and how he thinks this could or would be eradicated. What follows is my cross-examination (deconstruction) of his views to see if there are any merits to them, and if not, then what are the real reasons behind the disrespect and how to eradicate it.

"Date: Wed, 6 Aug 1997 13:15:00 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Marc < > Subject: ETHNICITY AND TROUBLES

“The problem of 'disrespect' towards migrant workers in this case, Ewes and people from the north, is phenomenal and indeed happens in any part in the world. Had it been back-migration, in this case Asantes going in large numbers to those areas, that problem would still be there. Migrant workers normally take on the worst jobs and that creates some social barrier, but I think such a problem can only be solved with time when the new generation fight their way up the ladder through education.

This, I think, is where we lack the contributions of sociologists on the net when it comes to such issues. Screaming that Asantes are this or that is meaningless. It only fuels the already loaded tension."

What followed was 3-page commentary on the above which torn what he said to smithereens.

BTW, Marc is an Asante. And Gbe is the new designation by linguists for the people you all know as Ewes.

Andy-K
yaw b 11 years ago

I have always held Marc's view so I will be extremely grateful if you can share your 3page commentary. Your earlier post is quite interesting. In fact I just finished reading it but I believe there are many gaps. But I won't ...
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I have always held Marc's view so I will be extremely grateful if you can share your 3page commentary. Your earlier post is quite interesting. In fact I just finished reading it but I believe there are many gaps. But I won't debate you on hearsay... that will be unfair. I will come out with strong surgical tools to expose your gaps.

I will be grateful if you would kindly post your commentary on Marc's because I would also like to speak to that aspect of the T-thing.
C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

Thanks for admitting that you've always held my friend Marc's misconstrued view. I like your honesty, unlike some playing the ostrich here. Those misconceptions are just the icing on the cake. But I am sorry you have to wait ...
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Thanks for admitting that you've always held my friend Marc's misconstrued view. I like your honesty, unlike some playing the ostrich here. Those misconceptions are just the icing on the cake. But I am sorry you have to wait with others to see how I removed that icing. It is 33 pages in all.

As for the supposed gaps in that my off the cuff rejoinder to Prof. Ayittey, that's what I'm filling in my much trumpeted piece. Point out some and I might fill them for you now. Oh! my! Didn't I spend time straightening out some Akan teacher colleagues?

Andy-K
dogo yaro 11 years ago

This man claims to know about Ghana. But quoting all these books written by foreigners and articles which Ghanaians don't read does not prove that Ghanaian behave in the way he claims they do! The rule of Rawlings was an a ...
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This man claims to know about Ghana. But quoting all these books written by foreigners and articles which Ghanaians don't read does not prove that Ghanaian behave in the way he claims they do! The rule of Rawlings was an aberration and he can defend it as much as he likes but it won't lose its tribalistic nature. Has he forgotten that Mr Sam Okudjeto once complained that the tribalism that was being practised by Rawlings made him Okudjeto feel unsafe as an Ewe person? I amk sure this c-Andy-fool thinks Okudjeto was just selling out his tribe? No -- he was warning his people not to take too much for granted. He was right and C-Andy-fool wrong
aku naa 11 years ago

This Ewe recividist thinks that if he manufactures labels from his own imagination and attributes them falsely as labels the Akans apply to others,that would sustain his prejudice. In fact,m he cannot quote even one instanc ...
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This Ewe recividist thinks that if he manufactures labels from his own imagination and attributes them falsely as labels the Akans apply to others,that would sustain his prejudice. In fact,m he cannot quote even one instance in which a responsible Akan person has called anyone bad name. It's all in his own sick imagination.

If you have an inferiority complex and so see yourself as being insulted when no-one has insulted you, whose fault is it? If Ghana is Akan-dominated and he can't bear it, why doesn't he go somewhere else where his loyalty lies anyway? Actually, he is on a trip of psychological blackmail.If he denies that the Ewes occupy more posts of a certain nature than could be rationally expected, then they can continue to monopolise those positions without the Akans protesting. Because if the Akans protest, then they will be falling into line with his prejudices! Because the Akans don't like to be accused of tribalism!

But who is foolish enough to allow this self-serving blackmail to work on him?
C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

Hmm! I really don't have the time to spend on you the kindergarten kids when the T-Thing is concerned but I'll give u a little attention. Btw, when I was growing up in Accra in the early 60s, Ga was the rage everybody wanted ...
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Hmm! I really don't have the time to spend on you the kindergarten kids when the T-Thing is concerned but I'll give u a little attention. Btw, when I was growing up in Accra in the early 60s, Ga was the rage everybody wanted to speak (not Twi) but I never felt the need for that. English was the language of our play-ground. And it was my dad who owned the other Benz car (from Mamprobi to Kaneshie) from the proceeds of his own private enterprise before accepting govt contract with his British accounting partner, with a driver (an Akan), aid de camp (an Akan), day and night watchmen (diff. ones used to come). Get my drift? I wonder which dog born you mongrels at all? As for me, a big Alsatian gave birth to me - I don't feel inferior to even whites! Btw, there was someone with my surname in the LegCo from 1916 to 1942 and he could speak besides English, German, Spanish, French and a number of W. African languages, from Sa Leone to the Cameroons. Inferiority complex indeed!

Talking of labels, perhaps, you'd like to read and challenge Rattray with the books your grandfather, father, and uncles had written which you used to acquire your education! Sorry, miseducation.

As for those "posts of a certain nature", or "particular..." something, something as Adu Boahen put it in that interview with Steve Mallory in the early '90s, I must say Akans of the interior, that's Ash/R and BA and the Northerners have made tremendous progress in acquiring them too, granted that they only joined the Gold Coast proper in 1946 and hence eligible for the greater opps within the civil service and security forces. When Ghana got indep., only Afrifa and Bawa respectively came from those areas out of the 29 Gold Coasters who had made the officer rankings in the army, for instance. I have all their names and ethnic origins, etc.

Ignorance may be bliss but it can also be very suffocating to the mind.

Andy-K
Ghanaman 11 years ago

NPP is for Ashanti, Akyem, Kwahu and Akwapim. Those are the only tribes in 2 regions that NPP counts on to vote in majority for them.

If Fante, Bono, Ahanta, Nzema are included in Akan then it is not Akan Party, because th ...
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NPP is for Ashanti, Akyem, Kwahu and Akwapim. Those are the only tribes in 2 regions that NPP counts on to vote in majority for them.

If Fante, Bono, Ahanta, Nzema are included in Akan then it is not Akan Party, because these tribes vote for NDC, and that is why NDC wins in CR, WR and BA.
yaw b 11 years ago

The problem of the NPP is not this bogus Akan or your stupid Asante-Akyem thesis but it is mainly because Akufo Addo does not appeal to many outside the NPP's strongholds. If they change him your senless NDC will be booted ou ...
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The problem of the NPP is not this bogus Akan or your stupid Asante-Akyem thesis but it is mainly because Akufo Addo does not appeal to many outside the NPP's strongholds. If they change him your senless NDC will be booted out in no time.
Kojo T 11 years ago

Arthur K do not descend into the gutter. Ask Nana, Ken Agyepong, Adofo Rockson, Akoampa, Katakyie Agyeman, Akadu, Sarpong and the whole host of writers proclaiming NPP to be for Akans, Get of it building a Sea wall in 8 years ...
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Arthur K do not descend into the gutter. Ask Nana, Ken Agyepong, Adofo Rockson, Akoampa, Katakyie Agyeman, Akadu, Sarpong and the whole host of writers proclaiming NPP to be for Akans, Get of it building a Sea wall in 8 years in office is an insult and with Maj Quarshigah as the MP for the area. Then if Fantes now voted for NDC it should tell you how tribalistic K4 was. Do you remember the demonstrations by the Youth Ga Adangbe, Ahanta youth and the Asante youth after K4 left office? By thy works yea shall be known. Arthur K, BLAME K4
yaw b 11 years ago

And what has the NDC done for the Volta Region in 25 years? If some misguided youth allow themselves to be used to persecute the evil agenda of the NDC, do you blame Kufuor? If anyone was tribalistic then certainly it wasn't ...
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And what has the NDC done for the Volta Region in 25 years? If some misguided youth allow themselves to be used to persecute the evil agenda of the NDC, do you blame Kufuor? If anyone was tribalistic then certainly it wasn't Kufuor because every region enjoyed his policies... unless you want to tell us your people did not benefit from NHIS, school feeding, National Youth Employment, etc.

You guys are just filled with sheer hatred and jealousy and no matter what the NPP does you will find silly reasons to explain why you despise them. I am yet to hear from any sensible elite among you who will rise up and speak against the wanton looting of state money and the destruction of the good policies and programs you inherited from Kufuor.

But NO, you unpatriotic bigots never see anything bad about the destruction of Ghana's economy. All you're concerned about is how to punish Asantes. You guys are pathetic and your decendants will curse you for a long time to come for your lack of foresight.

Kojo T 11 years ago

Did Nkrumah do anything good for you guys? You will always go on about dictatorship and imaginary communism. JJ did nothing good despite him being the one responsible for the oil find and making good the devastation you caus ...
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Did Nkrumah do anything good for you guys? You will always go on about dictatorship and imaginary communism. JJ did nothing good despite him being the one responsible for the oil find and making good the devastation you caused to the cocao industry. Hatred? Spare me , that belongs to the NPP. Just explain why you hate Mahama
Thomas 11 years ago

I don't see the point of this article. It contains many false logical deductions. It assumes that Akufo-Addo lost because he is Akan. That may not be so. It also assumes Kufuor won because he was the best candidate. How? It a ...
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I don't see the point of this article. It contains many false logical deductions. It assumes that Akufo-Addo lost because he is Akan. That may not be so. It also assumes Kufuor won because he was the best candidate. How? It argues that NPP is from the UP tradition which gathered together parties from the north, Ga and Volta. But the NPP may claim a tradition going back to the UP but NPP is NOT UP and the conditions that brought about the formation of the UP are not existing today. The NPP is a completely different entity from the UP.

A similar thing can be said of the other parties too. It's only CPP which claims it is a resurrection of Nkrumah's party - a claim no Ghanaian thinks is possible.

The NPP Akan tag is principally because of their choice of presidential candidates who seem to be exclusively Twi-speaking Akans since the formation of the party. I think that's what worries many non-Akan Ghanaians, not the fact that some party functionaries speak Twi when English would have been more appropriate. The problem will persist if another Akan is chosen again the next time. Let the party choose a non-Akan just ONCE and the Akan tag will disappear or reduce considerably.
BOY KOFI 11 years ago

NPP has a lot to do with UP because most of its founding members belong to that party.Kobina Kennedy has made it clear that NPP has communication problem which makes it difficult for the party to alienate itself from Akan tag ...
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NPP has a lot to do with UP because most of its founding members belong to that party.Kobina Kennedy has made it clear that NPP has communication problem which makes it difficult for the party to alienate itself from Akan tag.As a matter of fact NPP has never been Akan party,membership is open to all.My concern here is that some few Akan groups who have lot of money and influence are tyring to own the party because of their financial contribution if I may say.Just look at how Nana Addo's family have contributed to NPP and you will understand why they want to control the party.The Danquah Institute sees itself as the think tank or ideological institition that NPP should follow.Kuffour is very intelligent,he knew that with only Ashanti and Eastern regions taking the front line in a general elections his party will lose automatically.You cannot win general elections without carrying Central,Greater Accra
and Western regions.This is what I call it "Administrative Triangle".If NPP congress elect an Akan presidential candidate based on the party's strategy to win power,it does not make NPP an Akan party because that is the essence of politics.Anyway,NPP should do everything possible to win all the swing regions back if they want power.Thank you.
Thomas 11 years ago

The UP was formed when Nkrumah brought a law to ban parties formed on tribal lines. The UP came together as an opposition to Nkrumah. It was formed of parties with disparate programs. The Busia led party was the biggest but t ...
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The UP was formed when Nkrumah brought a law to ban parties formed on tribal lines. The UP came together as an opposition to Nkrumah. It was formed of parties with disparate programs. The Busia led party was the biggest but the other parties in the conglomeration didn't have much in common with the Busia led Akan dominated majority party in the UP. The tradition lasted only to the time of the one party state. It was even brief. After that the Ga and Ewe and Northern parties found their own ways. In the second republic, this tradition was not revived. The Ewes and the northerners has no reason to align themselves with the Akan remnants of the UP in the Progress Party. The division became clearer in the third republic.

NPP today cannot claim to be any true descendants of a UP tradition that includes Gas, Ewes and Northerners. The conditions are different and NPP is a different party. There's no longer a need for Gas, Ewes and northerners to join Akans to fight a common enemy. The present NPP is more aligned to a tradition that dates back to the NLM than to the UP.

The present writer can therefore not boast of an NPP that claims a UP tradition that involves Gas, Ewes and Northerners. It is a bogus claim. In the last presidential election that J B Danquah stood as a candidate the Ewes in mid-Volta who were aggrieved at Nkrumah's handling of the TVT issue voted massively for him (Danquah). Today those same Ewes (or their descendants) will never vote for Akufo-Addo. The conditions are different and they don't see NPP as coming from a UP tradition that their parents and grandparents voted for.
NAKED 11 years ago

You try to convince me little bit with your preaching would you come again with more evidence? Because i know that, the Asantes and Akyems are one people, Asantes and Akyems are like America and Britain at times they agree to ...
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You try to convince me little bit with your preaching would you come again with more evidence? Because i know that, the Asantes and Akyems are one people, Asantes and Akyems are like America and Britain at times they agree to disagree. You are using only Nana Konadu Nana Akuffu Addo marriage to make your message sound good but you didn't mentioned how many marriage or relationship were rejected by these Asantes and Akyems and the most painful thing is that they did it to their own Akan brothers and sisters with the exception of Akuapem people, these Asantes and Akyems marry themselves than any other ethnic group in Ghana, so Dr. Kennedy your citation about the marriage is totally wrong. Come again Dr. with ample evidence other than that i will never believe it. It's rather Asante and Akyem party but they are using the word ""Akan"" to win the vote.

Follow me if you can but put all the burdens behind.
KOO 11 years ago

Are we not sick as a nation?.There is a serious work to be done.After 57years of independence we have not seen any improvement in our living condition yet instead of looking for capable people to lead we dwell on tribalism as ...
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Are we not sick as a nation?.There is a serious work to be done.After 57years of independence we have not seen any improvement in our living condition yet instead of looking for capable people to lead we dwell on tribalism as if that will help improve the situation.
John 11 years ago

Kennedy, you can complain all you want about the tagging of your party as Akan party but one needs not go far enough to see through the actions of your party during the few eight years in power since the 1969 elections. You ...
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Kennedy, you can complain all you want about the tagging of your party as Akan party but one needs not go far enough to see through the actions of your party during the few eight years in power since the 1969 elections. You are smart enough to know that the reason your party barely won the 2000 elections during the second round because the smaller parties partly for reasons of voter fatigue and disunity within the NDC; in the 2008 elections, Kuffuor was reelected because of the incumbency advantage and the great performance of the party during the first term. If you are fair in your analysis, the appointment of cabinet ministers, and( to the total exclusion of the upper-West region) and the horde of special assistants running around especially running during the second term solidified peoples perception of the Akan contentedness of your party. Central and Western regions learned their lessons because Ashantis mocked them for abandoning their son, Atta Mills. It is totally disingenuous to cite inter-ethnic marriages as which are a reflection of micro-level relations as reasons why people should not tag your party as Akan. That you failed to address why the NPP members from the region of Dombo who boasts very educated and competent people were excluded from sitting at the table in deliberating national policy; that you neglected to mention the sidelining of your vice who served well to represent your party, and the current maneuvering to deny Afoko a fair opportunity to contest as chairman of your party are all actions that provide fodder for the tagging of your party.
Kwabena Yeboah 11 years ago

Kobina Arthur Kennedy,you don't seem to be serious.Your NPP is fully owned and controlled by the Ashantis and Akyems and this is a fact.Both you Arthur Kennedy and Paapa Owusu-Ankomah are not regarded as competent enough to b ...
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Kobina Arthur Kennedy,you don't seem to be serious.Your NPP is fully owned and controlled by the Ashantis and Akyems and this is a fact.Both you Arthur Kennedy and Paapa Owusu-Ankomah are not regarded as competent enough to be strong contenders for party leadership.Infact,you are seen as usual "Fanti jokers" just like the late President Mills.Truth be told,NP P Asante and Akyem leaders haves no regard for non Asantes and non Akyems.
Kwesi Agbenu 11 years ago

Why is PV OBENG, and also TONY AIDOO not regarded good enough to lead NDC.? NDC are tribalistic and will never consider any Ashanti even in the executive. Is NDC anti-Ashanti?. Mahama cabinet of 19 has no Ashanti representati ...
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Why is PV OBENG, and also TONY AIDOO not regarded good enough to lead NDC.? NDC are tribalistic and will never consider any Ashanti even in the executive. Is NDC anti-Ashanti?. Mahama cabinet of 19 has no Ashanti representation
Fred 11 years ago

Between 2001-2008,have you tried to secure job at the public sector? You
dare not try it.Be you an Ewe,Northerner especially not bearing an Akan name. Don't use inter-marriages & incidents which occurred naturally to justify ...
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Between 2001-2008,have you tried to secure job at the public sector? You
dare not try it.Be you an Ewe,Northerner especially not bearing an Akan name. Don't use inter-marriages & incidents which occurred naturally to justify acts of evil perpetuated by this pro-Ashantis.

Nii 11 years ago

You sound so vague; I'm sure you are a man an you should be able to articulate your views without fear! After all, this is Ghana; nobody will kill you if you call Mahama a goat, or Akufo Addo a sheep! So what exactly do you w ...
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You sound so vague; I'm sure you are a man an you should be able to articulate your views without fear! After all, this is Ghana; nobody will kill you if you call Mahama a goat, or Akufo Addo a sheep! So what exactly do you want to tell Arthur K?
Fred 11 years ago

That was the period of "YOUR NAME WILL NOT HELP YOU" if you are non Akan.Some Soo called Akans not from Ashanti&Eastern suffered the same fate.I was forced to add Owusu to my name before l had a job in the public service.Have ...
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That was the period of "YOUR NAME WILL NOT HELP YOU" if you are non Akan.Some Soo called Akans not from Ashanti&Eastern suffered the same fate.I was forced to add Owusu to my name before l had a job in the public service.Have we forgotten all these unfortunate barbaric acts we perpetuated on non Akans. We have to go out & apologize to non Akans & b4 seeking their votes.l can assure you if we are prepared to say sorry,a lot of things will happen come 2016.
Lorgo Ligri 11 years ago

If you fake to get a job, I wonder what else you will do while on the job.

If you fake to get a job, I wonder what else you will do while on the job.
Said 11 years ago

Lorgo ligli,What Fred went through is nothing okay,l want to tell you l have befriend an Ashanti woman to get an employment.l believe you have a silver spoon in your....... Do you what pple have done to be on jobs today?

Lorgo ligli,What Fred went through is nothing okay,l want to tell you l have befriend an Ashanti woman to get an employment.l believe you have a silver spoon in your....... Do you what pple have done to be on jobs today?
yaw b 11 years ago

You are lying. Asantes don't practice what you are implying. In fact it's mostly Asantes and Ewes rather who are victims of such evil. Asantes are known for theiir sharp tongue but not blatant discrimination.

You are lying. Asantes don't practice what you are implying. In fact it's mostly Asantes and Ewes rather who are victims of such evil. Asantes are known for theiir sharp tongue but not blatant discrimination.
oduro 11 years ago

When did the NPP become defensive about the Akan nonsense? It is in the imagination of half-hearted members and opportunists liker Arthur Kennedy. The NPP cannot help if the NDC is ignorant about Ghana's political history an ...
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When did the NPP become defensive about the Akan nonsense? It is in the imagination of half-hearted members and opportunists liker Arthur Kennedy. The NPP cannot help if the NDC is ignorant about Ghana's political history and therefore carries out propaganda against the NPP 0on ethnic lines. Even at all, the propaganda didn;t work. Otherwise the election would n0t have been so close. After all,Mahama was habded the presidency by nhis fellow Northerner, Atuguba, not by the electorate. So what is the NPP being defensiveabout? With friends like Kennedy the egotist, the NPP has a problem -- but it will solve it.
Joe, Manu 11 years ago

Another nonentity, Arthur Kobina Kennedy. So he couldn't see that the charge 'aka tag' against NPP is that of the failure of NPP to be INCLUSIVE' i.e inviting and involving all from all tribes in Ghana who are committed and d ...
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Another nonentity, Arthur Kobina Kennedy. So he couldn't see that the charge 'aka tag' against NPP is that of the failure of NPP to be INCLUSIVE' i.e inviting and involving all from all tribes in Ghana who are committed and devoted and have the qualities and qualifications(not just academic)to promote the advancement of Ghana. Arthur should take a quick look at Kufuor and Busia's appointments in their governments and extrapolate the tribal and regional ratios in the above mentioned governments and would realise that on the average they were poorly tribally represented. Wake up Arthur, you sound like the 'mad professor'. Too learned simply but can't locate the lecture room'.
Nana Phillip-Quarque 11 years ago

He is the nasty tribe provocateur.

He is the nasty tribe provocateur.

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