Professor Mike Ocquaye worsens the NPP’s plight

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K. Boateng 11 years ago

RANDOM THOUGHTS:-

I'M 100% AKAN: DO EWES AND NORTHERNERS HATE ME BECAUSE I'M AN AKAN? HELL NO !! A SECTION OF MY OWN AKAN TRIBE CALLS ME DEROGATORY NAMES SSUCH AS B3NKOTO, B3NSORE, BONO-NI ABAKAN, etc, WHICH ONE NEVER HEAR ...
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RANDOM THOUGHTS:-

I'M 100% AKAN: DO EWES AND NORTHERNERS HATE ME BECAUSE I'M AN AKAN? HELL NO !! A SECTION OF MY OWN AKAN TRIBE CALLS ME DEROGATORY NAMES SSUCH AS B3NKOTO, B3NSORE, BONO-NI ABAKAN, etc, WHICH ONE NEVER HEARS FROM EWES OR NORHTHERNERS. IN MY OWN BONO ENCLAVE OF TECHIMAN, THERE ARE ALMOST MORE NORTHERNERS THAN THE NATIVES AND WE'VE CO-EXISTED PEACEFULLY WITH EACH OTHER FROM GOD KNOWS... WHEN.

II HAD AN ASANTE IN CLASSMATE HERE IN THE USA TELLING ME THAT SPEAKING THE BONO DIALECT IS DEMEANING SO I SHOULD STOP SPEAKING IT; IT WAS NEITHER A NORTHERNER NOR AN EWE WHO TOLD ME THIS. NPP WANTS TO DIVIDE GHANA ON TRIBAL LINES AND I KOFI BOATENG WILL FOREVER DENOUNCE AND RENOUNCE THEM ANYTIME THEY MAKE THE UNSAVORY ATTEMPT!

Haaba, would the NPP/PROF. Ocquaye stop this tribal nonsense and see Ghana as one country with a common destiny? How does Rawlings merely stating that he had a tape of the gruesome murder of Ya-Na constitutes knocking the heads of Ewes and Northerners against Akans? Did the enmity between Ewes and a section of Akans (just a section, not all Akans) start with Rawlings? Is this NPP Professor Ocquaye so demented to realize that Rawlings was nowhere when Victor Owusu insulted the Ewes for being inward looking? Is this Professor so shallow to recall Kennedy Agyapong calling on Asantes to brutalize Gas and Ewes with their sidekick and shamelessly loudmouth and uncouth Ursula Owusu labelling Northerners as goat herders, coupled with the tribal warlord Akuffo Addo calling on Akans to rise up against the rest of non-Akan Ghanaians? I get sick and tired of this NPP tirbal tirade and when you stand up against them you're branded a tribalist. Mr. Ocquaye must be reminded that attempts to polarize a country for a myopic political advantage is a no-no.

And how can Ocquaye remain a professor with such an incoherent view on politics? A professor in what? Distortion? Ghana is doomed as a nation with a calibre of this "professor" in the corridors of power. So nauseating and disgusting!

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OheneYaw 11 years ago

Stealing ewes

Stealing ewes
K. Boateng 11 years ago

Stealing asantes

Stealing asantes
Saint 11 years ago

Gyimi ghimii and tuutuufuo Benkoto bensores

Gyimi ghimii and tuutuufuo Benkoto bensores
THE TRUTH 11 years ago

You have stated the truth. The real problem with some Asantes is even they INSULT EACH OTHER. Asante man born 1 mile away from Asantehene Palace thinks he is SUPERIOR to the one born 2 miles away. The one born 2 miles away t ...
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You have stated the truth. The real problem with some Asantes is even they INSULT EACH OTHER. Asante man born 1 mile away from Asantehene Palace thinks he is SUPERIOR to the one born 2 miles away. The one born 2 miles away thinks he is SUPERIOR to the one born 3 miles away. As for other non Asantes, they INSULT them every second. Personally, if ASANTES want to break away from Ghana and form their own country, I will DONATE towards the cause!!!! They will insult and kill each other. Nothing will ever work in that Republic!!!
BRANDY 11 years ago

OHN MAHAMA'S WICKEDNESS TO THE NORTH IS SOOOOOOO SHOCKING INDEED.....LISTENING TO THE SADA ROT, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT NDC IS THE MOST WICKED GOVT EVER, IN GHANA......THEY CREATED LOOTED AND SHARED WITHOUT ANY FEELINGS FOR EVE ...
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OHN MAHAMA'S WICKEDNESS TO THE NORTH IS SOOOOOOO SHOCKING INDEED.....LISTENING TO THE SADA ROT, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT NDC IS THE MOST WICKED GOVT EVER, IN GHANA......THEY CREATED LOOTED AND SHARED WITHOUT ANY FEELINGS FOR EVEN THE POOREST OF THE POOR WHO ARE MOSTLY IN THE NORTH....WE FLOATING VOTERS MUST VOTE THEM OUT BY ALL MEANS...
K. Boateng 11 years ago

NPP's tribal politics and some deluded Akans' sheepish and primitive way of looking down upon fellow Ghanaians is so disgusting and nauseating.

NPP's tribal politics and some deluded Akans' sheepish and primitive way of looking down upon fellow Ghanaians is so disgusting and nauseating.
The Man 11 years ago

Gyimi ghimii koo boateng bono benkoto bensore has an inferiority complex when dealing with Asantes. This stinky buck teeth Buoyam via Techiman villager is still fighting the historical war his Techimans lost to the Asantes.

Gyimi ghimii koo boateng bono benkoto bensore has an inferiority complex when dealing with Asantes. This stinky buck teeth Buoyam via Techiman villager is still fighting the historical war his Techimans lost to the Asantes.
Kobby 11 years ago

Mr. Boateng,

NPP doesn't practice tribal politics. Some people within the NPP (both supporters and managers) spew hatred and this rubbish. Don't paint with such a broad brush.

In the same way, NDC uses this "tribal div ...
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Mr. Boateng,

NPP doesn't practice tribal politics. Some people within the NPP (both supporters and managers) spew hatred and this rubbish. Don't paint with such a broad brush.

In the same way, NDC uses this "tribal divide" to incite passions and gain support. Its all politics preying on some of the most sensitive and explosive issues of our time. We all need to check it at the door to ensure that this great country survives our great great great grand children and beyond. Pitching one side against the other is simply not going to help whether you find this nauseating or not.

The truth is neither the NPP or the NDC are perfect. And that the NDC has been in power longer than the NPP and still under performed. Let's focus on facts and competence (and corruption, which affects both sides, and leave tribal politics out of this). There are smart Ewes, Northerners and Akans just as all these three tribes have their various village (and city) idiots.
Ewe Man 11 years ago

As an Ewe man, I thought Asante's only hate Ewe's but I was proved wrong. In my naive mind; I used to think all the Akan tribes comprising of Asante's, Akyems, Akwuapems, Fanti's and Bono's are one until my (Bono) friend was ...
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As an Ewe man, I thought Asante's only hate Ewe's but I was proved wrong. In my naive mind; I used to think all the Akan tribes comprising of Asante's, Akyems, Akwuapems, Fanti's and Bono's are one until my (Bono) friend was discriminated against for trying to marry his Asanteni girlfriend. He was told by the girl's parents that, they cannot allow him to marry their daughter simply because he is Bono. What's the difference between Asante's and Bono's?

The forumpolice 11 years ago

Bonos are known to be fools and drug traffickers hiding behind the common names they share with Asantes to do bad things.

Amoateng the drug dealer mp is a bono

Benneh the diplomatic drug dealer is Bono.

Anyway you sm ...
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Bonos are known to be fools and drug traffickers hiding behind the common names they share with Asantes to do bad things.

Amoateng the drug dealer mp is a bono

Benneh the diplomatic drug dealer is Bono.

Anyway you smelly incestuous daughter fuckers hate Asantes.
Kobby 11 years ago

Sorry my friend, but this sort of language is un-called for and intolerable. There is no such thing as "all Asantes are" or all "Bonos" are? Do you know all of people from anyone country who are one thing? There are bigots an ...
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Sorry my friend, but this sort of language is un-called for and intolerable. There is no such thing as "all Asantes are" or all "Bonos" are? Do you know all of people from anyone country who are one thing? There are bigots and ignorant people within any community. Using language like that about another fellow Ghanaian is just despicable.
C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

My series setting straight some historical records has been ready before the recent General Elections, and so I think it was long overdue to publish them. But for now, I'd like to point out some major inaccuracies in Dzidza's ...
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My series setting straight some historical records has been ready before the recent General Elections, and so I think it was long overdue to publish them. But for now, I'd like to point out some major inaccuracies in Dzidza's post. I have posted enough to show why that so-called Prof is simply a Ga yaka gbomo! He should tell us why a suburb of Accra was named Awudome, if he is indeed a historian of repute. Don't worry, folk, that is all covered in my coming series. I spilt it all!

1. The Asantes didn't "conquer" any area of Eweland on a permanent basis even though their actions and influence extended over much of Eweland in Ghana and western Togo which formed part of Krepi in the annals. Rather, it was the Akwamus, allies of the Asantes, who established their hegemony over northern Eweland known as Krepi. After the rebellion of Kwadzo Dei I of Peki in 1833 led to the partial liberation of that area from the Akwamu yoke, with no regular slave tributes being paid to the Akwamuhene, who also used to give some to the Asantehene, the area became a free for all slave raiding ground which also brought in Asante slave raiders on many occasions after the final defeat of the Asantes and alies in the Sagrenti War of 1874; a war partly precipitated by the raid led by the Asante Warlord Adu Boafo and kidnapping of missionaries and traders from Ho for ransom. So the Asantes raided for slaves in parts of northern Eweland but did not establish their authority in those parts, as they were fiercely resisted throughout. The area of northern Eweland where they established their hegemony is not part of Eweland.

2. There is no historical records of Anlos fighting Asantes, or the Asantes leading war parties against the Anlos. Anlos were already allied to the Akwamus before the foundation of the Asante Kingdom with the fall of Denkyira from 1700-2. By virtue of that, Anlos became part of the tripartite allies that some early Fante and European chroniclers denounced in very unpalatable terms.

The wars Dzidza referred to which Anlos fought were not fought against Asantes. The records are chronicled and so cannot be disputed. Prof. Amenumey's pocket size book, The Ewes Pre-colonial in Times, Sedco Pub. 1986, has given a succinct summary of those events and wars.

There is only one encounter of sorts b/n Asantes and Anlos following the final defeat of the Akyems in 1764 but is it shrouded in secrecy under the terms of friendship the Anlos and the Asantes forged. Not even the great Wilks was able to unravel that mystery even though he speculated about it in his defining book on the Asantes, The Asantes. Well, as he himself knew, the griots and elders don't tell the whole tale when researchers come knocking. I found out that before I was 10 years old when I was the only kid allowed to sit in on such interviews when the white men came with interpreters in the early '60s! What they played dumb about they argued hotly about whose version was correct once the researchers were gone! Sorry, you won't any of the versions from me either. At least not now.

Having said that, it is a testimony to that capacity of Africans to forgive which made some scholars to claim that Africans don't have a memory which can make me say, as a matter of fact that, Ewes from Krepi don't hate Asantes, Akwamus, etc, though they heartily detest Anlos though. Phew! Going to Mawuli School in the '70s was an eye opener. The vibes were heavy. I had to learn to speak with non-Anlo accent when I go to the Ha market or take taxi. As for we Anlos, we have no reason to hate Asantes and Akwamus prior to the advent of Busia and his PP in the late '60s but any such dislike is not generalised to ALL Akans.

Of course, I had already written abt the unwholesome encounter with the Akans in the Gold Coast which eventually led to the drive to secede. Rawlings wasn't even born then.

Andy-K
Torgbui Kundo 11 years ago

You have done well in your article but some of your information are inaccurate. For example you said that the war with the Someawo was followed by the war with the Agudzas, this is a jambled info because, the Agudzas are actu ...
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You have done well in your article but some of your information are inaccurate. For example you said that the war with the Someawo was followed by the war with the Agudzas, this is a jambled info because, the Agudzas are actually the Someawo ( this name was given to them by the Klilors who gave them land to settle after the Someawo were driven away by then Awadada Axorlu; the land was filled with sokutsis, hence, the name). Besides, this was a
n internal war and has no connection with the Ashantis, since the Someawo as well as the Klikors are part of the Anlo state.
JA 11 years ago

Did this lengthy prose solve any problem in Ghana?

Did this lengthy prose solve any problem in Ghana?
K. Boateng 11 years ago

Did Mike Ocquaye's tribal nonsense solve any problems in Ghana?

Did Mike Ocquaye's tribal nonsense solve any problems in Ghana?
Sampson Obue 11 years ago

Before any anti-Rawlings element jumps in to refer us to the dastardly abduction and murder of the High Court Judges in 1982, let it be said here that accusing fingers had been pointed at Nana Konadu, Rawlings' wife, whoise v ...
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Before any anti-Rawlings element jumps in to refer us to the dastardly abduction and murder of the High Court Judges in 1982, let it be said here that accusing fingers had been pointed at Nana Konadu, Rawlings' wife, whoise vehicle Lance Corporal Amedeka and co. had used for their acts.

Attempts to besmear Rawlings and Capt. Tsikata with those happenings have fallen flat on their heads.

The question is: Long after the Justice Crabbe's Special Investigations Board's findings, why are Rawlings and Kojo Tsikata still alive, living their lives to the full, even after Kufuor had done all he could to attempt plastering history?

No one can touch them because they have nothing to account for. Kufuor said he was going to get ex-Cpl Amedeka to come and testify against Rawlings. What happened? Nothing!!

Indeed, these NPP people are celebrated fools who know nothing but tribal politics. And they will continue to suffer for it.
Richard Adu. 11 years ago

The mere fact that the 'executors' took Rawlings' wife car to execute such murderous and vicious acts do not mean that Rawlings' wife knew and approved of killings and thus, became 'Lady Macbeth'

Who was at the helm of a ...
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The mere fact that the 'executors' took Rawlings' wife car to execute such murderous and vicious acts do not mean that Rawlings' wife knew and approved of killings and thus, became 'Lady Macbeth'

Who was at the helm of affairs in Ghana then?
Larbi Asare 11 years ago

It is not the npp people who are fools. It is the likes of this wannabe prof Ocuaye who are the fools among them, and the earlier the npp publicly condemn his irresponsible statements, the better for them. They kept making fo ...
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It is not the npp people who are fools. It is the likes of this wannabe prof Ocuaye who are the fools among them, and the earlier the npp publicly condemn his irresponsible statements, the better for them. They kept making fools and dangerous statements all of the time at the least opportunity. Listening to that incompetenmt Effa Dartey the other day in Tamale, made me sad. Fire for fire. Which fire is he talking about and against who? The fact is that, many irresponsible people like Mike Ocuayes, joined the npp because they feel there is where they can settle issues with former president Rawlings. They will fail and have already failed. The npp is now going to disintegrate the more following the elections of certain people who also have the same foolish minds like this useless so called prof. Who doesn´t know that Nana Konadu was solidly behind the killing of the Akan judges. Why is she still moving around, only for the husband, an Ewe, to be accused always by the Ashantis and their surrogates? It is about time idiots like Ocuaye stop fanning tribal hatred in this country.
Sampson Obue 11 years ago

Before any anti-Rawlings element jumps in to refer us to the dastardly abduction and murder of the High Court Judges in 1982, let it be said here that accusing fingers had been pointed at Nana Konadu, Rawlings' wife, whoise v ...
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Before any anti-Rawlings element jumps in to refer us to the dastardly abduction and murder of the High Court Judges in 1982, let it be said here that accusing fingers had been pointed at Nana Konadu, Rawlings' wife, whoise vehicle Lance Corporal Amedeka and co. had used for their acts.

Attempts to besmear Rawlings and Capt. Tsikata with those happenings have fallen flat on their heads.

The question is: Long after the Justice Crabbe's Special Investigations Board's findings, why are Rawlings and Kojo Tsikata still alive, living their lives to the full, even after Kufuor had done all he could to attempt plastering history?

No one can touch them because they have nothing to account for. Kufuor said he was going to get ex-Cpl Amedeka to come and testify against Rawlings. What happened? Nothing!!

Indeed, these NPP people are celebrated fools who know nothing but tribal politics. And they will continue to suffer for it.

K. Boateng 11 years ago

RANDOM THOUGHTS:-

I'M 100% AKAN: DO EWES AND NORTHERNERS HATE ME BECAUSE I'M AN AKAN? HELL NO !! A SECTION OF MY OWN AKAN TRIBE CALL ME DEROGATORY NAMES SUCH AS B3NKOTO, B3NSORE, BONO-NI ABAKAN, etc, WHICH ONE NEVER HEARS ...
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RANDOM THOUGHTS:-

I'M 100% AKAN: DO EWES AND NORTHERNERS HATE ME BECAUSE I'M AN AKAN? HELL NO !! A SECTION OF MY OWN AKAN TRIBE CALL ME DEROGATORY NAMES SUCH AS B3NKOTO, B3NSORE, BONO-NI ABAKAN, etc, WHICH ONE NEVER HEARS FROM EWES OR NORHTHERNERS. IN MY OWN BONO ENCLAVE OF TECHIMAN, THERE ARE ALMOST MORE NORTHERNERS THAN THE NATIVES AND WE'VE CO-EXISTED PEACEFULLY WITH EACH OTHER FROM GOD KNOWS... WHEN.

I HAD AN ASANTE CLASSMATE HERE IN THE USA TELLING ME THAT SPEAKING THE BONO DIALECT IS DEMEANING SO I SHOULD STOP SPEAKING IT; IT WAS NEITHER A NORTHERNER NOR AN EWE WHO TOLD ME THIS. NPP WANTS TO DIVIDE GHANA ON TRIBAL LINES AND I KOFI BOATENG WILL FOREVER DENOUNCE AND RENOUNCE THEM ANYTIME THEY MAKE THE UNSAVORY ATTEMPT! I

Haaba, would the NPP/PROF. Ocquaye stop this tribal nonsense and see Ghana as one country with a common destiny? How does Rawlings merely stating that he had a tape of the gruesome murder of Ya-Na constitutes knocking the heads of Ewes and Northerners against Akans? Did the enmity between Ewes and a section of Akans (just a section, not all Akans) start with Rawlings? Is this NPP Professor Ocquaye so demented to realize that Rawlings was nowhere when Victor Owusu insulted the Ewes for being inward looking? Is this Professor so shallow to recall Kennedy Agyapong calling on Asantes to brutalize Gas and Ewes with their sidekick and shamelessly loudmouth and uncouth Ursula Owusu labelling Northerners as goat herders, coupled with the tribal warlord Akuffo Addo calling on Akans to rise up against the rest of non-Akan Ghanaians? I get sick and tired of this NPP tirbal tirade and when you stand up against them you're branded a tribalist. Mr. Ocquaye must be reminded that attempts to polarize a country for a myopic political advantage is a no-no.

And how can Ocquaye remain a professor with such an incoherent view on politics? A professor in what? Distortion? Ghana is doomed as a nation with a calibre of this "professor" in the corridors of power. So nauseating and disgusting!

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Kobby 11 years ago

Well done. You've demonstrated your skewed knowledge of history laced with sceptic anti-Akan language. So your what was your point exactly? That the Ewes and Northerners have a right to hate Akans because of history? Is this ...
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Well done. You've demonstrated your skewed knowledge of history laced with sceptic anti-Akan language. So your what was your point exactly? That the Ewes and Northerners have a right to hate Akans because of history? Is this the "united Ghana" Nkrumah fought for? Wonderful scholarship. Now let's see you demonstrate knowledge that will actually help this country move forward and not sending us back 100s of years. Both you and Ocquaye should be ashamed of yourselves.
K. Boateng 11 years ago

Ewes and Northerners don't hate Akans; I'm an Akan and I don't see Ewes and Northerners hating me. Ewes and Northerners hate the disrespect and insults being heaped on them by some ignorant and uninformed Akans so grow up and ...
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Ewes and Northerners don't hate Akans; I'm an Akan and I don't see Ewes and Northerners hating me. Ewes and Northerners hate the disrespect and insults being heaped on them by some ignorant and uninformed Akans so grow up and smell the coffee if you're one of the Akans who call Northerners as goat herders.
Kobby 11 years ago

Mr. Boateng,

First off, there is no need to throw insults here. I am an Akan with relatives who have married people from all over Ghana including Ewes and our brothers and sisters from the North. I have cousins from the No ...
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Mr. Boateng,

First off, there is no need to throw insults here. I am an Akan with relatives who have married people from all over Ghana including Ewes and our brothers and sisters from the North. I have cousins from the North and multi-millionaire business partners from the North. So, maybe you need to go have some coffee and re-read what I wrote.

My point is simply that this sort of dialogue doesn't help the greater good. If you're trying to diffuse a situation, you don't go into details about who started what as it may end up inciting others who then respond and then end up on an ethnically slurred merry go round.

Derogatory remarks about any one from any tribe or ethnic group is simply wrong. I agree with this. The writer's article is very skewed, not in his representation of the facts, but in how he interprets them. Clearly, he has an agenda: getting even with Mike Ocquaye, clearing Rawling's name and saying the Akans started this. None of which is particularly helpful to the dialogue of national reconciliation. So before you jump to conclusions about who I am, check your ability to read and understand English.
Richard Adu. 11 years ago

Dzidza, I admire your intellectual analysis and exposition, but the questions I want you to answer for me are the ones you posed to Professor Ocquaye in your closing paragraph,

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"...In the end, the question ...
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Dzidza, I admire your intellectual analysis and exposition, but the questions I want you to answer for me are the ones you posed to Professor Ocquaye in your closing paragraph,

and I quote:

"...In the end, the question for Prof. Ocquaye to answer is:

Is Prof. Ocquaye an Akan?

How does pitting the Akans (as he constructs them in his mind) against the Ewes and Northerners serve the NPP’s cause?..."

This part of your intellectual exercise made me to understand or re-think about your motive for writing all this piece.

If Prof Ocquaye is not an Akan ,

1. Does it mean that he should not say anything he thinks is right about Akans?

2. Would you have written these history about the Anlos and the Asantes if your were not an Anlo, Dzidza?

3. I read what the Prof said. He made a point.

He asked Rawlings a question.

... Where is the tape or the recordings that Rawlings promised to deliver to the Northerners and Ghanaians in general, as his proof for his allegations?

..Why did Rawlings refuse to honor his promise?

NOw, Dzidza, think about these:

1.. If Prof Ocquaye is not an Akan but he is defending the Akans,

and

2.If you, Dzidza, is asking Prof.Ocquaye this question, and you are an Anlo,

Then,

The conclusion is that you wrote all these Anlo history, NOT out of patriotism or an acadamic exercise,but rather, out of 'Tribalism and Nepotism'.
K. Boateng 11 years ago

you posed...

"Where is the tape or the recordings that Rawlings promised to deliver to the Northerners and Ghanaians in general, as his proof for his allegations?"

How does Rawlings merely stating that he had a tape cul ...
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you posed...

"Where is the tape or the recordings that Rawlings promised to deliver to the Northerners and Ghanaians in general, as his proof for his allegations?"

How does Rawlings merely stating that he had a tape culminated in Ewes and Notherners hating Akans? Did the mention of the tapes by Rawlings lead to any Ewe or Northerner taking bows and arrows to attack any Akan? Where and when? Did Rawlings saying that he had a tape led to Rawlings's children who are half Ewes, hating their mother Mrs. Konadu Agyeman, who is a full blooded Asante (Akan)? Did Rawlings ask Kennedy Agyapong to goad Asantes on to attack Ewes? Did Rawlings ask Ursula Owusu to insult Northerners telling them they are goat herders? You see, the subliminal message embedded in Mike Ocquaye's irresponsible and hollow allegation is to invoke the Rawlings factor as a hatred and fear mongering which helped the NPP to win both the 2000 and 2004 elections. But I have a message for you guys; the Rawlings' myth which helped propelled you guys to power in those two occasions was demystified by Akuffo Addo in 2012 when he entered Rawlings' house and proclaimed him a man of impeccable integrity. This therefore erases the fact that Rawlings has caused any tribal tension in Ghana but if you guys still hang on to this tenuous and misguided allegation, then Akuffo Addo equally shares the tribal game blame. For your information, I'm a 100% Akan and I don't see any Ewe or Northerner hating me due to what Rawlings said. It's hard some Akans learn to respect both Ewes and Northerners with name callings and insults because we are not better than anyone in Ghana.
Richard Adu. 11 years ago

I ask this question?

Have you ever read the book titled, 'The Prince'?

If you had ever read that book, you would have understood, what Rawlings stood and stands for, and the motive for such his 'octopusian entanglement' ...
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I ask this question?

Have you ever read the book titled, 'The Prince'?

If you had ever read that book, you would have understood, what Rawlings stood and stands for, and the motive for such his 'octopusian entanglement'.... Nana Konadu Agyemang Rawlings.
K. Boateng 11 years ago

My friend, the "Prince" has nothing to do with what Rawlings said. It's so absurd the way some people want to use Rawlings for myopic political gains. Where was Rawlings when Victor Owusu insulted Ewes that they're inward loo ...
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My friend, the "Prince" has nothing to do with what Rawlings said. It's so absurd the way some people want to use Rawlings for myopic political gains. Where was Rawlings when Victor Owusu insulted Ewes that they're inward looking? Did you expect Ewes to compliment Victor Owusu and cohorts for insulting them, just because Victor Owusu as an Akan is a special bleed of human being? Please, we Akans better stop the sheepish way of looking down on fellow Ghanaians because we don't feed them nor house them and we're no better than any other Ghanaian. This tribal nonsense among the NPP is disgusting and nauseating. Just answer my questions and stop the red herring.
Richard Adu. 11 years ago

Where was Rawlings when a prominent statesman said:

"..I am an Ewe first before a Ghanaian."

This led to Victor Owusu's unfortunate 'inward -looking' statement.

Where was Rawlings when a prominent statesman said:

"..I am an Ewe first before a Ghanaian."

This led to Victor Owusu's unfortunate 'inward -looking' statement.
K. Boateng 11 years ago

Can you tell me the age of Rawlings when that statement you referred to above was alleged to have been made? And did Victor Owusu, as a national figure at the time, suppose to make such a sweeping statement in response to jus ...
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Can you tell me the age of Rawlings when that statement you referred to above was alleged to have been made? And did Victor Owusu, as a national figure at the time, suppose to make such a sweeping statement in response to just one person? By the way, who was that so-called promiment statesman who made that statement and under what pretext did he make that statement?

Rawligns stating that he had a tape does not in any way, shape or form calls for tribal hatred. It could at best be described as michief or lying but causing Ewes and Northerners to hate Akans? How? By the way, the tape in question was in reference to Northerners so where did Ewes come into that equation? Or Ewes have become Northerners now?

It's quite amazing that the NPP doesn't do issues-based politics but rather dwells on tribal politics in order to induce fear and hatred. Are we still in the Precambrian age?

MINOR CASE 11 years ago

No ,we are in Australapiticus age with these types of quibblings . Both parties engage in tribal politics ,and the sooner their apologists know what age and time we are in now , the better this fucked up country will be.

No ,we are in Australapiticus age with these types of quibblings . Both parties engage in tribal politics ,and the sooner their apologists know what age and time we are in now , the better this fucked up country will be.
agya 11 years ago

Stop your idiotic rumbling, dude. Few politicians insulting other tribes doesn't make all akans tribalists. We know who the tribal bigots are in Ghana. Iam not sure you are a Bono. Call me a DOG eater, and I will take it not ...
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Stop your idiotic rumbling, dude. Few politicians insulting other tribes doesn't make all akans tribalists. We know who the tribal bigots are in Ghana. Iam not sure you are a Bono. Call me a DOG eater, and I will take it not as derogatory, but a joke from a countryman who knows a delicacy of my ttribesmen. Quit taking everything personal!
Richard Adu. 11 years ago

After a second thought:

Dzidza,

If the Anlos are hating the Asantes because of the wars between the Asantes and the Anlos,

why are Ghanaians not hating the British for colonizing them?..

.a far, remote and detac ...
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After a second thought:

Dzidza,

If the Anlos are hating the Asantes because of the wars between the Asantes and the Anlos,

why are Ghanaians not hating the British for colonizing them?..

.a far, remote and detached cause indeed!
Ntoa 11 years ago

Honestly I have been trying to follow your train of argument but!!!

Honestly I have been trying to follow your train of argument but!!!
princewilly@ymail.com 11 years ago

THERE IS A SAYING IN "AKAN THAT IF AN ANIMAL WILL BITE YOU,IT WILL COME FROM YOUR OWN CLOTH.
THE GHANA ARMY WAS DOMINATED BY EWES,NORTHERNERS AND SMALL GROUP OF FOREIGNERS WHO WERE FROM THE FORMER WEST AFRICAN FORCES.
THE A ...
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THERE IS A SAYING IN "AKAN THAT IF AN ANIMAL WILL BITE YOU,IT WILL COME FROM YOUR OWN CLOTH.
THE GHANA ARMY WAS DOMINATED BY EWES,NORTHERNERS AND SMALL GROUP OF FOREIGNERS WHO WERE FROM THE FORMER WEST AFRICAN FORCES.
THE AKANS WERE BUSINESS PEOPLE AND ONLY A HANDFUL WERE IN THE ARMY.
MANY OF THE PRESIDENTIAL GUARDS THAT DIED DURING THE 1966 COUP WERE EWES AND NORTHERNERS.
AS A BARRACKS BOY,I REMEMBER MAJOR ZUARUNGU WHO WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL GUARD AND GENERAL BAWAH WHO DIED DURING THE COUP.
THE WERE CONSPIRACIES FROM KOTOKA WITH SARGEANT AMETEPE EWE GROUPS AGAINST NKRUMAH.
SARGENT AMETEPE KILLED SALIFU DARGATI A NORTHERNER AND NKRUMAHS BODY GUARD.
MANY GHANAIAN HISTORIANS FORGET TO LINK THAT ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT TO THE HARLLEY,DEKU,KOTOKA CONNECTION.
IF KOTOKA HAD LEFT THINGS THEY WERE,I BELIEVE MANY EWES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF PREJUDICE.
THE EAST GERMANS ARE PART OF WEST GERMANY AND THEY ARE ONE GERMANY.
MY FATHER IS AN EWE MY MOTHER IS AKAN.
I AM A BARRACKS BOY FROM THE "BATURE YA FERI"THE WHITE MAN SAYS.
Brother 11 years ago

I think Ghanaweb is bigining to publish some serious material and all this reconciliation going on here is good. What we need to know is that we are stuck with each other and the only choice is to move together as a nation. T ...
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I think Ghanaweb is bigining to publish some serious material and all this reconciliation going on here is good. What we need to know is that we are stuck with each other and the only choice is to move together as a nation. The writer has done a good historical account to show that the problem started well before Rawlings. In fact,Busia is a major contributor. It is well noting also that, I don't believe northerners/Ewes hate Asantes (Akans) nor Asantes Northerners/Ewes than they hate themselves and I say that on Authority. The bigger problem is our separate orientation. Just as most Akan see everybody with a non Akan/Ewe name as Muslim or northerner, most northerners saw any twi speaker as Asante. Obviously this is serious ignorance.
C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

Princewilly, I think you've just repeated stereotypes. I have the names and bios of all the 29 Gold Coasters who made senior ranks by the eve of indep. One, the foremost, Maj. Seth Kobla Anthony, however had resigned from the ...
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Princewilly, I think you've just repeated stereotypes. I have the names and bios of all the 29 Gold Coasters who made senior ranks by the eve of indep. One, the foremost, Maj. Seth Kobla Anthony, however had resigned from the Army to serve in civil capacity long before indep., so there were only 28 Ghanaian officers when we got indep.

Akans from the Gold Coast were adequately represented in the army and officer corps. It is only the former Asante Kingdom comprising the B/A too that was represented by Afrifa alone. Nothing strange about that as that area only joined the Gold Coast from 1946. Afrifah, of course, was just a mere student when Nkrumah became Leader of Govt Business and later Prime Minister.

Btw, my own father had officer training at Teshie in the early '60s, besides Police Officer training too. He was among the top civil servants Nkrumah trained up to be reservist officers and to bolster the image of the Army and caliber of the officer corps in case of any eventuality. They were not supposed to replace the professional soldiers, as the rumours before and after the coup had it.

Andy-K
Speedy Gonzalez 11 years ago

The personal attacks on political opponents by the NPP hooligans like Prof. Ocquaye is absurd and as well a national security risk.For a learned man to play this type of politics indicates the sloppiness of the elephant fami ...
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The personal attacks on political opponents by the NPP hooligans like Prof. Ocquaye is absurd and as well a national security risk.For a learned man to play this type of politics indicates the sloppiness of the elephant family.I have listened to Prof.Ocquaye several times and he had nothing better to say about the plight of ordinary Ghanaian,he has never mentioned the plight of our senior citizens,the disabled,our health system and sanitation or job creation for all Ghanaians.He might think all this is the job of the government,how wrong.Some Professors who are in politics are actually lining us up on the slippery slopes.
BRANDY 11 years ago

OHN MAHAMA'S WICKEDNESS TO THE NORTH IS SOOOOOOO SHOCKING INDEED.....LISTENING TO THE SADA ROT, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT NDC IS THE MOST WICKED GOVT EVER, IN GHANA......THEY CREATED LOOTED AND SHARED WITHOUT ANY FEELINGS FOR EVE ...
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OHN MAHAMA'S WICKEDNESS TO THE NORTH IS SOOOOOOO SHOCKING INDEED.....LISTENING TO THE SADA ROT, IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT NDC IS THE MOST WICKED GOVT EVER, IN GHANA......THEY CREATED LOOTED AND SHARED WITHOUT ANY FEELINGS FOR EVEN THE POOREST OF THE POOR WHO ARE MOSTLY IN THE NORTH....WE FLOATING VOTERS MUST VOTE THEM OUT BY ALL MEANS...
K. Boateng 11 years ago

Mahama's government is wicked because it's blocked all you cocaine dealing avenues; sorry buddy. Say Hello to NPP MP Amoateng in his jail cell for me, boso.

Mahama's government is wicked because it's blocked all you cocaine dealing avenues; sorry buddy. Say Hello to NPP MP Amoateng in his jail cell for me, boso.
The forumpolice 11 years ago

Gyimi ghimii benkoto bensore, Amoateng is a gyimi gyimi benkoto bensore bono nii ghimii ghimii bono abakan.ok

Gyimi ghimii benkoto bensore, Amoateng is a gyimi gyimi benkoto bensore bono nii ghimii ghimii bono abakan.ok
MINOR CASE 11 years ago

GOOD one there . His hatred for NPP and Asantes in particular knows no boundaries. In his fit of hatred , he forgets Amoateng is his own brother .

GOOD one there . His hatred for NPP and Asantes in particular knows no boundaries. In his fit of hatred , he forgets Amoateng is his own brother .
Kobby 11 years ago

Clearly, you are not an objective person. You have your own agenda....which is Anti-NPP. But remember that there is only one Ghana. And all this NPP and NDC nonsense ends once we put down our colors and go about our business. ...
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Clearly, you are not an objective person. You have your own agenda....which is Anti-NPP. But remember that there is only one Ghana. And all this NPP and NDC nonsense ends once we put down our colors and go about our business. When we all die, we go to face our maker. There will be no umbrella or elephant to protect us from the truth of our actions.
kofi 11 years ago

You could have responded to Oquaye's piece without the personal insults,instead of you educating us,as i believe was your initial position,you ended up sounding like the person you set out to admonish.You have come out with n ...
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You could have responded to Oquaye's piece without the personal insults,instead of you educating us,as i believe was your initial position,you ended up sounding like the person you set out to admonish.You have come out with names of akans who killed ewes,if i should tow your line of thought,and also come out with names of ewes who also killed akans in a not so distant memory,where would that get us?WE ARE ONE COUNTRY,AND ONE PEOPLE. We have no where else to go,so please,as passionate as we about this issue,we must all remember the rwandans who were also so passionate about their history,and where that history took them.Rwandan history is littered with the same issues we are discussing here today,one tribe thinking they are superior to the other.Iam an akan,iam an ewe,iam a ga,iam from the north.IAM GHANAIAN.
Kwame 11 years ago

The other day I wrote that the children of Gen. Acheampong and Kufuor's brother are in my family and they will call me uncle and granduncle. I wrote also about how some Ashantis run into kitchen to hide under Tornu women so t ...
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The other day I wrote that the children of Gen. Acheampong and Kufuor's brother are in my family and they will call me uncle and granduncle. I wrote also about how some Ashantis run into kitchen to hide under Tornu women so to save their heads, when they were defeated by Ewhes.
The great grandchildren of those men live among Ewhes who accord to them the respect a person accords his brothers and sisters.
There have been patriotic Ashantis in Ghana and there are still some of them. The Jantuas, Kofi Bako, Nyan Asante and others have shown that Ghana and Ghanaians come first before any other tribe. Thus there was and there are still many Ashantis and Akans who believe that it is not a tribe that is the pride of the Earth, but the whole of mankind.
I Kwame I am an Anlo but I did not support Col. Emmanuel Kwesi Kotoka'a 24/2/1966 coup because unknown to people it is Anlo's and Ewhes in particular who had the blunt of that coup d'etat. Capt. Bokloe and Avevor were military officers who various occasions after the coup of 1966 brutalized political detainees. I happen to met Lt. Osei-Poku and Owusu Dzimah after their release from prison by Col. Acheampong, ate in the same plate with them and had jokes. The young military officers who staged the abortive coup on 17/4/1967 were just patriotic leftist military officers and not tribalist. Among the senior military officers they intend to hand over power was Maj. Sowu, an Ewhe.
Tribalism is a dangerous game and event which took place in Rwanda, Georgia and currently in Ukraine should be a reminder. The most dangerous one is when one of the tribes have a group of people who think that they are waving a big club behind them.
I read Rawlings comment and advise on the events in the Ukraine on the pate 17 of the "Daily Graphic" newspaper today and I am delighted. Efo Rawlings is maturing.
Brother 11 years ago

Elder thank you for the education. We need to see beyond this tribal thing because the country has grown beyond one or two tribes. What is this thing about northerners/Ewes hating Asantes and the other way round? Northerners ...
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Elder thank you for the education. We need to see beyond this tribal thing because the country has grown beyond one or two tribes. What is this thing about northerners/Ewes hating Asantes and the other way round? Northerners are killing northerners and Ewes have their own fights over chieftaincy and land. Do you see Asante in Yendi, Tamale, Bawku, Nayire (wa) causing a fight? Do you see any Ewe in Kumawu?
Abeeku Mensah 11 years ago

Kofi, Ghanaians deserve better. Prof Ocquaye with his classroom earned credentials and the inherited but unearned stature in Ghana as a professor in one of the few universities Ghana has to offer deserve not only tongue lash ...
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Kofi, Ghanaians deserve better. Prof Ocquaye with his classroom earned credentials and the inherited but unearned stature in Ghana as a professor in one of the few universities Ghana has to offer deserve not only tongue lashing but public shaming. He should decide if he is a moral honest intellectual with love of or for Ghana or a partisan hack willing to divide Ghana for political gain. The people in Ghana who bemoan insults should ask themselves one simple question; do we prefer insults and public shaming or lies and the potential for death caused by lies, fabrications and revisionism of our history through tribal lens?
FACT 11 years ago

THE WRITER SHOULD NOTE THAT NKRUMAH, NOT RAWLINGS, IS THE MOST PEOPLE-CENTRED LEADER GHANA HAS HAD.THE ROLE PLAYED BY RAWLINGS WAS THAT HE BROUGHT TO AN END "POLITICAL INSTABILITY" IN GHANA THUS SAVING GHANA FROM BECOMING A " ...
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THE WRITER SHOULD NOTE THAT NKRUMAH, NOT RAWLINGS, IS THE MOST PEOPLE-CENTRED LEADER GHANA HAS HAD.THE ROLE PLAYED BY RAWLINGS WAS THAT HE BROUGHT TO AN END "POLITICAL INSTABILITY" IN GHANA THUS SAVING GHANA FROM BECOMING A "BANANA REPUBLIC".

IT IS ALSO INCORRECT TO ALIGN "AKAN" TO NPP. "AKAN" IS MADE UP OF THREE TRIBES NAMELY, "ASANTE, AKYEM AND FANTE" AND ONLY "ASANTE & AKYEM" ARE ALIGNED TO NPP. "FANTES" ARE GENERALLY NOT "TRIBALISTIC". FANTES VOTE OBJECTIVELY; YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT THE LATE ATTA MILLS, A FANTE,ONCE LOST IN FANTE AREAS.
Richard 11 years ago

Peter, your article has made my day. I wish Mike Ocquaye will read this article and know how foolish he has been and carries himself about as a professor.

Peter, your article has made my day. I wish Mike Ocquaye will read this article and know how foolish he has been and carries himself about as a professor.
Bernard 11 years ago

It is not surprising that a so called Professor of Ga origin would stoop so low before his Akan tribal war lords. No doubt, the Gas have allowed themselves to be used as doormat to the extent of even allowing Asante/Akyem in ...
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It is not surprising that a so called Professor of Ga origin would stoop so low before his Akan tribal war lords. No doubt, the Gas have allowed themselves to be used as doormat to the extent of even allowing Asante/Akyem invaders( dog chain sellers) to to occupy their master bedrooms while they (Gas) on the porch.

Professor Ocquaye clearly typifies this sort of mental difficiency parading in Ghana as academics/experts.

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