Ghana's Story in 58 Lines

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adumtumi nyansfuo 10 years ago

You better look at Achempong twice.

You better look at Achempong twice.
Saint John 10 years ago

POROUS ARTICLE

POROUS ARTICLE
Frank Appiah 10 years ago

Although Busia had a plan for Rural Development when he introduced THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT LEVY to generate funds,he was met with a strong opposition by Mr B.A.Bentum,the TUC Secretary-General.This is why the "democratic" Busia ...
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Although Busia had a plan for Rural Development when he introduced THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT LEVY to generate funds,he was met with a strong opposition by Mr B.A.Bentum,the TUC Secretary-General.This is why the "democratic" Busia banned the TUC but his plan did not come to fruition as his regime came to an abrupt end.Remember,Nkrumah set up a complete Ministry of Rural Industries and embarked on Rural Development before he was overthown.
Frank Appiah 10 years ago

before he was overthrown

before he was overthrown
Joe Mensah 10 years ago

Hey,ladies! Acheampong was not a barely literate copy typist.Check your facts.Do you know the other certifications Acheampong acquired after graduating from Swedru School of Business? Acheampong was a Colonel and the Commande ...
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Hey,ladies! Acheampong was not a barely literate copy typist.Check your facts.Do you know the other certifications Acheampong acquired after graduating from Swedru School of Business? Acheampong was a Colonel and the Commander of the Ist Infantry Brigade having graduated from the Military Academy in Ghana and in England.He was not a barely literate copy typist.I know some Ghanaians graduates of Swedru School of Business who are Chartered Accountants and others who have MBA degrees.
Joe Mensah 10 years ago

There is no doubt these two ladies who presented these fifty eight lines are some of those born in the eighties relying on HEARSAY,and not making in-depth research on Ghana's political history.

There is no doubt these two ladies who presented these fifty eight lines are some of those born in the eighties relying on HEARSAY,and not making in-depth research on Ghana's political history.
Kwame Bediako 10 years ago

What do these two ladies know about Ghana soccer? The formation of Real Republikans as a model club rather strenghtened Ghana's soccer.Ghana won the First Africa Cup of Nations in 1963,under Ohene Djan's adminstration.To stat ...
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What do these two ladies know about Ghana soccer? The formation of Real Republikans as a model club rather strenghtened Ghana's soccer.Ghana won the First Africa Cup of Nations in 1963,under Ohene Djan's adminstration.To state that it was a "program that would spell he downward spiral of Ghana football,from which it is yet to recover" is too outrageous.
Ringo 10 years ago

Ghana did not have to fight Guerrilla war?These two biased,misinformed and disinformed ladies never mentioned the atrocities CPP suffered under the NLM.What a silly,one-sided account !

Ghana did not have to fight Guerrilla war?These two biased,misinformed and disinformed ladies never mentioned the atrocities CPP suffered under the NLM.What a silly,one-sided account !
James Obeng 10 years ago

NO 43.Busia was confronted by dire economic straits with falling world prices and a grossly over-valued cedi.

The neo-colonialists reduced the World price of cocoa drastically to cripple Ghana's economy during the Nkrumah ...
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NO 43.Busia was confronted by dire economic straits with falling world prices and a grossly over-valued cedi.

The neo-colonialists reduced the World price of cocoa drastically to cripple Ghana's economy during the Nkrumah regime.
Is it not surprising that that these two biased and misguided ladies never stated it in their 58 lines.
Leo R. Sam 10 years ago

This is an excellent summary of the political history of Ghana.
CONGRATULATIONS to Nana Ekua !!!

lsam@interbaun.com

Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

This is an excellent summary of the political history of Ghana.
CONGRATULATIONS to Nana Ekua !!!

lsam@interbaun.com

Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

Kojo Arhin 10 years ago

Leo R.Sam must be joking.

Leo R.Sam must be joking.
samabia 10 years ago

how did you apportion the lines.
Your agenda has been exposed 1957 to 1966 took 41 lines (9 years)
Then 1967 to 2015 takes 17 lines (nearly 40 years)
Your hate of Nkrumah knows no bounds. No wonder may be your most intelli ...
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how did you apportion the lines.
Your agenda has been exposed 1957 to 1966 took 41 lines (9 years)
Then 1967 to 2015 takes 17 lines (nearly 40 years)
Your hate of Nkrumah knows no bounds. No wonder may be your most intelligent years was before your teens. Then just like Ghana as you grew older you got a bit wacky upstairs
Nana-Kweku 10 years ago

Ekua find something sensible to do and stop posting such headless and tailless uneducative useles essays.

Ekua find something sensible to do and stop posting such headless and tailless uneducative useles essays.
BOY KOFI 10 years ago

Independence Day is not a Trade Fair or Agriculture Show.It's a day to honour our past heroes,those who sacrificed their lives for us.It's also a day to remember the struggle against colonialsm and not to allow it to happen a ...
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Independence Day is not a Trade Fair or Agriculture Show.It's a day to honour our past heroes,those who sacrificed their lives for us.It's also a day to remember the struggle against colonialsm and not to allow it to happen again.
In short,Independence Day is not for any party,it's for Ghana and not NDC or NPP to be used as campaign strategy.Those anti-independence elements should remember that they are digging their own graves.If you don't respect Ghana's Independence,you can go and shackle yourself into bondage.Thank you.
Prof Lungu 10 years ago

YOUR: "...Those anti-independence elements should remember that they are digging their own graves.If you don't respect Ghana's Independence,you can go and shackle yourself into bondage..."

OUR COMMENT: Nuff said!

YOUR: "...Those anti-independence elements should remember that they are digging their own graves.If you don't respect Ghana's Independence,you can go and shackle yourself into bondage..."

OUR COMMENT: Nuff said!
Prof Lungu 10 years ago

Which Would Have!

Right!

We hear you loud and clear, ladies!

Which Would Have!

Right!

We hear you loud and clear, ladies!
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Dear Prof. Lungu,

How are you?

There are so many things these two women have said that have nothing to do with Ghana's "true" political history, but rather with urban myth! We all know most of these.

Urban mythologis ...
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Dear Prof. Lungu,

How are you?

There are so many things these two women have said that have nothing to do with Ghana's "true" political history, but rather with urban myth! We all know most of these.

Urban mythologists do not feed on verifiable, authentic authoritative sources. Hearsay largely drives the authorial engines of their methodological approach to history.

Put simply, feeding on authentic, verifiable historiography is a luxury beyond their investigational reach.

I hope readers will take it upon themselves to dig deeper into Ghana's political history rather than to accept the facile anecdotes rehashed here.

It is like performing catechism and liturgy all over again.

Thanks.
BOY KOFI 10 years ago

How are you doing,Frank?
It's very interesting to debate some historical events.The name Ghana was borrowed from the first ancient Ghana Empire.Ghana simply means the "land of gold" which is not different from Gold Coast.Tha ...
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How are you doing,Frank?
It's very interesting to debate some historical events.The name Ghana was borrowed from the first ancient Ghana Empire.Ghana simply means the "land of gold" which is not different from Gold Coast.Thank you.
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Boy Kofi,

I am fine. How about you?

Some sources also render "ghana" as "King of Gold" in association with the name "Kaya Maghan," probably the Wagadogu-based Soninke founder of the dynasty that ruled the Ghana Empire. ...
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Boy Kofi,

I am fine. How about you?

Some sources also render "ghana" as "King of Gold" in association with the name "Kaya Maghan," probably the Wagadogu-based Soninke founder of the dynasty that ruled the Ghana Empire.

Things are not always as straightfoward as they seem on the surface, BOY KOFI. I am glad you are sharing your knowledge of history with us. Sharing is the best way to go.

Keep it up.

Thanks.
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 10 years ago

Whenever the false ideology of Nkrumaism gets mixed up with pseudo Rastafarianism and constant marijuana use, reason and logic go to the dogs....

Nuff said.

Whenever the false ideology of Nkrumaism gets mixed up with pseudo Rastafarianism and constant marijuana use, reason and logic go to the dogs....

Nuff said.

Prof Lungu 10 years ago

READ: "...44. The PP Government of Busia embarked on rural development, which would have minimised the uncontrollable current urbanisation, with its huge and potentially disastrous social and economic consequences for Ghana.. ...
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READ: "...44. The PP Government of Busia embarked on rural development, which would have minimised the uncontrollable current urbanisation, with its huge and potentially disastrous social and economic consequences for Ghana..."

OUR COMMENT: If you want to use "which would have", in line 44, there are a lot of places we all could intervene with "which would have".

Like the PDA, which would have...

We see!!!!!
Mr. Figure-Out 10 years ago

So nothing in this essay excites you more than the line 44 which seeks to highlight one of the good moves of Busia whom you hate so much? Hate and Jingoism at its apogee.

So nothing in this essay excites you more than the line 44 which seeks to highlight one of the good moves of Busia whom you hate so much? Hate and Jingoism at its apogee.
francis kwarteng 10 years ago

Mr. Figure-Out,

Please I am still waiting for your email. My email is franciskkwarteng@yahoo.com.

Mr. Figure-Out,

Please I am still waiting for your email. My email is franciskkwarteng@yahoo.com.
Ringo 10 years ago

Mr Figure- out ,read Frank Appiah's response.

Mr Figure- out ,read Frank Appiah's response.
Prof Lungu 10 years ago

Thanks, Ringo!

Thanks, Ringo!
Dr. SAS, Attorney at Law 10 years ago

A very good summary of our national history which tacitly lays the blame of our national retrogression on the evil genius Kwame Nkrumah. It was he who imposed an arrant dictatorship on an innocent country through the PDA, his ...
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A very good summary of our national history which tacitly lays the blame of our national retrogression on the evil genius Kwame Nkrumah. It was he who imposed an arrant dictatorship on an innocent country through the PDA, his life presidency and one party state. This dictatorship led to the intervention by the military in 1966, which led to other interventions in 1972 and 1978 and 1981. In all these, the country was ruled by virtual illiterates who plunged it into massive corruption and general ennui....

On the occasion of the 58th anniversary of our independence, progenies of these military adventures, spurred by Nkrumah's evil ideology and dangerous model, still rule the country, driving it into further hopelessness. What is more, the long shadow of African dictatorships and military adventurisms originated from Ghana, where Nkrumah gave a template for the continental leadership failures.

Today, you beautiful ladies, with your accurate perspective and searing wit, bring hope to the nation that no matter what, truth, knowledge and wisdom remain with our people.

Kudos to you!!!
BOY KOFI 10 years ago

Those anti-independence elements should stop insulting Ghanaians for celebrating it.Independence Day Celebration is not for any party or any person.We celebrate it together to honour Ghana and our past heroes.A day of Remembr ...
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Those anti-independence elements should stop insulting Ghanaians for celebrating it.Independence Day Celebration is not for any party or any person.We celebrate it together to honour Ghana and our past heroes.A day of Remembrance and National Unity but not for political campaigns.Thank you.
Kwame Ofori 10 years ago

Tweaa!

Tweaa!
Frank Appiah 10 years ago

1.Busia opposed Free Education.
2.Busia opposed the construction of the Volta Dam.
3.Busia banned TUC
4.Busia took advance one year salary and transferred it to England before he devalued
the Cedi.
5.Busia, the apostl ...
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1.Busia opposed Free Education.
2.Busia opposed the construction of the Volta Dam.
3.Busia banned TUC
4.Busia took advance one year salary and transferred it to England before he devalued
the Cedi.
5.Busia, the apostle of Democracy ignored the court's ruling in the Sallah case
BOY KOFI 10 years ago

During the Busia's short administration,if you go on strike to demand better working conditions,you will lose your job completely.Is he not more than a brutal dictor?Thank you.

During the Busia's short administration,if you go on strike to demand better working conditions,you will lose your job completely.Is he not more than a brutal dictor?Thank you.

Frank Appiah 10 years ago

BUSIA OPPOSED GHANA'S INDEPENDENCE.

BUSIA OPPOSED GHANA'S INDEPENDENCE.
Critical Thinkers Dwindled 10 years ago

Ladies, if for nothing at all,I will say a big thank you for the brilliant script. Unfortunately, this platform is inappropriate for your work because patrons here have the penchant for insults than constructive criticism nec ...
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Ladies, if for nothing at all,I will say a big thank you for the brilliant script. Unfortunately, this platform is inappropriate for your work because patrons here have the penchant for insults than constructive criticism necessary to engender further and in depth education

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