Some Gold Coast Governors

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ASANTE-IMPERIALIST 9 years ago

Tell these fucking Asantes that think Ewes were brought into Ghana by Nkrumah. Where the FUCK then did first Commisioned Officer, Lt Kobla Anthony who was fighting in the Gold Coast came from? Maybe from Mampongteng in Ashant ...
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Tell these fucking Asantes that think Ewes were brought into Ghana by Nkrumah. Where the FUCK then did first Commisioned Officer, Lt Kobla Anthony who was fighting in the Gold Coast came from? Maybe from Mampongteng in Ashanti Region?
TRUE EWE 9 years ago

Efo, why? You forgot Brigadier Michel- they named Michel Camp in Tema after him. Then came Cpl Atipoe who was shot together with Sgt Adjetey, on 28th Feb 1948 at the Castle road.. That was long before Nrumah even came back ...
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Efo, why? You forgot Brigadier Michel- they named Michel Camp in Tema after him. Then came Cpl Atipoe who was shot together with Sgt Adjetey, on 28th Feb 1948 at the Castle road.. That was long before Nrumah even came back and started his campaign. These were all gallant Ewes + a Ga man that died for Ghana!!!
Ghana History 9 years ago

Being in the army doesn't mean you are indigene? Anybody can be in the army of every country since it's a risky job, the military doesn't know whether you are an indigene or a foreigner the only thing needed is loyalty hence ...
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Being in the army doesn't mean you are indigene? Anybody can be in the army of every country since it's a risky job, the military doesn't know whether you are an indigene or a foreigner the only thing needed is loyalty hence most Ghanaian youth in the UK and America are in the army, some even join the army before they were documented so it didn't mean nothing. Read the article well and you will understand one of the governors went to see Togoland chiefs to cede to her majesty, then came the Germans to colonize that area. Do you know why we have Hausa in Ghana? are they Ghanaians ? No! but because they were good fighters and helped the British, they were stationed in Ghana permanently and because of their religion they were grouped in one place hence the Zongo. Ask your leaders how come the Plebiscite vote and why only you? It is an open secret that you voted to join Ghana, it was Ashanti imperialist who told you to vote to be part of Ghana and anyway! Ashanti didn't vote to be part of Ghana, that is something you should know.
TRUE EWE 9 years ago

Go check up Nana Ofori Ata together with Togbi Sri's involvement with the British Governor and the Gold Coast and come back and let us talk.

Go check up Nana Ofori Ata together with Togbi Sri's involvement with the British Governor and the Gold Coast and come back and let us talk.
Nii Teiko 9 years ago

I still can't think far .What did Eyadema and his ancestral Kotokoli-Badande 'Kingdom' did to these Trokosis that has put them in such a perpetual fear that going back to their roots has even become a taboo? Ghana is for Gh ...
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I still can't think far .What did Eyadema and his ancestral Kotokoli-Badande 'Kingdom' did to these Trokosis that has put them in such a perpetual fear that going back to their roots has even become a taboo? Ghana is for Ghanaians. I see no reason why any group of people would abandon their ancestral homeland and forcefully try to become part of another jurisdiction even as they are being faced with strict opposition and protest, here and there, to pack and leave. By the way, who said Anthony Kola was a Trokosi? Can I also say that E.T. Mensah is an Asante of a Fantse? I still can't think far.
Those who think Trokosis are Ghanaians must be living in the foolishman's paradise. If that was true, why should some academicians from Trokosiland advocate for secession.
TRUE EWE 9 years ago

Why dont you go back to your ancestral Home in Sudan? Djandjanweed Arabs are waiting. You make "muff-muff" that you can fight battles. Go back and re-calim your land from "DJANDJANWEED" Arabs!!!

Why dont you go back to your ancestral Home in Sudan? Djandjanweed Arabs are waiting. You make "muff-muff" that you can fight battles. Go back and re-calim your land from "DJANDJANWEED" Arabs!!!
Xa 9 years ago

You have said it right my brother. The illiterate useless animal shit eating Ashantis. They are all zombies. Lt Kobla Anthony is a bonifide Anlo from woe in south of the Volta region. When did those foolish smelling Ashantis ...
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You have said it right my brother. The illiterate useless animal shit eating Ashantis. They are all zombies. Lt Kobla Anthony is a bonifide Anlo from woe in south of the Volta region. When did those foolish smelling Ashantis become part of the Gold Coast? Dirty real species.
FACTUAL 9 years ago

One thing all patriotic & progressive Ghanaians will not forgive Colonial Britain is their imposition of a cunning & mischievous feudal customary law on land ownership that vested all native-owned lands in chiefs, skins, para ...
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One thing all patriotic & progressive Ghanaians will not forgive Colonial Britain is their imposition of a cunning & mischievous feudal customary law on land ownership that vested all native-owned lands in chiefs, skins, paramount stools & the like. These traditional leaders were also given judicial powers to judge & pass sentences for petty crimes & litigation!!! This "divide & rule strategy" "bribed & corrupted" the overwhelming majority of traditional leaders
FACTUAL 9 years ago

No wonder except for a few skirmishes against Yaa Asantewaa who was herself betrayed by an Ashanti chief, all other chiefs "peacefully surrendered our sovereignty". Fast forward & we now have a constitution that simultaneousl ...
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No wonder except for a few skirmishes against Yaa Asantewaa who was herself betrayed by an Ashanti chief, all other chiefs "peacefully surrendered our sovereignty". Fast forward & we now have a constitution that simultaneously guarantees the individual's right to own property & the operation of existing feudal customary laws!!! So we have the original settlers who actually invested in & developed the land versus the Colonial British-imposed "absentee traditional leader landlord!!! Lawyers & corrupt judges are having a field day on land litigation!!! Shalom to the Israeli ambassador but investors are smart and will not invest in Ghana's expensive, uncertain & risky legal land title ownership environment!!! So the massive food importation continues because our "independence political leadership are worse than the Colonial British"
FACTUAL 9 years ago

Why? Because at least the British did not add more state assets as bribes to the chiefs besides imposing them as "undeserving" absentee landlords!!!

Why? Because at least the British did not add more state assets as bribes to the chiefs besides imposing them as "undeserving" absentee landlords!!!

Bbb 9 years ago

You can see how Ashanti's have been brave and confident people throughout our history till present.Who Jah bless no one curse.Ghana historical back ground is based on the Great Ashanti's and I'm proud to be one them.

You can see how Ashanti's have been brave and confident people throughout our history till present.Who Jah bless no one curse.Ghana historical back ground is based on the Great Ashanti's and I'm proud to be one them.
Bbb 9 years ago

Ghana without the Ashanti's will be boring indeed.Love them or hate them they are the Greatest.No nonsense Blessed Royals.

Ghana without the Ashanti's will be boring indeed.Love them or hate them they are the Greatest.No nonsense Blessed Royals.
NO-NONSENSE 9 years ago

You and "MUFF-MUFF". Please stop it already.
Last time I checked, your men were hiding. They sent Yaa Asentewa and some old frail women and pregnant women to fight the British. What a DISGRACE to see you men HIDING whilst ol ...
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You and "MUFF-MUFF". Please stop it already.
Last time I checked, your men were hiding. They sent Yaa Asentewa and some old frail women and pregnant women to fight the British. What a DISGRACE to see you men HIDING whilst old women fight for your dignity. Tweaaaa!!!!
OPNINPA 9 years ago

THE ASANTE HENE WAS NOT ARRESTED BY ANY BRITISH COLONIAL OFFICER IN KUMASI. PREMPEH 1 WAS ABDUCTED WHILE ATTENDING A FAKE MEETING ARRANGED BY THE PRESBYTARIANS PASTORS TO HELP SETTLE THE TROUBLES THAT HAD ERRUPTED IN THE SECC ...
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THE ASANTE HENE WAS NOT ARRESTED BY ANY BRITISH COLONIAL OFFICER IN KUMASI. PREMPEH 1 WAS ABDUCTED WHILE ATTENDING A FAKE MEETING ARRANGED BY THE PRESBYTARIANS PASTORS TO HELP SETTLE THE TROUBLES THAT HAD ERRUPTED IN THE SECCESSION FOR THE POSITION OF ASANTEHENE. NO ASANTE BETRAYED HIS NATION BY SERVING IN THE COLONIAL ARMY! THEY WERE PATRIOTIC ASANTES!
Kofi 9 years ago

To be honest Guggisberg did a fat lot of good for us as a country.He was called the nigger friend in Britain.As a Canadian born Jewish British he felt our pain.I will always admire him. You can check an excellent documentary ...
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To be honest Guggisberg did a fat lot of good for us as a country.He was called the nigger friend in Britain.As a Canadian born Jewish British he felt our pain.I will always admire him. You can check an excellent documentary about the war in Burma by a guy called Griff Rhys Jones about GOLD COAST soldiers.

Burma, my Father and the Forgotten Army
Griff Rhys Jones travels to Ghana and the jungles of Burma.

Good luck!
1 Loaf 9 years ago

Gomdar dagomba man, editor of politically (npp) skewed daily guide newspaper, l can now see the works of your mind. You are a thoroughbred imperialist toke otherwise why this piece

Gomdar dagomba man, editor of politically (npp) skewed daily guide newspaper, l can now see the works of your mind. You are a thoroughbred imperialist toke otherwise why this piece
Nanfuri 9 years ago

Stop

Stop
Mr Bond 9 years ago

Thank you very much for providing us with lost history of our colonial masters who took interest in our country that even natives themselves has has become enemy to its development and progress.This is very educative and patr ...
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Thank you very much for providing us with lost history of our colonial masters who took interest in our country that even natives themselves has has become enemy to its development and progress.This is very educative and patriotism that our colonial masters show love for our country built castles,hospitals,schools,roads,harbour and railway lines to link regions and towns and villages but our native leaders has develop hatred for the country stealing the country money enrich themselves.It is surprising that our colonial matters and non colonial masters keep assist us in development while our native leaders steal our money and denial us common basic amenities like water and health while our president has stolen $10 billion out from the country and deposited in foreign land and ordered water from trucks while water is not running through taps.What a shame.
Kofi 9 years ago

Any evidence of that stolen $10 billion? Another fool told me last week that Allotey Jacobs was arrested at heathrow airport with 300 billion pounds. In fact, the total amount of pounds in circulation in the UK, when I google ...
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Any evidence of that stolen $10 billion? Another fool told me last week that Allotey Jacobs was arrested at heathrow airport with 300 billion pounds. In fact, the total amount of pounds in circulation in the UK, when I googled bank of England statistics was less than 70 billion pounds.And, this ignorant NPP guy was still convinced that Allotey Jacobs managed to carry £300 billion in his luggage.That ridiculous amount of money is not even in circulation.Oh, Ghanaians, why do we believe in so much Yesee, Yesse without facts!
Bbb 9 years ago

Kofi,do you believe Mahama is corrupt and incompetent?

Kofi,do you believe Mahama is corrupt and incompetent?

Mr Bond 9 years ago

Am not panama papers but panama papers is credible and your president is a thief and you don't believe it you can go to hell

Am not panama papers but panama papers is credible and your president is a thief and you don't believe it you can go to hell
Ekow Samuel. 9 years ago

It is very good that to know the history of the passed of our colonial of ghana whom they help us and and our elders whom are brave for keeped the land Gold Coast to Ghana , it where great God bless you and oman Ghana

It is very good that to know the history of the passed of our colonial of ghana whom they help us and and our elders whom are brave for keeped the land Gold Coast to Ghana , it where great God bless you and oman Ghana
AKRANTIE-BINI EATER 9 years ago

That song " Yen Ara Asaase Ni" WAS ORIGINALLY an Ewe SONG composed by an EWE in EWE LANGUAGE!!! Add the Ghana National Anthem SONG to it- all CREDIT to EWES. Then some fucking Asantes after eating RAT SHIT + APIM-AMPESI will ...
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That song " Yen Ara Asaase Ni" WAS ORIGINALLY an Ewe SONG composed by an EWE in EWE LANGUAGE!!! Add the Ghana National Anthem SONG to it- all CREDIT to EWES. Then some fucking Asantes after eating RAT SHIT + APIM-AMPESI will come here and start talking SHIT.
AKRANTIE-BINI EATER 9 years ago

That song " Yen Ara Asaase Ni" WAS ORIGINALLY an Ewe SONG composed by an EWE in EWE LANGUAGE!!! Add the Ghana National Anthem SONG to it- all CREDIT to EWES. Then some fucking Asantes after eating RAT SHIT + APIM-AMPESI will ...
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That song " Yen Ara Asaase Ni" WAS ORIGINALLY an Ewe SONG composed by an EWE in EWE LANGUAGE!!! Add the Ghana National Anthem SONG to it- all CREDIT to EWES. Then some fucking Asantes after eating RAT SHIT + APIM-AMPESI will come here and start talking SHIT.
Ansa Sasraku 9 years ago

It was composed by Ephraim Amu from Peki but the original song was composed in Twi not Ewe. Get your facts right.

It was composed by Ephraim Amu from Peki but the original song was composed in Twi not Ewe. Get your facts right.
Kojo S 9 years ago

I am from Peki and know the family. The song was ORIGINALY in Ewe. He later translated it to Akyem Twi-to make it easier for others to learn. Akans always have problems with certain Ewe alphabets.That was the reason. You bett ...
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I am from Peki and know the family. The song was ORIGINALY in Ewe. He later translated it to Akyem Twi-to make it easier for others to learn. Akans always have problems with certain Ewe alphabets.That was the reason. You better get your facts straight.
TRUE EWE 9 years ago

Kojo,dont mind that idiot. They want to have it both ways. They say Ewes are "INWARD-THINKING".And yet they expect Dr.Amu to write Akwapin Twi song first? Are they trying to pull another fast one on Ewes? So why doesnt an "OU ...
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Kojo,dont mind that idiot. They want to have it both ways. They say Ewes are "INWARD-THINKING".And yet they expect Dr.Amu to write Akwapin Twi song first? Are they trying to pull another fast one on Ewes? So why doesnt an "OUTWARD-THINKING" Asante/ Akan also come out with a nice Ewe song that serves as another anthem?
Ebony 9 years ago

bbbb,well said ,l am also proud to be part,but let's be more proud of Jesus Christ's kingdom. God bles ashantis n the akans as a whole.

bbbb,well said ,l am also proud to be part,but let's be more proud of Jesus Christ's kingdom. God bles ashantis n the akans as a whole.
Chris Kwame Awuyah 9 years ago

Here is a constructed history of Ghana through the lenses of a colonist. For instance, the essayist intimated that the imposed British colonial dictatorship/administrator, Sir F.M. Hodgson, demanded that the Asantehene accept ...
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Here is a constructed history of Ghana through the lenses of a colonist. For instance, the essayist intimated that the imposed British colonial dictatorship/administrator, Sir F.M. Hodgson, demanded that the Asantehene accepts the sovereignty of the British (1890s) and even surrender the Golden Stool. Does the Golden Stool belong to Queen Victoria or to Hodgson's mother or father? How about Queen Victoria surrendering her crown to the Asantehene? That would be fair exchange, would it?
This dictatorial request is posited as the colonist’s policy to ensure peace. This perverse logic is the equation of an armed robber who holds a gun to your head and demands that you hand over your family jewelry so that there would be peace. The request is a violent act; the action in pursuit of the demand has led to the needless deaths of many Ghanaians. Such has been our tragic history. How absurd could that be? Yet it made perfect sense to the British then. Apparently, it makes perfect sense to the British now. Such is the revision and whitewashing of Ghana's history.
This propagandist and jaundiced view of Ghana's past must not go unchallenged. First they wage war on our people and then they engage in a war of rhetoric long after their gangster and murderous grand- parent colonists have passed on.
Here in this narrative is a parade of colonist who are being claimed to have shaped the history of the Gold Coast. Such a list is lily white, snow washed, and sanitized so that no black face stains the narrative. Here we have a cartoon history. The author of this garbled narrative wants an audience to his manufactured story about my forebears. He imagines he’s speaking to people without a voice or memory.
As Ngugi has indicated, the historical consciousness of the black person is a manifestation of the dead finding a voice. The voice from the past of the African is resolute. From the narratives of Welheim Amo, Olladah Sancho, Cugoano, the Bannerman brothers, the Ahuman brothers, Joseph Casely Hayford, Alhajji Umar, Al-Salhawi of Kete krachi , Kobina Sekyi, Yaa Asantewa, Ms Dove, etc, we have a long list of brave men of women who have defined the Ghanaian reality and essence. As Achebe intimates, the colonist likes to talk since he images he’s talking to people who are deaf and dumb. As history shows, it becomes clear the colonist only hears echoes of his own voice. There is virtually no audience for such manufactured and cartoon history.
We have our own narrative; we have stories to tell and we have audiences for our own stories.
Prof Lungu 9 years ago

Ah.....we get it, Chris Kwame Awuyah!

YOUR: "...There is virtually no audience for such manufactured and cartoon history..."

WE SAY: Gomda's account is surely cartoonish/Tarzanish!

Yes, give us..."...the narratives o ...
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Ah.....we get it, Chris Kwame Awuyah!

YOUR: "...There is virtually no audience for such manufactured and cartoon history..."

WE SAY: Gomda's account is surely cartoonish/Tarzanish!

Yes, give us..."...the narratives of Welheim Amo, Olladah Sancho, Cugoano, the Bannerman brothers, the Ahuman brothers, Joseph Casely Hayford, Alhajji Umar, Al-Salhawi of Kete krachi , Kobina Sekyi, Yaa Asantewa, Ms Dove...++++++++"

Peace!

Francis kwarteng 9 years ago

Choo...boi!

Well said Prof Lungu!

Choo...boi!

Well said Prof Lungu!
CYBERGHANA 9 years ago

And what do British historians have to say about this colonial relationship with ex-colonies in Africa?

And what do British historians have to say about this colonial relationship with ex-colonies in Africa?
Prof Lungu 9 years ago

A.R. Gomda,
We do not see any critical perspective here?

The "governors" did all that, and so what?

You've provided what is obviously a very sanitized version of "governorships" in the Gold Coast. It is clear to us you ...
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A.R. Gomda,
We do not see any critical perspective here?

The "governors" did all that, and so what?

You've provided what is obviously a very sanitized version of "governorships" in the Gold Coast. It is clear to us you've presented what the colonialist wanted to present, and did present in the books you have seen and read.

Providence forbid this is what we teach in Ghanaian schools, as if, all of that, all those years, were merely benign.

How do you account for the deprivation?

The plunder of your country?

The continued plunder, even today?

What happened to all the elephants, for instance? Clearly, Ghanaians did not hunt them all down.

Just the other day, listening to radio a College radio station in the Washington DC, we learned actually that among the troops sent to fight Asantes by the the British were West Indian blacks, from Trinidad, Jamaica, etc.

So, can we be a bit balanced about these "objects" of history, even if those Africans who had direct experience with the events have long departed?

Greetings!
Francis kwarteng 9 years ago

Prof Lungu,

I tried reading the piece but did not bother to finish. The fact is that I don't know what to call this:History?

I don't know!

Prof Lungu,

I tried reading the piece but did not bother to finish. The fact is that I don't know what to call this:History?

I don't know!
YAW 9 years ago

The vast majority of the troops Sir Garnet Wolseley used in butchering our ancestors in Kumasi in eighteen seventy/seventy four were Hausa"s from Northern Nigeria. On his return to Britain, he was awarded the vast sum of 25 t ...
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The vast majority of the troops Sir Garnet Wolseley used in butchering our ancestors in Kumasi in eighteen seventy/seventy four were Hausa"s from Northern Nigeria. On his return to Britain, he was awarded the vast sum of 25 thousand pounds for butchering our ancestors by the British parliament and promoted as well.
Kalahariman 9 years ago

Who cares about the Gold coast governors who were only interested in our gold and enslaving northerners. The only time the Ashantis stood up was when they demanded for the golden stool - even then the Ashanti men were cowards ...
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Who cares about the Gold coast governors who were only interested in our gold and enslaving northerners. The only time the Ashantis stood up was when they demanded for the golden stool - even then the Ashanti men were cowards - it took a woman to stand up.

The Ashantis were trading slaves / gold from the North for guns which were later used to defeat and weaken other tribes.
Kekemeke 9 years ago

Ashanti's say they came from holes, right? No human originated from holes. Where did they come from to live holes? This is where the perchant of crookedness came from.

Ashanti's say they came from holes, right? No human originated from holes. Where did they come from to live holes? This is where the perchant of crookedness came from.
AKRANTIE-BINI-EATER 9 years ago

Asantes are from Holes.It is true. Why dont you believe them? They are from there with their RATS. They feed on the RATS-SHITS.

Asantes are from Holes.It is true. Why dont you believe them? They are from there with their RATS. They feed on the RATS-SHITS.
KA Na Wu 9 years ago

A Ghanaian student who had been refused the right to continue to stay in the UK appealed to his local MP for help. The MP surprised the student by asking: is it a bad thing to be asked to ho back to your country?

Nobody is ...
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A Ghanaian student who had been refused the right to continue to stay in the UK appealed to his local MP for help. The MP surprised the student by asking: is it a bad thing to be asked to ho back to your country?

Nobody is saying Eweland doesn't belong to the Ewes. All we are saying is that Volta Region until the plebiscite was not part of the Gold Coast before the Partition of Togo between the British and the French. That is a historical fact which unlike our oral tradition is recorded in the history books. That neither goes to say there were no Ewes living in the Gold Coast begore the Partition.!!!!

And to those who think because a eoman Yaa Asantewaa led the war against ybe British thereby making all Ashanti mrn cowards should check the history books and they will find women like Joan of Arc, Boadecea who had similar feats. Dies that mske the men who fought under them cowards?

Yaa Asantewaa was an Asante woman!! Bless her memory. And if an army led by a woman was able to fight the British army backed by our own defected brothers in tge Gold Coast who had betrayed us PLUS ksrge vontingents of Btitish troops formed by soldiers from as far as the West Indies and India and othrr Far Eastern colonies fir two years, then I lift my csp for tgr ashantis fir their bravery!!!!!!
princess 11 months ago

love the history of Ghana . God bless Ghana

love the history of Ghana . God bless Ghana

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