Arthur ‘K’ on Africa’s false revolutions

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• Prof. Issifu, USA 8 years ago

  Great ideas! In his book "Ghana: Evolution and Change" Adu Boahen remarked that "politicians learn history but they fail to learn from history". This truth has persisted in Ghanaian politics till this day. It applies to all p ...
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  Great ideas! In his book "Ghana: Evolution and Change" Adu Boahen remarked that "politicians learn history but they fail to learn from history". This truth has persisted in Ghanaian politics till this day. It applies to all politicians including Arthur K. He's spent a good part of his fruitful age bastardizing Nana Addo even when the latter is far from blemish. Today, Arthur K cannot go closer to the corridors of power in Ghana despite his enviable role of serving as a campaign manager in the current President's 2009 election campaign. How sad! There is a lesson here for all politicians ---betrayal for betraying sake (not in the interest of a nation) doesn't pay in politics! There may be short term gains but may not last!

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• Omanhene 8 years ago

  FIRST IN-SIGHTFUL ARTICLE THAT IS NEITHER NEGATIVE NOR DENIGRATES H. E. NANA ADDO.
  
  ARTHUR BE COOL. STAY POSITIVE. DON'T BE TOO HARSH, OR FIRST TO JUMP ALL OVER NANA, WITH THE FIRST CONTROVERSIAL DECISION HE WILL MAKE IN TH ...
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  FIRST IN-SIGHTFUL ARTICLE THAT IS NEITHER NEGATIVE NOR DENIGRATES H. E. NANA ADDO.
  
  ARTHUR BE COOL. STAY POSITIVE. DON'T BE TOO HARSH, OR FIRST TO JUMP ALL OVER NANA, WITH THE FIRST CONTROVERSIAL DECISION HE WILL MAKE IN THE FUTURE. AT TIMES IT'S BEST TO HOLD YOUR HORSES, OR BITE YOUR TONGUE BACK.
  
  TO EMBRACE DEMOCRACY IS TO EMBRACE ALL ITS OUTCOME, IMPERFECTIONS. THERE IS REASON WHY SO MANY GHANAIANS SEE NANA AS A LEADER THAT A FEW ONES, LIKE YOURSELF DISAGREE, BUT THAT IS DEMOCRACY.
  
  I ENJOYED THIS PIECE. KEEP COOL, MAN. THANKS FOR THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. OLD FRIEND.

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• Kojo T 8 years ago

  Yes we have had change but for the worse.Change must start with our education .Apart from STEMIC why would a farmers son after schooling be ignorant about farming or a fishermans son for that matter.Ther ...
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  Yes we have had change but for the worse.Change must start with our education .Apart from STEMIC why would a farmers son after schooling be ignorant about farming or a fishermans son for that matter.There is a disconnect between schooling and our community needs .Then the concept of democracy must change.It is an imposition by the ignorant majority of liars on the nation .Good examples Brexit won, did they understand the implications? D trump won ad brought in a travel ban , did the masses understand the implications .So poor Africa with mass illiterates voting just because they are 18 .What are they voting for and so what change?

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• Omanba Pa, Islington-London 8 years ago

  Yes, democracy is the choice of the people and Ghanaians have proved to the world that they needed a change that was the reason why on the 07 December 2016 they voted massively for Nana Addo and NPP as a political party to le ...
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  Yes, democracy is the choice of the people and Ghanaians have proved to the world that they needed a change that was the reason why on the 07 December 2016 they voted massively for Nana Addo and NPP as a political party to lead the country. Nana will deliver all his promises and if anyone try to do a coup l tell he will be slaughtered like a sheep. A word to the wise is enough!

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• Ghanabiya 8 years ago

  This is a warning to our politicians. They have made peaceful change impossible and corruption is their Hall Mark.
  
  They display their ill-gotten wealth in the mist of poverty of the masses.

  This is a warning to our politicians. They have made peaceful change impossible and corruption is their Hall Mark.
  
  They display their ill-gotten wealth in the mist of poverty of the masses.

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• Adom Nti 8 years ago

  Ei, Athur K, are you there? You're trying to make yourself relevant after poorly predicting the loss of NADAA in the last election. Ain't you ashamed that you stood outside and pissed inside the NPP but never gain the needed ...
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  Ei, Athur K, are you there? You're trying to make yourself relevant after poorly predicting the loss of NADAA in the last election. Ain't you ashamed that you stood outside and pissed inside the NPP but never gain the needed attention? Maybe, you've to write a sermon for yourself. Welcome back from the 'Iraq rat hole'. Hehehehe

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• Ken 8 years ago

  Fuck this guy!!! Trying to rewrite history. GFY

  Fuck this guy!!! Trying to rewrite history. GFY

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• NII GA 8 years ago

  Good read

  Good read

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• edem 8 years ago

  Is this fool still around? Now nobody reads his gibberish and he doesn't find his fodder -Akufo-Addo, to attack again so he's resorted to rewriting history.. I've not read the article but the mere thought of Arthur k writing ...
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  Is this fool still around? Now nobody reads his gibberish and he doesn't find his fodder -Akufo-Addo, to attack again so he's resorted to rewriting history.. I've not read the article but the mere thought of Arthur k writing got me here.. Hahahaha I laugh.. Can smbody tell this busybody to find smthing relevant to do? I laugh again Hahahaha.. Arthur k.. Akufo-Addo is president of Ghana ooo.. Are you awake? Have you come back to reality and hv you stopped crying after his victory? Nincompoop

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• Hohoho, montreal 8 years ago

  Democracy breeds corruption and discrimination. I think it's about the leader if we are in democracy or dictatorship. I met a man who is professor at the University of mekerere in kampala, Uganda, told me idi Amin is t ...
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  Democracy breeds corruption and discrimination. I think it's about the leader if we are in democracy or dictatorship. I met a man who is professor at the University of mekerere in kampala, Uganda, told me idi Amin is the best leader has ever had. The western world made us believe idi amin was evil but the economy was very good. The was plenty of money for the middle class.
  Dr. Kennedy, coup or civil depends on the one leading. Tell me, what's the use of these mps in Ghana. How much we spend on them and what Ghanaians get in return.
  Look what is happening in Ghana now. Ndc , NPP only no Ghana. It's sad that you have to be ndc or npp to get a decent job.
  Democracy is not for Africa.

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• OhGhana 8 years ago

  This country for many years now , are divided to they versu us, NDC versus NPP and if you are not with us then you are with them. If you need a job and are not one of us you should not be given one and if you have one then it ...
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  This country for many years now , are divided to they versu us, NDC versus NPP and if you are not with us then you are with them. If you need a job and are not one of us you should not be given one and if you have one then it must be taken away. Yet we claim we are a democratic nation who only dream about eliminating perceived enemies who belong to the other party!!!
  Africa prospers more in a dictatorship,a monarchy than in a democracy!!!!!

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• G. K. Berko 8 years ago

  Please, be careful, else you would be assembling correct data to churn out wrong conclusions. That may have to do with your erroneous function or algorithm applied to those facts.
  
  You see, Africans are not predisposed to ...
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  Please, be careful, else you would be assembling correct data to churn out wrong conclusions. That may have to do with your erroneous function or algorithm applied to those facts.
  
  You see, Africans are not predisposed to fail with Democracy because we have had idiotic, selfish, greedy, egomaniacal, easily bought Monarchs-wannabes for leaders most of the time, since our respective Independence.
  
  Many factors are often poorly weighted along with others, or completely omitted, to arrive such conclusions as you and the contributor you directly responded to above come to.
  
  Migrating from our antiquated, ancient traditional feudal and Monarchical systems to modern democracy is not a cut-and-paste process that we could expect to work perfectly for us all at the very first or even few instances of Governance.
  
  Not even the USA that long championed global democratization can claim to be perfect in democracy. However, there are certain institutionally driven mechanisms that MUST be built, constantly oiled, and appropriately tweaked to match new developments that we have failed to take seriously.
  
  Even in the advanced Western Democracies if any of those mechanisms are flouted or mishandled, much chaos ensues. That is why many have cited that free Elections alone do not constitute a thriving democracy; nor is the surging of GDP or minimalization of unemployment by themselves.
  
  For lack of time and space, I'd humbly like to note that there is a certain prioritization of events that must guide how real democracies succeed. Such is the need for first, formulating a viable, malleable but resilient Constitution from which a free and fair Elections to choose our representatives would follow.
  
  But one of the factors we often overlook is how we evaluate our prospective representatives. If we put the wrong individuals in our Parliament who only think about their personal well-being, we are bound to have a heavily flawed democracy. If we have a Justice System that we allow to be so putrescent, failing to ensure that our Executive Branch functions within reasonable limits of checks and balances, the same ill-fate would befall our democracy.
  
  It is not just enough to have the Laws enacted. If the rule of Law is not applied as it should, we should not expect to have a healthy democracy. In the absence of such vibrant implementation of the RULE by which the LAWS need be applied, we are bound to have only a semblance of democracy, or even worse, a plutocracy or fascism or some other horrible manifestation.
  
  So, we are supposed to constantly ask ourselves if our Constitution is healthy and strong enough to absorb any new changes in our societal condition, and whether we are ensuring its demands are fully met.
  
  It takes Education, Collective Dedication, and Determination to see the democracy work for us as intended. We cannot be nonchalant with it, just because, for an instant, our general financial outlook, for instance, seems great. Similarly, we don't have to entirely usurp the system when things don't seem to be going right because of a few bad apples currently in power.
  
  Our Constitution and its implementation must allow swift and effective process of change, other than Military intervention, to secure sanity and efficiency in the system, whenever our governing leaders seem recalcitrant to peacefully and timely effect a necessary correction.
  
  In the USA and much of Europe, the democracies easily allow for vote-of-no-confidence in representatives and the Executive, and referendum to decide the fate of the ruling power in midstream of Election cycle.
  
  Our many civil demonstrations in Ghana, for instance, in the face of extreme disapproval of a government has hardly ever evoked any such instrument to change Governments or MPs before their natural terms ended.
  
  So, the Politicians in power feel almost untouchable and insulated to persist in their horrible behaviors. People would then have to endure the long wait to the next cyclical Elections.
  
  Well, let's curtail the analysis here for now. But I hope you've got my drift. Ghana and Africa could do more and better. Remember, most Governments do not want mass higher Education for their Citizens all because the better educated the People get, the quicker and easier they see through the ploys of the Politicians to react for changes.
  
  And the more the Politicians feed off our ignorance, the worse our democracies tend to be.
  
  Long Live Ghana!!!

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• Kofi Adjei 8 years ago

  False revolutions must be blamed on Nana Addo. This was the conclusion Arthur Kennedy did not write.

  False revolutions must be blamed on Nana Addo. This was the conclusion Arthur Kennedy did not write.

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• YAW 8 years ago

  And these false revolutions were mostly financed by the greedy,rapacious and the "bogus" democratic republic of the United States of America. Have you thought about that?

  And these false revolutions were mostly financed by the greedy,rapacious and the "bogus" democratic republic of the United States of America. Have you thought about that?

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• G. K. Berko 8 years ago

  Your incisively precise summary of the facts is unbeatable. So, I'll leave it at that.
  
  Long Live Ghana!!!

  Your incisively precise summary of the facts is unbeatable. So, I'll leave it at that.
  
  Long Live Ghana!!!

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• francis kwarteng 8 years ago

  Go Namesake.
  
  That was a very powerful observation.

  Go Namesake.
  
  That was a very powerful observation.

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• emmanuel tei 8 years ago

  i could not agree with you more. Have always believe growing up that there is nothing like revolution in Africa, because all the revolution which has occurred in Africa is fake. nothing changed

  i could not agree with you more. Have always believe growing up that there is nothing like revolution in Africa, because all the revolution which has occurred in Africa is fake. nothing changed

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• Alex 8 years ago

  This guy is now seeking attention. He is still suffering from his misdeeds in hibernation. He would have been one of the leaders playing key role in Nana Addo,s Administration. He is now outcast seeking attention.

  This guy is now seeking attention. He is still suffering from his misdeeds in hibernation. He would have been one of the leaders playing key role in Nana Addo,s Administration. He is now outcast seeking attention.

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• G. K. Berko 8 years ago

  As much as I appreciate the advice in the Article, I strongly take exception to Arthur 'K's Chile example. I hope he did not intend to use Allende's choice for a Socialist Regime as some automatic model of a bad regime. If th ...
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  As much as I appreciate the advice in the Article, I strongly take exception to Arthur 'K's Chile example. I hope he did not intend to use Allende's choice for a Socialist Regime as some automatic model of a bad regime. If that was the case, it would betray Arthur 'K' as having not learnt anything yet besides the old, stale notions of polarized Cold War ideologies, despite the pronounced variations and dogma-busting developments of the modern global Political landscape.
  
  The undeniable truth about Chile's 1973 Coup is that it wasn't a popular rejection of Allende's Regime by his Country-men and -women demanded it. Rather, it was the addictive inclination of the West, amidst unjustifiable paranoia, especially, the USA, to crush any Regime in the Western Hemisphere that proclaimed to be Socialist in nature.
  
  The hypocrisy of such a policy was how the West did have to live with the Socialist Regimes of the Scandinavian countries but would not hesitate to stampede upon smaller developing Nations in that Hemisphere.
  
  The CIA-master-minded Chile Coup led by Gen. Pinochet is on record as one of the most brutal, inhumane and unjustifiable Military dictatorship imposition in modern human history.
  
  So, I hope Arthur 'K' and his ultra-conservative ideologues would not attempt to reassign their own rigidly twisted political beliefs on every conceivable Regime they don't like for one reason or another.
  
  Long Live Ghana!!!

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• LONTO-BOY 8 years ago

  I would like to think that Arthur K is aware of the fact that majority of the military coups/Revolutions in Africa were sponsored and aided by Western powers, especially, the USA, Britain and France.

  I would like to think that Arthur K is aware of the fact that majority of the military coups/Revolutions in Africa were sponsored and aided by Western powers, especially, the USA, Britain and France.

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• francis kwarteng 8 years ago

  Excellent point.

  Excellent point.

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• Kwadwo. 8 years ago

  It now clear Nana was not divisive at all but a no nonsense leader on a hurry. You catch my drift Mr writer? He was not going to tolerate the nonsense from your group that is why you guys were relegated to the dust bin and co ...
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  It now clear Nana was not divisive at all but a no nonsense leader on a hurry. You catch my drift Mr writer? He was not going to tolerate the nonsense from your group that is why you guys were relegated to the dust bin and covered up.I am loving this.

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