Countrymen and women, praise singers and ?against? people,
I have been closely following the debate which has been sparked by the brand new ceremonial car I used to review the guard of honour at the Independence Anniversary Parade. You remember my last letter before the parade? In that letter I stated that we had no justification for celebrating our independence ? because we are now worse off than we were when the British colonialists were here. I recommended that instead of celebrating the events of 6th March, 1957 we should rather pour ashes on our heads, wear sack cloth and mourn. Alas, my advise was not taken and as we have done for over four decades, we converged at the Independence Square for a national parade.
On that day, I was quite taken aback when I saw the brand new ?half? Nissan 4WD vehicle, which was made available for me to use for the review. I enjoyed the ride ? who doesn?t like brand new things? But I think the use of that car for that particular occasion was inappropriate. Why? Because it is a frigging waste of money! The old Land Rover, which Nkrumah used for the first Independence Anniversary ?transports? us back into the days. It is a very useful historical monument and it is the only appropriate vehicle for reviewing the Independence Day guard of honour. We throw that vehicle away, for whatever reason, and we are discarding a very important part of our history. Whose idea was it anyway to get a new review car anyway? Did I ever ask for a new vehicle? Maybe I did, but I don?t remember. Whatever you have to say about that car, please don?t accuse me because I had nothing to do with it. I went to the parade ground, they brought a car for me to ride in and I jumped aboard.
Countrymen and women, praise singers and ?against? people,
I have been closely following the debate which has been sparked by the brand new ceremonial car I used to review the guard of honour at the Independence Anniversary Parade. You remember my last letter before the parade? In that letter I stated that we had no justification for celebrating our independence ? because we are now worse off than we were when the British colonialists were here. I recommended that instead of celebrating the events of 6th March, 1957 we should rather pour ashes on our heads, wear sack cloth and mourn. Alas, my advise was not taken and as we have done for over four decades, we converged at the Independence Square for a national parade.
On that day, I was quite taken aback when I saw the brand new ?half? Nissan 4WD vehicle, which was made available for me to use for the review. I enjoyed the ride ? who doesn?t like brand new things? But I think the use of that car for that particular occasion was inappropriate. Why? Because it is a frigging waste of money! The old Land Rover, which Nkrumah used for the first Independence Anniversary ?transports? us back into the days. It is a very useful historical monument and it is the only appropriate vehicle for reviewing the Independence Day guard of honour. We throw that vehicle away, for whatever reason, and we are discarding a very important part of our history. Whose idea was it anyway to get a new review car anyway? Did I ever ask for a new vehicle? Maybe I did, but I don?t remember. Whatever you have to say about that car, please don?t accuse me because I had nothing to do with it. I went to the parade ground, they brought a car for me to ride in and I jumped aboard.
