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column Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, was a passionate believer in African unity, and a living link with the historic Pan-African movement which had promoted solidarity among people of African descent everywhere against colonialism and racism. Earlier Pan-Africanists had identified … read more »
Posted in African Union (AU), Article, Cameroon, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Op-ed, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zimbabwe
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Tagged African Union, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kwame Nkrumah, MPLA, OAU, Pan-Africanism, South Africa
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The bitter and unpleasant truth is that Africa’s ruling classes, both civilian and military, have been the major cause of Africa’s problems. Hence, their lack of impact and inability to effectively address and solve the grave and urgent problems which … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged CHINUA ACHEBE, Constitution of Uganda, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kwame Nkrumah, Nigeria, Uganda, Wole Soyinka
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By Bolus, Mercy Adede Ideally, providing equality of opportunity is not an option but a legal requirement for every country that have a long -term vision. A country’s future economic backbone relies on education of its youths and young people. … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Betty Mould-Iddrisu, Ghana, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kwame Nkrumah, National Union of Teachers, Ofsted, UNICEF
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Some fifty-six (56) years ago the founding President of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, declared in a landmark speech marking the Declaration of Independence of this small West African State that The “Black man is capable of managing his own … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Accra, Ghana, Ghanaian, IndepthAfrica, Kofi Annan, Kwame Nkrumah, NASA, Nkrumah, United Nations Secretary General
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By Tamakloe, Kojo As Ghana celebrates another milestone , it is important we take a look at what independence and the allied term freedom mean 1. Independence means freedom from control: freedom from dependence on or control by another person, … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Nigeria
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Tagged CPP, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kwame Nkrumah, Laye, Liberia, tema, United States
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I would like to dedicate this year’s Independence Day to the heroes of our country and all activists of social change in the world. It certainly did not happen as easily as we celebrate it each year. Many lives were … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Atlanta, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John F. Kennedy, Kwame Nkrumah, Microsoft, Nkrumah, United States
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One now wonders if it has become a crime for a Ghanaian to acquire expertise and experience in the Diaspora. Yes, Ghana is worldly acclaimed to have a very good education system that continues to produce well-qualified and competent graduates … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, K.Y. Amoako, Kofi Annan, Kwame Nkrumah, Kwesi Botchwey, London, Nigeria
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The paradigm shift Africans must make Let us rather spend our energy and time organizing ourselves across the borders so that we can create a new African Democratic Movement that creates momentum towards change. Last week I wrote on the … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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Tagged African people, Angola, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kwame Nkrumah, New African, South Africa, White Africans of European ancestry, Zimbabwe
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Many politicians are always placing the attainment of power OVER and ABOVE the pursuit of PRINCIPLES. Some politicians are prepared to CONDONE and CONNIVE in doing the WRONG THINGS if that would enable them to ACHIEVE or BASK in the … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Jerry Rawlings, John Atta Mills, Kwame Nkrumah, Nana Akufo-Addo, NDC, NPP, Obuasi
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Your Excellency Mr. Yayi Boni, Chairperson of the African Union and President of the Republic of Benin, Colleague Heads of State and Government, Your Excellency Mr. Ban ki-Moon, Secretary – General of the United Nations, Your Excellency Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini … read more »
I am back in the US after campaigning in the Central and Ashanti regions of Ghana. My observations while campaigning in the villages led me to believe that we have a political system in which the electorate does not understand … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Accra, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Kumasi, Kwame Nkrumah, member of parliament, Obuasi, Pump, United States
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor The NPP certainly has huge problems to solve if it seeks to change its fortunes in future general elections. Despite the vehement protestations against the outcome of Election 2012 and the filing of a lawsuit … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Edward Akufo-Addo, Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Kwame Nkrumah, Muslim Association Party, New Patriotic Party, NPP, United Gold Coast Convention
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OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT MAHAMA – WISDOM FROM THE NORTH Your Excellency President John Dramani Mahama, It is often said by elders that those who pay respect to the great, paves their own way to greatness. It is in the … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, John Dramani Mahama, Kwame Nkrumah, Nana Akufo-Addo, NDC, President of Ghana, Rawlings
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A RUNDOWN booth in Accra, Ghana’s capital, houses the Kwame Nkrumah bookshop, where Cubist pictures of the country’s first president lean against a dusty window pane. A photograph of Nkrumah’s socialist and pan-African books stands on an otherwise empty shelf. … read more »
Dennis Laumann, africasacountry Ghana held its sixth consecutive elections since its democratic transition in 1992 this past weekend and once again has earned its reputation as a stable and thriving democracy, in spite of predictable cries of fraud by the … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Kwame Nkrumah, Nana Akufo-Addo, National Democratic Congress, NDC, New Patriotic Party, NPP
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By Franklin Cudjoe, Bright Simons, Selorm Branttie and Kofi Bentil. Ghanaians are voting for the next president of the longest-lived republic in their country’s history. Despite nostalgia in some quarters for the country’s first republic, under the charismatic Pan-Africanist leader, … read more »
Posted in Article, Election, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Election, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Dramani Mahama, Kwame Nkrumah, Nana Akufo-Addo, National Democratic Congress, NPP
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Respeaking Truth to the Powerless For several years now, I have been “speaking truth to power”. In fact, the tag line for my blog page is “Defend Human Rights. Speak Truth to Power.” It is a special phrase which asserts … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Ethiopia
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Tagged Ethiopia, Hailemariam Desalegne, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica African news, Kwame Nkrumah, Martin Luther King, May 2010, ruling party
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By Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph.D. He is dead on target, when Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom admonishes residents of the Central Region not to vote for Transitional-President John “Paradigm-Shift” Dramani Mahama, merely because the latter is the accidental successor of the … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem, Kwame Nkrumah, Nduom, New Patriotic Party
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Have African leaders ever sat down to write down their visions (not just their parties’) for the countries they govern, asks Percy Zvomuya. Judging by the number of books Africa’s founding nationalists wrote, one might think that to stake their … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Facing Mount Kenya, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mill, John Dramani Mahama, Kwame Nkrumah, Mahama, reuters africa news, Yoweri Museveni
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Explo Nani-Kofi Ghana became independent from British rule in 1957. Ghana also saw its first military coup d’etat on 24 February 1966 led Lt Col E.K. Kotoka to overthrow the Pan-Africanist and socialist-oriented government of Kwame Nkrumah. The politics in … read more »
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….Ordinary Ghanaians Will Not End After December’s Polls By Kofi Thompson Listening to some of the speeches delivered by Ghanaian politicians on the hustings, you would think that Ghana was an island unto itself – free from the headwinds buffeting … read more »
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One the most interesting hypothesis from the renowned writer from Nigeria on political situation in his country goes like this “if you chose your last 11 players to play a football match, you are bound to lose”. This was his … read more »
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Jacob Kporfor Life begins somewhere and gets to the peak and start falling again. This is normal and it is not reversible. Everybody has a time to shine and later forgotten. It is the truth about life. Nobody a lone … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Jacob Kporfor, News, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, Jerry Rawlings, John Atta Mills, Ketu South, Kwame Nkrumah, Mill, National Democratic Congress, NDC
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The Ghanaian electorate will go to polls on Friday, December 7th 2012 to elect leaders who will be given the mandate to manage the affairs of the country for the next four years, in a manner that will ensure the … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, africa song, africa toto, african food, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Jerry Rawlings, John Atta Mills, Kwame Nkrumah, National Democratic Congress, National Redemption Council, New Patriotic Party, Provisional National Defence Council
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It is election time and the political demagogues are here once again, this time with renewed promises and energy. Before I began to write this article I had two questions in mind .Firstly as a student of political science what … read more »
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By Kofi Thompson It is crucial, for the future well-being of our homeland Ghana, that the December 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections, pass off peacefully. A peaceful outcome, will cement Ghana’s international reputation as a peaceful, stable and democratic African … read more »
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Ghana, the then Gold Coast being the fourth country in Africa to experienced the broadcasting on the 31st July 1935 by the effort of the Governor of the Gold Coast, Sir Arnold Hodson, popularly called the “Sun Shine Governor”, has … read more »
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“The journey will be tough; it’s not going to be too painful anyway, because I also know that leaders who bring pain on the people always end up badly. Leaders who think they are so powerful always end up badly … read more »
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To continue with his presidential special initiative on judgment debt payments? Whereas President Kwame Nkrumah was noted for his special initiative to industrialize the country, President John Agyekum Kufour remembered for his special initiative to develop the country by growing … read more »
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Tagged Accra, afria travel, Africa news, African news, Akwatia, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, Kwame Nkrumah, Mill, President, Rawlings
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The fears Ghanaians have secretly nursed are coming to realization, thanks to Kennedy Agyapong, an NPP member of parliament. Ken Agyapong, who is purported to have made his money through his dealings in narcotic and is on the list of … read more »
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