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| Ghana: Special Report |
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Ghana celebrates 45 years as an independent nation on 6 March. It
was a joyous occasion 45 years ago, as Ghana’s independence opened
the floodgates to black African liberation from colonial rule. On
27 April, Ghana will again observe the 30th anniversary of the death
of the man who led the country to that independence in 1957: Kwame
Nkrumah. (He died on 27 April 1972 in Bucharest, Romania). In commemoration of the two events, we have a 10-page special report here; first we look at whether President John Agyekum Kufuor’s new government can deliver the goods it promised when it came into office a year ago, and on the subsequent pages why and how Nkrumah’s dream of industrialising Ghana within a generation as a model for all Africa was frustrated. Kodzo Ahiata reports from Accra on Kufuor’s one year in office, while Osei Boateng takes us through memory lane — there is a poignant lesson for all Africa. |
 Zimbabwe: Election fever |
| As Zimbabwe prepares for its crunch presidential election on 9 and 10 March, we have two contrasting articles on the country, by Bram Posthumus, our correspondent in Amsterdam who returned from Zimbabwe around Christmas, and our editor Baffour Ankomah writing from London. You must read them! |
| Blue Book: The Preface |
| In 1926, Britain, Germany and South Africa destroyed a damning book published by the British parliament “by command of His Majesty” on German atrocities in Namibia. Our report here is only for starters. Now, we have lift-off! The long-awaited serialisation! |
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BAFFOUR'S
BEEFS:
This
is what, in Ghana, our elders would say: “Wo di kotrobankye abo engo
mu”. An approximate English translation would be: “Thank you
for bringing it up because I’m really waiting for it.”
Baffour Ankomah responds to a letter by Colin Legum
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