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Ghana’s descent into Raubwirtschaft – symptom of the failure of the western model of democracy

Posted on August 6, 2023 by Ekow

Constitutional democracy bequeathed us by Britain has failed. But we have nothing to replace it withEkow Nelson Across former European colonies particularly in Africa, constitutional democracy was introduced as the system of governance at the fag-end of colonial rule. Western … Continue reading →

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Ghana – the road to independence

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Ekow

Ekow Nelson Sixty six years ago, Ghana became the first British colony in Africa to achieve independence. The clamour for independence intensified during the 1940s, particularly after the second world war and demobilisation when the colonial authorities shut down military … Continue reading →

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2022 in review – from Covid, War, Economic cataclysm, Sika mmpɛ dede, to Football

Posted on December 30, 2022 by Ekow

Ekow Nelson, December 30th, 2022 In 2022, the pandemic was finally declared over, our face masks came off and PCR / antigen tests became relics of the past. Travel and lockdown restrictions eased and after nearly two years, we finally … Continue reading →

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Look back in hindsight – The Golden Age of an all-round education at St. Augustine’s College, Cape Coast

Posted on September 18, 2022 by Ekow

Fifty years on*, older and wiser Younger at heart, we return to these shores Visions of our boyhood float before us As we wonder what we were like at 11, 12 and 13 Growing pains through study and play Soon … Continue reading →

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50 years after his death, Nyame Nhyira (God Bless) Kwame Nkrumah

Posted on April 27, 2022 by Ekow

Ekow Nelson We were told he was the most corrupt leader ever! An impostor who did not earn a PhD but loved flashing his honorary Doctorate about; an immigrant Kroo-ni, pretending he was intelligent; a ‘showboy’ who built useless white … Continue reading →

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Brit(ish), Race, Identity and belonging by Afua Hirsch – A Review

Posted on May 5, 2018 by Ekow

Ekow Nelson Last month the British journalist, Afua Hirsch, published her eagerly-awaited book on race and identity. Brought up in a predominantly white, leafy, suburb of London, Afua never fully embraced her Britishness. Her lifelong angst over identity led her to … Continue reading →

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The day the NPP’s fox was shot

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Ekow

Ekow Nelson, London January 2009 In December 2000 the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was swept into power by an expectant Ghanaian population on a wave of emotional fervour and Rawlings fatigue. Eight years later the NPP’s assumption and hope that … Continue reading →

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