By John W. Fountain A New Colonialism with financial chains and the same old economic and natural resources drain has apparently taken root here in Ghana where I see the influence of China all around. It is as glaring as the West African sun and the tiny gold flakes I […]
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John W. Fountain’s Journal
Nov. 24-25: Here, 37,000 feet above the earth in a black November night sky, the hum of the United Airlines Boeing 757 reigns steady throughout this cabin of humanity midway between the Atlantic Ocean and Ghana. My thoughts are an almost dizzying array, my heart full as I cross this […]
GHANA – WHERE IS OUR TRUE HEALTH PRIORITY?By Ben Dotsei Malor
(ALERT: PLEASE, slightly long but IMPORTANT post – spare a few minutes)Current reports in the media indicate that the Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, the highly regarded Honourable Alban Bagbin, is due to travel at a crucial time for Parliament and Ghana, to Dubai for medical reasons. Though this is the […]
THE MAKING OF 31ST DECEMBER,1981…..my widow’s might(l)
How time flies! In less than one week, it will be 40 long years since the events of 31st December 1981 took place. Unfortunately, the architect and the principal character, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, is no more. The same goes for some of the unsung heroes who were mostly […]
A tribute in honor of Captain Kojo Tsikata (Rtd)
WHY HE AND RAWLINGS FELL OUT…A tribute in honor of Captain Kojo Tsikata (Rtd) after his mysterious burial on Thursday to crown his mysterious life.––––––—–––––––––A man who was one of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s most trusted military officers, sent on duty to protect Patrice Lumumba in the Democratic Republic of Congo […]
