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Thursday, June 4, 2026
Source:sankofaonline.com The Ghana National Council of Metropolitan Chicago, GNC, issued a statement announcing the death of Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings, Rtd., former Head Of State and first President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. The statement was released by Mr. Paa Kwasi Sam, the President of the Organization. The […]
Blewu is an ancient Ewe dirge of endearment for the Dead, to wish them a safe journey home (to the Ancestral World). Blewu was famously performed by: Bella Bellow (Togo) in Album Denyigba. Also on Nov 11th 2018, 100 years after Europe’s First Needless War between the Merchants of Blood, or […]
A founding member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Alhaji Mohammed Sani has said the party had problems with their father and founder Jerry John Rawlings because he became a friend to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. Alhaji Sani also revealed that the late former President Jerry John Rawlings virtually left his own party […]
Head of State/President: 1981 – 2000 Date of Birth:1947-06-22Place of Birth:Accra, Ghana Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 1947 – 12 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer and politician who led the country from 1981 to 2001 and also for a brief period in 1979. He led a military junta […]
