Ghana's Story in 58 Lines - (11-15)

By Angelina K. Morrison and Naana Ekua Eyaaba

Ghana

11. By 1959, the Queen of England and nominal head of state of Ghana and her Governor-General were becoming a hindrance to our forward march towards total African emancipation.

12. Trade Union leaders, particularly of the Railways and Harbours in Sekondi-Takoradi who had been major allies of the first President had suddenly become enemies of the African Show Boy, Kwame Nkrumah, they had to be dealt with, sent to jail in droves, following a general workers’ strike in 1960.

13. Amidst the encircling gloom and crepuscular portents, primary and middle schools were being built in every hamlet of the country like desirable mushrooms springing up on a misty morning.

14. New secondary schools were opened under the Ghana Education Trust, while the missions and individuals like Rev de Graft Johnson of the Methodist Church of Ghana, Ofori-Dankwah, Bruce Konuah and others, were encouraged to open new secondary and technical schools.

15. Factories sprang up, mostly in Accra, Tema, and Sekondi-Takoradi, the first wrong step, of Arthur Lewis’s import substitution model.

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Author 1: Angelina K. Morrison is interested in national development, true religion, and self-improvement. She enjoys thinking, and writes stories only when the muse grips her. Her first short story, Gravellatina is a breathtaking five-part series available now at Amazon. You can email her at angelinakm75@gmail.com, or find her at www.angelinakmorrison.blogspot.com or Facebook page.

Author 2: Nana Ekua Eyaaba has an overarching interest in the development of the African continent and Black issues in general. Having travelled extensively through Africa, the Black communities of the East Coast of the United States as well as London and Leeds (United Kingdom), she enjoys reading, and writes when she is irritated, and edits when she is calm. You can email her at neeyaaba@gmail.com.