To the victor, ALL the spoils
I wrote this after the December 2000 elections. I did not provide advice for President Atta Mills when he took over in 2008. I will find time to provide some advice to President John Mahama, but i will wait till after he has made all his appointments. My view of multiparty politics is that it […]
The Al Magrahi rumpus–what is it all about?
The Al Magrahi rumpus – what is it all about? Ade Sawyerr © London, August 2009 I sat through a 25 minute long speech by the Scottish Justice Minister Kenny Mackaskill that justified the release of Al-Magrahi, the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing and wondered why this justification had to be carried live on […]
Bruce Road, Jamestown British Accra
Bruce Road, Jamestown British Accra By kpaikpaanyo My good friend Thomas Jefferson will not forgive me for continuing to use the word Accra. He is right, there is no word called Accra in the Ga language but we have moved along culturally with the integration and assimilation of people from different places. The beauty of it […]
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Real Change is going to come to Ghana too!!
Real Change is going to come to Ghana too!! By Ade Sawyerr Feature Article | Thu, 04 Dec 2008 Whatever happens on Sunday 7th December 2008, there is going to be change in Ghana. Whether the change will be real or not will depend on the perceptions of Ghanaians as to where we should be […]
A new realignment for change in black politics – Opinion
Will Senator Barack Obama win the Democratic Party nomination and go on to become the first black president of the United States of America? Though we do not know the answer now, we know that he has emerged on the political scene as the most prominent of a new breed of black politicians. It does […]
Organise Presidential debates in all 10 regions
Feature Article of Wednesday, 30 July 2008 Columnist: Sawyerr, Ade Organise Presidential debates in all 10 regions « PrevNext »Comments (36) The IEA in Ghana is organising two presidential debates as part of their general programme of supporting multi party democracy in Ghana, but it is fair to comment on whether these two debates are […]
The CPP has an opportunity to deliver for the people of Ghana
Feature Article | 25 June 2008 00:12 CET 0 The CPP has an opportunity to deliver for the people of Ghana By Ade Sawyerr Previous | Next Ade Sawyerr The CPP has an opportunity to deliver for the people of Ghana in 2009-2012 but it can only do so, if it stays disciplined and personal […]
Blackening the White House
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Kufour’s legacy – dishonouring the name of Osagyefo Nkrumah
Kufour’s legacy – dishonouring the name of Osagyefo Nkrumah By: Sawyerr, Ade, (2008-02-25) More from this columnist http://adesawyerr.wordpress.com Several years ago, I met with President Kufour. It was a chance meeting; he was campaigning to be President of Ghana and had visited England. I was fortunate to have been invited to a Diwali festival that […]
Why Obama represents a totally new breed of black politicians
Why Obama represents a totally new breed of black politicians BY Ade Sawyer Will Senator Barack Obama win the Democratic Party nomination, and go on to become the first black president of the United States? It does not matter whether he wins or not, because his performance to date in the Democratic primaries has highlighted […]
Open letter to Brother Sekou Nkrumah – from Comrade Ade Sawyerr
By: Sawyerr, Ade, (2007-10-09) More from this columnist Open letter to Brother Sekou Nkrumah – from Comrade Ade Sawyerr I was saddened to hear that you have left the CPP and joined the NDC. I have taken the trouble of writing to you openly because I read this publicly online and though I have not […]
Is this the promised re- awakening of the CPP?
Feature Article http://adesawyerr.wordpress.com Is this the promised re- awakening of the CPP? By: Sawyerr, Ade, (2007-10-01) A few years ago there was a lot of talk about the demise of the CPP; that it was dying a slow death and that it had become irrelevant for the country and its people. One argument rehearsed is […]
Dr Kwame Nkrumah – realising the vision for the next 50 years
Feature Article | 5 July 2007 00:00 CET By Ade Sawyerr Previous | Next In listening to the western press during this celebration of our golden jubilee independence year, there have been very confusing messages presented as if it had been unwise for us to have demanded and won our independence. Several western commentators referred […]
A free and fair society for all – an alternative development agenda
http://www.modernghana.com/news/118671/1/a-free-and-fair-society-for-all-an-alternative-dev.html By Ade Sawyerr Feature Article | Thu, 08 Dec 2005 Feature Article : “The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of Modernghana.com.” The tsunami in South East Asia and Katrina in America were both natural disasters but whilst both destroyed property and took thousands of […]
Who makes the news in a democracy?
News – Accra Daily Mail Who makes the news? Is it the government, the opposition or the press? Posted: Monday, August 04, 2003 – Ade Sawyerr Ade Sawyerr takes on the government, the opposition and has some good words for the media The role of the media in an emerging democracy has been topical in […]
The CPP will win through with its ideas
The CPP will win through with its ideas By: Sawyerr, Ade, (2003-07-08) More from this columnist // // Forty three years after our nation became a republic, reports of the demise of the CPP, the party that won us our independence and led us into a republic, are greatly exaggerated. Yes, the CPP maybe gravely […]
Leaders without constituencies – the sorry state of the party….
http://adesawyerr.wordpress.com Feature Article of Thursday, 30 May 2002 Leaders without constituencies – the sorry state of the party…. ….that was once supreme. I am not an apostate, I still believe in the Nkrumahist vision, but I get nightmares when I hear about all these attempts to reinvent the CPP. I am also worried about the […]
Politically motivated trials are bad for democracy
Feature Article of Sunday, 31 March 2002 NEW. Watch live television from Ghana plus the latest Ghanaian movies plus OBE TV. Politically motivated trials are bad for democracy. Several issues arise out of the Tsatsu Tsikata’s challenge on the constitutionality of the Fast Track Court that have implications for the course of justice in Ghana. […]
Ghana at 45 years – Great time to hit maturity
Ghana at 45 years – Great time to hit maturity By: Ade Sawyerr (2002-03-06) More from this columnist This article was first published in West Africa Magazine, Issue 4315, 4Th -10th March 2002 I have not heard anyone say that it was only just yesterday that Ghana gained independence; for a large number of us […]