Independence

By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – 26 March, 2020 History tells us that during the 1948 riots, colonial subjects directed protesters away from disrupting a polo match between Europeans and Africans. A group of our forebears were retreating from the Christiansborg Cross Roads demonstration where three ex servicemen had been shot, and this group angry at the colonialists got to the Old Polo Grounds opposite the Supreme Court building. There, Africans prevented their fellow subjects from disrupting the polo match. Were our educated forebears selfish, weak or brainwashed? No, they were educated, enlightened and principled. As a matter of fact, the Gold Coast intelligentsia, politicalRead More →