Hello Hello everybody, Happy Breezy Tuesday everybody…yeah right! who am I kidding?
I am in no way happying myself on a Tuesday. It is still too early. wharris that? Tuesday…maybe Thursday
when the week is about ending. (Grin).
Sometimes I do not know why, in this case me complain about
Monday's Tuesday's and Wednesday's. It is not as if the days will
evaporate any time soon. But seriously there is just something about the day
Monday… lemme think ermmmm it’s like plain cake without custard. Urgh very
boring and bland. No?! How did you spend your long weekend? Oh yes errrm those
of us in Ghana had a long weekend. Friday was Founder’s Day. Some day it was for
me. Medaye papa enye easy. I slept soo much there was no sleep left in me again.
Even my bed was frowning me. But errrr I was wondering where Brand Ghana was? Brand Ghana is an outfit supposed to promote and highlight the brand known as Ghana and everything that comes with it. And so? Where was the noise about its leaders and founders? These are the very things they should have capitalized on. Our brand “Ghana”
came from our founder or is it founders who fought for our identity as a
nation. For our existence as a people, our existence on the map of Africa and
on that of the world. They do not even understand what they are branding and
they say brand Ghana. Yawn! Such things you do not talk plenty…Causing
Financial Loss to the State anyone?!
But is it Founder’s
or Founders’? You know how I say we can
be petty….this is one of my scenarios. Nobody is taking Kwame Nkrumah and what
he did away from Kwame Nkrumah. Nobody is taking away the zeal, passion and
intelligence away from him but why do some of us want to behave as if the day
he got to Ghana and the following day there was independence. We know that is
not what happened but (lmao as usual) we are pretending because what….because
the other’s are imperialists. Because the others connived with the CIA to
remove the god? And that the imperalists have caused the downfallof Ghana.....(hahahahahahahaaahha). When will we realize that as a nation, everything that
had transpired good or bad is a lesson, the ultimate reason to move forward?
Petty and archaic that should be our middle name. Even Nelson Mandela accepted
his Noble Prize with De Clarke. Sometimes
you just need to bite the bullet and let posterity judge. Book no lie abi, History can never
be distorted even if people pretend to have selective amnesia. Instead of coming together as a nation, going
through records of all that transpired in that era and accepting the contribution
of everybody naaaaah... we close our eyes and behave like ostriches.
That is why
we are where we are, nobody wants to acknowledge what somebody has done because
he or she doesn’t have his name on it. Yes ooo biara pe ne 10%. I dare say, that in most of the advanced
countries who value their roots and history….they celebrate anybody who
contributed to their existence as a nation. There is proper documentation of
each person’s two cents whether it is good or bad. For me I am happy those who
have been tagged as imperialists ie friends and families of the BIG 5 have just
watched quietly over the years. Yes I am
soo happy that they do not fight, bicker and disturb for recognition. It is not
important koraa. it is rather funny to watch the supporters of the big 1, dance and try
to out prove themselves as to who are the true Nkrumahists. As my friend Nana
Glover aptly put it we now have a new league of Nkrumahists. Yep Nkrumahists
with Gold Rolex watches. Animal farm. Mdfskkkk and they do not even know that in their cause
to make the intelligent Osagyefo more immortal than they already have, they are
slowly beginning to make his name and legacy boring and ohhh so annoying. Waa look at some of the break out groups who supposedly bleed Nkrumah who contesting in this year's election? huh? I dey lie???
Lemme go back to founder’s day…I chanced upon the programme
as I was flipping through the channels on television. Yes that day…I was Queen
B once more. I had the remote control in
my hands. Anigye nkoaaa. So I gleefully sat auto tuning all my favorite programmes for the
night. I think one of my fav’s was a few minutes away so I decided to find out
what was on GTV our station of the nation (chuckling). There I heard some weird
by force reggae group singing on TV. Hmmm interesting I thought …so I decided
to spare a few minutes to see what they were up to. I listened, tuned off after
a while. Ha-ha it was too communist for me. Ooo I heard I missed the lecture
from the main speaker - didnt even catch his name. How sad. I wanted to comrade myself. Please that night
they are all called comrades. So me too I became Comrade Amma. That must be the
sign of love between Nkrumahists. (I promise I have a straight face on). Dr Yao
Graham of African Network (Eish is that the name of his NGO...Hmm) gave an
interesting lecture. It was the about the state of growth from independence to
present day. He took a look at cases from within Africa specifically the West
African hub. Even though it was the normal compare and contrast thing with
China, Singapore and the famous word in Ghana hahaaa Asian tigers. It was
interesting. At least the way he put it. It was after him that I tuned off….then
I came back. Then I was blinded by Mr. Comrade Kwesi Pratt. Mr. Pratt needs a whole editorial,
a whole book, a whole encyclopedia.
If Oga Prez has eyes he will see, If Oga
Prez has eyes he will hear and if Oga Prez wants to carve a niche for himself
he must run. He must run like the world is ending. Initially when I wanted to
write this piece I was in my mood of free your mind. But as I wrote and got to
this point I feel sad and sorry. The speech, the mood, the demeanor just stuck
me as a defeatist approach to a lost cause. Yes! It’s like how Pastors have
turned to gods and left God and Jesus behind in the corner. You just look at
the congregation and shake your head. So here I shake my head and laugh.
You know in one of my recent posts, I made a comment
about how I was watching National Geographic and how Cuba was changing, yes
they loved Castro to bits but they were changing and dancing a different tune. As i watched this i thought of Mr. Pratt and i imagined him watching this very documentary and instantly blaming the imperalists. Imperialists meanwhile he can sit with them and talk about Nana Akufo Addo. Oooh Wikileaks really worried some people in Ghana. Kokonsa nkoa. What is happening to Julian Assange now? hmm I have to track my BBC antenna on him again. But
in as much as the communists want to pretend the world has not changed. Its really
has. It has nothing to do with Capitalism, Socialism, Free Market blah blah now
its about survival. As an individual, as a family, as a nation and as a world. And that survival depends on common sense
whether in the provision of social amenities, the provision of technology, the
provision of whatever. Yes you think about it... every day hustling up and down what is it really about what? The thing is... it is time we accept that we have to apply common sense to make our country great and strong. Or it is not that simple?
How many days is it to elections? Arent you excited as I am...hmmm Errrr please i beg. The umbrellas if you do not support SHS that is fine but I beg. Kindly do not send those whose English need prayers and excorcists to talk against it. That indeed begs the question..peharps if they had free SHS they would have had the chance to speak well.
Back to work everybody its 1.45pm.
My lunch break is over but errr has Nana Konadu accepted the position of Flagbearer yet?
Lmao..breathe easy Umbrellas. Eye Zuuuuu
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