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...commerce who controls much of the transport and the trade in textiles, food and hardware in both Nigeria and Ghana. In Lagos, bankers tell of one hefty woman who cannot write her own name, but can get a $560,000 letter of credit whenever she needs one. In Accra, the mammies have been wooed and feared by politicians since independence, and no government has managed to tax them effectively. "They can't read or write," says one Ghanaian journalist, "but they can damn well count...
...Accra, great crowds of foreigners joined an endless queue outside the Accra Sport Stadium, the emergency emigration center. As often as not, they paid $10 or $20 in "dash" money (bribes) for the proper forms. At night, many slept near Kotoka international airport -alongside billboards hailing African unity...
...honor guard in scarlet tunics and pillbox hats lined the drive leading to the modern statehouse in Accra last week as vintage Rolls-Royces purred up to the door. Inside, trumpets pealed while a stately procession of officers in scarlet or blue uniforms and bewigged justices in red robes followed the gold sword of state. Mounting a dais, Brigadier Akwasi Afrifa, 33, and two other officers were sworn in as members of a new, three-man presidential commission. Then Afrifa administered the oath of office to Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia, the new Premier, impetuously raising Busia...
According to a government statement, Ankrah received nearly $30,000 from foreign businessmen in Accra. As the official version put it, when Ankrah was confronted with the evidence by government officials, "he accepted full responsibility for the unfortunate incident and offered to resign honorably." By West African standards, Ankrah had always been a model of honesty; for that reason, despite his admitted indiscretion, he will probably not be punished...
Little Yaa Ansah Asamoa Ampofo, aged 3½, was chosen for her role as carefully as a poster girl. Under a blazing sun in Mampong Akwapim, near Ghana's capital of Accra, the brass band played fortissimo. Then the drums beat. Then there were speeches in English, French and the local language, Twi. At last Yaa was handed up to the platform, where a technician stood poised with his jet gun. He placed it against Yaa's arm and pressed the pedal trigger. Yaa opened her mouth in a gap-toothed smile...