Word: ghanaian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...arrests seemed to contradict Nkrumah's original pronouncement that "foreign agents" had plotted his death. Nonetheless, Nkrumah's tame Ghanaian Times reported breathlessly that the "vile trio" had in one fell swoop tried to "ride the wave of the people's patience, throw dust into the eyes of the nation, trample over the leaders' forbearance, and disrupt the cause of the revolution." Thundered Nkrumah's Evening News: "The villains have been unmasked in the persons of the arch-Judas Adamafio, the lean and lanky
...phrases and songs prescribed for the children to repeat or to sing.'' This was heresy indeed in Ghana, where Osagyefo's image is everywhere-on stamps and coins, on the big statue that carries the mocking motto: "Seek ye first the political kingdom.'' The Ghanaian Times, Nkrumah's party paper, promptly-denounced Roseveare and hinted that the bishop was running an arsenal for Nkrumah's enemies. This carried special significance since the attempt on Nkrumah's life three weeks ago had focused attention on every possible opponent...
...Archbishop of West Africa Cecil J. Patterson, defended Roseveare's criticism as "temperate and necessary." But last week Interior Minister Kwaku Boateng called Roseveare on the carpet, ordered him to leave the country within nine hours; then for bad measure he banished Archbishop Patterson as well. Sneered the Ghanaian Times as Roseveare departed: "His presence in our dear land was not conducive to the public good. Perhaps a knighthood from his imperialist monarchs and some violent falsehoods about Ghana will compensate for the egoistic propensities of this Lucifer of a priest.'' Kwame Nkrumah likes to think...
...Ghanaian ambassador makes his rounds in Bonn, and sputtered: "Yesterday they didn't even wear shoes, and today they come to town in big cars and fancy clothes bought with our money, and ask us for more." Germany's tightfisted Finance Minister Heinz Starke objects that "vast sums of money have been wasted," vigorously presses for less government spending abroad, and more tax inducements to pump private capital abroad...
...ribbons and bandages of dueling fraternities sends a shiver up the spines of many Germans: the custom identifies so readily with Wehrwillen-the will to war. "These fools must be stopped," snaps one of the protesting professors. A less angry and even more telling criticism came recently from a Ghanaian student who discussed dueling on television. Pointing to his own tribal-scarred face, the Ghanaian remarked: "This isn't done in Africa any more, and frankly I can't understand why you still do it to each other in civilized Germany. It's primitive...