Word: takoradi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sense of loss and a sense of relief. Young (25) Novelist David Caute mixes these qualities with the authority derived from his background: he was born in Egypt, the son of a British soldier, and when he reached gun-bearing age, he served in the Gold Coast Regiment in Takoradi (Ghana), getting a good look at both British and French West Africa. The central character of his first novel, set in a British colony on the edge of independence, is Lieut. Michael Glyn, an English lad of good family and education who has no sense of vocation...
They began to come one night in late March. Just after dark, a Soviet freighter arrived off Takoradi, Ghana's principal port-where all operations normally are in the daylight hours-and advised the harbor authorities that it was ready to discharge its cargo immediately. Although the harbor pilots usually go off duty at 4:30 p.m., the ship was quickly berthed...
...least six other Soviet ships docked in darkness at Takoradi in the same week, suggesting that Nkrumah is building up supplies to expand his gunrunning activities all along Africa's west coast, for Nkrumah's own army already has all the arms it can use (supplied largely by Britain). One likely intended recipient is the Congo's Antoine Gizenga, the Red-lining rebel in Stanleyville, who as Lumumba's Vice Premier is recognized by the Communist bloc (and Ghana) as the Congo's legitimate ruler. Only last month, Nkrumah talked publicly of restoring the "balance...