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...glad to see a nuanced portrayal of Africa rather than the clichéd depiction we often see. Your article was honest because at the center it was a human story. Having lived in Ghana's Volta region, I recognized in the Deh family's story the tales of many people I know. I hope the article reminds readers of our common humanity. The people of Ghana are friendly and full of life. We cannot write off an entire continent. It is possible to have hope. Rachel Tyler, SUDBURY, MASSACHUSETTS...
...glad to see that your article about the Deh family of Ghana gave a nuanced portrayal of Africa rather than the clichéd depiction we often see [March 19]. Your report was honest because at the center it was a human story. Having lived in Ghana's Volta region, I recognized in the Deh family's story the tales of people I know. I hope your coverage reminds readers of our common humanity. The people of Ghana are friendly and full of life. We cannot write off an entire continent. It is possible to have hope...
...that the 50th anniversary of Ghana's independence and the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade fall in the same year? Time could have done Ghana's tourism industry a great favor by including photographs of some of the castles, beautiful sandy beaches and Lake Volta. I would like to have seen mention of some of the country's personalities, like former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and President John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor. And of course Ghana is full of friendly and warm people. We are a peaceful country with a peaceful people. Kofi Amoah, LEICESTER...
...relatives, he would mold the face of a mother or father or child for a gravestone or craft statues of Mary, Jesus and the saints for the many churches that were springing up across the country. Traveling from village to village, Kwame discovered a curious thing: people in the Volta region were underwhelmed by the idea of independence. Fearing that Ghana's bigger tribes would discriminate against them, many Voltans wanted independence to come in stages--or even the chance to secede altogether. Tribalism, which would later rear its ugly head in places like Nigeria and Rwanda, was shaping postcolonial...
Delight Kofi Aka was born in 1988, just as things in Ghana began to improve. Now 18, Delight is tall and lean, with the naive swagger of someone who has not yet known failure. He is in his final year at a boys' Catholic boarding school in the Volta region, one of the best in Ghana. The family cannot afford to pay the school fees (some $600 a year), but two years ago, Suzzy convinced her pastors at Global Evangelical that her son was gifted and deserved a scholarship. Grandfather Kwame paid the $150 entrance fee, and Delight was handed...