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Dear John,
On
March 8th, the Ghana Natioanal Council of
Metropolitan Chicago and its
affiliates will have a grand celebration of Ghana's 51st independence
anniversary at the
The Westin Hotel
6100 River Road
Rosemont, Illinois
7 P.M to 2 A.M.
For more information, contact:
John Henry
Assabill: 773-556-3179
Belinda McKwartin: 773-556-3159
Sadik Bosompem: 773-556-3158
website: www.ghananationalcouncil.org
Proceeds from the event will support
programs to serve needy children in Ghana.
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GHANA: A Reflection on Hope
As the first colonized African nation to gain
independence, Ghana's emergence in 1957 marked the beginning of the end
of Western colonial conquest and occupation of Africa. The new nation
inspired the global African community and gave hope to millions of
colonial subjects all over the world - from Indonesia to Jamaica - that
freedom was knocking on the door.
The wind of change that began with Ghana's independence blew across
seas, mountains, deserts and valleys to trumpet a new day in
Africa. It gave hope to a young Nelson Mandela and Patrice
Lumumba; it opened a path in the night for Algerian and Kenyan freedom
fighters; it ignited anti-colonialist agitators in Nigeria and
Zambia; it galvanized Sekou Toure's Guinea to say "No" to
French colonial rule; and it rattled the mind of Ian Smith in Rhodesia
(Zimbabwe) who thought that African majority rule would not happen in a
thousand years.
Ghana was, indeed, the hope that colonized Africans needed when the
night was long and cold.
Ghana's first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, articulated the special
role of Ghana as an immaculate symbol of African dignity and
respect. He saw in Ghana's independence the seed of a New Africa.
His visionary construction of African unity remains the foundation
of our long march toward a continental Union Government.
In looking far ahead in 1957, President Nkrumah proclaimed
that "the independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is
linked up with the total liberation of the African
continent."
As we celebrate Ghana's 51st independence anniversary, we
must reflect on the current state of the African continent and commit
ourselves to building a New Africa - a truly independent and democratic
United States of Africa.
Alie Kabba, Executive Director
United African Organization
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The Ghana National Council is a memer of the United
African Organization (UAO)
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