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An insult (on Obama's visit to Ghana)
By David Ellison
The Argus
Posted: 07/20/2009 12:00:00 AM PDT

I FOLLOWED WITH uncommon interest President Obama's visit to Ghana, and couldn't help but notice the striking fact that, despite all his praise for Ghana's fledgling democracy, Obama did not visit the monument to the country's first president and father of African democracy, Kwame Nkrumah.

Five years ago, I participated in a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for Teachers in Ghana.

Along with 24 of my colleagues from across the United States, I spent six intense weeks touring Ghana studying everything from its geography, history and economy to its religions, schools, and music. (My seventh-grade history curriculum included Africa and the ancient empire of Ghana.)

But it was Nkrumah's story — his dream, his triumph, and ultimately his failure — that captivated me then and continues to both inspire and
trouble me today. ....

 

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