Massa Ras Mubarak, I refer to your www.ghanaweb.com article of Friday, 8th May, 2009, which appeared on the features web-page, entitled: “Life and debt: President Mills’ UK visit.”
Opanin, may I humbly make a small point? The British colonialists were occupiers of our country – but they were never our "colonial masters." There is a difference between the two and it is important that you take cognisance of that.
Throughout their years of occupation some of our forebears tried to rid our country of their presence here. Never forget that. We are not a servile people - and have never been.
For the sake of the younger generation of Ghanaians, it is important to make the point that no Ghanaian from Nkrumah's Ghana, who has any self-belief and is self-respecting, should ever use that servile phrase "colonial masters" to describe those who once illegally occupied our country in the past, and exploited its resources, to grow their national economy at the expense of our people: who paid a terrible price for that abominable period in our history.
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Greetings Chief,
I just saw your blog. thanks for taking the time to read my article. The period of colonisation or occupation is somethin most of us would want to forget about. I am a stong believer in Nkrumah's philosophies and wld do my level best to paint a positive picture of our forebearers.
call that period - occupation, colonisation, or settlement, I do agree we need to watch which words we select. Long live mama Africa.
Keep up the good work Chief.
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