Ghana: 50 Year of Independence

About the Book

A comprehensive review of major political events in Ghana, with critical comments, during the past 50 years. The book takes off where its predecessor The New Ghana, the international best seller published in 1958, Ghana’s first independence anniversary, ended. Absorbing, balanced and detailed, it is nevertheless controversial and challenging. Unique for its vignettes on all the major personalities of the five decades that the author has been privileged to interact with. The book challenges certain myths about the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The slow rate of development in Ghana in particular and Africa in general: the reasons why Ghana, despite its vast natural and mineral resources, is still a developing country. Traditions and customs which negate the rapid development of Ghana and robustly reviewed. What killed Nkrumah? Was Nkrumah anti-white? These are only a few of the interesting questions that the book attempts to answer. The book, which is unique in many ways, ends on a note of hope and expectation – that the next 5 years would be better than the last half century. Only time can tell.

About the Author

Born and educated in Ghana, later studying Law in UK, the story of JOSEPH GODSON AMAMOO is a catolog of major challenges, physical abuse and suffering , culminating in victory and success. AFTER WORKING IN lONDON UK AS A NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT, PUBLIC RELATIONS ADVISOR TO THE GHANA EMBASSY IN LONDON , was appointed an ambassador at the age of 28, thus one of the youngest in the world.He later became a newspaper editor, a Member of Parliament ( Congress)a government minister and finally for 15 horrendous months a political prisoner. He has lived and worked in Ghana, UK and USA for several years.Joseph Amamoo has travelled in USA, EUROPE , INDIA , AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST He is married to an outstanding Irish woman who is a psychologist/author and they have two daughters , both lawyers and married , with five children between them.He has won some local and international awards His interests are classical music,advocacy of inter racial harmony and marriage reading, museums, art galleries and walking. Having no sons he calls his seven other books his "sons", as they carry his name for ever!. From 1996 t0 2001 he taught and wrote in Chicago.Returned to Ghana in April 2001, was appointed chairman of the state-owned diamond mine at Akwatia Concurrently he chaired the investigative commission that dealt with the riots and disturbances in Asutuare in 2000/2001