Exactly 41 years ago on May 15 1979, a youthful and exuberant J.J Rawlings Staged his first coup as a young and energetic revolutionary, almost five weeks before scheduled elections to return Ghana to civilian rule. On the morning of the day of the coup d’état, there was an exchange of fire between the coup … Read more
Born Nesta Robert Marley, Bob Marley is considered to be the greatest all-time Reggae musician. He was born on 6 February 1945 at the farm of his maternal grandfather in Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica, to Norval Sinclair Marley and Cedella Malcolm. In 1955, when Bob Marley was 10 years old, his father died … Read more
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, born in 1918, was the son of the chief of the Xhosa-speaking Tembu people. Instead of succeeding his father as chief, Mandela went to university and became a lawyer. In 1944, he joined the African National Congress (ANC), a black political organization dedicated to winning rights for the black majority in white-ruled … Read more
The Accra Sports Stadium disaster occurred at the Ohene Djan Stadium, Accra, Ghana on May 9, 2001. It took the lives of 126 people, making it the worst stadium disaster to have ever taken place in Africa. What was supposed to be a football game between Ghana’s two most glamorous and successful clubs turned into … Read more
