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The Sunshine Land: Ghana at Fifty: Memories of Independence, 1957

The Sunshine Land: Ghana at Fifty: Memories of Independence, 1957

Wedd, David

Paperback

Biographies GeneralGeneral Military History

ISBN10: 1425980309
ISBN13: 9781425980306
Publisher: Authorhouse
Published: Feb 13 2007
Pages: 292
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Fifty years ago, David Wedd was a young army officer in West Africa's Gold Coast, when that country became Ghana, the first black African colony to gain independence from British rule. In an account that is by turns exciting, funny and poignant, he depicts the changeover 'from the inside'.

His lively portrait of the emerging nation introduces us to a whole gallery of characters: the European and African soldiers in his Battalion; traders and market women; religious leaders and witch-doctors; sportsmen, teachers and musicians; and political leaders, including Ghana's first Prime Minister, Kwame Nkrumah. He tells of his work as an intelligence officer in the new nation and his exploration of the rain forest with its exotic scenery and wildlife, and he shares with us his journey north, through Burkina Faso and Mali to the Sahara Desert and the old town of Timbuktu.

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