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@readJerome
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Ghana is unserious, but far from a lost cause.
Accra, Ghana
Joined May 2010
“The great privilege of great power is an incuriosity about those who lack it.” - Ta-Nehisi Coates from The Message (2025).
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Glad you found this thread. I’ve been thinking since our conversation on the militants
@readJerome Complicated dynamics
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And the question is when do we face the challenge of accommodating or reforming pastoralist lifestyles in a modernizing sub-region? How do we ensure ecological sustainability, justice, respect of borders? Force has not worked in West Africa for decades. What’s the solution?
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Now we come to the present day when insurgent groups across the Sahel are drawing a lot of recruits from Fulbe communities. We have unconfirmed reports that Fulbe refugees from Burkina Faso are refused entry into the country while other ethnicities are allowed in. (NOT CONFIRMED)
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…are never paid compensation for when their cattle are shot, stolen or injured. And they are never given justice when one of their own is killed but they face the full brunt of the law when it is them doing the killing.
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And then there’s the point that the Fulbe story is only told from the point of view of farmers. Fulbe communities claim they do pay compensation for damaged farms and that farmers sometimes exaggerate the damage to extract huge sums from them. Furthermore they claim that they….
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…sometimes the Fulbe keep the cattle on behalf of the farmer and are paid (sadly) in only the milk of the cows. You need locals to vouch for the people watching their cattle.But this also supposes that only herders who are grazing their own cattle get into disputes with farmers.
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This is a very complicated exercise for several reasons. Firstly there are many Fulbe who have lived in the territory that became Ghana for generations before independence. How do you drive such a person out? Secondly, many locals hire Fulbe herders to graze their cattle and….
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In 1988, the Ghanaian govt launched “Operation Cow Leg” a joint military and police task force to drive out nomadic Fulbe cattle herders out of the country in order to stem herder-farmer conflicts. This operation was repeated sporadically in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s(?).
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Proud moment!
President John Dramani Mahama, on behalf of the Government of Ghana, has donated relief items valued at GHS10 million to Jamaica and Cuba, which were recently hit by a devastating hurricane, and to Sudan, which continues to grapple with the impact of civil war. VC: @tv3_ghana
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Bet if you saw all the excellent packaged food from other vendors you wouldn’t comment that Nigerians have the spirit of excellence.
I always say it. Nigerians lack the spirit of excellence.
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@readJerome I feel this is why Ghana needs a common language so we can create the nationhood fib, in Asante the whole komofo anokye thing was that for us. From sika duah, we created the notion of an “Asanteness”.
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@readJerome That’s how Asante became a nation, because it’s technically not an ethnic group; my ancestors for example joined from Denkyira. However, Ghanaians now view being an Asante as being a subgroup of Akans, when it’s actually just an Akan nation, with northern ancestry too.
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Sometimes the impetus for nation-building is the need to “other” some people. So a group of independent, loosely-related people with different cultures (even languages) and a history of rivalry suddenly become an “ethnic group” when newcomers come in to compete for resources.
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I don’t agree that once you’re religious you’re precluded from criticizing extreme perversions of the faith. Might make for some smug rhetorical wins but it’s a dangerous position given that without the help of religious people, religious extremists could very well win.
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Scrap this office
I know when Ken Ofori-Atta left Ghana but I can't say it - Kissi Agyebeng #JoySMS
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I knew my man was African but I didn’t know he was literally dark-skinned!!
Septimius Severus came to power through a civil war, turned the Roman Empire into a brutal military dictatorship and slapped the senate about. Doesn’t get more African than that.
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One thing about people in power through force of arms is that everyday they must justify their stay. Their legitimacy is earned through their works. Problem is often all you get is suppression and massive propaganda. But on rare occasions you get transformation.
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Very well articulated.
Burkina Faso’s🇧🇫 Ibrahim Traoré: "It's not terrorism, it's imperialism. Their objective is to keep us in a permanent war, prevent us from developing, and continue to exploit our resources."
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Easiest championship LeBron will win. Also no way you retire when you can have Luka and Reaves carry you to multiple titles. #5 is coming.
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It’s fascinating to me that China appears to be more protective of Nigeria than it was of its interests in DR Congo. I don’t know what’s at play, but I didn’t expect any Chinese response to what could be interpreted as a Trump bluff.
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