🇬🇭 69 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE: A Reflection from Eʋe Ɖukɔ
Opening Proclamation — In the Name of Eʋe Ɖukɔ On 6 March, the state now known as Ghana commemorates the historic Ghanaian Independence, when the former Gold Coast and British Togoland were brought together into a single nation. For many, this moment represents triumph over colonial rule. Yet for the Eʋe people (whose homeland stretches across what are now Ghana, Togo and Benin), that same history also carries a deeper question: An independence that divided families and ancestral lands must be examined with honesty. Today, one question echoes beneath the celebration: is Ghana truly "independent", or still "in dependent" - separated only by a single space, but defined by the reality of political freedom alongside enduring colonial structures? ___ The Unfinished Story of Independence The birth of modern Ghana was shaped by the 1956 British Togoland plebiscite, which determined that British Togoland would integrate with the Gold Coast as independence approached. This ...