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Trans Volta Togoland and the refuseniks of the union with Ghana

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Comment: Re: to MAMA

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Kwasi Boakye
Date:
2008-05-09 14:51:13
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to MAMA


Okra, "USING OUR MONEY TO HELP OTHER COUNTRY. "? Do you realize that our country Ghana is still using other country's money? Are we not asking for help every day?

Even USA sometimes uses other country's money.

We should not accept other country's money if we feel this way.

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05-05 23:42
 
 
 
REVISED READERFRIENDLY VERSION Trans Volta Togoland and the refuseniks of the union with Ghana Exactly 52 years ago, on Wednesday the 9th of May 1956, the people of the Trans Volta Togoland (TVT) went to the polls to decide their future with the then

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Kofi Amenyo
05-05 23:42
 
 
 
 
History placed us Volta state HISTORY PLACED US AT WERE WE BELONGS TO.THANK GOD THAT WE HAVE OUR OWN LAND NOT AN ASHANTI OR AKANLAND.MY OWN VOLTA STATE PERIOD.

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Agbeli Kumodzi
05-09 01:09
 
 
 
 
 
AGBELI -TRIBALISTIC IDIOT!!! AGBELI, YOU ARE STILL THINKING DIVISIVELY-PEOPLE LIKE YOU ONLY FORMENT THRASH!YOU ARE NOT WORTH TO BE A GHANAIAN!!! JUST ONLY BECAUSE OF YOU ,NKRUMAH DID US A DISFAVOUR! HE SHOULD HAVE LET YOUR TINY LANDLOCK TAKE PLACE OR ALL

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SOLID
05-09 03:44
 
 
 
 
 
 
DOES IT MATTER WHICH PART Does it matter which part of Africa we come from? I AM AN AFRICAN PERIOD... WHO OWNS GHANA?

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Jss boy
05-09 05:48
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FALSE STORY Mere fabrications and made up stories. I comand you kofi to read the true history of the Ewes/Ghana-Gold Coast before coming out with these illusions. were you or are you sleep walking Kofi?

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KOLA,LONDON
05-09 08:59
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FOOL with No HIstory You always claim you have no history and yet this guy has done a research for you and you write crap. Idiots like you who get fed by other people speak through their backside. No wonder your destiny is poverty and sufferin

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Submarine
05-09 09:04
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BIGGEST MISTAKE IN GHAHA'S:::: THE BIGGEST MISTAKE THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY GHANA IS THE 1956 UNIFICATION OF THE BARBARIC & TRIBALISTIC ANTI-SOCIAL AND ANTI-PROGRESS VOLTARIANS(THE NO.9 PRIMITIVE EWES) WITH GHANA. THEY SHOULD

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QUAMIGA SREBOVI
05-09 09:17
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BUSH AKANS FROM SUDAN ??? I AM SADDAM, AND I AM BACK. AKANS DONT BELONG TO GHANA. GHANA BELONGS TO THE GUANS WHO WERE PUSHED BY THE UGLY SUDANESE AKANS BEEN CHASED BY THE ARABS. Descendents of ugly Sudanes shold leave Ghana now. USELESS AKA

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HUSEIN II
05-09 10:36
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: BUSH AKANS FROM SUDAN ??? high good friend dont forget adam and eve were not ghanians we all came from some where thank you..and be wise

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gabriel
05-09 13:33
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: BIGGEST MISTAKE IN GHAHA'S:::: ARE YOU NORMARL UP THERE?

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NII OBODAI
05-09 10:55
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EWE AND NORTH MUST SEPARATE The Ewe's and the northners must separate from the rest of Ghana, the time is now. Looking at all the major political parties in Ghana, its easy to see all of them been lead by a Sudanese looking ugly Akan whiles all the

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HUSEIN II
05-09 12:02
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TO HUSSEIN NO HUSSEIN,THE EWES AND NORTHERNERS WILL NOT GO ANYWHERE. IF THEY (AKANS) PLAY THE FOOL, WE WILL GIVE THEM THE BEATING OF THEIR LIFE. THEY CANT RUN THROUGH THE NORTH AND THEY CANT COME TO THE SOUTH. THEY WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE

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Major
05-09 12:40
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TVT PLEBESCITE KWASEATO, the Akan nations of Ghana are more developed than any parts of the country. No people with low IQ will ever achieve the standards and statu the AKANS have in Ghana. We are self-sufficient, and economic driving for

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NKREKETE
03-29 12:03
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Biggest Mistake in Ghana Without doubt you are one of those Ghanaians who has no reason to call himself a Ghanaian. What ever your personal sentiments are about people from the Volta Region it would be nice if you kept them to yourself. The thi

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Kojo Asempim
05-09 11:55
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
re:biggest mistake u saw it clean that Ewes didnt want to join GHANA,it was the northeners who votted to join the corrupt and cocaine dealers in ghana

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tonto
05-10 10:14
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
submarine is an idiot ewes are academic champions and have their history in their palms.they are not hungry like ur shoe shine boys

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tonto
05-10 10:09
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
KOLA & NONSENSE AGAIN Comment: FALSE STORY Author: KOLA,LONDON Date: 2008-05-09 08:59:17 I WANT TO KNOW HOW THIS DIRTY EWE KOLA,MANAGED TO REACH LONDON. WHEN CAN YOU WRITE SENSE? Mere fabrications and made up stories. I comand you

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QUAMIGA SREBOVI
05-09 09:21
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: FALSE STORY Kola, if this wonderful educative piece is a fabrication, will you do us the favor by giving us your "true" side? Arm chair critics with shallow skulls.

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Totoman
05-09 09:59
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TVT story Missed the Facts It is not a fabrication but it is missed the real facts and dwell on the logic of outsiders who believed that the Northern Volta region really voted "Yes" for the unifcation; and not that the votes were rigged.

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Wise Observer
05-13 09:06
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
More Fact on TVT Plebiscite Offical complaints of vote rigging was presented to Dag Hammasjold, the UN Secretrary General at the time. He was visiting Ghana at the time of Plebiscite; but the general feeling of TVT activits at the time was that he was t

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Wise Observer
05-13 09:19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: More Fact on TVT Plebiscite Thanks, Wise Observer, for your wise observations. I specifically asked in my postscript for corrections and additions to the piece and your contribution is exactly in that vein. Unfortunately, it came too late. It is true I

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Kofi Amenyo
05-13 23:46
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tell us the true story, KOLA Won't it be nice, KOLA,LONDON, if you rather point out the inacuracies in the account and tell us the TRUE story. Please do, I ask for that!

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Kofi Amenyo
05-09 10:04
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AKANS/ASHANTIS ARE EVIL BEINGS It is a fact and a living observation. Akans and mostly Ashantis are evil beings, anything concerning other Africans especially Ghanaians, that does not mention them as superior , mighty forceful and loud they ENVY. They crea

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LOST CONTINENT
05-09 11:38
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: AKANS/ASHANTIS ARE EVIL BEINGS The history is true and, Fantis are Akans also!! Have you heard the language they speak? Stop the division... Ashantis/other Akans do have a great history that we can all be proud of that is why blacks in the diaspora when th

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Edward
05-09 20:19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Tell us the true story, KOLA Did you think you can 'forge' something like what some novice perceive to be a true story and give it a good package for them to accept?As if its some tangible product,all you've said are not true and claiming to be an Ewe to

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KOLA,LONDON
05-09 13:18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gbl? nyateƒea na mia? Nenye be enya nyateƒea, gbl?e na mi kata miase. Ame bubuwo le egbl?m xoxo. Nusosr?? wonye na mikata.

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Kofi Amenyo
05-09 13:35
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Gbl? nyateƒea na mia? Hmm...woeƒonu, norvinye. Akpe.

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OKOKOROKO
05-09 17:20
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
My friend you gaffed OK Look here Kofi Amenyo or whatever your name is. I suggest you read through the responses and see how many genuine Ewes have written anything to support your drivel. You'd find there is hardly any, so ask yourself why? Ther

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Energy
05-10 01:56
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thank you Energy I just did not have time for this Judas Amenyo who Claim to be an Ewe coming up with such lie History lie his Mentor Adu Boahene- And as if I knew this guy will get someone to write some Ewe for him to paste.

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KOLA,LONDON
05-10 10:21
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HMM... When you resort to insults in order to justify your opinions, it tells the whole world that:- i. you're not open-minded and ii. you're NOT able, or prepared, to support your point of view with logic and sound reasoning.

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YaoArty
05-10 10:27
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: FALSE STORY Why don't you enlighten us, now that you are claiming his piece is a fabrication. I must say that,I am not sure if he wrote this piece because he wanted to remind us of the past or merely inform us of the intrsigence of our f

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Titus Glavee
05-09 10:19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Why bother with this IDIOT Dont waste your time on this FOOL.

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Submarine
05-09 10:25
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AKAN ANIMAL FOR ZOO !!!! AKANS DONT BELONG TO GHANA. GHANA BELONGS TO THE GUANS WHO WERE PUSHED BY THE UGLY SUDANESE AKANS BEEN CHASED BY THE ARABS. Descendents of ugly Sudanes shold leave Ghana now. USELESS AKAN PEOPLE why killing businesses??

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HUSEIN II
05-09 10:32
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HUSEIN....AKA....JULOR HITLAR WHO DO YOU THINK YOU FOOLING ? WHY HAVE YOU CHANGE YOUR NAME ?

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CHIEF INSPECTOR OGUNDA
05-09 11:20
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TRUE HISTORY !! The case with the Ewe's been separated into three countries namely Ghana, Togo, and Benin is not unique in Africa. The is happend to the English speaking people who are part of Cameroon and Nigerian, The Hausa who are part

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HUSEIN II
05-09 11:26
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CAN GHANA SURVIVE ???? I hope you all give a careful thought to what follows below irrespesctive of your hate for me. The Ewe's and the northners must separate from the rest of Ghana, the time is now. Looking at all the major political par

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HUSEIN II
05-09 12:05
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TO KOFI Now that I am grown, I have wondered what my fate, and that of the place of my birth, would have been if the reunificationists had won and we had joined Togoland or become a tiny independent landlocked country. We would have

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Major
05-09 12:21
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I like that Old Major The North, Ewe, and Ga must separate now to free ourselves from Jungle Sudanese Akan people who are been deceived that they were the first to settle on the land Ghana. They forgot that the GUANS were on the land and gave t

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HUSEIN II
05-09 13:25
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: DOES IT MATTER WHICH PART I cannot understand the hate towards brothers and sisters of other ethnicity in some of the comments. Therefore I like your comment, Jss boy.

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Gety, Germany
05-09 13:15
 
 
 
 
 
 
AKANS BE WISE IF AKANS DECIDE TO ATTACK EWES ON THIS PLATFORM FOR NO REASON THEN I THINK THEY ARE SEMI HUMANS

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CHUCK
05-09 17:21
 
 
 
 
 
 
Volta is NOT Landlocked!!! Is Keta land-locked?

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records straight
05-09 20:13
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
KETA WAS NEVER PART OF TVT Keta was never part of the TVT. This article is not entirely accurate. A large part of the present Volta Region had always been part of the Cold Coast. What the writer has done is mislead people with his inaccuracies. T

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Energy
05-10 02:04
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ENERGY? MORE LIKE ANY-JOKER Go back and read the article again, my friend!!! What do you think this sentence means?... "Gbedema(an Anlo who was not a citizen of TVT)"

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YaoArty
05-10 03:14
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
READ THE RESPONSES What makes you think I did not read the article? I read it that is why the obvious attempt at mischievousness makes my blood boil at this stupid article. Maybe you are blind as well. Read the responses and see what percent

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Energy
05-10 05:25
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ME THROW ME CORN... So what? The truth is absolute, my friend, not relative to what the majority thinks or believes in!!! This is my final word on this because I am not prepared to waste any more time in a debate with you over such an obvi

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YaoArty
05-10 10:17
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Volta is NOT Landlocked!!! Not only Keta. Almost the whole of the Volta region is not land-locked because the region is accesible to any part of the world. The sea, rivers,air and by land.

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TROUBLE-MAKER
05-10 09:59
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stupidity of Africans Foolish Blacks!!. How many times have you seen north American's saying things like this? Look deep into yourself Africans. You are the cause of your own downfall. You will remain in darkness for ages. You will sleep at six o'

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BinaryHacks
08-03 15:30
 
 
 
 
 
Nkrumah ayikoo May God blss Nkrumah and his descenders.Amen!

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No1 enemy
05-09 04:18
 
 
 
 
 
 
RE: Very interesting piece I like this piece of history, actually we need the past to understand today. I never understood why pro Ewe contributors here @Ghaneweb oppose to anything positive in Ghana. In fact I'm happy that Ghana had someone like Dr Nk

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Bonsu Amsterdam
05-09 05:00
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nkrumaian Insight Bonsu you did a superb job, your inference was good but why don't you believe we have one destiny. The more we start thinking as one people , one great nation, one destiny the better for a progressive Ghana. Ghana is relative

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MAMA
05-09 05:28
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
to MAMA You clearly need more history lesson and this time more on economic and development. How can you say Nkrumah sacrificed for us. Nkrumah inhereted a debt free ghana. and not just that but had more reserve left for him to start

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Okra
05-09 05:43
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OKRA DO YOUR PART NKRUMAH AND RAWLINGS DID WHAT THEY COULD DO. YOU SHOULD ALSO DO YOUR PART. STOP CRITISIZING THE WORK OF OTHERS. DO YOUR PART ALSO, DO SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE FOR MOTHER GHANA MAN.

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Jss boy
05-09 05:53
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: OKRA DO YOUR PART I like that simple statement. Yes we should do our part and stop talking. "Barimaa beyee bi na ...."

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Kwasi Boakye
05-09 14:53
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
to jss boy You dont know me to suggest that im not doing my part to help the country. I do not want to boast but for your information i work hard and have others on my payroll too. All im saying is that people who want to lead should

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Okra
05-09 19:08
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
correction Nkrumah did his best by mismanaging the country?

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Okra
05-09 19:11
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AUTONOMY FOR AKANS CAN ANYONE FORCE AKANS TO BE PART OF FAIL COUNTRY.WE WERE IN OUR LAND B4 GOLD COAST CAME.PUTTING DIFFERENT PEOPLE TOGETHER WILL NEVER WORK.THE WHITE MADE US THE TOWER OF BABEL.WE ARE NOT AGAINST ANYBODY BUT LOOK.IF WE

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AKANLAND
05-09 05:55
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EVERYLAND BELONGS TO GOD RETHINK,REASON AND TALK PEACE, NOT POSSESSIVE TALKS.

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Jss boy
05-09 06:03
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
RE: Why are you in Bahamas then If you really believe in your Akan thing you're talking about then why not live and work on your Akanland? Please those in Ghana need peace, so enjoy your Bahama and leave our people alone. Akanland was built on hospitality,

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Bonsu Amsterdam
05-09 06:32
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NEW CAPITAL FOR AKANLAND The confluence of Ashanti Region, Central Region and Eastern Region could be built as a new Akan capital called Nkabom City-whatever. Nickname: No. 9 free

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True Akan
05-10 18:48
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: to MAMA
Kwasi Boakye
05-09 14:51
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HAPPY TO READ THIS ARTICLE Am more than the word happy to read this topic. This have given me the real understanding of the country. May such topic be visited to teach us more about Ghana and our tribes. Thanks Mr Amenyo Kofi. God Bless Ghana and all t

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JAH GLORY
05-09 07:22
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: RE: Very interesting piece Its sad when npp propaganda try to make it like Volta region is not part of Ghana. After all what was Ghana the whiteman came and conquered and brought together all the tribes including ashanti and Northern Territories to for

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Boomer npp destroyer
05-09 09:20
 
 
 
 
 
 
THE UNION WAS A BIG MISTAKE They should go back with their inward-looking attitudes to Togo. When they are going they should go with Konadu Agyemang Rawlings and Atta- Mills. We are tired of them.

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Gbadamoshie, Yendi
05-09 08:55
 
 
 
 
 
AN ALL EWE NATION I need to mention that I'm no tribalist but these so-called nations were created by Europeans to be exploited. The longer we remain together, the poorer, corruptive and divided we shall remain. Can you imagine the English and

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K. Mantey
05-09 13:59
 
 
 
 
 
 
Correcton Correction: Can you imagine the English and the Scots having same parliament or the Germans and French living in one country?

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K. Mantey
05-09 14:01
 
 
 
 
Good What an educative article! I was born in 1956 and did not know this part of Ghana history. Thank you very much, brother man.

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Jimmy D
05-09 02:08
 
 
 
 
Re: REVISED READERFRIENDLY VERSION Excellent reading. Although I grew up in the 50s and was part of Nkrumah's "Young Pioneers", I was not old enough to appreciate the history that was unfolding around me. All I knew and cared for was that I was smartly attir

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Totoman
05-09 02:56
 
 
 
 
 
VERY EDUCATIVE -THANKS VERY EDUCATIVE ARTICLE- THANKS

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SOLID
05-09 03:48
 
 
 
 
 
Re: REVISED READERFRIENDLY VERSION Thanks Kofi for teaching me one of the most critical pieces of our Ghanaian history. This is very insightful and enlightening. Love or hate Nkrumah, but his great works says it all. It would take centuries for Ghana to be bl

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Truthsayer
05-09 04:23
 
 
 
 
 
 
LET AKANISM IN AKANLAND WHY CAN AKANS VOTE TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO BE PART OF GHANA.CONFUSED LAND IS AFRICA.CAN WE BE US.TENSION IS HIGH IN AFRICA BECAUSE TOO MANY DIFFERENT LIVE IN ONE COUNTRY.CAN WE BE FREE.SANKOFA AKANLAND

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AKANLAND
05-09 06:02
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LET AKANISM IN AKANLAND who do you call akans? your littke asante? go ahead and vote, the rest of us akans will have nothing to do with you. We are proud to be Ghanaians. may the vision of the Osagyefo be immortalised

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Kwasi Ppong
05-09 10:19
 
 
 
 
THE VOLTA QUESTION REMAINS... The question remains to be solved

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CAPTEIN
05-09 03:14
 
 
 
 
A TRAITOR AND PRIMITIVE MAN IF Kofi were to be a true patrotic citizen, HE wont made this mistake. A FALACY STORY, A DISGRACE to his birth land EWES are EWES not Anglos are only the EWES AMENUMEY Is a lier like Kofi Amegble not Amenyo> YOU FOOL think Of

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Ho Kofi naky
05-09 10:09
 
 
 
 
History of Volta Very good piece. I did not know the history of this area. I can tell you however that if you had not been Ghanaian you may not have attained your current level of education to even dream of writing this. Well done.

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KOK
05-09 12:34
 
 
 
 
 
SEEK INTELLIGENCE FOOL Cut the crap about if he was not Ghanaian he would not have attained his current level of education to even dream of writing this. FYI Ewes are spread across West Africa and wherever you find them they are well educated mo

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Energy
05-10 11:21
 
 
 
 
Get over it! Ghana is one with TVT forever! Get over it. Africa how can we grow if we keep building barriers on ethnic bases. I have always loved and admired people from TVT. I loved and my family have married them. We are all Ghanaians.

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Kwame Peter
05-11 23:07
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Get over it! Thanks

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Kwame Peter
05-11 23:28
 
 
 
SHOW BOY NEVER DIES! Kwame Nkrumah NEVER DIES! Nkrumah was a real show boy! A PATRIOT PAR EXCELLENCE! KWAME'S LEGACY WILL LIVE ON FOREVER! TRANSVOLTA TOGOLAND IS FOREVER PART OF OUR MOTHERLAND! LET TO THE MATE MEHO PEOPLE, TRANSVOLTA TOGOLAND

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FAMOUS AWUDU
05-09 02:23
 
 
 
 
AMENYO, GREAT STUFF! This is what our union is about. There is strength in unity. God Bless our Homeland Ghana( composed by an EWE). We shall overcome all the Mate Meho bandits. Forward march to prosperity and social justice for all. Forward eve

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Nana Ansah
05-09 09:08
 
 
 
Trans Volta Adding Volta Region to Ghana was one of the worse mistakes Nkrumah made. Their contribution to the development of the country has been next to ZERO, ZINC, NADA.

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I &I
05-09 02:32
 
 
 
 
Re: Trans Volta I&I, where would you have got the Volta river to build the volta dam for electricity? You would still be using the "osono" lamp.

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Goodman
05-09 02:38
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Goodman "Osono" lamp eh!? Wicked. I find this piece very interesting, as an example, "if the bellicose Germans had not had too strong an inclination to fight everybody and had not lost their colonies, I would certainly not be

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Ci Pi Pi,Kukruuduites,NDCians
05-09 05:18
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Trans Volta Masa, akosombo dam is in Eastern Region and not volta region. Volta region starts from the other side of the river and the river serves as a boundary between eastern,ashanti,bono and northern regions. Therefore Volta region p

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kk
05-09 08:58
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Trans Volta Some time after the plebicite, there was a redemarcation of the regions and that was how the dam area was carved out of the Volta region. As a result of the redemarcation, today when one drives into the region from Atimpok

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Baba Dogo
05-09 23:52
 
 
 
 
Re: Trans Volta Dear,I&I, without Volta, Ghana would have been a country FULL of illiterates Ashantis whose main interest would have been cheating and robbing the nation.Behaving in uncivilised manner both home and abroad.Short cut to make

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John
05-09 03:38
 
 
 
 
 
TVT YOu people were against the Union. Kwame Addage Nkrumah alais Francis Kofi Nwea gave us problems We would have been saved from Ewe thieves, morderers and wicked Juju.

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Kofi Ajigbe
05-09 05:21
 
 
 
 
 
Come again, John Hi John, What imperial research have you conducted to conclude that Ashantis are illiterates? If you want to know people who have contributed nothing to this nation but have managed to steal in the history of GHANA ,they are

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kk
05-09 09:20
 
 
 
 
 
 
kk Mmo! "Wano Huam" like the Fantis will say.

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I &I
05-09 13:10
 
 
 
 
 
Trans Volta Haba, I&I was speaking for himself and you just lash out at a whole people? Easy, broth; take it easy. Is this civility, with all your education? If all your so called better educated folks behave like how you've done,

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Kwasi Ppong
05-09 10:35
 
 
 
 
 
Trans Volta John, it very clear from your piece who is actually uncivilised. This is not the way a civilised person communicates and you sound like you are well educated which makes it even more disturbing. I think what needs to happen i

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whitejack
05-09 11:26
 
 
 
 
 
John Now you gone BUNKERS: Get a live!

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I &I
05-09 13:08
 
 
 
 
TVT Good show,Kofi. Continue to educate all those who are less than fifty years old. Let those refuseniks understand that in unity lies strenght. Long live Ghana, and long live people like Kofi who are ready to educate us all. Th

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Akwasi, London
05-09 03:57
 
 
 
 
Trans Volta You call yourselves I&I, you know what that means? I think you should change it as in Rastafarianism, it borders on unity. Silly man.

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Kwasi Ppong
05-09 10:24
 
 
 
 
 
Kwasi Ppong Listern to you now; cry baby. Grow up.

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I &I
05-09 13:11
 
 
 
 
why not Yendi and Bawku? The TVT included other areas in the North, from Yendi to Bawku so by your proclamation these should not also have been part of Ghana apart from Volta Region!

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Kwame
05-09 12:20
 
 
 
 
idiot Can you read? Volta Region is not equal to TVT.

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Midao
05-09 17:54
 
 
 
Re: Trans Volta Togoland and the refuseniks of the If inclusion of TVT was the worst mistake that Nkrumah made and no contribution from these people, then tell me who were/are the people who taught/teach your siblings from the day nursery to the university, who were/are the b

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WTTK
05-09 02:43
 
 
 
 
BONSU A'DAM, PROF LUNGU FAIR There are two people who are fair in this forum. bonsu amsterdam and prof lungu. you make me proud ghanaian and God bless our homeland ghana.

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F.JIBRIL
05-09 06:49
 
 
 
 
 
Re: BONSU A'DAM, PROF LUNGU FAIR F.JIBRIL, Thanks! I am blessed to have the time and resources to contribute to these discourses through this medium, at this time in my life. Please visit www.GhanaHero.com. But send is your email address so we can send

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Prof Lungu
05-09 08:21
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: BONSU A'DAM, PROF LUNGU FAIR hahahahahaha

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ankora
05-09 11:32
 
 
 
Thank you for reminding us. After all that the PP Busia government refused to mine the oil at Anloga. Oh these matihu people of the NPP.

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CAPTEIN
05-09 03:06
 
 
 
 
Re:CAPTEIN Brother or sister, What are you talking about? How long did Busia's PP government rule Ghana? Kutu Acheampong never allowed Busia to complete one term in office. Anyway, have a nice week end.

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osi
05-09 06:14
 
 
 
Re: Trans Volta Togoland and the refuseniks of the So what next? Are the Voltarians under this plebiscite ready to succede? Do they know the difficulties involved in this struggle for autonomy? It is good to be independent and be on your own especially under a government who

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Spinas
05-09 03:18
 
 
 
Strong Ghana, United Ghanaians The Volta region is part of Ghana and it is my dream that it will remain so; it is my dream that it will receive it fair share of the national burden and the cake! Perhaps, it is important for those who think the Ewes are

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James
05-09 03:23
 
 
 
Great Piece That was a good piece. I had read about a plebiscite in 56 and knew abt TVT because the maps on our exercise books in the early 60's had it. But this is educative. Let's remain together as one country, and let's carve

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Charles Atsu
05-09 03:25
 
 
 
Re: Trans Volta Togoland and the refuseniks of the We need people like Amenyo, Kofi to be visiting this forum to educate us.Iam in my 30s and have no grasp of this facts inspite of my quest to research the whole political drama.Thank you, guys!Thank you.Iam saving the inform

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John
05-09 03:52
 
 
 
Re: Trans Volta Togoland and the refuseniks of the Rather long piece given the narrow interest, but interesting read and educational, even! Even gave me some chuckles! Goes to support and validate the Ghana-national identity - the promise that was, and the promise t

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Prof Lungu
05-09 04:18
 
 
 
 
we must succede we the voltarians are being discriminated against. if they cant give a fair share of the national cake then the best way to go is secede. this will be a long and tortuos journey but it will worth at the long run.

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met
05-09 05:50
 
 
 
 
 
PROBLEM'S SHARE OF N. CAKE Just give a fair share of the national cake. Are they not contributing to the economy of the nation?

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Jss boy
05-09 06:00
 
 
 
 
 
Re: we must succede met, It will be a hopeless journey with no reward or prize in the end. Be serious. One Nation - Ghana. That is what time it is!

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Prof Lungu
05-09 08:14
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: we must succede Lungu, I think you are wasting your time on somebody who is trying to play prank on all of us. No intelligent Ewe will support this quixotic idea.

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ANKORA WASH D.C.
05-09 21:23
 
 
 
Good History Lesson Thank you, Mr Amenyo for your educative article.

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Akyemkwaa
05-09 04:46
 
 
 
 
History Lesson It is a nice piece of writing with no tribalistic inclinations. Well done,

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TIPOLIPO
05-09 06:00
 
 
 
 
we share a common destiny Thank you Mr. Amenyo for the incisive article. I like your objectivity. As a people- whether Asante, Ewe, Brong, Sisala, etc- we share a common destiny. We must always think Ghana FIRST. Long live Ghana.

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Mawutor A.
05-09 06:46
 
 
 
Re: Trans Volta Togoland and the refuseniks of the Thank you Kofi. Can we get articles like this about other parts of Ghana from you? For example the very Upper part of Ghana. Were they part of the then upper Volta? What about the Western part? were there any kind of stru

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checker
05-09 06:30
 
 
 
Cant Believe this Ewe Man This is a great article with no typical tribal insinuations (Nyebroism) If the majority of Ewes were to think likethe way Kofi Amenyo thinks, I believe other tribes in Ghana will cease from stereotyping them as 1st Class t

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Submarine
05-09 07:37
 
 
 
 
To Submarine I am glad you read this article - and you like it. It is actually dedicated to you, Submarine. You should know why...

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Kofi Amenyo
05-09 08:32
 
 
 
 
 
That is Great If you feel necessary to deicate an article for me then I have done a really good job. What will you be writing for Vice Ressien, Nana amma Obenewaa, Hussein II, Nana O etc. I am watching this space!! Stay safe

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Submarine
05-09 08:59
 
 
 
NKRUMAH'S MISTAKES NKRUMAH WAS A GREEDY MAN. THESE CAT EATING, FOUL STEALING, SHIT CARRYING OCCULTIC TRIBE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE TO JOIN TOGO. THEIR ADDITION TO GHANA IS THE SOURCE OF ALL OUR PROBLEMS. EWES ARE DIRTY, LAZY AND ANTI DEVELOPMENT

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DA DOGG...
05-09 07:40
 
 
 
 
Typical Ashanti Provocation You see the typical Ashanti man provocation. Nobody will descend to your level.

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MAMA
05-09 07:51
 
 
 
 
 
Ewe thieves Shut the fuck up ayigbe julor. nobody respects ur occultic tribe anymore. eat shit slut.

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DA DOGG...
05-09 08:34
 
 
 
 
 
 
correction to DA DOGG Ayigbe is rather Ga chief who stole from them and escaped to Awuna for refuge. If you had noticed..Ga people always say ayigbe julor''

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MOPDOWN
05-09 10:13
 
 
 
 
 
 
wo maame twe kotiboto. wo mama twe mu bon kankan te se totobo ne momoni na ye di afra.

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Midao
05-09 18:00
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Typical Ashanti Provocation I was actually going to hit back but decided to read your comment first. Thanks for stopping me.

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TROUBLE-MAKER
05-09 08:51
 
 
 
 
 
 
A FOOL INDEED Anyone one who takes a dig at you is an Asante Huh! I take a dig at you all the time and I am Ofei (Okuapiman). Proud Cousins of Akyims,Obuobas, Asantes, Nzemas, Denkyira, Bono etc Learn to be proud of your roots ra

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Submarine
05-09 09:01
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IDIOT Damn fool. Did you read the comment well at all? Where in my comment did you see Asante? I`m a very proud Ewe man and proud of my root too. You don`t have to tell me anything.FUCK OFF!!

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TROUBLE-MAKER
05-09 09:07
 
 
 
 
hard working people seceded northern ewes from tvt, joined by their southern brothers from gold coast, forming one country. what a haven it will be. a country inhabited by honest and hardworking people. no reliance on natural resources and mater

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bb
05-09 09:51
 
 
 
 
Re: NKRUMAH'S MISTAKES You do not deserve to be given any attention at all and if given at all, you should be told that, you are highly ignorant especially as your name depicts. You hide behind aliases to insult and some of us don't hide behind

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Titus Glavee
05-09 10:28
 
 
 
 
DA DOGG You are a DOG

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;kukugee
05-10 12:41
 
 
 
Are you sure????? Are you sure the Berlin conference took place in 1844?? I thought that happened in 1883-4.

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Muzenge I
05-09 07:42
 
 
 
 
Re: Are you sure????? Muzenge, The Berlin Conference took place from November 1844 to February 1885. Just google berlin conference and see what you come up with.

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TTT
05-09 07:48
 
 
 
 
 
correction The conference took place in 1884 to 1885. You're correct that it did not take place in 1844

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TTT
05-09 07:51
 
 
 
 
 
 
I taught that in Ghana I was a history teacher in Ghana and that cannot escape my attention.

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Muzenge I
05-09 07:57
 
 
 
 
 
I have checked TTT, I have googled and this is what I got. "[edit] Berlin Conference Main article: Berlin Conference The occupation of Egypt and the acquisition of the Congo were the first major moves in what came to be a precipitous

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Muzenge I
05-09 07:55
 
 
 
Subjective account Do you know with the present arrangement some people are still divided as families and group? Why are you afraid to say this is what has precipitated the Kokomba/Dagomba and Mamprussi/Kusasi issues. There are alot of issues a

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Muzenge I
05-09 07:49
 
 
 
 
To Muzenge I Thanks for your comments. I thought the piece would bring about such discussions that you took up rather than igniting the 'tribal torch'. Won't it be great if you can tell us (impassionately) something more about the tension

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Kofi Amenyo
05-09 07:59
 
 
 
 
 
eat shit so?? eat shit cat eater.

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DA DOGG...
05-09 08:35
 
 
 
 
 
Kofi Amenyo Thanks for your response. I sincerely believe this is not the place for us to discuss such issues as some just go into abusing others just because they did not agree with what someone has just said. I will send you a mail on

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Muzenge I
05-09 10:39
 
 
 
OUR CAMPAIGN TO SECEDE IS HERE The union is not working and the time has come for us to secede and form our own nation. We have been trated unfairly,marginalized and forgotten. There are some idiot Ghanaians here in this forum who have been calling us

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TROUBLE-MAKER
05-09 08:44
 
 
 
 
Buulu Obe dwen mo. Osoomi onu.

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Submarine
05-09 09:05
 
 
 
 
 
STUPID FOOL That`s all you have to say.A fool like you don`t know the history of others and all you do is to insult.

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TROUBLE-MAKER
05-09 09:09
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shamolo maker Go away with your crap history which you hate to know bastard.

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Submarine
05-09 09:57
 
 
 
 
REPLY TO TROUBLE MAKER RESPONSE TO TROUBLE MAKER Before you go ahead with your suggestion you need to undertake a survey in your area in order to find out what your people want. It is important to realise that in most areas where the people have

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A Kodzo-Grey
05-09 09:55
 
 
 
 
 
Where do you come from?? My name is Dziko-Kwame and I come from Tanyigbe in the Ho District of the Volta Region. I have seen your piece rather too late and therefore cannot give you the proper condemnation of your one-sided article. I have writ

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Dziko Kwame
05-09 12:16
 
 
 
 
 
 
Tell us something now, Kwami Dziko Kwame, I wish you can tell us something now and not in June. Why should this part of our history be hidden? British citizens have written PhD theses on the subject, why can't we, ourselves, talk about it? I have,

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Kofi Amenyo
05-09 12:40
 
 
 
 
OUR CAMPAIGN TO SECEDE IS HERE Ha ha ha, have you stop signing off you comments as "i peacemaker monitoring Ghana, a nation given freedom by Kwame Nkrumah and given stability by Rawlings)? No longer interested in your beloved Ghana? Ready to jump off the

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Kwasi Ppong
05-09 10:47
 
 
 
 
 
Re: OUR CAMPAIGN TO SECEDE IS HERE Wrong.You are talking to the wrong person. The person you are refering to is PEACE-MAKER. You are responding to TROUBLE-MAKER.

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TROUBLE-MAKER
05-10 03:58
 
 
 
Midao Simply brilliant.

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Midao
05-09 09:07
 
 
 
Trans Volta Togoland The author is obviously not a historian. The results of the plebiscite votes that were declared were disputed by the the group that did not want to join the gold coast. It was alleged that the people of the North and the Buem

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A Kodzo-Grey
05-09 09:19
 
 
 
 
Thanx for your input Thanks a lot, Kodzo-Grey, for your imput. Just the kind of reaction I was hoping for but, unfortunately, some people are saying other things. 1. The votes were certainly disputed as those who lost told us. Much of the disp

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Kofi Amenyo
05-09 10:31
 
 
 
Obenewaah......Silence on Ewe story tales, but will move heaven and earth to discredit anything Akan. An inward-looking activist what a hypocrite!

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withheld
05-09 09:30
 
 
 
 
Re: Obenewaah......Silence on ...and what do you want me to add to the piece? Read the article, for its value, and make additions if they are necessary. LOL. Hope all is well. Good day and cheers.

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NANA AMMA OBENEWAA
05-09 09:41
 
 
 
 
 
Obenewaah......Silence on "...and what do you want me to add to the piece?" Your good self, your presumptiousness, and your inflammatory remarks and the usual unprovoked wanton one sided attacks on anything Akan, then again this is about Ewe so I und

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withheld
05-09 11:42
 
 
 
 
Re: Obenewaah......Silence on What has this got to do with Nana Amma Obenewaah? "Ewe story tales, but will move heaven and earth to discredit anything Akan." Well,that`s because you don`t know your own history and you continue to twist history and t

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TROUBLE-MAKER
05-09 09:53
 
 
 
 
 
Obenewaah......Silence on Yup! Akans don`t know their history! Word of advice, the sooner! you and your "likes" stop behaving like Palestinians the better off will be for all Ghanaians! got it.

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withheld
05-09 11:03
 
 
 
 
WHY BLAME NANA AMMA OBENEWAA NKUMAH'S ill conceived PLEBICIT to force TRANS VOLTA TOGOLAND to be part of GHANA proved to be his fate. The HARD CORE EWE PEOPLE did not want to join BEAUTIFUL GHANA. As a result KOTOKA, HARLEY, DEKU convinced STUPID AFRI

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ASEMPA NE YE
05-09 09:57
 
 
 
 
 
Agree Somehow we must accommodate them to feel welcome. Too much distraction from more important things, the economy and developmental structures.

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withheld
05-09 10:18
 
 
 
Re: Trans Volta Togoland and the refuseniks of the Mr. Menya, I am not from your area and I was very young when the Plebiscite was held. But I enjoyed reading your piece because this is the first time I have made some sense out of this issue. Yours is the type of articles I

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Eric Odotei
05-09 09:32
 
 
 
A very educated piece Your posting is very informative indeed particularly, about the narration of how the Germans treated the black citizens. My parents who grew up and were members of the Bassel mission, told us stories of how difficult the Germ

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Koku Kesedovoo
05-09 09:38
 
 
 
 
GOOD STUFF THIS IS INDEED A VERY EDCATIVE ARTICLE - THIS GOD FORSAKING EWES SHOULD BE VERY GREATFUL FOR BEING PART OF THE GREAT PEOPLE OF GHANA.

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CHIEF INSPECTOR OGUNDA
05-09 11:34
 
 
 
 
 
STUPID ASS.WHAT DO YOU KNOW YOU DIDN`T READ THE ARTICLE,DID YOU? A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE AGAINST JOINING GHANA. FOOL,DID YOU SEE THE FIGURES. "CPP had more resources than the Togoland Congress, some of whose members resented Nkrumah’s

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TROUBLE-MAKER
05-10 09:55
 
 
 
THE PLEBICITE IS OVER, VOLTA @ we the real ethutons of TVT are still aware of the plebicite, not that our fathers did not tell us the truth. they we cheated during the voting and Gbedemah the TRIATOR of our HOMELAND EWE ADDJAH is the sole caused of the los

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Ho Kofi naky
05-09 09:48
 
 
 
 
Good job Your article was the best of history written well about the people of the Volta region. There should be a book on this for our children to read. All that we read in the past in our school text books was “Asante History"and

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Jom
05-09 11:15
 
 
 
 
Let's us dream a sweet dream In the face of the global village, what is small Eweland? Nations are finding it important to unite because there is enormous strengh in unity, take the example of East and West Germany, follow by the EU. Look at what Japan h

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Dr E A Akpalu
05-09 11:36
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Let's us dream a sweet dream Doctor Akaplu, you are undoubtedly my man of the week. You are a true patriot.

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ANKORA WASH D.C.
05-09 21:30
 
 
 
Re: Trans Volta Togoland and the refuseniks of the Even Awoonor Williams and Olympio's children enjoyed the same perks as any other Ghanaian child yet their fathers were Presidents and Prime Ministers in Togo. You see how Ghana sweets?

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MenayeAFUAforiwa
05-09 12:21
 
 
 
TVT: RIGGING OF PLEBISCITE THE BETRAYAL OF TVT THE ROLE OF AGBELI GBEDEMAH, REGINA ASAMANY AND NKRUMAH Certainly the results of the plebiscite were forged results. It was widely believed that if the true results of the plebiscite were announced TVT

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A Kodzo-Grey
05-09 12:30
 
 
 
 
Betrayal of TVT Yes, this story is far more than I recounted here and I am happy with your lentghy input. Thanks for taking your time to write what you did. I am keeping a copy of it in my archives. I have said elsewhere that I had many

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Kofi Amenyo
05-09 13:07
 
 
 
 
Capital What has 'Hohoe should have been the capital' doing in your otherwise nice thread? Ho has been the capital since the time of the Germans.

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Midao
05-09 17:47
 
 
 
We are ONE& ONE Ghanaians. Today, go to Australia, the US and those countries whose natives were nearly annihilated, there is one thing facing them; Destiny. They work hand in hand to achieve one thing that would foster mutual, amicable and never-en

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Pelicles.
05-09 13:05
 
 
 
 
Re: We are ONE& ONE Ghanaians. Forgetting about the entire history wont help either.

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THANKS
05-09 15:23
 
 
 
GOOD HISTORY Kofi Amenyo, your thoughts to mark the 52nd anniversary of the TVT plebiscite was found very interesting, insightful and educative. Since some of my friends contacted me to discuss the possibility of reviving agitation for t

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DELALI NDO
05-09 13:27
 
 
 
 
TO DELALI !!! You made some good points but over generalized issues. First of all, one of the main reasons why SOME of the youth from the Volta and other parts of the country mostly the North hide their identies among predominatly Akan

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HUSEIN II
05-09 14:02
 
 
 
 
 
Good riposte to nonsense Delali's contribution if not outrightly nonsensical, at least, seems to emmanate from a half educated brain. Or is that what politics can do to otherwise sensible people?

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Midao
05-09 17:52
 
 
 
 
DELALI NDO Good comment, as I said somewhere I open minded, and I believe there is a great history to tell about our country both great and small at the same time focusing on what binds us together us Ghanaians and not what divide us. T

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withheld
05-09 16:28
 
 
 
Go back and join Togo Trans Volta

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K. Darko. HOLLAND
05-09 19:02
 
 
 
Amenyo Kofi Volta is not landlocked!!! Set the records straight.

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records straight
05-09 20:16
 
 
 
 
TVT was landlocked TVT was landlocked. Keta, Denu etc were not part of TVT. The Ewe nationalists knew it would have been difficult to get the Anlos with them into a greater Ewe nation.

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Kofi Amenyo
05-09 23:22
 
 
 
 
 
IDIOT Well you should have made that VERY CLEAR in your nonsensical article then shouldn't you? Judging by the responses most of your readers assume your TVT is all of the Volta Region

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Energy
05-10 02:10
 
 
 
 
 
 
TVT and ANLO PEOPLE Well Energy, now that you've been enlightened that the Anlo people were not and are not Togolese would start telling your kinsmen to stop telling Anlo people to go back to Togo?

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Johnnie
05-10 04:37
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
RE: TVT and ANLO PEOPLE I have not been enlightened by anyone. Read my earlier responses asking the author of the article he should have made it quite clear from the beginning what the TVT was and that it did not include all of the Volta region.

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Energy
05-10 05:30
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AMEN... Author: YaoArty Date: 2008-05-10 10:17:55 So what? The truth is absolute, my friend, not relative to what the majority thinks or believes in!!! This is my final word on this because I am not prepared to waste

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YaoArty
05-10 10:30
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Did you read well, Energy? Energy, maybe you read the piece in a hurry. I made it clear that Anlo was not part of the TVT. What do you say about this in the beginning? "The area was partitioned between the two occupying powers in 1916 with the Briti

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Kofi Amenyo
05-10 10:50
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Did you read well, Energy? I don't want to discuss anything with you. You have no idea what damage you have caused. This website is an Ewe bashing site and the least negative thing you write about Ewes is ammunition for the haters. For you not to r

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Energy
05-10 11:13
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oh, I see... Oh, I see. You're afraid to discuss your own history because other people will hear it! I won't bother you anymore.

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Kofi Amenyo
05-10 11:52
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SHORT ON SPECIFIC "Nkrumah knew how to punish those who opposed him. The last bit of the road from Accra to Hohoe, a bastion of the reunificationist movement and opposition to CPP, was not tarred until very recently" Please be specific! Whi

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MIKE OTCHERE{CANADA}
05-11 15:12
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
correction to tare

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MIKE OTCHERE{CANADA}
05-11 15:19
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Energy the Idiot Energy, Of course you will now say you don't want to discuss anything with him, because he has proven you wrong. As usual, you always behave like a sullen idiot child whenever you are proven wrong. Childish behaviour

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Okomfo Anokye Bajan
05-11 10:06
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Re: Energy the Idiot Bastard slave Child (I mean that in the real sense by the way) where exactly did he prove me wrong? Maybe you need to follow exactly what I have written elsewhere. By the way what are you doing here hiding from siL. Why

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Energy
05-11 10:58
 
 
 
positive This article is loaded with information that is worth researching. For those of you who don't see an once of fact in it, it would be of significant benefit if you could write an equally good article response countering or dis

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esi
05-11 00:58
 
 
 
Map of British Togoland Kofi Amenyo, Thank you very much for this rich historical account of Trans Volta Togoland. Like some of your other readers, I did not realise that the area which held the plebiscite was a landlocked area which did not i

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Okomfo Anokye Bajan
05-11 09:57
 
 
 
 
The Link Here is the link, which I have inserted spaces because this forum is not allowing it to be posted in full. h t t p : //en . wikipedia . org / wiki / British_Togoland Just remove the spaces, or do a Google search for "Wi

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Okomfo Anokye Bajan
05-11 10:00
 
 
 
 
 
PISS OFF! Why do you assume that we are like you huh, slave boy? We know our history you fu-cking idiot and trust me, given your background, what we don't know we don't wanna hear or learn it from you. PISS OFF

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Energy
05-11 11:03
 
 
 
Bravo, Bravo, Bravo! Thank you very much, Kofi. Last week, at a public meeting in Washington, DC, a Togolese political activist made a statement complaining about Kufuor's role in what is considered human rights abuses by the Eyademas. The co

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Yaw Adu-Otu
05-11 13:15
 
 
 
The prophesy most of the people don't know what u are talking about(we are the lost tribe from Israel we are now going to form the new Jerusalem say Amen)

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SMOKE
05-16 07:51
 
 
 
This is Highly Educative! This is a highly educative article. As an Akan, I have lived in so much contempt of the Ewe people. In these past five years, I have learnt a lot about them and I think articles like these need to be encouraged to enable us a

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Sam The Analyst
02-27 05:18
 
 
 
volta needs separation part of your history is correct but I disagreed with the conclussion

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Goheey Ametornu
03-23 17:02
 
 
 
volta state separation please work out

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Goheey Ametornu
03-23 17:03
 
 
 
proposement of volta region having indep about a week or two a was call on the mobile phone by an known number that the above name region has attain 50 years and so elders in the region are planing to have an independent based on the agreement made about 50 years ag

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martin adenyo
05-12 10:03