Ghana celebrates! ... 55 years of independence is a longtime in politics: on 6 March 2012, Ghana will celebrate 55 years of independence. It will be a memorable occasion as the country was the first south of the Sahara to reach independence, thereby opening the floodgates for total African liberation. Stephen Gyasi Jnr traces the journey so far and how the country is likely to fare, especially in this election year

When 55 years ago, on 6 March 1957, the then Prime Minister of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, stood at the Old Polo Grounds in Accra and uttered the memorable words, 'Fellow [...]