The Sunshine Land

Ghana at Fifty: Memories of Independence, 1957

Nonfiction, History, Military, Biography & Memoir
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Author: David Wedd ISBN: 9781477251461
Publisher: AuthorHouse UK Publication: February 16, 2007
Imprint: AuthorHouse UK Language: English
Author: David Wedd
ISBN: 9781477251461
Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
Publication: February 16, 2007
Imprint: AuthorHouse UK
Language: English

Fifty years ago, David Wedd was a young army officer in West Africas 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 Ghanas 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 SaharaDesert and the old town of Timbuktu.

Throughout these pages his love of West Africa, with its varied landscapes and above all its exuberant people, is inescapable.

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Fifty years ago, David Wedd was a young army officer in West Africas 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 Ghanas 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 SaharaDesert and the old town of Timbuktu.

Throughout these pages his love of West Africa, with its varied landscapes and above all its exuberant people, is inescapable.

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