Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Kudos to Ghana at 50
Dan Simpson, retired American diplomat and columnist at the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette gives an appropriate assessment of Ghana at 50 years of Independence.
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Well Congrats Ghana! Interesting how a country that seemed to be devastated beyond relief was able to pick itself back up and become quite successful. After suffering from bad governance, corruption and much more it was able to turn its world around for the better. I especially like the way he ended the article stating that the United States was not too different back in 1826. Africa may seem like an obscure case for Today's world, but one must keep in mind their independence is still young.
Yet, I question his opinion that mean that some countries, such as Rwanda, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, etc. are not at their worst? Does he mean that they still have falling to do before they reach the bottom in order to finally be able to move upward? And, do they HAVE to hit the bottom before they can pick themselves up?
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