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In the West African city of Accra, on a steamy night in 1957, I was in the government buildings as the clock ticked steadily toward midnight. At that hour, the British colony of the Gold Coast would become the sovereign nation of Ghana.
Africans whooped and whistled as the time grew nearer, shouting "Free-DOM, Free-DOM, Free-DOM," at white British colonial officers who would soon be departing. The Brits shouted back "and Justice, Justice, Justice."See the full content of this document
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It was a little vignette that captured succinctly the Africans' jubilation and hopes for democracy, and the departing Britons' skepticism that Africans could make it work in an orderly and successful way.
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