Thank you very much, Onua Pa Kwasi, for this "hot" Diary 8! Some of us living outside Ghana (including perpetual exiles like myself) thank you very much for the candid assessment, which can make both the Afro-Optimist and the Afro-Pessimist shake their heads in disbelief! Well, that is part of the happenings of "Ogyakrom" (Ghana, as some close relatives and friends call our nation!), and there we have them!
As I read your brilliant analysis, Kwasi, you made me smile at the "What Went Wrong" tone! It seems we need the scrutiny after the hurricane-like happenings in our football (or soccer) fortunes, but still -- like Maya Angelou's "Still, I Arise" -- we will also continue to sing: "Lift high the flag of Ghana..." Amen?
A.B. Assensoh, Oregon, USA.
PS: By the way, Onua Pa Kwasi, where do I see you in Accra on my arrival early in July of 2014 to attend a relative's important funeral rites? I need for you and a few brothers and sisters to pour a libation for me with Akpeteshie (Ogogoroi)!:-)J
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2014 2:19 AM
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Subject: World Cup Diary 8
Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng
Consultant in Communication, Culture and Media
President, Ghana Association of Writers
Member, National Media Commission
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Roman Ridge, Accra
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