Ghana

As a son of Africa, the first African-American president of the empire of the United States delivered a speech to Africans from a European would easily have been described as imperialist lecturing.

The world, particularly Africa, was agog with the news of Barack Obama’s triumphant arrival in Ghana; Obama-mania erupted across the continent.

Good morning. It is an honor for me to be in Accra, and to speak to the representatives of the people of Ghana. I am deeply grateful for the welcome that I've received, as are Michelle, Malia, and Sasha Obama.

Cyrus Degraft-Johnson and Alhassan Suhuyini, journalists of two Accra-based radio stations were on the night of July 9, 2009 violently assaulted by security personnel working for the city authority, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA).

The big story this week is President Obama’s visit to Ghana, which is also covered extensively in Pambazuka News. The main focus of the blog posts was his now famous speech, including the paragraph on how Africa should stop blaming the West for its problems.