Explore the top tourist spots in Ghana, Cape Coast Castle and more!

 

On July 11, 2009, US President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters, Malia and Sasha, took a tour of Cape Coast Castle in Ghana. SHAWN THEW/EPA

 

Every year, thousands of people from all over the world, including African-Americans, travel to Ghana to take advantage of the greatest tourism experience the nation has to offer. Are you considering traveling to this friendly nation on Africa's west coast as well? As a writer from Ghana, this article will provide you with enough information and make your visit to that West African hospital joyful and fulfilling.

 

One of the most easily accessible and secure travel destinations in West Africa is Ghana, which offers a wealth of historical and cultural activities, as well as several outdoor experiences, stunning hotels, dining options, and fascinating sites to see. It takes more than one day to tour Ghana; in addition to Accra, there are other regions to visit.

 

Learning more about the people's culture, traditions, and legacy can be facilitated by engaging in an enjoyable experience. There are many locations to explore, including the Aburi Gardens, Atimpoku, and Akosombo, where you may learn about plants and how the inhabitants use them for medicinal purposes. Other enjoyable activities that tourists can partake in while exploring include boat cruises, kayaking, swimming, shopping, and sightseeing.

 

Traveling doesn't always mean unwinding; some trips immerse you in the past. Cape Coast Castle, which stands steadfastly on Ghana's Atlantic coast, is one such location. Every visitor to West Africa should see this scene at least once in their lifetime; it is both tragic and beautiful.

 

Swedish traders constructed Cape Coast Castle in the 17th century, and the British later strengthened and enlarged it. It developed into one of the most well-known locations for the transatlantic slave trade. Even though slavery was abolished decades ago, the hushed echoes of suffering, fortitude, and survival reverberate through its walls. The remnants of slavery are still visible in Ghana today.

 

The "door of no return” is the last point of the dungeon where the journey of the transportation of slaves begins. Thousands of enslaved Africans were shipped from Africa to the United States of America. Today, people from all over the world come to visit the place where their ancestors were illegally and forcefully captured and taken to wealthy nations to work as slaves. 

 

It is not a lighthearted experience to see the Cape Coast Castle, as the tour guide leads you through gloomy, oppressive dungeons where hundreds of people were crammed together without hope, light, or fresh air. Additionally, you will see the governor's quarters, the women's dungeon, and the castle museum, which houses documents, relics, and photographs from the time.

 

Cape Coast Castle, however, is about more than simply grief; it's also about remembering, overcoming, and rediscovering. It serves as a site of spiritual meditation for many tourists, particularly Africans and persons of African origin. It is a sobering and transforming experience to stand on those stones, listen to the waves crashing, and tread the same trails as those who were taken.

The Kakum National Park

Tourists who do not visit "The Kakum National Park," a 360-square-kilometer semi-deciduous rain forest located north of Cape Coast in Ghana's Central Region, will find their trip to the country meaningless or lacking. With its well-known canopy walk that offers an aerial perspective of the rainforest, the park is a good choice for backpackers seeking a distinctive experience.

 

Although there is a good chance of seeing monkeys and interesting bird species during the stroll through the lush forest, large game is not to be expected. You may enjoy the peace because admission is affordable. There aren't many camping alternatives, and there aren't many inexpensive places to stay; you might have to commute and stay in neighboring towns.

 

Previously administered by the Forestry Department to harvest timber, the park is today a popular tourist destination. Thanks to the Scientific Research Team that carried out wildlife studies and determined that the location is suitable for tourism, bringing the timber harvesting to an end. Elephants, bongos, duikers, antelopes, and a diverse range of birds are among the stunning species that can be observed.

 

Taking part in the canopy walking at Kakum National Park

Nearly four hundred species of butterflies have been discovered by the nation's natural scientists, and two that are unique to the country have been found. Join folks strolling along the Kuntan route in the forest. The park of trees, plants, and traditional medicines is reached by following the trail. The Kuntan tree is one of the trees discovered. The tree's skin is used to heal broken bones. "Uapacca Guiniensis" is its scientific name.

 

Other materials include "Bediwunia" (incest) for pomade and fumigation, and Kaku, the wood used to build railroad lines. The guides meticulously explain the meaning of each tree as you traverse the two-kilometer guided walk around the park. Please don't worry about where to take a rest when you're worn out and overworked.

 

There are resting points that have been thoughtfully constructed using some of the forest's wood. One crucial element is that nothing on the trail may be removed, no matter how lovely it may be. The trail walk often lasts two hours because of the explanations given to the tourists by the guides.

 

The administration block features a wonderful display of the elephant's skull, the bongo's horn, and several butterfly species. Restaurants and the African gift shop, which features local artwork, are open to travelers. The drive to Kakum National Park is not complicated. Immediately behind Jukwa, a tiny rural community, the enormous signboard proclaims, "You are welcome to Kakum National Park."

BABYLON, I'M SORRY, I DON'T WANT YOUR CORONAVIRUS VACCINE

It is very scary if a Black man would allow any vaccine into his body at the moment.

We are now in the center of a pandemic, COVID-19, which is on a destructive spree, claiming the lives of innocent people along its destructive path, yet I am not willing to take any coronavirus vaccine, even if it's mandatory, because I am a Black man.

Racism: A Serious Problem Dividing People And Destroying Communities

Racial protest in America

Very often, if the word racism is mentioned, the idea that comes to mind is white people hating black people. That's true; however, we have black people who hate white people, too, and black people who hate other black people. 

The latter is one of the biggest issues in the United States of America, often leading to violence in black communities. There are thousands of cases involving blacks killing blacks in the United States of America, but such cases are not given enough attention in America until the whites killing blacks changed things today, through the 'Black Lives Matter' movement.

 

Even in Africa, especially, South Africa, there is still racism, despite the number of years that have passed since the fall of Apartheid, because the white community that has taken over black properties, including land, feels superior. Till now, many regret the fall of Apartheid since they consider black people inferior in their own country.

In almost every African country, tribalism reigns, as citizens or indigenous people hate others because they come from different clans, tribes, or villages. For example, in Ghana, an Ashanti can hate a Fanti, Ga, or Hausa, just because they come from different regions, just like how in Nigeria, a Yoruba hates an Igbo man, or the Mende hating Creole in Sierra Leone.  Tribalism and nepotism are some of the biggest problems in Africa.

 

Power corrupts a person, as well as the mind; therefore, to gain power over others and to dominate others, those who have the power take it as an opportunity to rise above other poor and vulnerable people. That might be one of the reasons slavery probably came about, because Africa was and still is one of the least undeveloped and weakest continents in the world. Even though the US didn't colonize any African country, its allies in Western Europe decimated and brutalized Africa.

 

If actually, we actually need to discuss slavery, it will be incomplete to name racism as the main source leading to that. There is more to slavery than dwells on the natural potentials of Africa, ranging from gold, diamonds, tin, cobalt, manganese, bauxite, and other precious minerals found in African soil. Those pure natural resources have become the curse of Africa from the time of slavery, colonialism, Apartheid, to the deliberate infection of diseases on the continent today.

    Related topic: THE ROOTS OF POVERTY IN RESOURCES-RICH AFRICA

Drawings related to the slave trade

As a matter of fact, no organization or person can fight racism and discrimination in our society today, but it can be reduced. But one thing racists and white supremacists must first understand is that nobody lives forever. Everyone will die and leave this world. So what is the significance of hating someone or claiming you are superior to him when all of you will leave this world in your graves?

Another point is when the rain falls, hardly does it fall on one man's house; everyone's house becomes wet. Therefore, those interested in violence and supporting racism will have a taste of their own handiwork if violence breaks out in our communities. They will feel the impact of destruction and death in their homes.

For peace, security, and the future of our children, we need to bury racism and discrimination and create a friendly, healthy, and peaceful environment through integration and the diversity of culture, for the next generation. 

That's the only way their time will be different from ours because we have witnessed too much violence, bloodshed, and death that we are no longer interested in seeing any more.

The Forgotten Segregation Crimes In The United States Of America In Images

Anti-civil rights crime in America

"Dedicated To Congressman John Lewis, For His Selfless Fight For The Emancipation of black people." - Joel Savage

The white missionaries were the first to introduce the Bible in Africa or to the black man. In that Bible, it is written that God created man in His own image, yet the black man became a target of all kinds of cruelties because of the color of his skin. 

HORRIFIC IMAGES OF A SAD JOURNEY AND BRUTALITIES AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICANS

African-Americans were subjected to all kinds of cruelties, including lynching and hanging because of the colour of the skin

How much more can African-Americans take? According to history, the first slave ship from Africa arrived in the US colony of Virginia in 1619. From there on, without any rest African slaves, struggling to be accepted as human beings or Americans, today, were subjected to all kinds of cruelties, dehumanization, and discrimination.

This article is to present in images of the horror, killings, racism, discrimination that have been perpetrated against African-Americans, ever since they disembarked from the slave ships till today.

The beginning of the sad story of African-Americans

• Image of the Cape Coast Castle, where thousands of African slaves were shipped from Africa to the United States of America

• How African slaves were crammed into a ship and taken away to America

• Thousands of African-American slaves under brutal conditions, worked with tears in the cotton fields. 

• The Klu Klux Klan, a racial hate group, terrorized African-Americans and burned down their houses

• African-Americans were lynched and hanged by white Americans because of the colour of his skins

• Police brutality against blacks in America has been taking place for ages with impunity

It will be an infinite task if I have to continue posting horrific images of brutalities against African-Americans. The African-Americans never called for slavery but the wake up one morning to see themselves in a strange land. They never called for the lynching and hanging but they have been caught in between such crimes with impunity.

There is a significant Ghanaian proverb which says, "A child who wouldn't allow his or her parents to sleep by crying the whole night, will also not sleep. If it's the wish or desire for some people to kill blacks or cause them harm because of the colour of the skin or hate, they will never know peace.

They will never have the sweet taste of peace because when the rain falls, it doesn't fall on one man's roof. Since violence affects everyone in society, they will have their share and impact on society from the senseless racial problem and hate they started.

THE SEARCH FOR NEW VACCINES MARKET IN AFRICA BY BILL GATES

The South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, and Bill Gates

The United States of America and Western European countries, such as France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Britain, Germany, etc, were not only interested in looting the continent with the full force of brutality but also interested in destroying and underdeveloping Africa.

AN OPEN LETTER TO AFP JOURNALIST AMANUEL NEGUEDE ABOUT BILL GATES' VACCINES

Amanuel Neguede: AFP fact-checking journalist in Addis Ababa



Mr. Amanuel Neguede, your article entitled "French doctor did not urge Africans to avoid a Bill Gates vaccine," which was published on April 9, 2020, in AFP Fact Check, has caught my attention. 



According to the publication, you did an investigation by following the story, only to find out that it was a hoax. Doctor Didier Raoult didn't say that Africans should reject Bill Gates's vaccine.

 

I don't know the significance of your investigation and the publication of your article because if you have been paid to publish such an insignificant article, then I am sorry; your publication can't change the minds of Africans.

 

When the publication came out, I posted it directly on the Facebook page of Dr. Didier Raoult. If it's false or a hoax, why didn't the doctor contact me or remove it? Mr. Neguede, it seems you are assisting AFP to suppress information. 

 

Mr. Neguede, if you are a qualified journalist as you claim to be, firstly, you should have investigated the background and activities of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in third-world countries.

 

Secondly, you should have investigated how HIV/AIDS, Burkitt's lymphoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, nodding disease, and Ebola occurred in Africa.

 

And finally, if you are a qualified journalist, before the publication of your article, you should have investigated the clandestine backgrounds of the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control in third-world countries.

If you want to challenge me or don't believe me, after reading this article, send me your e-mail through the contact form, and I will provide you with vital documents about all the medical crimes the World Health Organization committed in Africa.

 

You are an African, Mr. Negueda, unless you have been paid to write this insignificant article because you should even have known by now that both the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, have accused Bill Gates of testing Ebola in Congo, and my friend, Johan van Dongen, the Dutch scientist and micro-surgeon, also has documents about that.

 

Among all the seven continents in the world, Africa is the only continent that has suffered slavery, colonialism, brutalities, apartheid, HIV-AIDS, and Ebola. Please, if you know how to investigate a true or a hoax story, why have you failed to investigate why Europe and America can't leave Africa alone?

 

I am trying to do my own investigation to find out where you come from. After reading your article, I saw 'Fact-checking journalist in Addis Ababa'; thus, I strongly believe that you are an Ethiopian.

 

The same country the criminal Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, comes from. This even supports my claim that you have probably been paid to write this article so that Bill Gates's dangerous vaccines will find their way into Africa. 
 

How is it possible that on May 6, 2020, I published ‘AFRICANS MUST BE AWARE OF FOREIGN DRUGS AND VACCINES AGAINST CORONAVIRUS,' and then just three days after the publication, you published this article?

Birds of the same feather flock together, Tedros Ghebreyesus and Bill Gates.

 

Until this world becomes a better place for everyone to lead a normal life, we need qualified journalists who have dedicated their lives to pursuing the truth. 

 

There are so many Africans employed by foreign media to make it easy for people like Bill Gates to use Africans as guinea pigs to test drugs and vaccines on the continent. I think you are one of them.

 

Have you seen the world today, decimated by the coronavirus? Lies and deceptions have played major roles in it. And to summarize this article, probably you may not understand why I called the WHO Director-General, Ghebeyesus, a criminal.

 

Please, if you are interested, you can read this article: CAN GHEBREYESUS TELL THE WORLD THE TRUTH ABOUT EBOLA? – ASKS SCIENTIST DONGEN 

 

When you write the truth, people interested in what you write will always try to find you, the reason I have thousands of followers on the major social media platforms. 

Primitive lives that undermine Africa's development

Is this culture, tradition, or illiteracy?

No one gives respect to countries in which citizens don’t have any respect for themselves or their leaders. Slavery, colonialism, apartheid, AIDS, Ebola, or whatever is not possible in the developed world, but is possible in Africa because Africans trust and give respect to the white man, while they hate themselves.

The way Africans, including Ghanaians, hate and treat themselves will always be an opportunity for the developed world to do any evil thing they wish in the African continent, because, after all, they don’t love themselves.

Last year, during a meeting, President Donald Trump referred to African countries, Haiti, and El Salvador as "shithole" nations.  The 55-nation African Union said the remarks were clearly racist, while Botswana's government called Trump's comment reprehensible and racist. Yet, many African countries, including Ghana, continue to insult themselves, followed by derogatory comments.

The question is: Why was the African continent angry with Trump if Ghanaians are calling their leaders’ names worse than the reference to Africa as a ‘shithole nation ’? Recently, I posted an article on the ModernGhana news site entitled “Two Mistakes That Have Given Nana Akufo-Addo International Recognition.” https://bit.ly/2BTjb8A

It was an article based on facts, without any insult to the president, yet there was a comment from someone who said, “This is what you can write about your president? Stupid fool, this is not gonna affect the president, but the entire nation. Destroying the president to the world is like destroying the whole nation.”

I replied to the one by saying, “This is the problem with stupid Ghanaians such as Owoahene; they can't stand the truth. You are stupid, the reason you can't even write your real name. In the first place, your president is the only person who has 110 ministers and copied American leaders’ speeches. What's wrong with my article?

Yet, that Ghanaian who wasn’t happy with what I wrote has no guts or brain to protest or comment against the insults directed at the former Ghanaian leader, John Mahama. Just read the Ghanaian papers, including ModernGhana, and you’ll be shocked to read names, insults, and derogatory comments against the ex-Ghanaian leader, yet Africans often accuse the white man of being racist.

According to history, civilization began in Africa, but sometimes, I doubt if this history carries any truth because Africa is the most backward, heavily demented, superstitious, and illiterate continent, without any progress, yet not ready to change their ways and outrageous characters. Hypocrisy, corruption, nepotism, tribalism, and hatred are what Africa stands for.

When it comes to hypocrisy, I can say with confidence that about 65% of Ghanaians are pure hypocrites. Many don’t read before passing comments. I shared my experience in an article captioned “Why Travelling To Ghana Scares Me To Death,’ after losing 10,000 euros I invested in Ghana due to a fraudulent chief who sold the land for me.

The article didn’t generate many comments on ‘ModernGhana,’ but it got 55 comments on ‘GhanaWeb.’ After going through the comments, I was shocked to read what some Ghanaians wrote. Under some of my articles, some people have used my name—Joel Savage, like the commenter—even though I hardly visit Ghanaweb. Why do many Ghanaians behave in that way?

To find the truth behind AIDS and Ebola as biological weapons, I travelled to see one of Holland’s best scientists, former Professor Johan Van Dongen, and then later went to Germany to see Dr. Wolff Geisler, who has also written books about AIDS, Ebola, and other man-made diseases.

The two in medical professions don’t know each other, yet the documents they gave me all point fingers at the US government for creating the biological weapons AIDS and Ebola to depopulate the rapidly growing population of Africa, destabilize our economy, and take control over Africa’s rich resources.

Yet, when I started publishing the truth behind Aids and Ebola on the ModernGhana news site, many people, including Ghanaians, attacked and insulted me. What kind of hypocrisy is that, and how do Africans expect Africa to grow if they maintain such ugly attitudes?

Foreign diplomats, including Americans, continue to surround Africa, taking pictures with African leaders with beautiful smiles. Do African leaders think foreign powers like them because they are Black or African? It’s because of what they desperately need in Africa, the rich resources; they show that false smile and love to African leaders.

They say Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome originated in Africa. Has any intelligent African leader asked the US government, "Why haven't thousands of African-Americans been to Africa before after slavery?" Therefore, why has the disease AIDS drastically affected both original Africans and African-Americans in the same manner?  

How do we expect Africa to move forward if the continent is under leaders interested in the money the US government gives them to cover up every crime committed, rather than the welfare and health of its citizens? Yesterday was AIDS, today is Ebola, and who knows what comes tomorrow?

Barack Obama - The Kind Of Man Michelle Obama Married

Michelle and Barack Obama

Michelle Obama, the former first lady, behind Barack Obama, is one of the most respected women in the world. Her love and respect for mankind have no boundary, yet her husband committed the most serious crime during his tenure in the White House in the year 2014.

Both Michelle and Barack Obama originate from Africa, one of the richest continents in the world, whose treasures have been one of the reasons Europe and America have maintained a flexible economy today. Even Africa's artifacts weren't spared; they stole everything.

Unfortunately, Africa doesn’t benefit from its rich resources. Instead, the continent's resources have been a curse, leading to all kinds of cruelty against Africa. There is no continent in the world that has suffered such a great deal as Africa.

It has suffered domination and all kinds of cruelties, ranging from slavery, colonial brutality, Apartheid, the deliberate spread of diseases, and the testing of biological weapons. Thus, it was a hope for many black people around the globe, including Africa, that since Obama is the first black US president, he would lift the image of Africa.

Unfortunately, it was a false hope. Obama, under oath, swears to defend and protect the US Constitution, which involves the clandestine activities of spreading man-made diseases and the testing of biological weapons.

Obama has no choice; he wouldn't like to be called a cowardly American leader, even when it comes to the killing of his own parents in Africa. In the year 2014, the US government under Obama's administration opened the hell gate of Ebola in three West African countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia, in support of the US government's biological project for global depopulation.

In one of Michelle Obama’s interviews with NBC television, she said that Barack Obama is a perfect husband and father, but he often wins, playing tennis with his wife. “It's annoying,” said Michelle Obama.

KWAME NKRUMAH ON FREEDOM AND THE UNIFICATION OF AFRICA

Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah was the prime minister of the first independent state of Ghana in Tropical Africa in 1957. He was one of the most prominent ideologues of the national liberation movement in Africa.

His philosophy belongs to such works as "Autobiography", "I'm talking about freedom," "Africa must unite,"  as well as "Consensusism - Consciousness ") and" Class struggle in Africa ". His political philosophy, his vision of the past, present, and future of Africa, he detailed in the work "Africa must unite."

Speaking about the past of Africa, Nkrumah resolutely denied the colonial myth of "inferiority" of Africans, that they "did not invent the wheel or writing," that they "have no mathematics or art," and that they never had statehood. Nkrumah recalls that it was Africa that was the birthplace of man, and it was in Africa that, for several millennia, a great Egyptian civilization developed. 

Referring to written documents, he said that Ghana was already a centralized state in the 14th century. In the state of Mali, the successor of Ghana, some universities exchanged scientists with Spain and the states of the Muslim world. 

One of the most famous Islamic writers, Ibn Battuta, lived in the middle of the 14th century. The journey through Mali left an interesting testimony (Nkrumah cites him) about the Malians' character and their political life: they "are rarely unjust and have a greater disgust for injustice than any other people. 

Their Sultan is merciless to those who are even to the slightest degree guilty of this evil. In this country, there is total security. Travelers and residents do not need to be afraid of either robbers or rapists. 

They do not confiscate the property of a white man who died in their country, even if they were untold riches. On the contrary, this property is deposited for trustworthy White people, and it remains with them until the legal heir enters into possession of it."

"Is it possible to say the same thing about the European contemporaries of that era?" - asks Nkrumah and responds negatively to himself. The European conquest of Africa was accompanied by monstrous atrocities. But the most tragic consequence for the development of Africa was the slave trade, which lasted three hundred or more years. 

The number of Africans taken to slavery was from 20 million to 50 million people, and in their homeland, in Africa, everywhere it was possible to see inscriptions "Africans are not admitted" or "Only for Europeans". Nkrumah emphasizes that many Africans began to reconcile themselves with the idea of their "inferiority."

And when this theory was called into question, the whole system of colonialism was under attack. He notes with satisfaction the fact that in liberated Africa, most political leaders strongly reject racial discrimination. "We have suffered too much from racism to seek to perpetuate this evil," Nkrumah wrote.

A chapter on "How Ghana Became a Sovereign State" is very political and instructive. Nkrumah immediately emphasizes that the colonial powers do not voluntarily give up political control over any country. Before they left, they sought to cause a split and rivalry between different forces and groups in accordance with the old "divide and conquer" strategy. 

Nkrumah talks about how the British government sought to impose a "democratic" constitution on independent Ghana, many of whose provisions severely limited its sovereignty and freedom.

Speaking for the socialist path to the progress of Ghana, Nkrumah sought to translate abstract ideological formulas and appeals into a simple and understandable language. He wrote, "We are achieving full employment, the provision of well-organized homes, and equal opportunities for the entire people to receive education and develop a culture to the highest level. 

This means that the level of prices for goods must match the level of wages; apartment, the fee should be commensurate with the means of all population groups; social services should encompass all; and means of education and culture should be accessible to everyone.

Speaking about the need for industrialization, he referred to the experience of the USSR, but the most suitable model for Ghana was considered to be countries such as Japan, China, and India.

Kwame Nkrumah was an ardent supporter of the unity of Africa. "For us, Africa with its islands is a single Africa," he stressed. - We reject any partitions. From Tangier and Cairo in the north to Cape Town in the south, from Cape Guardafui in the east to the islands of Cape Verde in the west, Africa is one and indivisible.

Nkrumah was the first to put forward the idea of the formation of the Continental government for Africa. In his opinion, this government, embodying the political and economic unification of the African continent, should pursue three main goals. First, it will carry out general economic planning on the continent. 

This will require thinking and finding ways and means to create a common market for United Africa (without tempting ourselves with the dubious benefits of association with the European Common Market), to introduce a common monetary system and currency area, and to establish a central issuing bank.

Secondly, the Continental Government will ensure the establishment of a common military command by all the land, sea, and air forces of Africa, and the development of a common defensive strategy to fight against a possible imperialist aggressor.

Thirdly, the Continental Government will pursue a unified foreign policy and diplomacy. This will allow the African states not only to speak unanimously in international organizations but also to significantly alleviate the burden of a separate diplomatic mission outside Africa.

Developing his vision of the political formulation of African unity, Nkrumah also expressed the idea of creating a continental parliament consisting of two chambers. One chamber, ensuring the equality of the associated states, is formed by equal representation from each of them, regardless of the size of the territory and population.

 

It is designed to formulate a common policy on the most important issues of security, defense, and development in Africa. In another chamber, the representation of states is constructed in proportion to the size of their population, and it discusses all other problems of daily life and the development of Africa.

In concluding his book, Kwame Nkrumah wrote, "What unites us is much stronger than what is currently dividing us, and our common goal should be the dignity, progress, and prosperity of Africa." His call for the unification of Africa has found understanding in many African countries. In 1963, the Organization of African Unity (OAU) was created. 

According to the adopted charter of the OAU, the supreme body of the OAU is the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, which meets annually. The supreme executive body is the Council of Foreign Ministers. A number of committees and commissions on special issues have been created in the system of OAU bodies. 

In particular, there is a special commission on mediation, conciliation, and arbitration, which helped to resolve several conflicts in African states. Remarkably, decades after Nkrumah's idea of African Unity was realized in 1963, the European Union was formed in 1993.

WHY JAMMEH OF GAMBIA REFUSES TO STEP DOWN?

Yahya Jammeh changed his mind to step down after defeat because of fear. 

Gambian president Yahya Jammeh refused to step down and condemned efforts by West African regional leaders to get him to hand over power after he lost an election to challenger Adama Barrow.

Jammeh initially accepted the results of the 1 December election, which was seen across Africa as a moment of hope. He is accused by human rights groups of the detention, torture, and killing of perceived opponents during his 22-year rule.

But why a sudden change of mind after accepting defeat? Following his defeat, there were rumors in the country that, in fear, Yahya Jammeh had gone into hiding, and since he had violated human rights and was accused of killing some of his opponents, he was likely to appear in The Hague, at the International Criminal Court.

Even though he is assured not facing any prosecution on leaving office, a spokesman for the opposition coalition that backed president-elect Barrow told AFP, Yahya Jammeh, like other African heads of state, doesn't trust anyone.

“Ecowas wanted to know whether the incoming administration plans to prosecute outgoing President Yahya Jammeh,” spokesman Halifa Sallah said following talks on the peaceful transfer of power.

“There is no indication of a threat of prosecution or the need to threaten outgoing President Yahya Jammeh,” he said.

“President-elect Barrow says he is going to treat outgoing President Yahya Jammeh like a former head of state and would consult him for advice,” Sallah added.

French President François Hollande said the results of the 1 December polls were “indisputable” and that Barrow “must be installed as soon as possible.”

“The matter is non-negotiable,” Hollande said after a meeting in Paris with visiting Senegalese President Macky Sall, whose country nearly surrounds the Gambia.

Last week, Ecowas said Jammeh must step down next month when his term runs out and vows “to take all necessary action to enforce the results” of the poll, without spelling out what those measures might be.

Yahya, after the defeat, is not at rest or mentally stable because he doesn't know his future after being in power for more than two decades. His international relations worsened after the threat of decapitating homosexuals in his country. 

This was just a warning that the Gambia can't accept this kind of love affair, something many African leaders also don't support. Africa is a continent that has suffered a great deal. After slavery and the brutalities of Apartheid, Aids and Ebola have completely decimated the face of the continent.

No one knows what comes next after the continent becomes 'the paradise of homosexuals,' especially in a continent that is often neglected whenever there is an outbreak of a disease. The international community waits until the situation gets worse before it tries to do something.

Yahya Jammeh's abuse of power continues after refusing to step down despite accepting defeat at first.

No one should hate Jammeh for preventing his country and Africa from being a 'Ghetto for Homosexuals, ' but it's totally insane for changing his mind to step down after the defeat. Gambians want a change, Yahya. Your trust and love have diminished; thus, it's time to step down. 

THE USE OF BLACK PEOPLE IN AMERICAN POLITICS

Are blacks important when it comes to politics in America? Hillary Clinton, Beyoncé, and Jay-Z.

There was a time in America when the black man couldn't vote, on public transport, he had to stand for the white to sit down, and he was deprived of many things because of his color.

Racism was so strong that the Ku Klux Klan was happy to be recognized as a hate group. Hanging and the lynching of black people occurred repeatedly with impunity because their skin color was considered inferior.

Like a movie, blacks are killed daily. In fact, it's easy to see the body of a black on the streets of America shot by the police than a white American, so I am now wondering why all of a sudden American politicians are now using the people they once rejected and ignored to solicit votes?

African-Americans, like native Africans, had suffered a great deal. They didn't call for slavery, but greed and cheap labor. America and Europe's desire for so much inspired them to invade Africa and capture Africans across the Atlantic to Europe and America as slaves.

Many believe that slavery still exists in many ways after the abolition, but the question is: Does it also exist in politics? The recent images of Hillary Clinton with Beyoncé and her husband Jay-Z are another example of how black people are used by some politicians, and then later the police assassin bullets turn on them.

Just imagine the nature of America's politics now. It's in a complete crisis that many don't even know what comes tomorrow. Hypocrisy, blackmailing, witch-hunting, and other criminal activities are now what America's politics are made of. 

If 'Black Lives Matter' in America, it should have been the task of every American, including Hillary Clinton, to show it, but not Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, or Patrisse Cullors. Thus, in my opinion, Hillary Clinton's dependence on black celebrities for votes is pure hypocrisy and fake. There is no love behind this.

I live in Belgium. There is no statute of Adolf Hitler because he killed six million Jews, but there is a statue of Leopold II because he killed over ten million Africans, including women and children. Many American politicians visit Brussels, but none have told the Belgian government to demolish it.

Respect is not a commodity sold at the supermarket. So if Africans and African-Americans want to be respected, they should begin to think and do everything as human beings. That will break the psychological chain still holding many people.

African-Americans can forget everything, but they shouldn't forget this story. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951. They became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more. 

Henrietta’s cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown, and her family can’t afford health insurance. 

Such an emotional story should be in the mind of African-Americans daily and ponder over it to determine if America really loves and cares about them, or only when votes are needed in American politics.

How America’s global power has shaped Its democratic image and controversies

It sounds like a fairy tale, but most of the children stolen from Africa by Belgium were indeed put on show in a human zoo

Barack Obama

Any developed country that has the power to dominate and is capable of influencing international events on less powerful nations is a superpower country.. That’s what America stands for, with leaders democratically elected by the people.

Unfortunately, because of abuse of power, grave crimes committed against humanity, and bad policies, American leaders have generated scores of hatred towards American citizens, even though they didn’t play any role in the crimes they committed against countries in Africa and Latin America.

Below is a glance at crimes committed against humanity under the umbrella of America, a so-called superpower and democratic country.

Slaves from Africa to America as African-Americans working in the cotton fields

African Americans were deliberately infected with diseases and used for experiments.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, and more.

Nelson Mandela

Under the system of Apartheid, in an effort to free his country, America and Britain put Nelson Mandela behind bars for 27 years.

Human Zoo

A small black girl is being fed a banana in a zoo. This photograph is from Brussels.

Man-Made Diseases

Aids, Ebola, Lassa Fever, and Zika Viruses were man-made diseases created by America as bio-weapons, to see how effective they are on people, to generate money through pharmaceutical companies, to gain control over a country's natural resources, and to reduce the population of a country.

Dr. Jeff Bradstreet

Dr. Jeff Bradstreet: The killing of doctors who oppose medicines not good for human consumption

The American government depends heavily on revenue generated from pharmaceutical companies, leading to the creation of many man-made diseases, including Aids, Ebola, Lassa Fever, Zika virus, etc. The reason cancer is on the rise in the country is. 

Anti-vaccine Dr. Jeff Bradstreet was therefore killed for opposing the vaccine against autism, and the biased government media reported it as an apparent suicide, making America one of the most dangerous countries in the world, followed by Mexico and Colombia.

Opinion and conclusion

The call for every black man, including African-Americans and Africans in the Diaspora, to pray without ceasing is necessary because the use of black people for experiments and drug tests isn’t over yet.

 

In fact, revealing AIDS, Ebola, Zika, etc, as man-made diseases and exposing the American government using Black people for drug tests wouldn’t let them give up or reduce the crime. They will definitely increase it because medical crimes sustain the American economy.

 

The medicines they send to Africa for Aids victims don’t work; they rather kill them fast, yet many HIV/AIDS patients in America who got the disease in the ’80s are still living. 

 

This is a warning to Africans or the Black man that: He is the least recognized person among the human race; thus, he should be extremely careful wherever he steps on the surface of this earth.

YAHYA JAMMEH OF GAMBIA: WHY THE WEST AND AMERICA HATE HIM?

Yahya Jammeh of Gambia


Many African leaders think they have had enough of colonial masters and wouldn't like to do anything with them. Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and Yahya Jammeh of Gambia are two of them. 


They suddenly became enemies because of their views on homosexuality and the fact that the West finds it hard to deal with them.  In fact, the West and America pray to see an immediate end to the governments of Mugabe and Jammeh.

The Western media quickly find fault with the two African leaders for human rights violations and muzzling of the press, but gross human rights violations are more often witnessed in Advanced Countries than in Africa. 

Due to poverty, Advanced Countries use aid as a weapon against Africa, as they threaten leaders to accept homosexuality and all their immoralities, which have destroyed their community. 

Any strong African leader is seen as a threat, and the only way they think could subdue them is to dominate the leaders with unfriendly political issues.

Mugabe is on the list as one of the most hated leaders in Africa, followed by Yahya Jammeh. In 2008, Jammeh gave an ultimatum to gays and lesbians to leave his country, saying he would "cut off the head" of any homosexual found in the nation. 

Two years later, the European Union canceled €22 million (HK$236 million) of aid because of concerns over human rights and governance issues. Financial aid to Africa is a granted loan to pay back, so why this bluff?

The big question: Whenever any epidemic breaks out, how many people go to Africa to deal with the situation? (Thanks to those who have sacrificed their lives to help Ebola victims in Africa) Africa is a continent that has suffered a great deal. 

World leaders should understand the reason African leaders don’t trust them any longer. No one listens to the voice of an African leader; the West, therefore, shouldn’t expect African leaders to listen to whatever they say.

“What brought Britain to the Gambia in the first place? The trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants, they ended up wiping out the elephants, and turned around and started selling Africans. The British instituted slavery. 

The only thing they left us, unfortunately, is the English language,” said Jammeh. The reason he wants to drop English as an official language in his country is.

The Gambia, as a member of former British colonies, shocked the Commonwealth by withdrawing from the 54-nation bloc, calling it ‘An extension of colonialism.’ People aren't sincere and far from the truth. 

African leaders have seen their betrayal and underestimation and wouldn't like to drive us like puppets on a string. Many believe money is what is going to solve the problems in this world, not at all. We need to love ourselves, meaning taking the plight of others into consideration to give them the love and care they deserve.