Student demonstrations against government's failure to meet students' demands continue unabated; military government refuses to hand over power. Jonas, sponsor of Student Group at Elgin campus, suddenly disappears in mysterious circumstances. The Group wins campus elections and Joe, its leader, is sworn in as President of Elgin University student union. Using their political leverage, The Group confronts General Ito (Chairman) and his military government. Students are arrested and dumped in the Castle dungeons. Demands for their release reach searing points on campus, resulting in massive, nation-wide student demonstrations, confusion and anarchy. Disgruntled junior officers overthrow the military government, freeing Jonas and others. A new civilian government is hastily assembled with Jonas as new President; but The Group refuses to participate; negotiate for safe exit overseas. At the airport, The Group is ambushed. Jonas and two members disappear into oblivion. The rest are hastily scrambled into the plane and take off.
The Palm Tree holds great significance in the African culture. As sustenance, it provides food and drink. It provides shade from the sun; its roots are firmly implanted. The leaves can be used medicinally, eaten at times and used in making thatches that cover the roofs of homes. But as endurable as it is, in parts of Ghanaian ethno-perspectives, the palm tree and its leaves symbolize "unity" and "creativity." Drawing from these, we titled this anthology. Three poets, crafting their creative writing from a variety of sources; three poets, passing along some of the age old wisdom, symbolic of the ancient palm tree.
Four school teachers and their girlfriends, dissatisfied and disoriented with their lot in life and more particularly, the teaching profession as a result of low salaries, lack of benefits, run-away inflation and shortages of essential commodities due to mismanagement of their country's economy, prepare to enter the national university to acquire higher qualifications to help them get better jobs and income after graduation. They work assiduously, combining studies, full-time employment and gallivanting to savour the good life the Harbour City could offer. At the time, their country was under a second military government in less than fifteen years after regaining freedom and independence from the British. Their entry into Elgin University is marked by over-excitement, boos and womanizing alongside intense academic activities. The excitement and ebullience spill over beyond the borders of the University campus, enticing the police and army, who are battle-hungry and deprived of physical training, to engage in intermittent invasion of the university campus under the pretext of flushing out malcontents and hooligans. For more than a decade, the campus becomes battle grounds for police and army invasions, brutalities, anti-government demonstrations, student politics and government intervention and interference in the academic life of the university. To make sense and meaning of what was going on at the campus, the four students, their girl-friends and sympathizers team up to organize a personal club to support themselves in coping with the stresses and uncertainties of campus life amidst the ongoing cacophonic revolution. They align themselves with a relative and friend, Jonas, who lives in the third largest city of the Republic. Jonas agrees to be a proud sponsor and financier of the group, who refer to themselves as social climbers. Jonas pays a visit to the Elgin campus to participate in the group's first campus party. He meets with Joe and Osborn, two close friends, and introduces them to some six mysterious soldiers he was working with on some special project, as he intimated. After the party, Jonas leaves for his city but mysteriously fails to reach his destination. Nothing is heard of him for months. Around the same time, other people mysteriously disappear in the Republic. Under intense suspicions, General Ito, Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council, announces at a press conference that certain individuals have been apprehended and put in military custody for engaging in illegal activities calculated to undermine his government. He assures the nation, however, that investigations are underway and that those people would soon be brought to justice. Meanwhile, student demonstrations against the military government continue unabated because of the government's failure to meet their demands, one of which is to hand over power. Planning to entrench themselves in power, the military government organizes a national referendum seeking approval for a proposed tripartite union government involving the army, civilians and the police. Joe and the group win the student union elections and he is sworn in as President of the Elgin University student union. Using their new political leverage, Joe and Osborn confront General Ito and his military strategists about the whereabouts of Jonas. They are arrested and placed under military custody for interrogations at the Castle dungeons. Demands for their release reach searing point at the campus, resulting in massive nation-wide student demonstrations. In the ensuing confusion and anarchy, some disgruntled non-commissioned officers in the army overthrow the military government, freeing all those in military custody, including Jonas. A new civilian government is hastily organized and installed with Jonas as the new President. Joe and Osborn refuse to participate in the new government and, instead, negotiate for safe exit to con
Provides definitions of foreign words and phrases commonly used in the English language, as well as each word's language of origin, literal translation, and examples of proper usage.
The story unfolds mostly in two imaginary countries in West Africa and North America. Years of military coups and disillusionment after political independence persuade the people of a West African country to take the suggestion of a woman genius, Aberewa Tachiwaa, and go back in their history to retrieve what they have left behind. While the prospects of the new order look promising, the Gyase-hene, Osebo Okoampa plans to subvert them and become the first paramount chief, although he is not of royal lineage. The story shows how the Achem people of the Akan migrated first through Libya and then the Sahel region of the Niger Bend to their current place in the forest region of West Africa. The story also explains how the fabulous kente cloth was created centuries ago and how its name was derived.
This volume comprehensively examines all texts dealing with social justice in the Prophecy of Amos. It also provides evidence of contemporary systemic social injustice. The volume then reflects on how biblical social justice is relevant to the contemporary quest for social justice. This volume demonstrates that irrespective of the hermeneutical challenges, the principles gleaned from the pages of the Hebrew Bible can dialogue effectively with modern issues and deduce living principles that could enable us to deal with issues that confront us today. It is thus a framework by which biblical social justice illuminates the contemporary quest for social justice.
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