On 6th March 1957, a young nation of six million people, known as Gold Coast, sought to pave new paths for its societies and the entire African continent. Called the Gold Coast, it extended to Ghana.
The new nation, Ghana adopted the motto: “Freedom and Justice,” is known for Ghanaians seeking to pave new paths in societies that reflect the citizens ideals of justice, freedom and equality.
Since 1957, this new nation, Ghana, has achieved great things for its citizens and the world, a continent of peace and freedom for its citizens to live, study or work anywhere in the African continent and abroad.
Ghana is one of the world’s biggest market aid and assisting other countries worldwide.
On the other level of ordinary Ghanaian’s daily life, religious coexistence is possible, people of different faiths shared much with each other.
Your analogy is very important, and the imagination, I would say, is true to reality.
People of Ghana were in constant contact with other African countries. Here in Namibia we welcomed such opportunities and benefited from them.
Ghana has delivered over many years peace, stability and prosperity. It also plays an important role in diplomacy and works to promote these same benefits as well as democracy, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law across Africa and the rest of the world.
It will be really amazing to think that the next Noble peace prize would be awarded to current president Nana Akufo Addo for his economic achievements.
Africa h’ve also advanced human rights and trade as never before with institutions that enabled its success so that other countries and countries abroad can benefit from them, too.
Among the international human rights treaties, the Convention takes an important place in bringing the female half of humanity into the focus of human rights concerns.
The spirit of the Convention is rooted in the goals of the United Nations: to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity, and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women. The present document spells out the meaning of equality and how it can be achieved. In so doing, the Convention establishes not only an international bill of rights for women, but also an agenda for action by countries to guarantee the enjoyment of those rights.
What the International community should be trying to build, then, is a world where everyone’s a winner, not a world that produces losers.
Ghana as a country, coexisted peacefully, and shared in and contributed to human progress together. Poverty and hunger is not serious in the countries it shares its mineral resources with.
That’s what everything I’ve said today boils down to advancing human progress, leaving to our children a world that’s more peaceful, more prosperous, and more free.
I appreciate your comments about Ghana sharing its natural resources with other advanced countries. Going back to your comment, it seems to me that Ghana’s or what we call global citizenship has come into its own in our era.
It is wrong that only Black African people should sacrifice their lives and resources, and others not, whoever they may be.
If we want to wipe the word ‘misery’ from the face of the earth.” The source of that idea is Makiguchi’s concept of “humane competition”, representing an ideal of shared happiness and well being in the life of all people.
In 1903 Makiguchi’s Book; “A Geography of Human Life” was published. The plea he made in that book is that humankind should be beyond military competition, political competition, and economic competition.
He said it is time that we shifted to humanitarian competition. He went on to say: It should be understood that “humanitarian approach” does not imply that there is a specific method which can be designated as such. Rather, it is an effort to plan and conduct whatever strategies, whether political, military, or economic, in a more humanitarian way.
The important thing is the setting of a goal of well-being and protection of all people, including oneself but not at the increase of self interest alone. In other words, the aim is the betterment of others and in doing so, one chooses ways that will yield personal benefit as well as benefit to others. It is a conscious effort to create a more harmonious community life, and it will take considerable time.
I can identify Makiguchi’s natural spirituality and practical wisdom. I hope that all people will experience this practical wisdom too.
Than you Kwame AssumptaGH
