March 6, 2015

March 6, 1957:  Lord Kitchener and the Making of an African Nation

Reading Time 1 minsCaldwell Taylor March 2015 A Nation is the site/sight of struggle, a thing calypsonian Black Wizard notes: “If you want to get rid of Babylon and build a just Nation You’ve got to struggle on and on”. Preceding the Black Wizard by more than twenty years Lord Kitchener [1922-2000] heralded the Birth of Ghana. Kitch sang: The day will never be forgotten The sixth of March 1957 When the Gold Coast successfully Get the Independence officially And speaking at one of several Independence Dinners Prime Minister Nkrumah  said: “Even today in the West Indies. it is possible to hear words and… Read More »March 6, 1957:  Lord Kitchener and the Making of an African Nation