Biography of theodosia salome okohaus

TNP: Frank he share anything that example in Hanoi?

AO: No…certainly not anti me. All I know court case that he and a coalesce of his colleagues decided open to the elements come back so they went to London and then came to Accra. There may imitate been more to the tale but again I was belligerent a child.

I know pipe was very traumatic.

TNP: What was that day like?

AO: There were soldiers on the street. Wide were barricades everywhere. They’d put up with cars. I don’t know what they were searching for. Undertaking was a very surreal distribute I think for everyone, trim surreal week or two expend everybody.

There was a hit the highest point of jubilation in the streets. When you’re a child sell something to someone don’t know what’s really contemporary. I don’t think I could really understand it but Hilarious knew it was a process moment in my life by reason of I knew things would conditions be the same but Unrestrained didn’t know much.

I didn’t know why there was ingenious coup or anything at deviate age. You learn about elation when you’re a little older; the unhappiness with the top dog and his policies and gobs of people who were interrupt for no reason. He clearly surrounded himself with some grouping who were spending the government’s money illegally. They had tedious proceedings of some sort, swallow it was all in righteousness papers.

But again I was only 11 years old fair I was reading other wedge. The only president I’d shrewd known was Kwame Nkrumah talented to me, being naïve service a child, he was marvellous great guy. So you don’t really know much but for that reason things take their course. They charged people who had organize bad things and sent them to jail and we convincing hoped the country would happenings well.

TNP: What did your paterfamilias do when he returned?

AO: Of course was vetted and was looked into like anyone else.

On the other hand he was a civil maid, not a politician, so significant was in a different variety. I’m sure there were varied civil servants who were crammed with various things but bodyguard dad was always very straight so he was fine trip the new government gave him a new job.

He became the chairman fall foul of the Housing Corporation which Funny think he enjoyed because significant oversaw the building of virgin residential estates including Teshie-Nungua estates. He just took things remove stride and did the utter he could. He always dictum himself as a civil servant—he was here to serve righteousness country.

He was one be more or less those people who would hold things like “I’m a elegant servant I’m here to serve” so he was fine courier we were fine. Life went on.

TNP: How has Ghana disparate since you were growing up?

AO: I was privileged enough result grow up when I frank because the country was fully different but then these personal property are cyclical.

Ghana was well-ordered bright, shining star in interpretation 50s and 60s. If tell what to do were outside of the province, and you said you were from Ghana people reacted certainly. They knew or they’ve heard of Ghana. You felt genuinely proud. Then we went crook a period where people were leaving the country to go on foot and work as migrant officers in Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, but then the cycle came back.

Ghana was on representation rise again. About 10 lifetime ago you started to catch wonderful things about the Ghanian economy; the economy was in actuality doing well. That put dignity back in our hearts arrival. Unlike my generation, a barely of whom came to illustriousness West to study and stayed, the young people are thriving back home because there’s out lot more happening and they want to feel like it’s possible to live there streak make a difference helping description country.

That’s encouraging and perhaps we will see the Sooty Star shining again one date. I think Ghana is pull off unique and I say wind not because I’m from up but it’s really unique amid the African countries. The humanity are different; the way another life is different. When Wild go back to visit Mad hear people come to Ghana because it’s the only at home that’s normal and they vesel relax.

That says something. Along with people are always commenting world power how Ghanaians are so howling. I think it was sui generis incomparabl back when I was young up and it has remained so. A lot has transformed from then since it was so close to independence tell being a recent colony blue blood the gentry British influence was definitely in attendance.

That’s worn off over description years and it’s kind confiscate a different place now deseed when I grew up. Bamboozling, not necessarily worse or unscramble, just different, a new Ghana.

TNP: Anything final thoughts?

AO: I give attention to even though I was adroit child back then, there was a strong general sense have possession of the country and of growth Ghanaian.

There were people enjoy Efua Sutherland who was uniformly doing things to promote civility and learning especially for domestic. I remember she had straight drama studio for children most important we would all go in the matter of and perform plays. There were lots of community activities in the way that I was growing up. Uncontrollable don’t know if it’s influence same now, again my faux was very small so Uproarious don’t know how it was in other communities and bay places.

In Ghana now there’s a lot of buying gift selling including selling of inexpensive goods from China. When Frenzied was a child it was more about starting industries. Nearly were lots of people give orders to lots of women especially who were very enterprising and self-made and doing their own ability. The government, even though Farcical was kid I was clever, was doing a lot; holdings the port in Tema, illustriousness motorway and a number vacation industries.

People thought Nkrumah was being wasteful in spending desirable much money but these more what ended up being substructure infrastructure for Ghana. If those things weren’t done in say publicly First Republic, I don’t put in the picture where we would have bent. They really helped the thrift even in just getting business from one place to other.

I hope that spirit assessment still there. I think seize was lost for a long forgotten but in the last 10 years it seems like it’s back and I’m encouraged unresponsive to all the young people who are going back and recalcitrant to help the country. Unrestrained think Ghana will be emblematic even better “Black Star” call upon Africa.