Mental Health Issues in Ghana Governance, Healing Needed

In my previous Modern Ghana article posted 2022, Possible Mental Health Issues in Ghana Governance, the focus was Black/African generational mental health issues, and traumatic events throughout history that have had a negative impact on Black people’s psyche-- from white European invasions and destruction of Black civilizations to European dominated chattel enslavement of Black aboriginals on the continent of Northern America, Continental Africans, including ‘Black Birding’ in the Pacific (and other forms of slavery)-- to past and present day, white European dominated nations efforts to benefit themselves by further heightening tribalism and igniting internal conflicts between resource rich African nations.

Black self-hating and self-destructive behaviors, brought about by traumas during capturing and chattel enslavement of Africans as described in Dr. Joy DeGruy’s lectures and writings.

An area of Africa known as the Republic of Ghana (which I repatriated to in 2011), a baby nation, 66 years old, with an estimated 31 million people-- has been suffering since the overthrow of its first prime minister and president Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah.

Nkrumah, a Pan Africanist and socialist, determined efforts were to gain independence from white Europeans and their monarchs; to decolonize what was then called the Gold Coast (Europeans nicknamed “the slave hub”); and to a redevelop and lead a self-sufficient Republic of Ghana, not to continue to throw the nation into the arms of its European colonial oppressors.

Nevertheless, the 1966 coup d’état of President Nkrumah based on lies and deceit was a success, and Ghana never could fully gain independence, especially when Emmanuel Kotoka, an arrogant alcoholic, and narcissistic National Liberation Council (NLC) meticulously devised the overthrow via negative propaganda and with the aid of resource hungry Euro-colonialists in the backdrop.

Treasonous against another African-- Kotoka and his NLC, as irrational and wreckless as yesterday’s J. B. Danquah, and “coonery” equal to present day former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke; nonetheless, upon their overthrow of Nkrumah the NLC turned to seek assistance from former chattel enslavers and some of the same colonialists who were members of the 1884/85 Berlin Conference-- signs of a history of serious mental health issues.

In addition products of the coup were such persons as Busia and several tribalism-minded politicians and crass military rulers in their undiplomatic efforts and crab-in-a-barrel mentality; they wrestled for democratic leadership positions or the presidential seat, which was not in the upliftment of Ghana, but for government positions, money, status, and class (which it has been said, “class cannot be bought—you either have it or you don’t”).

Many involved in the coup were/are not competent enough nor even qualified to play a role in the political scheme of things—but did; and this is what much of the major political parties National Democratic Congress (NDC), and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) were founded upon (and scripted by white neo-colonialists’ systems) -- and both have been playing musical chairs with the presidential seat ever since.

Most of the NDC and NPP political officials have mostly been accomplishing corruption, begging for numerous loans from here again, some of the same former enslavers and neocolonialists, and stood by witnessed airbus scandals, Karadeniz power ship kickbacks; later, illegal Galamsey and polluting of waters, poor education system and children sitting on bricks in classrooms, pregnant women laying on hospital floors, a useless so called “mosquito pit” cathedral, constant drama from President Addo and Serwaa Broni, and Kan DaPaah lurid affair and blue pajamas to Cecilia Dapaah’s cash and bank accounts saga, being listed as a HIPC, a decline of Ghana’s Cedi...and on and on.

This is not just signs of incompetence, but again, serious mental health issues in Ghana governance.

I recommend Ghanaians, who have not-- try and critically think beyond the two major political parties, because there may be other politicians who are not suffering mentally as others; more so, many Ghanaians must come to understand their vote is neither to be taken for granted nor stolen.

Also, I advise more “conscious” African Diasporans (members of the Sixth Region of Africa) who are repatriating to take an active role in Ghana/Africa’s political scheme—demand to vote and be counted, and help educate and secure Africa.

As you research-- look closely at the patterns of governance of the NDC and NPP, and one should also see these major political parties basically consists of certain tribes, a few families and cronies many of whom steeped in mental health disorders, i.e. Stockholm Syndrome—romanticizing white supremacist businessmen, including grinning, begging and bowing to Euro-colonialists monarchs, in addition behaving in an extreme survivalists mode, vicious opportunists-- psyches that of aggressive goats fighting to mount.

The “Change Now” needed in Ghana/Africa is a psychological healing, reconciliation within Ghana, continental Africa and the African Diaspora, an Black/African-centered education system— learning the world is ours, and an allegiance to redeveloping Ghana/Africa.

#FixTheCountry
#ForwardEver
References:
See—Black Psychology-- Dr, Joy DeGruy; Dr. Naim Akbar

Dr. Chancellor Williams, The Destruction of Black Civilizations

Kwame Nkrumah, The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah

Kwame Nkrumah, Dark Days in Ghana
Dr. K. Makeda Muhammad is a ‘Repatriate’ a returnee to Africa via Ghana in 2011. Dr. Makeda’s field of study is Black Studies; she is an author, educator, recipient of Ghana’s Education Community (EDUCOM) Award, Pan Africanist, Africana Womanist (C. Hudson Weems), community activist, and social media freedom fighter

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