a step in the right direction

so on 12.07, ghanafoo (the citizens of Ghana) went to the polls, made history and showed Americans, the self-described connoisseurs of democracy and its practice, how to get it done. to me the symbolism of this peaceful democratic election is not that the incumbent won, a deserved win i might add, but that it puts to nought any assertions that Africans are brute savages, intent on killing and maiming each other and incapable of self-governance. Ghana has done it, not once, but four times and for a decade and over, democracy - or our local incarnation of a term that has lost meaning to a western civilization that prescribed its healing powers to Africa - has prevailed. all i can say is "ghanafoo, me ma mo amo" - see your local twi-speakingGhanaian for translation and other technical support.

long live Ghana!!