Why Jerry Rawlings Staged a Bloody Coup in 1979 

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There were old African Empires who used to trade with the Arabs from North Africa in the Gold and salt trade. This interaction brought about the islamization of the Sub Sahara areas. Africans who fled Islamic persecution fled and settled along the west African coast until they came into contact with the Europeans after 1470s. The Europeans partition Africa among themselves

@@michaelacheampong2869 Super interesting! Which empires are from your example, because I really want to look it up and learn more about it?!

I am from the Ghana empire, which as around Mali, Timbuktu. The ruins are still there. Our people moved from Mali to present day Ghana along the coast to escape persecution. Now those along the coast came into contact with European missionaries and converted to Christianity. There was also the songhai empire. Mali Empire etc.. At the horn of Africa too, u had Arab traders going from Somalia and Sudan to, zanzibar (Tanzania) to buy slaves etc. These practices were going on before the Europeans got there.

@@michaelacheampong2869 Thanks for this. We learned all of these in school back in the day, but I have hardly seen its relevance (and even forgotten most part of it) until now as you rehash it. Thanks.

That is Ghana people for you , Tribal and partisan politics .

Black Countries like Rwanda and Botswana are doing fine

@@lt2760 But what about Baltimore?

@@lt2760 what’s the human development index of Rwanda?

Ima AYOOLUWA Why do nigerians take it upon themselves to celebrate a killer in another country? You're not the ones who had to deal with it

An African reporting job well done by an African. As an Afican Americn I REALLY appreciate this. Very interesting history. My first video from this channel. I am now subscribed. Thank you for sharing our story. We'll need it for our future.

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Jerry Rawlings single handedly improved Ghana and the political and economic legacy he created endures to this day . Similar to the good example Seretse Khama set in Botswana. It only takes one greedy evil leader to set the evil trend.

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Jerry John rawlings

@@ignatiusmensah1645 it seems you want to correct him. By the way he wasn’t wrong.. the actual name is Jeremiah.

Do you think the atmosphere during Nkrumah's reign was calling for coup d'etât

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​@@edmundamoah7611Go and watch videos of how people jubilated and brought down his statues

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Correct for 3 points😀

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Nonsense 😂

May his soul rest in the most peaceful place.❤

NIGERIA NEEDS A JJ RAWLINGS !!

Oluwole Olukole Yes, you're the one of the peoples pushing him like a hero when it's not even your country or your history to experience and you don't really know anything about him. Why do you think it's appropriate to make a mockery out of the horror he inflicted?

@@blackblaze5271 JJ RAWLINGS WAS AFTER "KALABULE" PEOPLE!!!! LOOK AT NIGERIA NOW. YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE?

@@blackblaze5271 dont mind these nigerians. As if they know Ghanas history.

@@blackblaze5271 how was his leadership?

No one denies his role in stabilizing in some ways.

You’re absolutely right,hadn’t it because of his excursion of corrupt leaders Ghana 🇬🇭 would have been sink and bath in corruptionjust look at what is happening currently

Some of you people try so hard to find dirt on the man yet your only premise for calling him corrupt was the fact that he was able to fund the education of his children abroad ?

Rawlings was great in what sense if you are ewe person then I know where you are coming from. He one military 🪖 man for borrowing 5o thousands cedis the bank 🏦 🤣. A loan 🤣 😳 Now who owns Gihoc factory 🏭 how much did he pay for it 🤔 😳 Let's sleeping dogs lie 😴

J J wasted 19 years of the Ghanaian people, he shut down the hope of business men in his time. He's Hitler of our time

Sorry I have noticed some typing errors, What I was trying to was he killed one of their military 🪖 man for acquiring fifty thousand cedis loan from a bank 🏦 😳, were approved. Now who's owned Gihoc company 🤔

@@kojobowers8715 GEN AFRIFA PREDICTED THIS OUTCOME.

Atitinkrona saaa ,saga

They only gave the dog a bad name just to kill him. He had only one house which he built in his village with the help of his community, yet he was tagged corrupt. Search well on RU-vid and you'll find more truths. The men who live during that time and were involved in what happened are out talking now. The Baah Acheamfours, Akatapores and the Boakye Gyans are all talking. Who was corrupt than JJ. He kills someone for having a WC toilet and buys a jacuzzi for his wife. He kills someone for riding their kids to school in official cars and uses the are aircraft to train his child how to fly plane. Which is more corrupt here. Acheampong did so much for Ghana which for obvious reasons have never been captured in our history books. Ask folks who live around Navrongo about the Tono dam. The estate housing projects were all his initiatives. JJ inherited factories and ended up collapsing all of them. Ghanaians now want to see industries...hahahahaha...Go and ask about what JJ did. I ever saw corned beef, rice and tomato paste produced in Ghana. We had cheap transport system called OSA. Where are they. Ghanaians were working 24/7 so there were jobs oo. Many people don't even know that Acheampong made Ghana drive on the right side. It used to be left.

Ok, for good measure, here's an anecdote. The story goes that one of these mistresses walked into his office looking for a favour of sorts. As she turns to walk out after their discussion, Acheampong then notices her backside. Out of shock, he shouts after her: eih, and you didn't come in walking backwards?

@@AfricaLately Haha! That's hilarious, thanks for sharing the story.

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Colonisation 😞😞

It was Court of Law hair wigs, worn by lawyers. very funny though 😆😂

Saddly common throughout the Commonwealth... colonial mentality.

@@imaAYOOLUWA They still wear them to this day

@@ghsense2626 Ehen.. Haa.. That means it's now a norm to them. Hmmm.....

kucho joe We are in need of a coup dictator and murderer? What is wrong with you people?

@@blackblaze5271 the way things are going in Ghana if its normal for you then there's something wrong with you.

@@blackblaze5271 he is the only one you people are afraid of....because he stand for truth.

@@kuchojoe500 THANK YOU

Kalabule has turned Nigeria to hell on Earth. The likes J.j Rawlings can help now.

And the recompense was brilliant.....death.

Waste not waist

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@@humannaturetv.tv1 Waste, not waist. It’s possible that Dario Gnomes made a mistake with predictive text, it’s also possible that they’re not a native English speaker or that they are but struggled with regards to academia. They did have use punctuation marks to break up what they were saying, if you’re going to correct other peoples spelling and grammar, you really should make sure that you’re also not making any mistakes.

That true

@@wotizit2937 please prove me wrong

@@wotizit2937 rubbish he should u wrong ur how? He said his u said he lied so tell us the right one

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Please, please, please. The word is Hausa. Kar ka bude. To wits: don't open it. The connotation is of corrupt things done under cover, which should be kept hidden. Kalabule is only a corruption of kar ka bude or kada Ka bude, depending on the variety, just like waakay (beans) has been corrupted by the dominant culture to wakye, or soboro(do) to sobolo. NB: read Prof. Mike Oquaye's Politics in Ghana, 1972 -1979, which has a chapter on kalabule.

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What was his contribution after the coup? The 19years of his reign led the country to Hipc

@@dkoupdates201 Without J.J coup the country would have been corrupted beyond imagination

I am Ghanaian in my early 50's . Maybe to the younger ones JJ is a hero. To me he is a coward. He is cause of a lot issues in the country. I will allow you to respond and brief you on the cause and effects. Just to let you know the military was aware the ruling regime was transferring power to a civilian government in the upcoming election in June 18th. My question is why would he stage a coup on May 31st and Boachie Djan on June 4th.

@@Kya1942 The current youth of Ghana are very naive & misinformed by Rawlings's regime.

"JJ Rawlings is our hero". Speak for yourself please. No sensible person i know holds him in high regard, sorry.

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I WISH THE SAME!!!

We all wish the same

It won’t be long. Sooner or later,

It’s happening live, Sooner or LATER,

Second Rawlings should rise and kill innocent people?

Thank you so much

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*Jerry*

Who say talk He will be reincarnated soon

Hmmm

@@kpenkpelewarasta178we waiting

JJ had which country at heart? He did worse

He can never rip JJ

@@AK-lb8jq THANK GOD GOD IS NOT UR FATHER

@@patrickasante6991 BCOZ U ARE CALLED ASANTE U WILL NOT ACCEPT IT

Seriously!! The best military regime in Ghana would have bee General.Acheampong. Hope you are aware that he would not have allowed the true story to be told whwn he was alive and in power. As some in my ear 50's who lived through his time i will never give him that credit. If he meant well, he would not have staged 31st Dec coup. It just didn't make sense.

@@Kya1942 honestly I've been told of the Acheampong regime as one of the best,so far,I've had 2 people a history teacher and an academician tell me a lil about him but so far the books I've read just kinda outline him as a bad head of state and it's hard finding any other written sources that give unbiased accounts of the Acheampong regime. Oral accounts except the two mentioned above normally have little to no different stories to tell from the written ones.

General Akuffo made serious mistakes by not arresting and executing JJ Rawlings for coup attempt in 1979 to cause army mutiny.😂😢😮😅.????.

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He will rest in hell...period

​@@alexokoh4655as will you

You dropped what i wanted to say. Our present problem were born and fed by military men like IBB, Abacha etc.

those who brought the dark days are back to to power. Akufu Addo and co. you will see what will happen. they will harvest each an every cent outside the country and live it bleeding again

I've always admired him but it's the second time I read a comment like that about him from a Ghanaian. 😞 I tried to look up online but didn't find much 😞😞

@@fauxgars736 The current Ghana president is killing more people than the military JJ Rawlings did. Youth have been taken from their houses and murdered by police, Journalists are being identified on politicians private television stations to be murdered for good money and they are being murdered and nobody is talking about the current situation rather they are talking about dead Rawlings for their current woes. Acheampong was tagged FA WO TO BEGYE GOLF but now , it's FA WASE BEGYE V- 8 , It was said to be DUMSOR UNDER MAHAMA'S government and now its DUMKORAA.

@@ankuvinyoh7100 i know it can not be unanimous but I'm a little shocked. There is a video of him directing traffic jam that he was stuck into in a city in Ghana and you can tell people love him calling him "papa J" he cleared the way without security and all and you can see how his people love and respect him.

As a Ghanaian he is the cause of the woes Ghanaians have gone through since his emergence in the political sphere. From killing prominent and successful Ghanaians out of hatred and jealousy to collapsing state enterprises, this Rawlings destroyed the life of many with his comic mantra of probity and accountability but yet introduce an indemnity clause in the Constitution to avoid accountability and worse of all sold a state company to his own wife. Stop decieving your self to make him a hero because he himself admitted his party members were more corrupt than those he murdered in his uprising. Surprisingly, his charismatic nature and populism is able to win loyalty from ignorant Ghanaians.

@@akwesiaugustine2732 Probably in your opinion l guess, The current Ghana debt stands at 55.1 Billion dollars. And you blaming a dead man ? Get real Mr Akwasi Augustine

I don't understand why you guys can't stop Biya and his criminal gangs for almost half a century

Pls elaborate

Ghanaians dislike honest and incorruptible men.

I'm not sure which comments you are reading, but Rawlings was a statesman. Yes all leaders have their flaws, but he did what he could for Ghana.

Those who don't like him are don't who don't understand our history. They wanted a better Ghana without paying any price. GHANA is what it is thanks partly to him. He stabilized Ghana till we were ready for democracy.

​@@Ekowreelstudiosif we confirm the evidence we have as nation to prove his relevance,i think we have to ask ourselves what he did with the 19 years he had?Did it change Ghana or it made it worst?Judge for yourselves.

​@@naad1225with the 19 years he had he restored this country to the longest constitutional rule in Ghana's history.

Hahahahahaa...you're comparing JJ to Acheampong? You need some real good schooling on Ghana's history. When JJ came, Ghana was producing our own corned beef, canned tomato paste, shoes and jute bags for our cocoa. We were riding in OSA buses to school, and if he was that good leader you're talking about why did all of these disappear into nothingness. His wife and his cronies bought these establishments cheaply and couldn't even sustain them. We had rice mills, food distribution corporation, etc. Ask you older folks about his economic policies: ERP, PAMSCAD, SAP, etc and what benefits it brought Ghanaians. Our DOOM! Ghana had factories which got people working 24hrs. People could find jobs after standard 7 (form 4), but by 1999 university graduates were stranded in their job searches. Someone was shot because they had water closet in their homes while his wife was given a jacuzzi. Acheampong kicked out hunger with Operation Feed Yourself. He built all the the estate houses in Ghana (Dansoman, Buokrom, etc). I stand for correction, but I think the SSNIT housing project was also his initiative. Ask about what the Tono dam has done for the people of the north. Even his wife gave nursing Ghana a facelift that brought some respect to the profession. The one thing I credit JJ for is rural electrification and his wife's efforts in empowering women. The intestate succession law did come to save many heads, but in all he wasn't that great. He killed Ghana's economy. During his time, we hardly got people venturing into business like the Despites, Kwaku Otengs, etc are doing now. You'll die. He killed Apino's business...you don't know. We should just let him rest.

@@douglasasante2283 You lack basic economics!! You are just an Acheampong fun, and nothing more. Acheampong was one who collapsed Ghana’s economy within six years. He knew nothing about leadership. One of the worst military leaders Africa ever had! All those businesses you mentioned were not paying taxes, for years, cronyism was top of the hour. Jute factory couldn’t compete with synthetic bags. Do you know what women empowerment and rural electrification mean to an economy? That brought real social transformation. Again you are blind to Ghana’s democratic stability! Who brought about that..? JJ..! He stopped coups and later laid down a solid foundation to our democratic stability. And you talk Acheampong? What did Acheampong know governance and leade? Why did his own general remove and put him in prison? Because he nearly totally collapsed Ghana’s economy. Acheampong was a disgrace. Sorry to say! Rawlings is among the best leaders in Africa. And the best military head of state in Africa. Ghana is enjoying a peaceful democracy because of JJ! So go and learn your history well! JJ never dies!

@@aoppong6419 Bro, first off, I'm not an Acheampong fan. I put them all in one category. Your love for JJ shows here and definitely clouds your sense objectivity on this. You seem not to even know the reason why Acheampong was ousted by his own. You talking stability? Someone who overthrows a democratically elected government even after he claims to have handed over power to the Limann government? What was his motivation for overthrowing the Akufu government when the country on already prepping for elections to switch to a democratic rule? If he is the reason for the stability you're talking about, why are we not fighting in his absence? You didn't answer the questions I posed about how we ended losing all the industries I mentioned. If you care to know, Ghana is importing jute bags now. Stop lying about the synthetic bags. Cocoa beans are never kept in synthetic bags! And cocoa being our number one export always put jute bags on high demand. Why weren't they producing to export. Dumb! Where did the other industries go after 20years of being in power. I thought you said he originated stability on this planet. Why then didn't he get them to pay the so called taxes you're talking. You don't even know why they sold them, and I will only send you to the libraries to read about why they went into his the wrong hands. How can a state owned enterprise being managed under the watch of JJ suffer at the hands of cronies if he wasn't involved? Have you forgotten that someone was taken to the stakes for taking a mere loan from the bank? If he is the best, then how did we lose OSA, Nsawam Cannery and the rest go down after they were sold out to "private" owners. Who brought about retrenchment and its accompanying rise in unemployment if he is recorded as the best. Folks in other countries don't even know that his administration collapsed the movie industry in Ghana, and prolly you're going to say NO! Funny. I believed certain lies we were told back in the day until courtesy RU-vid, I heard from those whom he hounded into exile (after they had executed the coup and brought him to the reins of powers). They put their lives on the line to do what he failed at. I know other readers will be waiting for your answers to those questions. Easy, Sir! Watch this and hear the men who were there: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-p2BC4LNhnIE.html This is only one of the many. Most of what was told were founded on lies, and the results (collapse of industries and businesses; unemployment; fear, etc) showed until the Kufour government took over. I just shared the truth and if it gives you headache, then deal with it. Btw, you mentioned that I lack basic economics and it got me laughing, Mr. Adam Smith.

@@douglasasante2283 Asante I respect your obsession and love for Col. Acheampong, but he was the worst military head of state ever in Ghana when it comes to governance. Acheampong overthrow Dr. Busia (a democratically elected) an economist, politician, anthropologist..and within 6 yrs Ghana was almost economically collapsed. Acheampong bankrupt Ghana. Ghana became a beggar nation, a laughing stock. Do you remember those years? That lead to Acheampongs own general’s kicking him out when they sensed public anger and dissatisfaction. JJ and his young soldiers came in at the right time to salvage our beloved nation from a very incompetent generals. You talk Hilla Liman..! He couldn’t just perform. Corrupt Akans in Hillla Limans party Hijacked his policies. Just stealing. That made Rawlings come again to kick him out. Why was Ghana Telecom sold out to private ownership? And why was Ghana Airways shut down during Koufour’s time? If you could answer that, you would understand why some companies were shut down during JJ’s era..! Sorry to say you are among the very few Ghanaians who really cherish the leadership of Acheampong. He knew nothing, about governance, just spending spending on women carelessly. And the link to the RU-vid watch you sent, sorry to say. I don’t watch videos created by some one to make judgments. Acheampong was just bad..! Very bad in leading a great nation like Ghana! JJ stopped, put an end to military takeovers in Ghana, paving the way for Koufour to do good works. Today Ghana is an envy of other African nations, when it comes to democracy. And the world looks onto Ghana to see if democracy can be sustained in Africa. Rawlings spearheaded that. So never never compare Acheampong to JJ at all. Acheampong had nothing in his head. He wasn’t clever. Pls..!

TRUE TALK, BRO!!

You believe that liar?. That man is a liar. You better read from a credible source.

We need this across Africa!!!! I’m Ghanaian we need it more than ever

True, and most are from the Ashanti/ Akan tribe people . And the 1% who know the truth still blatantly deny or pretend they know nothing of thus history

It wasn't even only Ghana they just wanted power

Nigeria needs JJ

Who are the main indigenous?

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Can you explain further?