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20 years ago, I was studying abroad at the @UnivofGh. Like spaceflight, it was a positive, life-changing, perspective-deepening experience. Seeing the beauty of Ghana from space reminds me of the amazing people I met there and how in exploring the world, we learn about ourselves.




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DEAR ZAMBIANS.
History is barely wrong.
Zambia is one of the few countries where the native people vigorously opposed their own leaders for fighting for Independence.
Most of their freedom fighters were hosted, educated and trained in Ghana on how to emancipate their people and gain independence. In fact the penultimate meeting by the respected Keneth Kaunda before his Independence march was held in Accra. The facts are there.
But it seems the long walk to freedom has had little effect on consciousness, for many.
Some of you have a remarkable talent for being unenlightened.
If the Malay President visited Korea in an attire strange to Koreans, they’d simply make use of the internet to acquire new information and NOT ridicule.
But I understand the difficulty also, that the lack of internet access therefore, in many places in Zambia.
It is two thousand and twenty six years plus two months of growth. Not a time to belittle another African of their culture, especially for a country that has no history of “friendly banter” with us. Sorry we are only on that accord, with Nigeria.
Fortunately, Ghana signed a visa free agreement with your country yesterday. Just like your foremost leaders, we invite as Zambians, from Kitwe to Chingola to Chipata and the Copperbelt to visit Ghana and learn.
To learn about Africa. To learn about heritage. To learn that a suit and tie is rather stranger to the continent, not Fugu.
To learn why Ghana became the first subsaharan country to gain Independence, and subsequently hold the hands of the likes of Zambia to walk same path.
And more importantly, to learn why Kwame Nkrumah, the man named after one of the topmost Universities in Zambia, embarked on a journey, seventy years ago, to cure the sort of ignorance exhibited yesterday.
There’s a reason past and present Ghanaian leaders rock the Fugu even on the biggest international stages without apology.
We ARE proud and we ARE an example of how to be African. We preserve and protect our history.
For instance if we shared borders with Zimbabwe, we would have owned the Victoria, and not lose it to them. Agreed?
Now, you can place an order for Fugu, our culturally significant garment from Ghana and will be delivered to you anywhere in the world.
From Accra via the Black Star line.
Woke since 1957 🇬🇭. 👊🏽



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Dear Zambians,
The outfit worn by our President is not a BLOUSE. It is a Ghanaian traditional attire known as FUGU, also called Batakari. Our President is intentionally promoting the local garment industry both within and beyond our borders, unlike your President, whose suit is not African. It is unfortunate that many of you , despite having access to smartphones and the internet, still choose to remain ignorant.

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