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Day: November 18, 2019

Accra Agonistes: Witnessing Lt. Jerry Rawlings’ 1982 Coup in Ghana’s Capital

November 18, 2019.Reading time 11 minutes.

By Deborah Pellow In January 1982, I arrived in Accra for six months of research. Two weeks earlier, on December 31, Flight Lt Jerry Rawlings had led a successful coup. He was a junior officer in the Air Force. Two years earlier, he had led the June 4 coup; during his brief stint as head […]

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