Dennis Laumann

Dec 10, 2024 | africasacountry.com | Ernest Harsch |Jeffrey Paller |Dennis Laumann

Months before Ghana’s December 7, 2024, election, many Ghanaian commentators were certain of two things. First, despite other contenders on the ballot, one of two dominant parties, the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) or the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), would surely take the helm. Second, neither party would do much to reduce the excessive influence of money politics, which many citizens abhor as a key driver of the corruption that blights their government and society.

Dec 6, 2024 | africasacountry.com | Jeffrey Paller |Sean Jacobs |Dennis Laumann

On December 7, 2024, Ghanaians will go to the polls to exercise what would have been their power if their nation’s democracy had accountability and good governance. In the absence of those key elements, citizens are set to empower a president and 275 parliamentarians who will likely continue the race to the bottom—a trend that has been noted in recent Afrobarometer surveys and good governance indices emphasizing Ghana’s declining democratic fortunes.

Dec 23, 2023 | africasacountry.com | John Githongo |Derek Peterson |Dennis Laumann

I remember that morning with Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo. It was in the corridors of the New Department of Literature at Nairobi University, which was born out of the abolition of the English Department. We lamented the fact that Jomo Kenyatta, the erstwhile hero of the Independence struggle, had surrounded himself with anglophiles and colonial loyalists like Charles Njonjo.

Oct 19, 2023 | ipanewspack.com | Dennis Laumann

By Dennis LaumannThe nation of Grenada will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the tragic assassination of its revolutionary hero, Maurice Bishop, on October 19. The government has declared the date a public holiday now known as National Heroes Day. On that day in 1983, Bishop and seven others were murdered by a firing squad, leading to the collapse of the People’s Revolutionary Government (PRG) and paving the way for an invasion by the United States of America.

Oct 18, 2023 | peoplesworld.org | Dennis Laumann

The nation of Grenada will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the tragic assassination of its revolutionary hero, Maurice Bishop, on Oct. 19. The government has declared the date a public holiday now known as National Heroes Day. On that day in 1983, Bishop and seven others were murdered by a firing squad, leading to the collapse of the People’s Revolutionary Government (PRG) and paving the way for an invasion by the United States of America.