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Kume Preko

释义

Etymology
Reports
References
External links
Further reading

{{Orphan|date=August 2016}}Kume Preko was the name given to an anti-government demonstration that occurred in Ghana in 1995, led by Nana Akufo-Addo.^[1] The protest took place in opposition to the Value Added Tax (VAT) initiative which was introduced under the Jerry John Rawlings administration. It is said to have been one of the biggest protests ever organised in the country, with an estimated 100,000 people participating.^[2]

The demonstration was initially billed as a peaceful protest but quickly became violent when unidentified assailants shot live bullets into the crowd resulting in the deaths of a few protestors.

Etymology

"Kume Preko" means "You may as well kill me" in the Akan language spoken by the majority of people in Ghana

Reports

In the aftermath of the demonstration, some of the leading protestors - Nana Akufo-Addo, Charles Wereko-Brobby, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, Akoto Ampaw and Napoleon Abdulai wrote a book "Ghana: The Kume Preko demonstrations: Poverty, Corruption and the Rawlings Dictatorship".

References

1. ^"Kumi Preko on CNN, BBC" - Modern Ghana website. Accessed 15 February 2016
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rrojasdatabank.info/ghanasa1.htm|title=The Róbinson Rojas Archive.- 1995: Recent demonstrations in Ghana show that there is no future for Africans under structural adjustment.|website=www.rrojasdatabank.info}}

External links

https://www.amazon.co.uk/GHANA-Demonstrations-Corruption-Rawlings-Dictatorship/dp/B0018LTSWQ

Etymology

Reports

References

External links

Further reading