- Jan 3, 2002
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On behalf of Ngone [ngonea@yahoo. com]:
GREETINGS DR. OJO,
LONG TIME, JUST READ YOUR MESSAGE ABOUT THE BLAME GAME, IT WAS SO ON POINT. JUST HAD TO LET YOU KNOW, NOT THAT YOU NEED ME TO CO-SIGN, LOL.
HOW ARE YOU?
LIVING IN GHANA HAS BEEN SUCH A DEEP, EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR ME, IT HAS BEEN HEART WRENCHING AT TIMES AND HEAVENLY AT OTHER TIMES.
THE PEOPLE HERE ARE SO MUCH CONSUMED WITH SURVIVAL AND POVERTY CONSCIOUSNESS THAT THEY WOULD ROB THEIR OWN MOTHERS. NOT MANY SEEM TO TAKE PRIDE IN DOING WHAT IS HONORABLE, FAIR AND JUST IN THEIR ACTIONS, JUST GET WHAT YOU CAN GET ANYWAY YOU CAN SEEMS TO BE THE ORDER OF THE DAY. IT MAKES MY HEART SO SAD TO KNOW THAT ALL THOSE RACIST WHITE AUTHORS LIKE LOCKE, GODDARD, WHO WROTE BOOKS ABOUT UN-CIVILIZED AFRICANS, IF NOT THEN, IS NOW TRUE.
THEY SEEM TO HAVE LOST ALL DIGNITY,
NO DESIRE TO LOVE EACH OTHER. ME, I'M A TARGET FOR EVERY KIND OF ROBBERY AND CON-GAME YOU CAN NAME. JUST A BIG BAG OF MONEY TO THESE PEOPLE IN CAPE COAST…
SEEMS LIKE AS LONG AS YOUR A TOURIST YOU WELCOMED, ‘AKWAABA’, THEY SAY HERE IN GHANA, BUT THE MINUTE THEY FIND OUT YOU HAVE COME HOME TO STAY, LOOK OUT!
I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED, BUT SOMEHOW WILL FIND THE COURAGE TO FIND INNER-STANDING AND FORGIVENESS FOR THE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN CAPE COAST. THIS AREA IS PRETTY BACKWATER, SO IT WOULD BE WRONG FOR ME TO SAY ALL GHANAIANS ARE THE SAME, WHICH WOULD BE FOOLISH.
WELL, SORRY FOR SUCH A SOMBER MESSAGE, JUST THOUGHT I COULD REACH OUT AND BE REAL WITH YOU ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE HERE IN THE MOTHERLAND.
A LOT OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE DIASPORA ARE STILL HAVING ROMANTIC ILLUSIONS ABOUT WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING IN AFRIKA.
LIKE YOU SAID IN YOUR MESSAGE, UNTIL WE FACE OURSELVES, CHANGE OURSELVES, BECOME ACCOUNTABLE FOR OURSELVES, AND THEREBY BECOME OUR SAVIOR-SELVES, AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, NOTHING MUCH WILL CHANGE HERE.
PEACE AND LOVE
SISTA NGON'E
P.S. This is a private communication from Sista Ngone. Sista Ngone is an American of African origin who finally decided – despite all the odds – to return to the lands of her ancestors. And she chose to return to Ghana some two to three years ago.
I decided to share her views and experience with you all, leaving you all to come to your own individual conclusions.
This is REALITY CHECK – this is news from the Home Front without any rose-colored glasses or illusions.
Dr. Valentine Ojo
Tall Timbers, Maryland
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GREETINGS DR. OJO,
LONG TIME, JUST READ YOUR MESSAGE ABOUT THE BLAME GAME, IT WAS SO ON POINT. JUST HAD TO LET YOU KNOW, NOT THAT YOU NEED ME TO CO-SIGN, LOL.
HOW ARE YOU?
LIVING IN GHANA HAS BEEN SUCH A DEEP, EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR ME, IT HAS BEEN HEART WRENCHING AT TIMES AND HEAVENLY AT OTHER TIMES.
THE PEOPLE HERE ARE SO MUCH CONSUMED WITH SURVIVAL AND POVERTY CONSCIOUSNESS THAT THEY WOULD ROB THEIR OWN MOTHERS. NOT MANY SEEM TO TAKE PRIDE IN DOING WHAT IS HONORABLE, FAIR AND JUST IN THEIR ACTIONS, JUST GET WHAT YOU CAN GET ANYWAY YOU CAN SEEMS TO BE THE ORDER OF THE DAY. IT MAKES MY HEART SO SAD TO KNOW THAT ALL THOSE RACIST WHITE AUTHORS LIKE LOCKE, GODDARD, WHO WROTE BOOKS ABOUT UN-CIVILIZED AFRICANS, IF NOT THEN, IS NOW TRUE.
THEY SEEM TO HAVE LOST ALL DIGNITY,
NO DESIRE TO LOVE EACH OTHER. ME, I'M A TARGET FOR EVERY KIND OF ROBBERY AND CON-GAME YOU CAN NAME. JUST A BIG BAG OF MONEY TO THESE PEOPLE IN CAPE COAST…
SEEMS LIKE AS LONG AS YOUR A TOURIST YOU WELCOMED, ‘AKWAABA’, THEY SAY HERE IN GHANA, BUT THE MINUTE THEY FIND OUT YOU HAVE COME HOME TO STAY, LOOK OUT!
I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED, BUT SOMEHOW WILL FIND THE COURAGE TO FIND INNER-STANDING AND FORGIVENESS FOR THE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN CAPE COAST. THIS AREA IS PRETTY BACKWATER, SO IT WOULD BE WRONG FOR ME TO SAY ALL GHANAIANS ARE THE SAME, WHICH WOULD BE FOOLISH.
WELL, SORRY FOR SUCH A SOMBER MESSAGE, JUST THOUGHT I COULD REACH OUT AND BE REAL WITH YOU ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE HERE IN THE MOTHERLAND.
A LOT OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE DIASPORA ARE STILL HAVING ROMANTIC ILLUSIONS ABOUT WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING IN AFRIKA.
LIKE YOU SAID IN YOUR MESSAGE, UNTIL WE FACE OURSELVES, CHANGE OURSELVES, BECOME ACCOUNTABLE FOR OURSELVES, AND THEREBY BECOME OUR SAVIOR-SELVES, AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, NOTHING MUCH WILL CHANGE HERE.
PEACE AND LOVE
SISTA NGON'E
P.S. This is a private communication from Sista Ngone. Sista Ngone is an American of African origin who finally decided – despite all the odds – to return to the lands of her ancestors. And she chose to return to Ghana some two to three years ago.
I decided to share her views and experience with you all, leaving you all to come to your own individual conclusions.
This is REALITY CHECK – this is news from the Home Front without any rose-colored glasses or illusions.
Dr. Valentine Ojo
Tall Timbers, Maryland
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