How Long to Read Ghana: a Time to Heal & Renew the Nation

How Long Does it Take to Read Ghana: a Time to Heal & Renew the Nation?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 29 minutes to read Ghana: a Time to Heal & Renew the Nation by Kwame Afadzi Insaidoo

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In this thought provoking book the author takes a critical retrospective glance at the political development of Ghana from its colonial past to the attainment of her sovereignty, and highlights the insidious fundamental flaws in the governance of the new nation. He unequivocally asserts that the creation of a dysfunctional totalitarian governmental system, where a cadre of unseasoned politicians systematically arrogated all power to themselves, and zealously prosecuted their political adversaries into oblivion, constituted the most fatal fundamental flaw in the governance of the nation. He points out that the militarys delusional belief in their self-appointed messianic role of liberating and redeeming Ghana from the odious dictatorship imposed on the people opened up the nation to the Pandoras box of bureaucratic ineptitude, gross power abuses, poorly conceived, and haphazardly implemented programs which precipitated political instability, stagnation, and decay of the institutions of state leading to the exodus of Ghanaians abroad. The dominant theme that permeates throughout the book revolves around the prevalence of the underlying institutional malaise inherited from colonialpolitical structureswhich concentrate too much raw political powers in the hands of the presidency. This accumulation of near absolute power elevates our presidents to the status of benevolent dictators, and sotheir policies go virtually unchallenged. This lack of checks and balances in our political system enabled the colonialists to totally exploit our people, andwhen our Ghanaian leaders governed our new nation in this same odious system they got the opportunity, like the colonial masters, to exploit and arrogate power to themselves, while utilizing the legal system as a weapon to harass their political opponents and silenced them. The author argues that this incompatibility of the colonial system with the political development of modern Ghana is the root cause of our political polarization, endemic instability and pervasive poverty.

How long is Ghana: a Time to Heal & Renew the Nation?

Ghana: a Time to Heal & Renew the Nation by Kwame Afadzi Insaidoo is 324 pages long, and a total of 82,296 words.

This makes it 109% the length of the average book. It also has 101% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ghana: a Time to Heal & Renew the Nation Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 29 minutes to read Ghana: a Time to Heal & Renew the Nation aloud.

What Reading Level is Ghana: a Time to Heal & Renew the Nation?

Ghana: a Time to Heal & Renew the Nation is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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