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The Lafayette community is invited to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ghana’s independence 7-11 p.m. Saturday, March 24 in Keefe Hall, Common Room.
Sponsored by the Lafayette African and Caribbean Students Association (LACSA), the celebration will include Ghanaian food, music by DJ Cash, dancing, and much more.
For Benjamin Arthur ’07 (Accra North, Ghana), a biochemistry major and vice president of LACSA, Ghana sets an example not only for Africa, but for the rest of the world.
“Ghana was the first country in Africa to gain independence from its colonial masters,” he says. “After 50 years, it seems naturally important for Africans and Caribbean people who have also had to fight for independence, to celebrate and also reflect on post-independence achievements and failures of the nation that blazed the trail for other African nations to also gain their independence,” he says.
Arthur believes it is important for the college community to stop and take notice of Ghana’s 50 years of independence.
“I think a lot of people on campus don’t know the role Ghana as a nation has played in the emancipation of the African continent,” he says. “Hence, it is important for people to be drawn to the fact that a nation that has had a very important role in not just liberating Africa, but also in the affairs of the world has reached an important milestone in its existence. The aim is to at least have as many people as possible go to their computers and ‘Google’ Ghana. Maybe they’ll uncover a thing or two.”