New documentary on history of Ghana premieres today
A new documentary that focuses on the history behind the country’s independence and its 60 years of independence will premiere today at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC).
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Titled, “From Gold Coast to Ghana: A glorious history of self determination”, the documentary will take a retrospective look at the country’s history and also highlight the various contributions by certain personalities towards the independence struggle since the Bond of 1844.
The premiere forms part of activities marking the 60th independence anniversary, which falls on Monday, March 6, 2017.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to grace the occasion as the special guest of honour.
The film, produced by Soas and Spurs, was directed by the renowned journalist and host of Metropolitan Television’s (Metro TV) Good Evening Ghana programme, Mr Paul Adom-Otchere.
One critical moment in the film is the famous contest between Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, and Dr J.B. Danquah, which is highlighted with some new answers and perspectives that were found during the producers’ research.
Some key national figures interviewed in the documentary include Professor S.O. Gyandoh, a professor of Law; Prof. Justice Date-Bah, a former Justice of the Supreme Court; Mr Justice Emile Short, the first Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), and Prof. Gareth Austin, a professor of History at Cambridge University.
Others are Prof. Akosua Perbi of the Department of History, University of Ghana, Legon, and Madam Sarah Grant, the 90-year-old daughter of the late Paa Grant, a merchant and politician in the Gold Coast who founded and became the first President of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) in 1947, with the goal of achieving self-government.
