Names, Faces and Profiles of the 8 Generals Executed by Jerry Rawlings of Ghana

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  • @gibsonlibingi2637
    @gibsonlibingi2637 10 місяців тому +14

    The voice is on point, you know how to narrate stories.

  • @richardlubano7888
    @richardlubano7888 10 місяців тому +18

    Very simple to the point no personal opinion added. Thanks.

  • @sundayashiedu7511
    @sundayashiedu7511 10 місяців тому +28

    Africa have come a long way and still have a long way to go. JMO

  • @michaelappiah3938
    @michaelappiah3938 10 місяців тому +31

    Thank you so much for bringing this up. This is a part our history we are not told

    • @CarenSchuchardtTl
      @CarenSchuchardtTl 10 місяців тому

      Are you serious

    • @GenioWaxmann-dd9lk
      @GenioWaxmann-dd9lk 5 місяців тому

      Can you believe yourself...template minds... History lessons should be written on billboard instead of library material to be researched... Complex people with inferior

    • @bornwin9887
      @bornwin9887 4 місяці тому

      Lol you just don't read

  • @kwameowusu-apenteng1303
    @kwameowusu-apenteng1303 10 місяців тому +44

    There's no argument about the fact that, aside Kwame Nkrumah, Gen Acheampong added greatly to Ghana's infrastructure. In just 6 years. Rawlings had 19 years.

  • @thealaliboacademy
    @thealaliboacademy 10 місяців тому +6

    Excellent reporting - Thank you.

  • @danielbortier6723
    @danielbortier6723 10 місяців тому +23

    A well Researched documentary. I shall give you 💯.

  • @samito3354
    @samito3354 10 місяців тому +41

    Rawlings was behaving like a trigger happy kid. All the generals that he killed had an opportunity to kill him too during his prison days but spared his head. Well, now that they are all dead, only God will judge everybody.

    • @kafuihayeh8392
      @kafuihayeh8392 10 місяців тому +3

      The didn't spare his life. 4th June was the date Rawlings was to be executed. But Major Boakye and others staged an uprising and removed General Akufo.

    • @AndrewsAgbayizah
      @AndrewsAgbayizah 10 місяців тому

      Those people were executed in military junta what the 13peoples who were shot and killed instantly during election 2020 as we are in democratic arena

    • @WW24343
      @WW24343 9 місяців тому +5

      But speared his head where did you get that from there was a jailbreak where jj Rawlings was taken from his cell ...

    • @kafuihayeh8392
      @kafuihayeh8392 9 місяців тому +1

      @@WW24343 correct

    • @ThomasDoe-fe5uk
      @ThomasDoe-fe5uk 8 місяців тому

      My question is corruption has needed in Ghana 🇬🇭

  • @osaorobor9021
    @osaorobor9021 10 місяців тому +20

    The executions was the worst and most barbaric act in the history of Ghana and Africa in general.

    • @jenniferafo2407
      @jenniferafo2407 9 місяців тому +3

      Abhorrent

    • @collinsansah6535
      @collinsansah6535 4 місяці тому +2

      If you had the chance to kill someone who had you up for execution would you let it slide because of your believes.😂.

  • @WW24343
    @WW24343 10 місяців тому +8

    Great Documentary
    Well done 👍🏾

  • @JosephFangfoh
    @JosephFangfoh 10 місяців тому +25

    Africans weeping till date due to hate, tribalism,heartlessness and personal glory. May God give change of mind, hearts and leaders to lead with empathy without discreminstion.

    • @wilsonattitoe3997
      @wilsonattitoe3997 9 місяців тому

      He has peddled lies

    • @PAWLUFUNDRAISINGPAWLUFUNDRAISI
      @PAWLUFUNDRAISINGPAWLUFUNDRAISI Місяць тому

      We were taught to hate ourselves by the Caucasian education systems all over Afrika. Look at Rwanda, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia.
      Stop using this racist word, called tribalism.

  • @boso0003
    @boso0003 10 місяців тому +31

    According to the stories and history those criminal executions were done in the name of corruption activities. Every story of accusation of corruption till date has not been proven. It is just the behavior of Ghanaians. Always accusing people of some form of wrong doing without any proven fact. We have ended up killing all our good leaders for nothing. It is a sad behavior. And today we have same remnants and follower of Rawling doing the same things. God save Ghana.

    • @gordonhinds3184
      @gordonhinds3184 10 місяців тому +2

      Well said

    • @stephenayensu8625
      @stephenayensu8625 9 місяців тому +3

      Words of foolishness

    • @huzaifmusah5086
      @huzaifmusah5086 7 місяців тому +1

      Never knew people could type cluelessly and foolishly this way. What do you know bout those killings and it's impact in Ghana?. You folks from other African countries ve done worst under the normal logic. Rawlings is dead and we re still back to where we were before. Corruption is at it's highest peak at the moment.

    • @boso0003
      @boso0003 7 місяців тому +1

      @@huzaifmusah5086 , I guess you don’t read. And were born during those years or did anyone tell you what was going on then and have you had the opportunity to check history at all.

    • @myafrica5513
      @myafrica5513 4 місяці тому +1

      You foolishly accept lies and assumed it's the truth without findings out if that is true. You accept it to be so because that is what you want to hear, you are those trying hard to destroy what Rawlings corrected

  • @DoumbiaBoubakar
    @DoumbiaBoubakar 10 місяців тому +17

    He could simply put them in jail

  • @Livinghope-lq1ye
    @Livinghope-lq1ye 10 місяців тому +35

    The execution was the darkest moment in the history of our nation Ghana. Rawlings was later to preside over one of the most corrupt government in the history of Ghana and many innocent civilians were abducted from their homes and murdered while others also disappeared under strange circumstances.Ghana became a lawless nation but many thanks to President Kuffour who came to restore normalcy and the rule of law.

    • @danielbortier6723
      @danielbortier6723 10 місяців тому +3

      By what criteria did you come to that conclusion? You can say all that but, the Almighty God knows that Rawlings was our saviour in that era. Akuffo Addo government is doing very well now.

    • @sweetpeach4132
      @sweetpeach4132 10 місяців тому +1

      Wow,do you read all of history or just a few pages. I can’t believe this🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️.

    • @AzongSamson
      @AzongSamson 9 місяців тому

      God will answer you for this lie.This is the man who put Ghana on the rail to where it is today. I am very certain you or your relatives.must have been beneficiary of the rot Ghana passed through

    • @godwinkordahatadi3833
      @godwinkordahatadi3833 8 місяців тому

      Nonsense

    • @sordeveanthony211
      @sordeveanthony211 7 місяців тому +1

      I don't blame you, that is what you know...

  • @kwesib4695
    @kwesib4695 8 місяців тому +13

    Those were some of the darkest days in Ghana’s history. What a senseless and ruthless act. I recall countless businesses closing down in my city to escape the mayhems leaving their families behind. Military attacking and arresting civilians in their homes while repeatedly slapping them in their face. I cannot imagine the psychological impact and trauma of the victims families.

    • @tristan583
      @tristan583 4 місяці тому +2

      You clearly can’t be a good leader without doing these things , stay in your emotions

    • @CindyApeah
      @CindyApeah Місяць тому

      Post traumatic stress Syndrome

    • @petitben5240
      @petitben5240 20 днів тому

      ​@tristan583 exactly! People spewing nonsense from today perspective are just foolish. I was in Accra on vacation from Paris where l was a young Guinean student. I know what l saw that year.

  • @enowdemuller4449
    @enowdemuller4449 8 місяців тому +17

    Rowlings executed those general simply cos he was afraid he could be toppled by those generals, their execution has nothing to do with corruption.

    • @eyramlloyd7271
      @eyramlloyd7271 4 місяці тому +2

      Well who cares 🤷🏻‍♂️ they all had it coming, everyone is corrupt one way or the other.

    • @ChrisBoateng-bo4gp
      @ChrisBoateng-bo4gp 4 місяці тому +4

      They wanted to kill him but he outsmarted them and killed them. You do me, I do you, God no go vex

    • @Lyricsstudioray
      @Lyricsstudioray 3 місяці тому +1

      It doesn’t take rocket-science to understand this. Some gullible Ghanaians will say he was doing it for the betterment of Ghana and its indigenes, but the clear answer is he did those heinous atrocities because he was paranoid and felt that those Generals must go before he goes.
      What the heck is “He was executed because he was too close to power”?? How psychotic must you be to end another person’s life for this reason.

  • @obr91
    @obr91 10 місяців тому +18

    Even though Rawlings spent 19yrs in power, he couldn't do more than what Acheampong did in just 6 yrs and Acheampong freed us of all foreign dept. Aww tribalism, greed and envy has always been our problem. Rest well General

    • @dannyhotep2852
      @dannyhotep2852 5 місяців тому

      You are sick. What did Acheampong do? You Akans always want to discredit everybody apart from yourself.

  • @murwanashyakaamir1426
    @murwanashyakaamir1426 10 місяців тому +17

    Where is Jerry Rawlings at this time?

  • @jossmaan2839
    @jossmaan2839 10 місяців тому +11

    Video had wrong photo for Gen Utuka. The photo shown is of Gen Acheampong.

    • @backinhistory9
      @backinhistory9  10 місяців тому +6

      Sorry about that, please. The mistake is that of my editor but I take responsibility for the mistake. So so sorry, please.

    • @bensonmadubuogumcjones8438
      @bensonmadubuogumcjones8438 10 місяців тому

      P

    • @WW24343
      @WW24343 9 місяців тому +3

      ​@@backinhistory9
      It's happen none of us are perfect...it's just a simple mistake your Documentary was well done

  • @victorlionelnazaire685
    @victorlionelnazaire685 9 місяців тому +18

    I am not Ghanaian but I find it horrible to execute a person just for corruption. How about refunding what he stole and serving prison time ?

    • @AmaAidoo-ts8ws
      @AmaAidoo-ts8ws 5 місяців тому

      Do you know they keep the money out of Africa? They keep it in overseas banks! Go and see what Sani Abacha did! Over 300 million overseas we know off .

    • @AmaAidoo-ts8ws
      @AmaAidoo-ts8ws 5 місяців тому

      How do you think we can get that money back? Why are you people so stupid

    • @jkoanana
      @jkoanana 17 днів тому

      Tribal hatred.
      These things happened when the minority have power with guns in their possession.

    • @ericattigah8735
      @ericattigah8735 14 днів тому

      Have u heard about china?

  • @michaelochido3244
    @michaelochido3244 10 місяців тому +10

    Thanks for the enlightening video...Power is the one thing humans and even animals find very hard to share...Rawlings knew it was either himself to go or the top military generals...who went to military school together.But I am not supporting his actions,just stating the bitter complex truth of power!

  • @akpewebiakolo7517
    @akpewebiakolo7517 10 місяців тому +59

    If such happens in Nigeria the tribal card will be played and everything will be turned into a tribal war and those who are trying to make positive changes will be made scape goats 😢

    • @user-bs5qr5ie4s
      @user-bs5qr5ie4s 10 місяців тому +6

      We are Ghanaians not Nigerians

    • @Peethemayan4516
      @Peethemayan4516 10 місяців тому +12

      Friend, it's always tribal in the undertones. It's not just Ghana or Nigeria. Even in so-called developed Europe. Look at the genocides and ethnic cleansing of Muslim Bosniacs in the Yugoslavian war.
      Rawlings fought corruption or so he claimed but there were massive tribal undertones in his approach and persecution targets.

    • @fiestaclement8186
      @fiestaclement8186 10 місяців тому +9

      He killed Asantes the most. Foolish Rawlings, he said Gye Nyame and Nyame took him away too 👍

    • @samuelantwi9884
      @samuelantwi9884 10 місяців тому

      Rawlings is more corrupt than those leaders

    • @seann8293
      @seann8293 10 місяців тому

      @@user-bs5qr5ie4s Better yet, you and @akpewebiakolo7517 are AFRICANS foremost !

  • @yarojohn6964
    @yarojohn6964 7 місяців тому +16

    The soul of Rawlings would never rest. Bad man.

    • @KelvinEphraimephraim-b5c
      @KelvinEphraimephraim-b5c 6 місяців тому +8

      I dont agree wt u. If not for Rawlings , Ghana wouldve bn worst than Nigeria

    • @AmaAidoo-ts8ws
      @AmaAidoo-ts8ws 5 місяців тому +4

      He is resting well!!!!! Because he saved Ghana from the evil that he could. In just a few years after his death look at Ghana? Some people don’t even have water because of galamsey

    • @AmaAidoo-ts8ws
      @AmaAidoo-ts8ws 5 місяців тому

      @@KelvinEphraimephraim-b5ccorrect ooooo

    • @jenkinsgodson3013
      @jenkinsgodson3013 5 місяців тому +3

      Rawlings is a king..

    • @JosephMusonda-j3b
      @JosephMusonda-j3b 4 місяці тому

      Too much blood shed.

  • @yawovimessansogbo6291
    @yawovimessansogbo6291 6 днів тому +1

    The darkest moment of Ghana's history😮

  • @DavidOfosuAppiah
    @DavidOfosuAppiah 8 місяців тому +5

    Point of Correction ,it was never signed or a date issued for firing squad of Rawlings and his thugs. My late Mother's Cousin Colonel Enninful was the Chair of the trial of Rawlings. He Colonel Enninful and his wife were murdered by thugs of Rawlings and Boakye Djan at dawn of June 4 1979. At the burial of Colonel Enninful at the Military Cemetary at Osu,Accra,Ghana my Mother never shook hands with Rawlings.

    • @ebonyfish2993
      @ebonyfish2993 6 місяців тому +3

      But where is Rawlings himself? His.children and grandchildren will face the same situation b4 the world ends.

    • @DavidOfosuAppiah
      @DavidOfosuAppiah 6 місяців тому +1

      @@ebonyfish2993 it will come to pass.

    • @WW24343
      @WW24343 6 місяців тому

      The Colonel and his wife were murder in their home at the breakfast table...JJ Rawlings is a Compulsive lier a murderer a Con man who became Rich in the End living a full life..his children's now living in paradise. unlike the senior military officers children's who are fatherless still in pain

    • @Samuel-wh9cs
      @Samuel-wh9cs 4 місяці тому

      @@DavidOfosuAppiahI don’t think you will see that before you die Sir 😂😂

    • @Samuel-wh9cs
      @Samuel-wh9cs 4 місяці тому

      @@ebonyfish2993neither will you see that before you die 😂😂

  • @rev.dr.monicaagyekumaidoo1299
    @rev.dr.monicaagyekumaidoo1299 10 місяців тому +4

    Forgetting our history or not knowing it makes us repeat it - all the mistakes, the horrors, the hatred, the brutalities, the murders, the destructions, etc. Keep reminding us of it. We need it to be humble and wise.

  • @marvinstone9651
    @marvinstone9651 10 місяців тому +3

    Thanks 🙏

  • @EmmanuelOgundapo
    @EmmanuelOgundapo 10 місяців тому +1

    A nice report

  • @enochapau3534
    @enochapau3534 6 місяців тому +8

    He Rawlings himself was as guilty of corruption as those he killed. He was just a blood thirsty man whose hands are stained with the blood of a lot of people. May their blood continue to speak against him.

    • @calebameh1788
      @calebameh1788 4 місяці тому

      If he was corrupt, why didn't the npp make him answer for it?? Stop defending the corruption of the generals... you are a disgrace!

  • @Alben005
    @Alben005 10 місяців тому +15

    The Rawlings execution of the generals including three former military heads of state is difficult to justify solely on the grounds of corruption if those generals themselves had not, in addition to corruption, caused the death of people. However, Rawlings brought political and economic sanity back to Ghana after his draconian rule. It could be that a country like Nigeria also needs Rawlings-style draconian rule to restore sanity.

    • @victoriahutchful4066
      @victoriahutchful4066 10 місяців тому +3

      My dear I agree with you,president Rawlings was the best ever, after Nkrumah, 🥰🇬🇭

    • @kwabenaobatwani4246
      @kwabenaobatwani4246 10 місяців тому

      After so many years, the bloodshed , executions, destruction of civil society, the fear and division, all Ghanaians got is nothing. There were worse corruption in Rawlings administration than any other administration since independence. I know what I'm talking about because I live in it. Rawlings had no vision for Ghana. He's all talk.

    • @olufemiolumilua4689
      @olufemiolumilua4689 10 місяців тому

      APT👍

    • @kwabenaobatwani4246
      @kwabenaobatwani4246 10 місяців тому +3

      ​@@victoriahutchful4066I guess you're not a Ghanaian . You only heard the noise but Ghanaians felt the heat.

    • @victoriahutchful4066
      @victoriahutchful4066 10 місяців тому

      @@kwabenaobatwani4246 really?? Why do u think am not?

  • @Azikhale_
    @Azikhale_ 10 місяців тому +13

    How is it that a figure who thrived on just simply murdering his political rivals celebrated? Just barbaric strongman tactics to sieze power with a very weak political ideology behind it seems to be the norm in west africa. As a South African I always think that since these countries got their independence decades before we did in 94 they should have been the model to follow for us but it is the other way around and they are too proud to recognize that their suffering is self inflicted. We've had 5 presidents since 94, none of them had to stage a coupe and rule through fear by eliminating all opponents. No civil war since independence and one of the strongest economies in the continent. Simple, we debate and vote!

    • @jesuloba4817
      @jesuloba4817 10 місяців тому

      Eventually, the igbos fought a war. Why fight the war against the Igbos when you all know that the Igbos will not be given any more opportunity to be leaders in Nigeria. It was still Awolowo who betrayed the Igbos during the civil war, the same Awolowo asked the Nigerian govt to give only £20 to every returnee from Biafra to any part of the country. We can see where Nigeria is today.

    • @OFCnmezi
      @OFCnmezi 10 місяців тому

      Our path and the path of SA are very different but yes, I wish WA countries were able to manage their independence well so that SA could get inspiration.

    • @jaytettehquarshie1522
      @jaytettehquarshie1522 10 місяців тому +3

      My friend from South Africa,kindly talk about the Xenophobic attacks too.When Apartheid isolated you,we prayed,sang songs, added our voices to the ills of segregation.Now you have turned against your black brothers with Xenophobia.Xenophobia would isolate you again as Apartheid did unless u desist from it.SA is a coloured,white,black or Indian country depending on whom you ask.
      Just look at your flag even,the segregation is in there,just look carefully.

    • @Azikhale_
      @Azikhale_ 10 місяців тому +1

      @@jaytettehquarshie1522 If SA people were truly xenophobic just for the sake of it as you're told, there wouldn't be so many west african immigrants living here and more coming in every year mostly illegally. That's not an insult to west africans it's just the truth and reality. Illegal immigration frustrates even 1st world countries my friend and have you ever considered the genuine concerns of South africans on this matter? Go to any country and disobey their laws then see if they'll like that

    • @yedjonasinvest.653
      @yedjonasinvest.653 10 місяців тому

      @@Azikhale_
      Your argument does not mean that xenophobia is not rampant in SA. Just because there were still many Jews in Germany in 1942 does not mean the nazis were not there. I saw on a documentary a SA woman crying and saying how much she hated African immigrants. It made me sick. It seems like the hatred is more towards their African brothers and sisters more than Europeans, Indians and Asians.
      Listen fellow African, if you need to find refuge and prosper in a foreign country here in Africa, come to West Africa. This continent is for all of us. We’ll share it with you! Actually, you host countries will gain more from you. ✌🏾

  • @DeBoss3
    @DeBoss3 10 місяців тому +3

    Point of correction: Hold on right there.. AFRC was the name of the game, and Jerry John was the chairman. And the spokes person was Boakye Gyan. The rank and file wanted to kill all the senior military officers. Jerry John put his foot down in all cases it was the same people that took him out the guard room to become the chairman of the council.

  • @nanaopsem8693
    @nanaopsem8693 8 місяців тому +2

    History that most of the youth aren't aware. The sacrifices that both fallen military personnel and civilians made not by their will. No one should die through execution because of corruption. I nearly got shot as a civilian through no fault of mine. God's Grace was on me, and he spared my life. Young ones, please humble yourselves and feel privileged that you are sitting on shoulders that saddly died during the revolution. You see how every November across Europe and America, those who fell during the world wars are remembered. Let us remember those who fell during the revolution and keep the snide comments out.

  • @MrBritblood
    @MrBritblood 7 місяців тому +8

    Some of these men had retired and living peaceful civilian lives but blood thirsty power drunk Efo wouldn’t rest until they were all dead. He blamed the killings on the people of Ghana saying “they were crying for blood” when in fact, he ordered the arrests and had the power to pardon them after their trial as the military ruler. This is in addition to the 3 judges he murdered for no reason other than doing their job. Today his family live in luxury with stolen money hidden away in Swiss banks while still influencing Ghana’s political life. This history is necessary for those born yesterday who still glorify his tenure because they are too young to realise the terror and havoc he scattered across Ghana. He died without pain but his maker is surely waiting for him.

    • @WW24343
      @WW24343 6 місяців тому +3

      Very good comment... JJ Rawlings become a very Rich man his children's living in paradise today unlike the Seniors military Officer's Children's who are fatherless still in pain

    • @Samuel-wh9cs
      @Samuel-wh9cs 4 місяці тому

      😂😂😂

    • @Samuel-wh9cs
      @Samuel-wh9cs 4 місяці тому

      @@WW24343😂😂😂

  • @fruqan
    @fruqan 4 місяці тому +4

    Notice how all he people executed studied in united Kingdom? This goes to show that most of the millitary leaders before him were all power hungry puppets of the UK and protégés' of the Ashanti kingdom:EMMAMUEL KWESI KOTOKA was no defferent!! the NPP hail KOTOKA because brought about the downfall OSAGYEFO the only one leader who was the son of Ghana but not the son of Ashanti!

    • @andybadu6489
      @andybadu6489 3 дні тому

      Must you people always bring tribalism in everything? This path we are towing as Ghanaians is dangerous hmmm. Kotoka, John Halley, Ankrah were all not Ashantis but ewe and Ga. Only Afrifa was ashanti. Everything some of you will try and tribalise it. Ok let’s keep on like that wai.
      Do you know what IK Acheampongs government did for this country? But we just talk and bring in tribalism

    • @samuelasante5700
      @samuelasante5700 День тому

      Did your hometown have an education facility where they could study? The Asantes you hate on, funded the establishment of the University of Ghana. It is foolish to hate who is to be praised because of tribal differences

    • @samuelasante5700
      @samuelasante5700 День тому

      Did you even pay attention to what was said about Afrifa, when we talk of power hungry in Ghanaian politics it's only a lunatic or a baby who won't think of JJ

    • @fruqan
      @fruqan День тому

      @@samuelasante5700 the university of Ghana was commissioned by the British colonial government and not the Ashanti.

  • @faroukrazak8732
    @faroukrazak8732 6 місяців тому +17

    Please,Where is the list of human beings brutally mûrdered by AFRIFA and Kotoka during and after the overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah?

    • @moominmogtar810
      @moominmogtar810 5 місяців тому +3

      Very brave point 👉❤

    • @DoubtersAdvocate
      @DoubtersAdvocate 4 місяці тому

      Ask them again!
      A national traitor and minion of imperialist forces is now being whitewashed as a hero because they think they can rewrite history to suit their agenda

    • @welbeckobeng4277
      @welbeckobeng4277 3 місяці тому

      He isn't talking of them, wicked jj

    • @faroukrazak8732
      @faroukrazak8732 3 місяці тому

      @@welbeckobeng4277 Evil AFRIFA and the matemeho who introduced coups and cold-blooded k1llings to Ghana, for short-sighted ambitions, to destroys Africas n the blackmans dreams!

    • @DavidAmankonaserwaa-jv8bn
      @DavidAmankonaserwaa-jv8bn 2 місяці тому

      So there's no corruption in that 🇬🇭 anymore ??
      Youth should run away from that country because no single justice has been made since then ¿ injustice ? Wake up and jail some of these corrupt leaders from now ?

  • @stephenofori8933
    @stephenofori8933 10 місяців тому +22

    I think Rawlings did not like the Akans, and he succeeded in eliminating all the Akans. Checked if you could find any of them from the volta region.

    • @kwabenaobatwani4246
      @kwabenaobatwani4246 10 місяців тому +5

      Don't say you think, it's a fact. Rawlings wasn't quiet for his disdain for the Akans.

    • @jossmaan2839
      @jossmaan2839 10 місяців тому +3

      Very wrong, he had already married no less than an Ashanti, Konadu. Joy Amedume and Utuka, Felli were sacrificed and thrown into the pot for that very reason only to satisfy the Akans.

    • @emmanueldogah2649
      @emmanueldogah2649 10 місяців тому +2

      You mean all the people killed were akans? False. Ewes and northerners were among. Stop this

    • @kwabenaobatwani4246
      @kwabenaobatwani4246 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@emmanueldogah2649 He killed more Akans than any other tribe. Note, he didn't kill any retired army officer of any tribe . There was special squad he formed within the army, who kidnapped and killed many prominent Akans.

    • @jossmaan2839
      @jossmaan2839 10 місяців тому +1

      @kwabenaobatwani4246 you're being too Akancentric. Name a retired former Gen/Head of State alive, then that was non-Akan?

  • @frankwilson3590
    @frankwilson3590 10 місяців тому +33

    The name Rawlings for me means greatness. Plain and simple. These are the kinds of people (leaders) obstructing and undermining Africa to the point we keep crying "our leaders our leaders ". Rawlings showed incredible bravery and purpose to stage a coup. Followed it up with vision and a work ethic to navigate Ghana towards the state it is today. He's kind of unique in Africa, a case study for a military man. By the way, those generals were not executed by Rawlings. Sorry to inform you but it was a popular uprising and the people demanded their heads. Even Afrifa predicted this in a letter to Acheampong.

    • @giftyford2332
      @giftyford2332 10 місяців тому

      Rawlings was corrupt more than the people he accused them of being corrupt. He was a murderer. May these people blood stain the life of his children and all of his decendance. Why will he go and arrest Generals who had resigned and minding their business. He was scared of them because he was a coward.

    • @Peethemayan4516
      @Peethemayan4516 10 місяців тому

      The people wanted a change, Rawlings led a coup to bring that change. He's duly credited. The people call for the heads of some "corrupt" officials. Rawlings once again leads that execution.
      Conclusion: Rawlings didn't kill them, it was the people. However Rawlings made the coup, not the people, even though the people called for the change.
      How's this selective character whitewashing even sensible?

    • @Peethemayan4516
      @Peethemayan4516 10 місяців тому

      So when the people demanded the heads, what happened? The dead folks offered their own heads in altruistic patriotism?

    • @isaacgyimah535
      @isaacgyimah535 10 місяців тому +10

      Has Ghana been freed of corruption now ?

    • @martinoluoch6
      @martinoluoch6 10 місяців тому +10

      Ghana is even in a bigger mess now .

  • @kwabenankatiahafriyiedanie7805
    @kwabenankatiahafriyiedanie7805 4 місяці тому +1

    Rest well our Gallant Generals. The murderer and the thief,is no more. No one will live forever. Rawlings came to steal for his family. Thieves NDC group

  • @ayodelejegede4875
    @ayodelejegede4875 7 місяців тому +3

    This happened when I was in the secondary school. We had Ghanaian Teachers then. Rawlings was called butcher of Africa Idi Amin de Second

  • @thomasedudzi1613
    @thomasedudzi1613 10 місяців тому +2

    Africa must unite 🌍

    • @georgeikinya2779
      @georgeikinya2779 10 місяців тому

      Will corruption which is the worst disease and major handicap to it development end????

  • @nanakwamedanso
    @nanakwamedanso 10 місяців тому +7

    Very informative! Great job!!! And please take note...for future projects:
    1. Boakye is pronounced /Boh-ah-chee/.
    2. The picture displayed as Utuka is actually Lt. Gen. Acheampong
    3. Acheampong is pronounced /Ah-Chee-Am-Pong/.
    I understand in some parts of Nigeria, "P" is pronounced specially, like in the name Modupe. It is not like that in this case.
    4. Akwasi is pronounced /Ah-Kway-See/.
    Again, without the characteristic "Sh" pronunciation applied to certain names in parts of Nigeria.

    • @backinhistory9
      @backinhistory9  10 місяців тому +3

      Thank you, Nana. One of these days I will come to Ghana on vacation and I am sure that if I stay there for one month, I will master the pronunciation of the names. Pardon me for now. Thanks for your commendation and for your gentle corrections.

    • @nanakwamedanso
      @nanakwamedanso 10 місяців тому +2

      @@backinhistory9 This documentary is actually good! I didn't know certain things about Col. Felli till I watched it now. I know a lot about Nigerian history thanks to your channel. Keep them coming! I for one learn a lot from it! Kudos!!!

    • @nanakwamedanso
      @nanakwamedanso 10 місяців тому +3

      And you're always welcome to Ghana! Ghana and Nigeria are forever tied together!😂🤌🏽

    • @johnbuckle5937
      @johnbuckle5937 10 місяців тому

      He was just envious and fooled all of us just like another con man I know.

    • @love-heartbamaiyi4258
      @love-heartbamaiyi4258 7 місяців тому

      My colleague taught me the pronunciation of Ghanaians names.

  • @DavidOfosuAppiah
    @DavidOfosuAppiah 8 місяців тому +2

    My parents knew all the 3 Former Heads of State Of #Ghana and the 5 Generals murdered. My Late Father knew Rawlings as a boy ..my late father connected General Acheampong to his Wife Faustina ...

  • @hubertbailey2225
    @hubertbailey2225 10 місяців тому +7

    The corruption returned because Rawlings was not a dictator. If he had remained in power Ghana would of become the greatest country in Africa. In my view this must be done throughout black Africa.
    Those three brothers in west Africa are playing with fire. If they continue to be passive against corrupt politicians military personnel and Sahel terrorist.
    I was 17 years then l am 74 now.

    • @ejikemeonuoha3272
      @ejikemeonuoha3272 10 місяців тому +6

      So when he was in power was the economy better?

    • @hubertbailey2225
      @hubertbailey2225 10 місяців тому +3

      @@ejikemeonuoha3272 good question do like l do research your question. What l can say is that the political and military corruption was very disgraceful why Ghana was in poverty. Listen to his speeches you will decide.

    • @Dnse9
      @Dnse9 29 днів тому +1

      Stop lying old man, or were you one of those people terrorizing people in those so called revolutionary days?

  • @Chukwudi-ze6li
    @Chukwudi-ze6li 10 місяців тому +6

    Jerry did an abominable act of inhuman during his tenure as head of state.

    • @novellprice132
      @novellprice132 10 місяців тому +1

      Not only Jerry Rawlings of Ghana. You also have Samuel Doe of Liberia, and a few other past Head of States of other African countries. Only the Almighty God is the ultimate judge of each one of us. Peace 🕊️✌️ and God bless 🙏...

    • @korkuounas7473
      @korkuounas7473 10 місяців тому

      Eyadema in Togo as well@@novellprice132

    • @danielbortier6723
      @danielbortier6723 10 місяців тому +1

      I don't blame you for spewing this garbage. Get this book for your education. The Trial Of JJ Rawlings.

    • @Chukwudi-ze6li
      @Chukwudi-ze6li 10 місяців тому

      @danielbortier6723 You shouldn't blame me for another one evil, Mr. Education.

    • @danielbortier6723
      @danielbortier6723 10 місяців тому +2

      @@Chukwudi-ze6li, You see, you're not a Ghanaian, but you're speaking like a Ghanaian who witnessed that era of our history.Even though very young then,I witnessed all that happened.For your education, Rawlings was the reason why Ghana is where we are now. There's no leader in the entire Africa continent currently who can be compared to Jerry Rawlings. We Ghanaians liked what's he did for us and no amount of misinformation can change that.

  • @_kwasiokyere1446
    @_kwasiokyere1446 5 місяців тому +2

    What was the transformational development that Rawlings brought? Mediocrity at its fineness

  • @jefferyigumah5276
    @jefferyigumah5276 10 місяців тому +14

    Did all these murder makes Ghana the most developed country in Africa? Nonsense

    • @francis5279
      @francis5279 10 місяців тому

      At least they don't have the ability to spread their criminal DNA. in the Ghana community.

    • @francis5279
      @francis5279 10 місяців тому

      At least they don't have the ability to spread their criminal DNA to the smart Ghanaians.

    • @sojebon
      @sojebon 10 місяців тому

      The answer is NO

    • @jodywinfield9688
      @jodywinfield9688 6 місяців тому

      Bulu bulu toy.. the corruption in his time is the same as now? Ur sense only dey UA-cam. Jon

  • @yousoufabdoul8452
    @yousoufabdoul8452 10 місяців тому +5

    The currupt today is more than before

  • @jimboateng681
    @jimboateng681 7 місяців тому +3

    Rawlings was a dangerous wicket person Someone spare his life and had no compassion to imprison those Generals for their Children to visit them I wish Nana Konadu didn’t become his wife I can’t forgive him because of the execution He has no legacy to remember except his execution

  • @mensahkadi1223
    @mensahkadi1223 15 годин тому

    U can hate or or love Rawlings he was the best and the type of a leader Ghanaians needs today he brought a sense of discipline law and order into the system he did national house cleansing and Ghana was working

  • @dagobertafanou511
    @dagobertafanou511 9 місяців тому

    Thank you very much for this video and your comments!
    I'm togolese and and those events took place during my childhood.
    I know Teshie Military Range near the Atlantic Ocean.
    it is always a moment of contemplation when you make a visit to this place of execution.
    Those families should be vey grateful to Président Kuffor for the reburial of those relatives and they are lucky!
    In republic of Congo Brazza, until today the remains of President Marien Ngouabi cannot be found

  • @anthonyuwejamomere5197
    @anthonyuwejamomere5197 10 місяців тому +8

    Rawlings was the person that brought corruption to it bearest minimum in today. Thou corruption is still going on in Ghana, this cannot be compared with what is going on in Nigeria.

    • @nduodiaka-ph9sl
      @nduodiaka-ph9sl 7 місяців тому +1

      Try solve your problem and stop the comparison.

  • @DavidOfosuAppiah
    @DavidOfosuAppiah 8 місяців тому +2

    Evil,Dark ,Barbaric Timeline of #Ghana ...

  • @salimi.sheriff7608
    @salimi.sheriff7608 9 місяців тому +1

    Your narratives are chilling

  • @ayodelejegede4875
    @ayodelejegede4875 7 місяців тому +6

    Rawlings was brutal and wicked. I will never accept or agree with him and his methods. Till date corruption thrives unabated in Ghana. If he had a good ground to charge them, he should have done it properly, seize their loots and properties and jailed them upon conviction. He was wrong then and till today he still wrong.

    • @CindyApeah
      @CindyApeah Місяць тому

      I agree.This man is not from my Generation but he was extremely wicked.Now he is deceased.
      We shall not speak Ill of the Dead.

    • @PaypaBoy-hx7zi
      @PaypaBoy-hx7zi 23 дні тому +1

      But sir, didn’t these same soldiers, also execute people? Including other military personal, whom mostly attempted coup themselves? Infact, was Rawlings not one of the military men, dating around almost a decade after this very press conference, whom had been captured and improved awaiting death row, because of attempted BLOODLESS coup? Sometimes let’s be real, or let’s just get our facts right Chaley. JJ was no saint but these guys werent either. Infact, they peers the pace setters in planting the idea of a coup in the heads of other soldiers to come.

    • @jojodee6145
      @jojodee6145 17 днів тому

      ​@PaypaBoy-hx7zi well put. The double standards by some people leaves me incredulous.

  • @MrMysticman13
    @MrMysticman13 10 місяців тому +5

    Remember that it was Afrifa who introduced Coup to Ghana. He ordered the execution of three Leutenants who were sent by he Afirifa to kill Kotoka to cover his evil deeds .Names of the three Leutenants are 1. Samuel Arthur
    2. Moses Yeboah
    3. Osei Poku .

    • @danielopokunkansah2948
      @danielopokunkansah2948 10 місяців тому +7

      this a complete falsehood, infact per account Lt Arthur didnt not even inform his co coup makers about the making that coup, Afrifa had nothing to do with the killing of Kotoka, they were very good friends and it was told he wept bitterly over the lost of his dear friend KOTOKA, and it was one of reason the Accra airport was renamed Kotoka international airport. Please research well ..

    • @patricktutu5844
      @patricktutu5844 10 місяців тому

      Liar. This false story has been passed around for far too long.

    • @NanaKNOwusu
      @NanaKNOwusu 4 місяці тому

      That is the lie that was told to create Ewe disaffection for Asantes. It was a political ploy. Acheampong, an Asanteman overthrew the administration of the foremost Asante scholar of the day - Kofi Abrefa.

  • @harunayusif7427
    @harunayusif7427 5 місяців тому +1

    Now Ghana we need someone like JJ to control Ghana too much corruption

  • @worlea-saywahdunah7619
    @worlea-saywahdunah7619 10 місяців тому +8

    I don't understand how Ghanaian revered Rawlings who murdered civilians who had retired from the army......terrible. 😢

  • @boaiteyisaacatta8303
    @boaiteyisaacatta8303 8 місяців тому +6

    Countinue Rest Well General Acheampong and General Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa ❤

  • @hamrass9123
    @hamrass9123 8 місяців тому +2

    Ghana today is worse after Rawlings and he's part of the problem, you see no man is a judge over another man. Only God has the right judge his creation

  • @petrabridgemohan7006
    @petrabridgemohan7006 10 місяців тому +1

    Were they corruot?

  • @politicallycorrectghana1274
    @politicallycorrectghana1274 7 днів тому

    Please this account should have picked the life story of those present in the tick of affairs at the time say, Gen. Hamidu

  • @Ena-kc5fx
    @Ena-kc5fx 10 місяців тому +8

    Ghana was adrift with happy-go-lucky military bandits until Rawlings came... all stepping up to dish themselves healthy meals at the buffet on display... their relatives enjoyed so much wealth, and their voices of objection to his method of eliminating the corrupt bandits can still be heard till this day. They need to wake to the reality that for them, the party is long over. Move on!

    • @kwabenaobatwani4246
      @kwabenaobatwani4246 10 місяців тому +5

      You don't know what you're talking about. Rawlings set Ghana 20yrs back for his ignorance and naivete.

    • @Ena-kc5fx
      @Ena-kc5fx 10 місяців тому +1

      @kwabenaobatwani4246 Ghana is like Nigeria in many ways... 20 years back or forward makes absolutely no difference... it's five steps forwards and eleven backwards -till the end of their time

    • @kwabenaobatwani4246
      @kwabenaobatwani4246 10 місяців тому +10

      @@Ena-kc5fx The sad part is Rawlings executed the group who were the least corrupt. Real corruption started from Rawlings administration till now. I have lived through all these administrations Rawlings regime was most corrupt since the birth of Ghana.

    • @Ena-kc5fx
      @Ena-kc5fx 10 місяців тому +3

      @kwabenaobatwani4246 ..in the 70's Ghanaians trooped to Nigeria, where am from, in droves...leading to the infamous 'Ghana must Go' slogan.... was it Rawlings who brought that plight upon Ghanaians??? Look into your history. Are you of the Gen-z?

    • @kwabenaobatwani4246
      @kwabenaobatwani4246 10 місяців тому +3

      @@Ena-kc5fx I don't know what plight you're talking about but my point is Rawlings did more harm to Ghana than good from analytical point of view. He's long in words
      and short in action. He had no vision. He played tribal game not only in the military but in the entire nation

  • @Anthony-op5wq
    @Anthony-op5wq 6 місяців тому +5

    That change was very necessary. If you were in Ghana at that time you will know or witness the level of corruption that was going in Ghana in those years. During those years,millions of Ghanaians left the country in such of basic need.

  • @josephquansah6864
    @josephquansah6864 6 місяців тому +2

    May the almighty God forgive Rawlings and his family and his sigofants who helped him to do this Barbaric act, don't forget KARMA IS REAL

  • @youngjayzgh.
    @youngjayzgh. 9 місяців тому +4

    Im proud to name my first son after him he was born 7 days after Rawlings departed from things world. Rawlings will never Die.

  • @teamesoko
    @teamesoko 4 місяці тому +1

    This will show you that Voltarians are not corrupted
    Since time immemorial

  • @odengkwasi
    @odengkwasi 10 місяців тому +6

    Rawlings did not live forever, did he?

  • @Obalufon
    @Obalufon 10 місяців тому +1

    What happened to General Ankra?

    • @symbwoytv6314
      @symbwoytv6314 10 місяців тому +1

      Ankrah wasn't in Ghana during the executions . He live in UK until his death in 1992

    • @Obalufon
      @Obalufon 10 місяців тому +1

      @@symbwoytv6314 Wow, he was lucky. Thanks!

  • @fortress6334
    @fortress6334 7 місяців тому +1

    Yet Ghana today has not experienced any difference in a civil development.

  • @josephkaembamusonda8113
    @josephkaembamusonda8113 10 місяців тому +8

    Horrible.Too much blood shed.How do you reconcile that with the abolishing of the death sentence in many countries.You kill as penalty for corruption?! My foot The blood shed negates any said achievements made by Rawlings.

    • @kwabenaobatwani4246
      @kwabenaobatwani4246 10 місяців тому

      Even there's no significant achievements considering all the disruption and bloodshed . Rawlings government was the most corrupt administration. He's naive and incompetent.

    • @ndifongodfrey6869
      @ndifongodfrey6869 10 місяців тому

      From this I can see that Rawlings was the real criminal....Killed all his opponents and people who could stand his way.Calling even people who had left office through 🗳️ ballots.,on retirement doing farming,someone who had won parliament ary elections!..Yet he had his name written on white sheet...Where is the world heading!...

    • @ndifongodfrey6869
      @ndifongodfrey6869 10 місяців тому +2

      The real idi Amin was born in Ghana...

  • @geluwarndiaye1604
    @geluwarndiaye1604 10 місяців тому +13

    Why kill them,what were the prisons meant for😢😢

    • @Koloviv48i
      @Koloviv48i 10 місяців тому

      They were beyond prisons. They were traitors.

    • @AhmadAlhassan-lu3lj
      @AhmadAlhassan-lu3lj 8 місяців тому +1

      I tire oooh

    • @BrytCwesi
      @BrytCwesi 3 місяці тому

      Don't forget Rawlings broke out of prison. What shows those generals will remain in the prison?

  • @KenS.-hm4ff
    @KenS.-hm4ff 8 місяців тому +1

    What did you gain after the killings

  • @AlexanderRaymondBuabin
    @AlexanderRaymondBuabin 9 місяців тому +2

    A good report but some portions are inaccurate. Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah never got to Hanoi (Vietnam). The coup took place when he stopped over in China. He flew from there to Guinea.

  • @captainfrankasuakokwapong6151
    @captainfrankasuakokwapong6151 10 місяців тому +7

    General I.K Acheampong may be dead but his spirit is alive and well.
    The Acheapong’s will be back again is just a matter of time.

    • @Obalufon
      @Obalufon 10 місяців тому

      What happened to General Ankra?

    • @kwabenaobatwani4246
      @kwabenaobatwani4246 10 місяців тому

      ​@@ObalufonHe was spared but didn't live luxurious life as compared to Rawlings after leaving office. Rawlings family still live good

    • @Obalufon
      @Obalufon 10 місяців тому

      @@kwabenaobatwani4246 Wow and those general’s family are suffering. God knows the best!

  • @ebonyfish2993
    @ebonyfish2993 6 місяців тому

    What happened when he called those members?

  • @arthurisanya1120
    @arthurisanya1120 10 місяців тому +2

    That was the culture of barbaric African military officers,very sad stories.They actated like animals.

  • @ChristopherDaudu-xf8mf
    @ChristopherDaudu-xf8mf 7 місяців тому +1

    What was his crime that led to Rawlings killing him?

  • @josephfrimpongmanso9680
    @josephfrimpongmanso9680 6 місяців тому +1

    Rawlings killed these great men out of hatred..Corruption is even worse in Ghana..May their beautiful souls rest in perfect peace with the Almighty God🙏🙏🙏

  • @AlexMusonda-e2x
    @AlexMusonda-e2x 10 місяців тому +6

    Listening and hearing to this ,i conclude Rawlings was just an evil person who was trying to revenge and consolidate his power by killing generals and others.Let him wait for the final judgement.There was no need to kill those people in such a way,they had families and friends

  • @BobGillah
    @BobGillah 4 дні тому

    What a shock

  • @denasty_gh5138
    @denasty_gh5138 7 місяців тому

    Great documentary, However you used General Acheampong's picture for Utuka.

    • @backinhistory9
      @backinhistory9  7 місяців тому

      That's my editor's mistake, but I take responsibility. Many thanks always.

  • @ErnestAgyei-df1db
    @ErnestAgyei-df1db 10 місяців тому +1

    A very copacetic piece here, but kindly work on your pronunciation of the local names. I can tell from your accent that you are a Nigerian. And so whenever,you are bring out contents that has names especially local ones, I believe consulting someone to help with the names is the way to go . All the same kudos for a good work done .

  • @YAOVI-vc5mx
    @YAOVI-vc5mx Місяць тому +1

    They were tried and sentenced to death by Boakye Gyan

  • @josephlouis7702
    @josephlouis7702 10 місяців тому +1

    The heinous crimes these soldiers committed under the military rule are far less to be compared today with the money & corruption stolen by politicians in Nigeria under a Democrat rule

  • @OvumediaDavid
    @OvumediaDavid 8 місяців тому

    It brought fear to the heart of many leader. Because of it , senior Military Leader decided to restructure Their Military to avoid being able to come together for a coup.

  • @normanthomas2400
    @normanthomas2400 5 місяців тому

    What a shame !😢

  • @gaspar7160
    @gaspar7160 День тому

    Ghana has seen it all. The monster "corruption" created havoc in the governance of the affairs of the country. We hope Ghanians will learn from history and grow gracefully out of corruption and puppetry.

  • @nayranulaans3834
    @nayranulaans3834 10 місяців тому +2

    I'd very much appreciate it if you can do a documentary on your Nigerian leaders whose stories you should have first-hand knowledge of.

    • @backinhistory9
      @backinhistory9  10 місяців тому +3

      Kindly check my previous episodes. Thanks.

    • @charlesrichon6512
      @charlesrichon6512 10 місяців тому

      That's true.

    • @femiolamide7540
      @femiolamide7540 5 днів тому

      I don't think anyone on UA-cam has covers Nigerian history as much as this guy.... And be is now covering yours accurately

  • @kafuidumashie2987
    @kafuidumashie2987 10 місяців тому +2

    This piece would have been perfect if the correct photograph was used for Maj Gen Utuka. The picture used here is that of Gen Kutu Acheampong.

    • @backinhistory9
      @backinhistory9  10 місяців тому

      My editor missed it, please. Apologies. Thanks for watching and making your comment. We appreciate 🙏

  • @jeanclaudeetile1762
    @jeanclaudeetile1762 7 місяців тому +1

    Ghana has changed for the better since that episode

  • @EmmanuelAddae-ss2tj
    @EmmanuelAddae-ss2tj 10 місяців тому +1

    cont. God is watching

  • @ThomasDoe-fe5uk
    @ThomasDoe-fe5uk 6 місяців тому +1

    Truly sad, his sin is still affecting we Ghanaians. Look Rowling collected 50 cedi nott which was my mother's capital money of trading. Since then they did not return the money. So N DC will face the punishment

  • @kokumtwe6039
    @kokumtwe6039 8 місяців тому +1

    Rawlings himself became a notoriously corrupt and now spending eternity in HELL with some of those he declared corrupt and killed.

  • @Tawiah-pk7th
    @Tawiah-pk7th 10 місяців тому +2

    So Rawlings wants to tell us he wasn't corrupt neither

    • @musaajani442
      @musaajani442 9 місяців тому +1

      His worst corruption was transformed himself from military to civilian president of additional 2 terms of ruling Ghana after years of rulling as military head of state.
      The killing of his senior generals was more of vadental or revenge.
      What later happen to himself, he finally died and Ghana is moving on.

    • @AhmadAlhassan-lu3lj
      @AhmadAlhassan-lu3lj 8 місяців тому

      As me ooooooh

  • @mikeplucy2000
    @mikeplucy2000 14 днів тому

    Victorlionelnazaire:
    I agreed with you 100%. But, such policy might be good in Western World.
    Take Nigeria for example, didn’t Nigeria have higher position as the corrupt country in the world??
    Why, both corrupted (thieves) politicians and military heads are still ruling the country for the past 50 years.
    How about other African Countries that corruption was the the cause of their trickle down economy??
    Has other African countries changed for progress since 1960 when each of them became independent from colonial masters????

  • @longtongkumwar8791
    @longtongkumwar8791 10 місяців тому +1

    It would appear that senior officers left the army to take up juicy cabinet positions. In the process they left the weapons of war under the command and control of hot headed junior officers.

  • @harunayusif7427
    @harunayusif7427 5 місяців тому +2

    Ghana too much corruption

  • @blessingkautox6726
    @blessingkautox6726 7 місяців тому +1

    And he is walking freely after killing all those people Jerry Rawlings. 😢

  • @johnfitzgeraldkennedyafriy596
    @johnfitzgeraldkennedyafriy596 10 місяців тому +2

    That was the beginning of the dark days, sinking of the nation Ghana, an evil beginning the nation Ghana have never recovered.