Ghana Decided peacefully on 7 Dec, 2012, but Issues Arose, including "Facebook Tipping Point" for Ghana

From The Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly-Arrived Denizen...of Ghana Tue Dec 11 2012, 09:01:00

By now, most of you following Ghana's elections will have known that Ghana has a new president in the incumbent John Mahama. I will be posting some thoughts over thenext few days about what happens to our body-politic. In the meantime, enjoy the article below--sent by Facebook friend and academic John Schaefer--who follows Ghana as often as I do!

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