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

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  • During the first military administration of Jerry Rawlings in Ghana, an unprecedented action was taken; three former Military Heads of State and five generals were executed by firing squad on charges of corruption. Where these persons given fair hearing by the military court martial that tried them? This and more questions have been asked in relation to the execution. This videos presents to you the names, faces and profiles of the generals.

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  • @michaelappiah3938
    @michaelappiah3938 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

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

  • @richardlubano7888
    @richardlubano7888 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

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

  • @thealaliboacademy
    @thealaliboacademy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Excellent reporting - Thank you.

  • @sundayashiedu7511
    @sundayashiedu7511 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

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

  • @gibsonlibingi2637
    @gibsonlibingi2637 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

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

  • @danielbortier6723
    @danielbortier6723 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    A well Researched documentary. I shall give you 💯.

  • @JosephFangfoh
    @JosephFangfoh 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    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.

  • @victorlionelnazaire685
    @victorlionelnazaire685 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    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 ?

  • @marvinstone9651
    @marvinstone9651 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks 🙏

  • @WW24343
    @WW24343 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Great Documentary
    Well done 👍🏾

  • @Livinghope-lq1ye
    @Livinghope-lq1ye 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @AzongSamson
      @AzongSamson 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nonsense

    • @sordeveanthony211
      @sordeveanthony211 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

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

  • @boso0003
    @boso0003 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Well said

    • @stephenayensu8625
      @stephenayensu8625 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Words of foolishness

    • @huzaifmusah5086
      @huzaifmusah5086 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      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 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@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.

  • @kwameowusu-apenteng1303
    @kwameowusu-apenteng1303 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    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.

  • @user-fo6yc7zu3g
    @user-fo6yc7zu3g 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A nice report

  • @samito3354
    @samito3354 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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.

    • @user-sx4re8dd1m
      @user-sx4re8dd1m 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @kafuihayeh8392
      @kafuihayeh8392 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@WW24343 correct

    • @ThomasDoe-fe5uk
      @ThomasDoe-fe5uk หลายเดือนก่อน

      My question is corruption has needed in Ghana 🇬🇭

  • @jossmaan2839
    @jossmaan2839 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

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

    • @backinhistory9
      @backinhistory9  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

    • @bensonmadubuogumcjones8438
      @bensonmadubuogumcjones8438 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      P

    • @WW24343
      @WW24343 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

  • @murwanashyakaamir1426
    @murwanashyakaamir1426 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Where is Jerry Rawlings at this time?

    • @CarenSchuchardtTl
      @CarenSchuchardtTl 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😂

    • @titusmutiso2111
      @titusmutiso2111 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Rawlings also died as well

    • @usmanjohn3267
      @usmanjohn3267 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Dead even had stroke

    • @doteygibson8031
      @doteygibson8031 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Jerry Rawlings was a criminal

    • @ntabantv4661
      @ntabantv4661 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      But he enjoyed life to the fullest before he died

  • @DoumbiaBoubakar
    @DoumbiaBoubakar 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    He could simply put them in jail

  • @osaorobor9021
    @osaorobor9021 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

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

  • @worlea-saywahdunah7619
    @worlea-saywahdunah7619 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

  • @yarojohn6964
    @yarojohn6964 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The soul of Rawlings would never rest. Bad man.

  • @anthonyuwejamomere5197
    @anthonyuwejamomere5197 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    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 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Try solve your problem and stop the comparison.

  • @michaelochido3244
    @michaelochido3244 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

    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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      We are Ghanaians not Nigerians

    • @Peethemayan4516
      @Peethemayan4516 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

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

    • @samuelantwi9884
      @samuelantwi9884 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rawlings is more corrupt than those leaders

    • @seann8293
      @seann8293 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @EmmanuelAddae-ss2tj
    @EmmanuelAddae-ss2tj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    cont. God is watching

  • @kwesib4695
    @kwesib4695 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @frankwilson3590
    @frankwilson3590 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @isaacgyimah535
      @isaacgyimah535 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Has Ghana been freed of corruption now ?

    • @martinoluoch6
      @martinoluoch6 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Ghana is even in a bigger mess now .

  • @dagobertafanou511
    @dagobertafanou511 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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

  • @rev.dr.monicaagyekumaidoo1299
    @rev.dr.monicaagyekumaidoo1299 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    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.

  • @stephenofori8933
    @stephenofori8933 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

    • @jossmaan2839
      @jossmaan2839 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @kwabenaobatwani4246
      @kwabenaobatwani4246 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @thomasedudzi1613
    @thomasedudzi1613 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Africa must unite 🌍

    • @georgeikinya2779
      @georgeikinya2779 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @DeBoss3
    @DeBoss3 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @yousoufabdoul8452
    @yousoufabdoul8452 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The currupt today is more than before

  • @salimi.sheriff7608
    @salimi.sheriff7608 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your narratives are chilling

  • @nanakwamedanso
    @nanakwamedanso 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    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  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @johnbuckle5937
      @johnbuckle5937 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @love-heartbamaiyi4258
      @love-heartbamaiyi4258 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      My colleague taught me the pronunciation of Ghanaians names.

  • @denasty_gh5138
    @denasty_gh5138 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

    • @backinhistory9
      @backinhistory9  15 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @youngjayzgh.
    @youngjayzgh. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @sampson-zj9yt
      @sampson-zj9yt 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      God is watching u

  • @tomhawkgok9180
    @tomhawkgok9180 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You must thanks Rawling...

  • @jeanclaudeetile1762
    @jeanclaudeetile1762 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ghana has changed for the better since that episode

  • @jefferyigumah5276
    @jefferyigumah5276 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

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

    • @francis5279
      @francis5279 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @francis5279
      @francis5279 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @sojebon
      @sojebon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The answer is NO

  • @obr91
    @obr91 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    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

  • @KenS.-hm4ff
    @KenS.-hm4ff หลายเดือนก่อน

    What did you gain after the killings

  • @AlexanderRaymondBuabin
    @AlexanderRaymondBuabin 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    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.

  • @MrMysticman13
    @MrMysticman13 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @kellyoku
    @kellyoku 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🎉🎉🎉

  • @hubertbailey2225
    @hubertbailey2225 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      So when he was in power was the economy better?

    • @hubertbailey2225
      @hubertbailey2225 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@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.

  • @DavidOfosuAppiah
    @DavidOfosuAppiah หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @OvumediaDavid
    @OvumediaDavid 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    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.

  • @Alben005
    @Alben005 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @kwabenaobatwani4246
      @kwabenaobatwani4246 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      APT👍

    • @kwabenaobatwani4246
      @kwabenaobatwani4246 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

    • @victoriahutchful4066
      @victoriahutchful4066 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @ramishrambarran3998
    @ramishrambarran3998 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great !
    Trinidad & Tobago.
    West Indies.

  • @petrabridgemohan7006
    @petrabridgemohan7006 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Were they corruot?

  • @geluwarndiaye1604
    @geluwarndiaye1604 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

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

    • @Koloviv48i
      @Koloviv48i 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They were beyond prisons. They were traitors.

    • @AhmadAlhassan-lu3lj
      @AhmadAlhassan-lu3lj หลายเดือนก่อน

      I tire oooh

  • @DavidOfosuAppiah
    @DavidOfosuAppiah หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @Azikhale_
    @Azikhale_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +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_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@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. ✌🏾

  • @Obalufon
    @Obalufon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What happened to General Ankra?

    • @symbwoytv6314
      @symbwoytv6314 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @Obalufon
      @Obalufon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@symbwoytv6314 Wow, he was lucky. Thanks!

  • @fortress6334
    @fortress6334 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @Ena-kc5fx
    @Ena-kc5fx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

    • @Ena-kc5fx
      @Ena-kc5fx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@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

  • @odengkwasi
    @odengkwasi 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Rawlings did not live forever, did he?

    • @CarenSchuchardtTl
      @CarenSchuchardtTl 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😢 power makes you make final decisions like you were God

    • @AhmadAlhassan-lu3lj
      @AhmadAlhassan-lu3lj หลายเดือนก่อน

      For where?, And no body else.

  • @nayranulaans3834
    @nayranulaans3834 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Kindly check my previous episodes. Thanks.

    • @charlesrichon6512
      @charlesrichon6512 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's true.

  • @josephkaembamusonda8113
    @josephkaembamusonda8113 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The real idi Amin was born in Ghana...

  • @kafuidumashie2987
    @kafuidumashie2987 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +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  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @Chukwudi-ze6li
    @Chukwudi-ze6li 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

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

    • @novellprice132
      @novellprice132 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Eyadema in Togo as well@@novellprice132

    • @danielbortier6723
      @danielbortier6723 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @danielbortier6723
      @danielbortier6723 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@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.

  • @nanaopsem8693
    @nanaopsem8693 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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.

  • @ErnestAgyei-df1db
    @ErnestAgyei-df1db 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 .

  • @kenchumah9497
    @kenchumah9497 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So, my question is, after all these killings where is Ghana today. Economically, is she a better nation?

  • @margaretodoi3377
    @margaretodoi3377 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Where's the 2 two soldiers who was killed by General Afrifa , Yeboah and Atta at the same firing squad

  • @jaffarikawende9115
    @jaffarikawende9115 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yes Athiapong did make arrested Patrice Lumumba than assassinated in Congo as he was corrupted by the West to kill lim Lumumba, the overthrow Nkrumah

  • @emmanuelagbevey2538
    @emmanuelagbevey2538 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wicked people where gone

  • @longtongkumwar8791
    @longtongkumwar8791 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +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.

  • @laughfolks.worldwide
    @laughfolks.worldwide 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Did he killed them because of corruption or because he had personal grudges against them ???

  • @ChristopherDaudu-xf8mf
    @ChristopherDaudu-xf8mf วันที่ผ่านมา

    What was his crime that led to Rawlings killing him?

  • @abubakaryahuza863
    @abubakaryahuza863 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    ! kotoka ? !,

  • @enowdemuller4449
    @enowdemuller4449 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @MrBritblood
    @MrBritblood 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    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.

  • @ayodelejegede4875
    @ayodelejegede4875 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @boaiteyisaacatta8303
    @boaiteyisaacatta8303 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Countinue Rest Well General Acheampong and General Akwasi Amankwa Afrifa ❤

  • @washingtonmbiti9348
    @washingtonmbiti9348 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really sad.Too much military training. May their souls rest in peace

  • @balamohammed2129
    @balamohammed2129 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is really sad one. I am sure some of them are innocent.

  • @user-tk2gb9bv8k
    @user-tk2gb9bv8k 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Killing is not good

  • @philiplugalia3724
    @philiplugalia3724 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It seems these generals made some heinous crimes

    • @kwabenaobatwani4246
      @kwabenaobatwani4246 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Unfortunately, they're the least group which did any harm. No corruption was found even though they're charged of. They were least violent, they're comparably humane. During Gen. Acheampong's times were self realization, tribal unity peace . His policies instilled patriotism, independence. Ghanaians started embracing " can do attitude " and stopped shifting blame and finger pointing. Acheampong was the only military leader who tried to practice some sorts of democracy and human rights were respected There're press freedom .That brought him down. He did more for Ghanaians in his 6years reign than all the successive leaders. He's not given credit for all that he did for Ghanaians. It's a shame..

  • @DavidOfosuAppiah
    @DavidOfosuAppiah หลายเดือนก่อน

    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 ...

  • @ebenezerakhideno8487
    @ebenezerakhideno8487 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Immaturity of youthful leaders.

  • @gmog7857
    @gmog7857 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    KOTOKA was not killed by RAWLINGS, he died during a counter-coup d'etat in 1966 led by Col Arthur and Yeboah after he had been part of a coup earlier coup that overthrew Kwame Nkrumah

  • @Tawiah-pk7th
    @Tawiah-pk7th 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @musaajani442
      @musaajani442 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As me ooooooh

  • @charlesrichon6512
    @charlesrichon6512 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For your information Ghana has dealt with thiis through a truth and reconciliation activities. I have studied the case of Ghana so well and the people called for rhe head of these generals.

    • @backinhistory9
      @backinhistory9  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Ok. Thanks Charles. When you say ‘’the people called for the heads of these generals’’ do you mean that the entire people of Ghana called for the executions?

    • @Peethemayan4516
      @Peethemayan4516 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      The people didn't call for any heads. Rawlings used the killings to stabilize and prevent further coups. His supporters chanted Slogans in favor of that bloodletting. That doesn't mean the people called for the senseless killings of these people. If they were good deaths, then why was there a reconciliation council. You claim to have studied the Ghana case well. I doubt you made sense of the full story dispassionately.

    • @martinoluoch6
      @martinoluoch6 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You have studied nothing . In which referendum did the people call for the heads of the general . If you had studied anything , you would have known by now that general Afrifa was only executed for tribal balancing of the generals being killed . Secondly why was there the reconciliation council if the killings were popular. Why did Rawlings fail to appear before that council to explain himself .

    • @charlesrichon6512
      @charlesrichon6512 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @martinoluoch6 Rawlings appeared before the council. You have gaps in your knowledge on this subject. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Vetsolo
    @Vetsolo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    8:09 Rawlings should be made a course of study in every country!🌎

    • @usmanjohn3267
      @usmanjohn3267 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Why what change in Ghana worst the Curuption still happening

  • @blessingkautox6726
    @blessingkautox6726 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

  • @patrickdixon1047
    @patrickdixon1047 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Where is Jerry Rawlins now? Cruelty on the Sons of the Soil.. did Ghana, the people's the world, get revenge in that despot?

  • @wilsonattitoe3997
    @wilsonattitoe3997 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The General who masterminded the killing of his fellow Generals walked away unnoticed.

    • @kobby40
      @kobby40 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Who was that general?

    • @wilsonattitoe3997
      @wilsonattitoe3997 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kobby40 this is open secret. The general who asked Rawlings if the rogue General Afrifa was included in the list of Generals or not.
      The General who was part of the Lt Gen FWK Akuffo's regime but as for wasn't executed.
      He was on an elimination spree so that like Lt Gen Ankrah in 1966, he as the remaining senior officer will also be called by the junior officers to lead the AFRC but Major Boakye Gyan saw it quick capitalising on the charisma of Rawlings moved that Rawlings be made the chairman. Haven't you heard Boakye Gyan often saying he installed Rawlings.
      That General became bitter because he was intending a Northern coup. Just check the early days of the revolution the soldiers who were causing mutinies were all from the North.
      That General President Kuffour brought him into his government indirectly to come settle his personal scores with Rawlings unfortunately he masterminded the killing of the big chief up north so there has to be a coverup by letting him to lie low.
      He is dead now.
      I have given you enough clues.

  • @captainfrankasuakokwapong6151
    @captainfrankasuakokwapong6151 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    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 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What happened to General Ankra?

    • @kwabenaobatwani4246
      @kwabenaobatwani4246 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @Obalufon
      @Obalufon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @josephlouis7702
    @josephlouis7702 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +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

  • @johnfitzgeraldkennedyafriy596
    @johnfitzgeraldkennedyafriy596 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @nanaakosua3456
    @nanaakosua3456 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Not necessary at this time.

    • @backinhistory9
      @backinhistory9  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. History can be told anytime. Cheers.

  • @danladiojito9741
    @danladiojito9741 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Where is rawlings today ?
    Why has he not stayed forever ?

  • @ahmedtijanitanko2534
    @ahmedtijanitanko2534 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All those with spritual Eyes will know 1979 is like punishment for what happen in 1966 anf after, though some of this general are innocence but they refuse to punish the guilty after they got power.

  • @maldiniinvescoltd701
    @maldiniinvescoltd701 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Were these trials fair or it was just phobia ?

  • @hamrass9123
    @hamrass9123 หลายเดือนก่อน

    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

  • @nellyseidu215
    @nellyseidu215 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Kotoka was killed in 1967 .He was not part of those killed by Rawlings.

    • @backinhistory9
      @backinhistory9  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Maybe you haven't watched the video in full. Kindly watch till the end. Emmanuel Kotoka's name is not listed among the 8 Generals executed by Rawling's administration. Cheers

    • @user-hs3ul8yn7g
      @user-hs3ul8yn7g 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He was refering to General Utuka not Kotoka

    • @backinhistory9
      @backinhistory9  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-hs3ul8yn7g
      Utuka was one of those killed.

    • @aroundtheworld8918
      @aroundtheworld8918 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bro, Rawling never like the Akans and that’s the reason some Ashanti’s never 👎 like his party NDC

  • @DavidOfosuAppiah
    @DavidOfosuAppiah หลายเดือนก่อน

    General Kotei flew from Nigeria that he wanted to come do Christening of his baby child born ,he was advised not to come on the wake of June 4th 1979.

  • @kokumtwe6039
    @kokumtwe6039 หลายเดือนก่อน

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