Ghana history. The Gold coast and Togoland join to become Ghana Wed March 6 1957

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    These two former  West African colonies of the UK were granted independence. Representing the Queen and Great Britain was Admiral Sir Varyl Begg and the crew of the six-inch gun cruiser The HMS Ceylon and its crew of which 'yours truly vest was a member. On my part of the celebrations, it became a fiasco which I recall with some amusement which does not include the speech from incoming President Kwame Nkrumah. There are. excerpts from"Waving Goodbye"  my Memoirs obtainable now only from Amazon. Unfortunately, I have run out of stock  ISBN 1-4120-3384-5.

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Comments

Anonymous said…
While I have read your book, and thank you, I can't remember the bit about Gold Coast and Togoland. I expect it is also covered in my terrific book, The End of Empire.
Monday, 5 March 2018 at 20:32:00 GMT+11
Vest said…
Hi Andrew. Refers to Page 166 Chapter 37. also page 195 chapter 48. Also should have mentioned Ashanti as well as the G Coast and Togo.
Monday, 5 March 2018 at 21:22:00 GMT+11
Elephant's Child said…
History is often a complicated beast, and I always love the personal touch. When my unread towers diminish I will track your book down.
Tuesday, 6 March 2018 at 06:29:00 GMT+11
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