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Jerry Rawlings. Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 1947 – 12 November 2020, [1] also known as Junior Jesus [2]) was a Ghanaian military officer, aviator and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the democratically elected president of ...
Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings (born 1 June 1978) [1] [2] is Ghanaian medical doctor, politician, Activist & Campaigner [3] who is the eldest daughter of the 1st President under the 4th Republic of Ghana Jerry Rawlings (1993–2001) and former first lady Nana Konadu Agyeman [4] (1993–2001). She is a member of the Ghanaian parliament for the Klottey ...
Nana Kwame Ampadu (31 March 1945 – 28 September 2021) was a Ghanaian musician and composer credited with numerous popular highlife tracks and he is known to have composed over 800 songs. [1] [2] He was also known as Adwomtofo Nyinaa Hene. [3] Ampadu was the lead singer, chief songwriter, and founder of the "African Brothers Band".
Known for. First Lady, presidential candidate, and 31st December Women's Movement leader. Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (born 17 November 1948) [1] [2] is a Ghanaian politician and the widow of former President Jerry Rawlings, under whose capacity she served as the First Lady of Ghana from 4 June 1979 to 24 September 1979 and from 31 December ...
National Democratic Party. The National Democratic Party ( NDP) is a Ghanaian political party, founded in October 2012 as a split from the ruling National Democratic Congress. Its first leader was former NDC politician Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, who is also the wife of former President of Ghana and NDC founder Jerry Rawlings .
Ghana mass media, news and information provided by television. Radio studio in Ghana. Television was introduced to Ghana in 1965 and was under State control. The Ghana Broadcasting Corporation held a monopoly on television broadcasting until 1994, following the 1992 constitution of the new democratically elected government.
This is a listing of the ministers who served in Jerry Rawlings 's National Democratic Congress government during the Fourth Republic of Ghana. This started on January 7, 1993, after 11 years of military rule by Rawlings. He retired from the Ghana Armed Forces and served a further two democratically elected terms ending January 7, 2001.
Ghana's cultural diversity is most evident in cuisine, arts, literature, heritage, music, dance, clothing, and sports. Kente is a Ghanaian ceremonial cloth traditionally used as the national costume. Kente is hand-woven on a horizontal treadle loom in strips measuring about 4 inches wide, which are sewn together into larger pieces of cloth.