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 John Stafford Anderson:
 
Seems like now you hate everything African, and Africans as well.  What a pity!!!
 
By the way, the following is the statement that the Minister designate and now the substantive Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur, a long time civil liberties attorney made in front of Parliament on 30 January 2013.  She said: “I have not said anywhere that I will promote homosexuality. What I have said is to protect the human rights of everybody.”
 
I do not know anywhere in Ghana, where there has been violence against LBGT groups. 
 
 


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Subject:  Re: Check out the link
From:     John Stafford Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To:  African Association of Madison <[log in to unmask]>
Date:     Thu, 22 Aug 2013 21:39:14 -0700
                

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Whatever. Paris would not launch violent attacks against gay and lesbian conveners who simply wanted to talk about literature. Until all citizens of Ghana are full citizens, Accra, and all African cities that share its dark age and discriminatory views regarding sexuality, should remain off any tourists list, and they should visit South Africa instead. (Where, also, African Americans won't run the risk of being derogatorily being called "slave baby.")

What a frightening day for "public policy."

John

On Aug 22, 2013, at 15:55, Aggo Akyea <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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Forget Paris, fall in love with Accra

By Chibundu Onuzo , Special to CNN
updated 7:12 AM EDT, Thu August 22, 2013 CNN.com 
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/22/travel/forget-paris-fall-love-accra/index.html
 

Editor's note: Born in Lagos, Nigeria in 1991, Chibundu Onuzo is the author of "The Spider King's Daughter" (Faber, 2012.) The novel has won a Betty Task Award and been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Book Prize. She is currently doing a Masters in Public Policy at University College London. 

(CNN) -- With only a 45 minute flight separating Lagos and Accra, you'd think I'd have been to Ghana at least once in my 22-year existence. Unfortunately until July 2013, the concepts holiday and Africa have never gone together in my head.

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