Talking Drums

The West African News Magazine
We need leaders, we need responsible citizens sufficiently dissatisfied with things as they are and impatient enough to do something about it, intelligently, quietly, wisely. We need critics too, for dissenting is a serious, worthy and honest pursuit.

Talking Drums - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986

talking drums 1983-09-12 Inaugural edition Nigeria elections and confessions - Ghana Executions and Confessions - Chad neglected desert war

September 12, 1983

  • Inaugural Edition
  • Nigeria Elections and Confessions
  • Ghana Executions and Confessions
  • Chad Neglected Desert War
talking drums 1983-09-19 Cameroon Tissue Rejection Biya comes of age

September 19, 1983

  • Cameroon: Tissue Rejection, Biya comes of age
talking drums 1983-09-26 educating ghana the cuban connection

September 26, 1983

  • Educating Ghana: the Cuban connection
talking drums 1983-10-03 Hunger is a desperate reality for Ghana's 14 million people

October 3, 1983

  • Hunger is a desperate reality for Ghana's 14 million people
talking drums 1983-10-10 we have passed the test - Shagari

October 10, 1983

  • We have passed the test - Shagari
talking drums 1983-10-17 Houphouet-Boigny Ivorian stability - Ghanaian women economic backbone or saboteurs

October 17, 1983

  • Houphouet-Boigny Ivorian stability
  • Ghanaian women: economic backbone or saboteurs?
talking drums 1983-10-24 Nkrumah's widow starves - Rawlings stabs press in the back

October 24, 1983

  • Nkrumah's widow starves
  • Rawlings stabs press in the back
talking drums 1983-10-31 politics of border closures Togo blames Ghana

October 31, 1983

  • Politics of border closures - Togo blames Ghana
talking drums 1983-11-07 which is the voice of the people

November 7, 1983

  • Which is the voice of the people?
talking drums 1983-12-05 Donor nations to Ghana's rescue

December 5, 1983

  • Donor nations to Ghana's rescue
talking drums 1983-12-12 Ghana's labour scene - plans for civil rule in Liberia - us military in Africa

December 12, 1983

  • Ghana's labour scene
  • Plans for civil rule in Liberia
  • US military in Africa
talking drums 1983-12-19-26 Government through mob action - kotoko win africa cup

December 19/26, 1983

  • Government through mob action
  • Kotoko win Africa cup

Talking Drums - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986

talking drums 1984-01-03 two years of Ghana's revolution nigeria and ivory coast reschedule debts

January 3, 1984

  • Two years of Ghana's revolution
  • Nigeria and Ivory Coast reschedule debts
talking drums 1984-01-09 coup in Nigeria Africa's day of shame

January 9, 1984

  • Coup in Nigeria Africa's day of shame
talking drums 1984-01-16 waiting for confusion in Nigeria - another food crisis year

January 16, 1984

  • Waiting for confusion in Nigeria
  • 1984 Another food crisis year
talking drums 1984-01-30 isiyaku ibrahim - why democracy failed in Nigeria - restructuring Ghana's legal system

January 30, 1984

  • Isiyaku Ibrahim interview
  • Why democracy failed in Nigeria
  • Restructuring Ghana's legal system
talking drums 1984-02-06 is the media relevant in Africa - the dilemma of the judiciary - Highlife music review

February 6, 1984

  • Is the media relevant in Africa?
  • The dilemma of the judiciary
  • Umaru Dikko in a Crusade Against Military Regimes
  • Highlife music review
talking drums 1984-02-20 Facing up to the military - Rawlings exports revolution to Upper Volta

February 20, 1984

  • Facing up to the military
  • Rawlings exports revolution to Upper Volta
talking drums 1984-02-27 ghana's aimless revolution - pro buhari demonstration in London

February 27, 1984

  • Ghana's Aimless Revolution
  • Pro-Buhari Demonstration In London
talking drums 1984-03-05 Ghana immature at 27 - why buhari must declare assets publicly

March 5, 1984

  • Ghana - Immature at 27
  • Why Buhari Must Declare Assets Publicly
talking drums 1984-03-19 war games in Lagos - EEC aid with strings - sugar the essential commodity

March 19, 1984

  • War Games in Lagos
  • EEC Aid With Strings
  • Sugar, the Essential Commodity
talking drums 1984-03-26 the march against Rawlings nigeria's short-lived honeymoon

March 26, 1984

  • The march against Rawlings
  • Nigeria's short-lived honeymoon
talking drums 1984-04-02 guinea sekou toure passes away - ghana the giwa executions

April 2, 1984

  • Sekou Toure Passes Away
  • Ghana - The Giwa executions
  • West African Energy Crunch
talking drums 1984-04-09 The military - servants or masters Guinea's post Sekou Toure coup

April 9, 1984

  • The Military: Servants Or Masters?
  • Guinea's post Sekou Toure Coup
talking drums 1984-04-16 page 01 after cameroon-s weekend nightmare - nigeria trial by ordeal

April 16, 1984

  • After Cameroon's Weekend Nightmare
  • Nigeria: Trial By Ordeal?
talking drums 1984-04-30 New Naira notes - Cardinal Gantin - the military problem

April 30, 1984

  • New Naira notes for old
  • Cardinal Gantin: Pope in the making
  • The military problem
talking drums 1984-05-28 Cameroon executions - Buhari - Ghana's PDC-WDCs

May 28, 1984

  • Cameroon Executions
  • Why Buhari NSO director defended Shagari
  • Ghana's PDC-WDCs
talking drums 1984-06-04 what makes people leave Ghana - nigeria trials changing the rules in midstream

June 4, 1984

  • What Makes People Leave Ghana
  • Nigeria trials: Changing The Rules In Midstream
talking drums 1984-06-11 trial of ex-governors Onabanjo rejects verdict - Akata-Pore why I fell out with Rawlings

June 11, 1984

  • Trial of ex-governors Onabanjo rejects verdict
  • Akata-Pore why I fell out with Rawlings
talking drums 1984-06-25 why Ghana is not stable - Nigerian journalist's trial Rotimi

June 25, 1984

  • Why Ghana is not stable
  • Nigerian journalist's trial Rotimi urges commonsense
talking drums 1984-07-02 President Doe - Onabanjo trial in Nigeria - Krobo Edusei famous or infamous

July 2, 1984

  • Will Doe become President Doe?
  • Onabanjo trial in Nigeria
  • Krobo Edusei famous or infamous?
  • Classless societies in Africa?
talking drums 1984-07-09 Kojo Tsikata the myth and the man - African music in London

July 9, 1984

  • Kojo Tsikata: The Myth And The Man
  • African music in London
talking drums 1984-07-16 where was Dikko going when kidnapped Rawlings the man behind the mask

July 16, 1984

  • Where was Dikko going when kidnapped?
  • Rawlings the man behind the mask
talking drums 1984-07-23 Nigeria the Dikko kidnap affair Africa Olympic hopes in Los Angeles

July 23, 1984

  • Nigeria the Dikko kidnap affair
  • Africa Olympic hopes in Los Angeles
talking drums 1984-07-30 Ghana A Danish Electric car deal - who will lead the parties in Liberia

July 30, 1984

  • Ghana: A Danish Electric Car Deal
  • Who Will Lead The Parties In Liberia?
talking drums 1984-08-06 Challenge to Siaka Stevens - Rawlings has no regrets

August 6, 1984

  • Fresh challenge to Siaka Stevens
  • Rawlings has no regrets
talking drums 1984-08-13 Commodities on the streets - Happy days in Ghana

August 13, 1984

  • Commodities on the streets
  • Happy days in Ghana
talking drums 1984-08-20 Liberian elections Ghana bishops call for representative government

August 20, 1984

  • Liberian elections
  • Ghana Bishops Call For Representative Government
talking drums 1984-08-27 Cameroon and Amnesty International - Ghana's public tribunals

August 27, 1984

  • Cameroon and Amnesty International
  • Ghana's Public Tribunals
talking drums 1984-09-03 arrests and tension in Liberia - WAEC's leakage problems

September 3, 1984

  • Arrests and tension in Liberia
  • WAEC's leakage problems
  • Carnival of Racial Harmony
talking drums 1984-09-10 one year covering a region in turmoil

September 10, 1984

  • One year covering a region in turmoil
talking drums 1984-09-17 Challenge for Samuel Doe Cameroon which way out Ernest Obeng

September 17, 1984

  • Challenge for Samuel Doe
  • Cameroon which way out
  • Ernest Obeng
talking drums 1984-09-24 Gambia's thriving tourist industry Ghanaian marriages

September 24, 1984

  • Gambia's thriving tourist industry
  • Ghanaian marriages
talking drums 1984-10-01 Nigeria at 24 nothing to celebrate - Cameroon why the april coup failed

October 1, 1984

  • Nigeria at 24 nothing to celebrate
  • Cameroon why the April coup failed
talking drums 1984-10-08 Behind Rawlings' latest executions - Ojukwu released - PNDC drug charges

October 8, 1984

  • Behind Rawlings latest executions
  • Ojukwu released
  • PNDC drug charges
talking drums 1984-10-15 Fisheries as vital economic resource in africa - rimi taunts tribunal

October 15, 1984

  • Fisheries as vital economic resource in Africa
  • rimi taunts tribunal
talking drums 1984-10-22 Oxfam rejects hunger myths - Nzeribe damages against Chad

October 22, 1984

  • Oxfam rejects hunger myths
  • Nzeribe awarded damages against Chad
talking drums 1984-10-29 Nigeria's oil price cut an act of panic - Chad war financing - an exile wants to go home

October 29, 1984

  • Nigeria's oil price cut an act of panic
  • Chad war financing
  • an exile wants to go home
talking drums 1984-11-05 Desmond Tutu Nobel Peace Prize - who is a Ghanaian - Amnesty report on west africa

November 5, 1984

  • Desmond Tutu Nobel Peace Prize
  • Who is a Ghanaian?
  • Amnesty report on west Africa
talking drums 1984-11-12 tribalism versus nationalism - Nigerian press - PNDC economic plan

November 12, 1984

  • Tribalism versus nationalism
  • Nigerian press
  • PNDC economic plan
talking drums 1984-11-19 Currency tribunal jails Fela for 5 years - OAU without Morocco's King Hassan - liberia plot

November 19, 1984

  • Currency tribunal jails Fela for 5 years
  • OAU without Morocco's King Hassan
  • New Cameroon party to challenge Biya
talking drums 1984-11-26 secret executions in Nigeria

November 26, 1984

  • Secret executions in Nigeria
  • Why Ghana need not fear socialism
  • Tribunal Boss disappears
talking drums 1984-12-03 Ghana a government of part timers Nigeria press-government relations

December 3, 1984

  • Ghana a government of part timers
  • Nigeria press-government relations
  • biopolitics unmasked
talking drums 1984-12-10 Cocoa New Strategy needed

December 10, 1984

  • Cocoa New Strategy needed

Talking Drums - 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986

talking drums 1985-01-21 what hope for Africa's growing millions

January 21, 1985

  • What hope for Africa's growing millions?
  • Academic gloom in ghana
  • reflections on nigeria's budget
talking drums 1985-01-28 cameroon land of plenty - students call for elections in ghana

January 28, 1985

  • Cameroon land of plenty
  • Students call for elections in Ghana
talking drums 1985-02-04 rawlings under attack from left-wing comrades kojo tsikata shinkafi on shagari and nigeria's 2nd republic

February 4, 1985

  • Rawlings under attack from left-wing comrades Kojo Tsikata
  • Shinkafi on Shagari and Nigeria's 2nd republic
talking drums 1985-02-11 open letter to rawlings

February 11, 1985

  • Open letter to Rawlings
  • Cameroon goes colour
  • On falashas and punk diplomats
talking drums 1985-02-18 after the kidnap trial Dikko says I shall return to Nigeria

February 18, 1985

  • After the kidnap trial Dikko says I shall return to Nigeria
talking drums 1985-03-11 rawlings brutalities at Gondar Barracks

March 11, 1985

  • Rawlings brutalities at Gondar Barracks
talking drums 1985-04-01 fela prophet without honour in Nigeria

April 1, 1985

  • Fela prophet without honour in Nigeria
talking drums 1985-04-22 doe's ride to the presidency - general hannnaniya - gifex 1985

April 22, 1985

  • Doe's ride to the presidency
  • General Hannnaniya
  • gifex 1985
talking drums 1985-04-29 Ghana tourism - rise and fall of Cameroon national unity party

April 29, 1985

  • Ghana tourism
  • Rise and fall of Cameroon national unity party
talking drums 1985-05-13 worker's may day warning to buhari in Nigeria

May 13, 1985

  • Worker's May Day warning to Buhari in Nigeria
talking drums 1985-05-20 ghana must go the hazardous exodus from Lagos

May 20, 1985

  • Ghana must go, the hazardous exodus from Lagos
talking drums 1985-05-27 my vision of independent ghana paa willie - is kojo tsikata emerging from the shadows - wazobia the tale of three nations

May 27, 1985

  • My vision of independent Ghana
  • Is Capt Kodjo Tsikata emerging from the shadows?
  • Wazobia the tale of three nations
talking drums 1985-06-03 new spate of executions in Ghana - how west african are we west africans

June 3, 1985

  • New spate of executions in Ghana
  • How West African are we West Africans
talking drums 1985-06-17 campaign against death penalty in Ghana

June 17, 1985

  • campaign against death penalty in Ghana
  • General Doe's pledge on fair elections
  • Dikko: Diplomacy and Expediency
talking drums 1985-06-24 kwame nkrumah Gold Coast end of empire

June 24, 1985

  • Kwame Nkrumah's Gold Coast end of empire
  • Liberia's rising star
  • Reflection on some 1979 Nigerian headlines
talking drums 1985-07-01 questions about ghana's holy war - constitution debate continues

July 1, 1985

  • Questions about Ghana's holy war
  • Constitution debate continues
talking drums 1985-07-08 nigeria's security boss writes - we reply

July 8, 1985

  • Nigeria's security boss writes, we reply
talking drums 1985-07-15 guinea sekou toure's legacy - writing for young africa

July 15, 1985

  • Guinea Sekou Toure's legacy
  • Writing for young Africa
talking drums 1985-07-22 the cia in ghana behind the scranage-sousoudis affair

July 22, 1985

  • The CIA in Ghana, behind the Scranage-Sousoudis affair
talking drums 1985-08-05 Liberia Doe shedding military image

August 5, 1985

  • Liberia: Doe shedding military image
talking drums 1985-08-12 Ghana's former vice-president speaks from exile

August 12, 1985

  • Ghana's former vice-President speaks from exile
talking drums 1985-08-19 Nigeria's world soccer princes - the revolutionary cedi

August 19, 1985

  • Nigeria's world soccer princes
  • The revolutionary cedi
talking drums 1985-09-02 Coup in Nigeria Fresh hope emerges

September 2, 1985

  • Coup in Nigeria Fresh hope emerges
talking drums 1985-09-09 Rafindadi's N.S.O. Empire exposed

September 9, 1985

  • Rafindadi's N.S.O. Empire exposed
talking drums 1985-09-16 2nd anniversary issue - fall of kaduna mafia - rawlings enters world stage

September 16, 1985

  • 2nd anniversary issue
  • fall of Kaduna mafia
  • Rawlings enters world stage
talking drums 1985-09-23 ghana yesterday's men and tomorrow's youth paa willie j.h. mensah deGraft-Johnson

September 23, 1985

  • Ghana - yesterday's men and tomorrow's youth Paa willie J.H. Mensah DeGraft-Johnson
talking drums 1985-09-30 Ghana Now Inconsistencies and Realities - Miriam Makeba

September 30, 1985

  • Ghana Now Inconsistencies and Realities
  • Miriam Makeba
talking drums 1985-10-07 Nigeria at 25 - A nation in a hurry

October 7, 1985

  • Nigeria at 25
  • A nation in a hurry
talking drums 1985-10-14 Azumah's World Crown at stake

October 14, 1985

  • Azumah's World Crown at stake
talking drums 1985-10-21 Azumah The two minute wonder

October 21, 1985

  • Azumah The two minute wonder
talking drums 1985-11-11 Nigeria the IMF Recipe - when st bob geldof went marching in

November 11, 1985

  • Nigeria the IMF Recipe
  • When St Bob Geldof went marching in
talking drums 1985-11-25 Ghana-CIA spy affair - swap deal in the making

November 25, 1985

  • Ghana-CIA spy affair
  • swap deal in the making
talking drums 1985-12-02 The spy swap Sousoudis for 8 Ghanaians and families

December 2, 1985

  • The spy swap Sousoudis for 8 Ghanaians and families
talking drums 1985-12-09 educating women for progress

December 9, 1985

  • Educating women for progress
talking drums 1985-12-16 colonel gaddafi in ghana j.h. mensah arrested

December 16, 1985

  • Colonel Gaddafi in Ghana
  • J.H. Mensah arrested
talking drums 1985-12-23-30 looking back at 1985

December 23/30, 1985

  • Looking back at 1985

Talking Drums 1983 - 1984 - 1985 - 1986

Rawlings and Gaddafi on cover of Talking Drums magazine, 1986-01-13 - Ghana stands by Libya in US dispute - Doe pledges reconciliation

January 13, 1986

  • Ghana stands by Libya in US dispute
  • Doe pledges reconciliation
talking drums 1986-01-20 Kankam da Costa freed after 4 years - Ghana cedi sinks - Babangida sets the date

January 20, 1986

  • Kankam da Costa freed after 4 years
  • Ghana cedi sinks
  • Babangida sets the date
talking drums 1986-01-27 Shagari and Ekwueme cleared - Botchweynomics how to love and hate the imf world bank

January 27, 1986

  • Shagari and Ekwueme cleared
  • Botchweynomics how to love and hate the imf world bank
talking drums 1986-02-03 Demonstrations in Accra against Rawlings's economic measures

February 3, 1986

  • Demonstrations in Accra against Rawlings's economic measures
talking drums 1986-02-10 IMF dictates to Ghana - Inflation - Devaluation - Commonwealth Games

February 10, 1986

  • IMF dictates to Ghana
  • Inflation - Devaluation
  • Commonwealth Games
talking drums 1986-02-17 ghana mystery death of a catholic priest - nigeria the press rules ok

February 17, 1986

  • Ghana mystery death of a Catholic priest
  • Nigeria the press rules OK
talking drums 1986-02-24 president doe's foreign minister answers critics - a letter from accra

February 24, 1986

  • President Doe's foreign minister answers critics
  • A letter from Accra
talking drums 1986-03-03 Vatsa sentenced to death in Nigeria - Educating Ghanaian children in Cuba

March 3, 1986

  • Vatsa sentenced to death in Nigeria
  • Educating Ghanaian children in Cuba
talking drums 1986-03-10 Information blackout spreading aids-2 in Ghana - Babangida - Coup plotters executed in Nigeria

March 10, 1986

  • Information blackout spreading AIDS-2 in Ghana
  • Babangida
  • Coup plotters executed in Nigeria
talking drums 1986-03-17 African musicians in London - Spiritual revivalism sweeps across west africa

March 17, 1986

  • African musicians in London
  • Spiritual revivalism sweeps across West Africa