Ancestors Ink Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to the preservation of Ghanaian history and culture, launched a digital project on June 30 about the history of the student movement in Ghana.
The project, titled Aluta Continua, gathers voices and documents related to the history of young people’s protests in general, and that of organised formations like NUGS and the SRCs.
It casts a long sweep from the early days of independence to the constitutional transition in 1992. While the audio segment remains in production, the website hosts archival documents that demonstrate Ghana’s rich history of young people’s protest.
The project arrives as Ghana approaches 70 years of independence and 35 years of democratic rule. Yet the role of young people’s activism and the student movement is often overlooked in conversations about Ghana’s journey as an independent, post-colonial democracy.
Records of individuals, organisations, and pivotal events go a long way towards returning the role of young people’s activism to the centre of the narrative of Ghana’s growth and progress.
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