On 6th March 1957, Ghana became the first sub Saharan African country to gain independence from British colonial rulers. This in effect made it the first African commonwealth nation to attain self rule/governance.
Africa is at the moment hosting her first football World cup event in South Africa. In this tournament Ghana has proved that the first-bug is sort of endemic to her.
She is the first African nation in the tournament - being held for the first time on African soil - to register a win when they beat Serbia, 1:0 in their group D matches.
The first-bug did not leave Ghana just yet, when she became the first African nation in the tournament to momentarily lead a group (group D) till when Germany displaced them to second place.
The first-bug still clinging on Ghana's skin, Ghana yesterday became the first African team to qualify to the knock out stage (round of 16) of the tournament.
You think that's it? No.
According to preliminary findings of a report card on the UN Millennium Development Goals by the Overseas Development Institute - A UK based think tank - Ghana tops the list of 10 countries that have managed to slash their number of hungry citizens by a huge margin. Ghana has cut the number of malnourished people by 75% between 1990 and 2004.
Ghana is truly a democracy worth emulating.
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