As Mother Ghana turns 60, can we ask for a new Ghanaian? An angry and restless Ghanaian? Not the pseudo-humble and meek type but the confident and demanding species with an aggressive genotype? The type who gets angry at mediocrity, harvests that anger, like Kojo Anan Ankomah says, and uses it to build our nation? Whose creativity knows no bounds, is unfettered and roams like an angry and hungry lion in the Serengeti? Can we?
That restless, angry, demanding, aggressive yet creative Ghanaian will have a mantra. It will be that remixed verse from the famous 1997 “Think Different” Apple campaign:
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push Ghana forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change Ghana, are the ones who do.”
God, as you bless our homeland Ghana, please give us that Ghanaian too!