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WHAT HAPPENED IN GHANA?    DU BOIS

to do without. Incidentally, Russian champagne and soy bean sauce could be found.

When the Third O.A.U. Conference opened in Accra, October, 1965, imperialists and neo-colonialists inside and outside the country were forced into making an agonizing reappraisal: Ghana was still rolling! And it was rolling for the most part on wheels supplied from the socialist world. Long black cars, escorted by gleaming motorcades, convoys of red and gold taxis, new shining buses - brought heads of states, observers and journalists to the imposing, new Summit Compound where the conference was held.

Furthermore, and in spite of the much bruited absence of eight member states, the Organization of African Unity strongly reaffirmed the necessity for, the belief in, and the determination to work out the best plan for continental union.

A few weeks later President Nkrumah forcefully condemned what he designated as Great Britain's betrayal of Africa in Southern Rhodesia; he broke relations with Great Britain and announced his intention at the next meeting of the O.A.U. to call for the withdrawal of all African countries from the Commonwealth.

On the 22nd of January an event took place in Ghana which signalized the industrial breakthrough which would give the nation true economic independence. On that day the great Dam at Akosombo was opened and the Volta River Project inaugurated. From that Dam, a masterpiece of conception and engineering, the waters of the Volta, channeled so as to drive six giant turbines, will produce all the power that Ghana needs for massive industrialization as well as to provide electricity for every home in the country. In addition, as President Nkrumah announced at the opening ceremonies, Ghana, in the spirit of comradeship and African unity, will gladly share this power with neighboring countries.

Behind the dam is building up the largest man-made lake in the world. The seasonal rise and fall of the water will cause natural irrigation of thousands of acres of lakeside land permitting the cultivation of crops. Drought will no longer cause suffering to people in sections of Ghana. From the lake, water can be piped wherever it is needed. It is planned to build ports around the lake not only for fishing boats, but for vessels which will carry passengers and cargo from the south to the farthest north of Ghana.

Construction of the project was started early in 1962. Dr. Giuseppe Lodigiani, managing director of construction, said:

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