Your grandparents were not the only ones alive in Ghana at the time. Our parents were also in Ghana when import licenses were given to your grandmothers because they were dating Acheampong and his friends. Our parents were here when your grandparents used those import licenses...

...to hoard food in Makola warehouses, so that supply would be restricted relative to demand and prices would go up. Our parents were here when the government introduced price controls to stop profiteering and ensure that everyone had access to essential commodities and your...

... grandparents insisted on making money during a famine.

So here’s a truth that no one in your family told you. For the majority of you, your families wouldn’t have ever registered on Rawlings’ radar. He probably never knew them. Soldiers took advantage of a situation that...

...Rawlings created to wreak havoc on your families, and for that Rawlings rightly deserves to be criticized. The buck stops with the leader, but stop acting like Rawlings personally saw your grandmother somewhere and supervised her suffering while sipping tea.

For the rest...

of you, your families suffered because of your proximity to the ruling class who were raping this country and causing the starvation and poverty of many. Your grandparents profited from the suffering of many, and that’s why their properties were confiscated. Feel how you want...

to feel, but feel it while knowing the facts

There’s a small minority that genuinely wrongly suffered, and have no closure till today. To them, I can only apologize for how they may be feeling after seeing this thread, but not for the thread itself.

Because while it may not be applicable to them, this thread is still facts.

Concluding remarks: Our parents and grandparents were also here, and it’s only out of respect for your feelings that we keep quiet about these things when they come up.