[ 2021-03-16 ]

Parliament’s Volta Caucus condemns ethnocentric publication in history book
The Volta MPs Caucus in Parliament has condemned
what it describes as ethnocentric textbooks aimed
at “reintroducing a discredited pre-historic
mindset of tribal bigotry to the young people of
the 21st century Ghana.”

This comes after excerpts of some books containing
offensive description publications about the Ewe
ethnic group surfaced on social media.

In a statement signed by the Chairman of the Volta
MPs Caucus, Emmanuel Kwasi Bedzrah said that the
Class 3 “History of Ghana” textbook by Badu
Nkansah Publications is part of a calculated
attempt by some persons to denigrate, indoctrinate
and poison the minds of young people against the
Ewe people of Ghana.

“We also find the publication to be part of a
grand scheme by certain individuals to
deliberately denigrate, vilify, indoctrinate and
also poison the minds of young people against the
Ewe people of Ghana.



The publication also feeds into a rather negative
narrative by some individuals who have over the
years used as their weapon, sophisticated and
subtle sociocultural orchestrations to cause
hatred, dislike and disaffection against the Ewe
people,” he said.

Describing the book’s content as distasteful and
most reprehensible, Mr Bedzrah opined that “this
is yet another calculated attempt at singling out
a particular group of the larger Ghanaian populace
for ridicule and derision.”

The Ho West MP further called on National Council
for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) to sanction
the publishers for the said ‘offensive Ewe’
textbooks.

“We thus call on NaCCA to with immediate effect
step in to exact the appropriate sanctions against
the publishers.”

The Volta MPs Caucus also said it will as a matter
of urgency take steps to ensure attempts of tribal
bigotry is sufficiently dealt with.

Source - Joyfm

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