{"id":5175,"date":"2022-09-20T07:41:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T07:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/?p=5175"},"modified":"2022-09-20T08:49:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T08:49:57","slug":"kwesi-owusu-on-queen-elizabeths-reign-and-changing-the-african-narrative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/kwesi-owusu-on-queen-elizabeths-reign-and-changing-the-african-narrative\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwesi Owusu on Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s reign and changing the African narrative"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kwesi Owusu on Queen Elizabeth and the African narrative -  SABC\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nm_crUyue9g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gh46kFIiCT\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/james-barnor\/\">James Barnor. The Master of Light<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;James Barnor. The Master of Light&#8221; &#8212; Kwesi News\" src=\"https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/james-barnor\/embed\/#?secret=EkyZmnjviX#?secret=gh46kFIiCT\" data-secret=\"gh46kFIiCT\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5181 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-5-630x564-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-5-630x564-1.png 630w, https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-5-630x564-1-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-5-630x564-1-600x537.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the above photograph, the light falls on the two persons in focus; the British royal dignitary and the new leader of the Gold Coast colony. Kwame Nkrumah bows but the British royalty remains upright. The door of her limousine is open, and the escort or attendant waits diligently. In contrast, Nkrumah\u2019s guards are far away and positioned to look elsewhere. From a single photograph, there is a myriad of interpretations that can help us interrogate the subtext of the real dynamics of decolonisation. Was it truly the end of an era as most Ghanaians thought or entente cordiale agreed with a firm handshake between two unequal parties?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5172 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/queen-elizabeth2322-e1663660172332.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1575\" height=\"1311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/queen-elizabeth2322-e1663660172332.jpg 1575w, https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/queen-elizabeth2322-e1663660172332-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/queen-elizabeth2322-e1663660172332-1024x852.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/queen-elizabeth2322-e1663660172332-768x639.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/queen-elizabeth2322-e1663660172332-1536x1279.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/queen-elizabeth2322-e1663660172332-600x499.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/queen-elizabeth2322-e1663660172332-750x624.jpg 750w, https:\/\/kwesinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/queen-elizabeth2322-e1663660172332-1140x949.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1575px) 100vw, 1575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Barnor. The Master of Light In the above photograph, the light falls on the two persons in focus; the British royal dignitary and the new leader of the Gold Coast colony. Kwame Nkrumah bows but the British royalty remains upright. The door of her limousine is open, and the escort or attendant waits diligently. 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