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March 2007  Columnist: Kpessa, Michael Whyte  Students Activism
and Ghanaian Politics in Retrospect  A Historical Snapshot  As
we celebrate 50th anniversary of sovereign nationhood, it is
prudent for us to critically reflect on various aspects of our
national history. The great Greek philosopher-Socrates once
proclaimed that "the unexamined life is not worth living."  The
examined life however is worth living only when lessons learnt
become a guide for future progress. The intention of this
article is to offer a historical snapshot of the relationship
between students' governance and national politics in Ghana over
the past 50 years.  In a second part to my Golden Jubilee
article on this topic, a detailed analysis of the evils that
have besieged students? movement in Ghana and how those evils
have cast student governance in negative images?a situation that
has pushed the young minds in our nation to the margins in
policy circle - will be analysed.