June 4 Revolution: How junior soldiers brought down Ghana’s military elite in 1979

In the late 1970s, Ghana was said to be in crisis. General Ignatius Kutu Acheampong’s Supreme Military Council (SMC I), which had governed since ousting Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia in 1972, was accused of presiding over spiralling inflation, commodity shortages, and rampant graft. In 1978, Acheampong was forced out by his own generals and […]

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