Ghanaian military and political leader Jerry Rawlings

Ghana had been under military rule for some time, subject to military coups such as that in 1972 under the leadership of Colonel Achaempong. The people resisted from time to time when food shortages became acute, and the government would retaliate with considerable brutality. In May 1979, Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings demanded a confrontation between officers and men with the intention of eliminating those responsible for the growing corruption. Rawlings was court martialled after he denounced the military leadership, but his challenge captured the imagination of the populace, leading a week or so later to an uprising of the junior ranks against their superiors. As a result, Rawlings was released and taken to the Broadcasting House, where he announced that the junior ranks of the army were to take over the government and promised that the people responsible for the country's bankruptcy would be brought to trial. Rawlings created the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), which after the general elections was handed ov

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