It is true we are poor, and small, but we have some dignity. Why should we demean our dignitaries by subjecting them to body checks before being allowed to board buses at State House and driven to Black Star Square so that they can see President Clinton. In the ideal form, you leave your base, to go to another place, to see what they have, how they go about doing things and exchange ideas. You don't pack everything of yours and go to a place, and ride in your own car, eat your own food, drink your own water and meet the people you have screened to meet, and call it a visit. The tragedy of it all is that we behaved almost exactly as we did 40 years ago for Queen Elizabeth of the British Empire.
Ghanaian hospitality dies hard, indeed.
Mandela talked as man to man Clinton - about Cuba and Libya, subjects America doesn't want to hear about, countries which are much much smaller than Ghana. The Independent .