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Ghana’s premier university takes down Gandhi’s statue

The removal of the statue comes about 2 years after some academics at the University of Ghana demanded that it be pulled down.

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The University of Ghana has pulled down the statue of Indian’s independence leader Mahatma Gandhi.

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It is not clear when the statue was removed and where it has been moved to.

The “Gandhi Must Fall” movement was spearheaded by a former Director of the Institute of African Studies (IAS), Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo.

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They launched a hashtag # GandhiMustFall in 2016 to get the authorities to remove the statue of the man accused of racism in September last year.

Prof Ampofo explained that the statue of Gandhi was not deserving to be mounted on the campus because he was a racist.

The statue of the widely acclaimed for his doctrine of non-violence was donated by the Indian High Commission to Ghana as a symbol of friendship with Ghana, the statue has been at the centre of controversy with some academics of the University demanding its removal.

The statue was erected at the recreational quadrangle of the university.

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