Rusted yellow Czechoslovakian tractors littered the countryside in the aftermath of the February 1966 coup that toppled Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s leader since independence from Britain in 1957. Relics of Nkrumah’s alignment with Soviet block countries, they became disabled orphans for lack of replacement parts when the National Liberation Council turned to the west for
Ghana Memories, Abandoned Tractors
Rusted yellow Czechoslovakian tractors littered the countryside in the aftermath of the February 1966 coup that toppled Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s leader since independence from Britain in 1957. Relics of Nkrumah’s alignment with Soviet block countries, they became disabled orphans for lack of replacement parts when the National Liberation Council turned to the west for