Renaming KIA is not reckoning with history, it’s avoiding it – Kwaku Azar

Renowned legal scholar and social commentator, Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare (Kwaku Azar), has weighed into the renewed debate over calls to rename the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), arguing that the move reflects historical simplism rather than genuine national reckoning. In a strongly worded commentary, Kwaku Azar insists that the push to rename Ghana’s premier airport […]


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