Many African countries achieved independence from their colonisers over five decades ago, but the people and the continent largely remain mere spectators in the

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Accra, Ghana, the 1970s. In the streets, marketplaces and crowded houses of this sprawling city, an unforgettable cast of characters live, love and try to get b