Khalil Gibran is one of my favorite poets/writers. I believe his piece "The New Frontier" rings true for Ghana, L'Afrique today. Changes in [ ] are mine:

The New Frontier

There are in [Ghana/Africa] today two challenging ideas: old and new. The old ideas will vanish because they are weak and exhausted. There is in [Ghana/Africa] an awakening that defies slumber. This awakening will conquer because the sun is its leader and the dawn is its army.

In the fields of [Ghana/Africa], which have been a large burial ground, stand the youth of Spring calling the occupants of the sepulchers to rise… ( Read on! )