Table of Contents

Digest of key events; from bottom power to people's power - the genesis of a very Ghanaian revolution; "We no go sit down make them cheat us every day!" - the ambiguous revolution of 1982; "no condition permanent" - economic reform and political closure, 1982-86; the culture of silence and the cultivation of protest, 1987-91; a flight-lieutenant, two professors and a clerk - the bumpy road back to democracy.