Article October 31, 2005 Issue

RECONCILIATION POSTSCRIPT

T. L.

On January 14, 2003, Ghanaians were glued to their TV sets, watching a live broadcast of the first day of hearings by their country's National Reconciliation Commission (NRC), established to look into human rights abuses committed under successive post-colonial military regimes.

The first to register to tell his story, Emmanuel Adjaye testified, sometimes tearfully, for close to two hours, detailing both his unjust imprisonment and torture and further employment injustices, which followed his release from prison. The eight-person Commission, chaired by a Supreme Court judge, asked what he hoped would come about as a result of the NRC. Before asking for appropriate compensation, Emmanuel Adjaye said, "Forgiveness is the law of love. I want to forgive all those who have had a hand [in this]" ("Reconciliation, how did it go?" Benjamin Mensah,

www. ghanaweb.com, October 12, 2004).

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