John dramani mahama childhood
The former president set to lead Ghana once more
BBC News
John Dramani Mahama is set to return as Ghana's president after his main rival accepted defeat, even though the electoral authorities are yet to announce the official results.
The year-old led Ghana from to and is one of the West African country's most experienced politicians. He has served at all levels of office, as an MP, deputy minister, minister, vice-president and president.
Long before it became a career, politics played a significant role in Mahama's childhood. When Mahama was just seven, his father, a government minister, was jailed during a military coup and later went into exile.
Personal trials like this appear in Mahama's acclaimed writing - he has been published by a number of international news outlets and his memoir, My First Coup D'etat, won praise from two African literary greats, Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Chinua Achebe.
When penning his manifesto for this year's elections,Mahama told voters Ghana "is headed in the wrong direction and needs to be rescued".
But critics argue he may not be the right man for the job, given that his administration was hit by economic problems and a string of corruption scandals.
Mahama's journey began in , when he was born in the northern town of Damongo. After a few years he moved to the capital, Accra, to live with his father, Emmanuel Adama Mahama.
In My First Coup d'Etat, Mahama Jr describes himself as "an observant child with an active imagination and an unbounded curiosity".
He was also relatively privileged. The family had another home in the town of Bole, which at the time was not on the national grid. Mahama's parents were able to invest in a diesel generator for their six-bedroom house, meaning theirs was the only house in the town with lights.
Local residents would gather outside the house when night fell, captivated by the curious orang
The beginning
John Dramani Mahama was born on the 29th of November in Damongo, the then capital of the West Gonja District of the Northern Region. His father, Emmanuel Adama Mahama, a prominent rice farmer was a Member of Parliament for the West Gonja Constituency and the first Regional Commissioner of the Northern Region under Ghana’s first leader, President Kwame Nkrumah.
John Mahama spent the first years of his life with his mother, Abiba Nnaba, in Damongo, before moving to Accra to live with his father, who imbued him with a strong passion for education. He received his basic education at Achimota Basic School, where he began defending other children from bullies, and later moved to the Ghana Secondary School in Tamale.
Studies
He will later gain admission into the country’s premier university, the University of Ghana, in Legon, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in After his BA degree, John Mahama moved back to Tamale, where he taught history at Ghana Secondary School. However, the political and economic situation in Ghana forced him to flee to Nigeria, where he rejoined his father who was in exile.
Post-graduate studies
In he came back, with a strong desire to build bridges between people through communication, so he enrolled in a post-graduate programme in Communication Studies at the University of Ghana.
Graduation
He graduated in and then went to Moscow, in the former Soviet Union, to the Institute of Social Sciences, where he received a post-graduate degree in Social Psychology in While in Moscow, he noted the imperfections of the Socialist System and came to the realization that each nation had to find it's own transformative way, away from ideological dogmas.
Entry into Ghanaian politics
marked the year John Dramani Mahama entered Ghanaian politics. He joined the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and, being an eloquent champion of the underprivileged, he was elected to the
John Mahama: Biography of John Dramani Mahama, Ghana election NDC presidential candidate
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John Dramani Mahama, Ghana President from to , dey test en popularity again to be president for a second term on 7 December, afta en shocking defeat to Prez Nana Akufo-Addo.
Dis go be di third time wey Mahama from National Democratic Congress [NDC] and Akufo-Addo from New Patriotic Party [NPP] dey face each oda for election.
For presidential election, John Mahama get % of di votes to beat Nana Akufo-Addo wey get % of di vote.
Then for December presidential election, Prez Mahama-wey be sitting president dat time- lost to Lawyer and Diplomat Akufo-Addo.
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John Mahama
National Democratic Congress
John Dramani Mahama be Ghanaian politician, communications expert, historian den writer who dem born into politically active family on November 29,
Nana Akufo-Addo
New Patriotic Party
Dem born am as William Dankwa Akufo-Addo on 29 March, wey dem raise am for Accra; he be de son of Edward Akufo-Addo den Adeline. President Nana Akufo-Addo be Ghanaian lawyer den politician.
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- John Dramini Mahama na Ghanaian politician, communication expert, historian, and writer wey dem born into politically active family for November 29,
- Mahama just clock 62 years.
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John Mahama
President of Ghana (–; since )
John Dramani Mahama (; born 29 November ) is a Ghanaian politician who has been the 14th president of Ghana since 7 January A member of the National Democratic Congress, he previously served as the 12th president from to and as the fifth vice president from to Mahama took office as president for the first time on 24 July , following the death of his predecessor, John Atta Mills.
A member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mahama was Member of Parliament for Bole Bamboi from to and served as Deputy Minister for Communication between and before becoming the substantive Minister for Communications in Mahama is the first vice president to assume the presidency following the death of his predecessor, and is the first head of state of Ghana to have been born after Ghana's independence in
He was elected in the December election to serve a full-term as president. He contested re-election for a second term in the election, but lost to the New Patriotic Party candidate Nana Akufo-Addo. This made him the first president in the history of Ghana to not have won a consecutive second term. Mahama was again the NDC's candidate for president in the election, where he lost to Akufo-Addo.
He was re-elected president in the election, defeating the then incumbent vice president Mahamudu Bawumia, making him the first president in Ghanaian history to be democratically elected to a non-consecutive second term.
Early years
A member of the Gonja ethnic group in the Savanna Region of Ghana, Mahama hails from Bole in the Savanna Region. Mahama was born on 29 November in Damongo, an area in present-day West Gonja District of the Northern Region. His father, Emmanuel Adama Mahama, a wealthy rice farmer and teacher, was the first Member of Parliament for th