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A group of concerned Young Ewe on Monday postponed a planned demonstration dubbed “BurnTheBooks” to protest what they call “offensive Ewe” textbooks.
They gave the Ghana Education Service (GES) a 14-day ultimatum to take the textbooks off the market.
Their protest was aimed at countering stereotypical accounts of the Ewe ethnicity published in some unapproved history textbooks.
The group gathered at the GES premises on Monday to burn the textbooks said it was part of the series’ actions to correct the narratives.
Speaking to the media, a member of the group, Edem Agbana said that due to their respect for the chiefs and elders of the Volta region, they decided to back down on the protest.
He said, however, that if the GES and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA) fail to recall all textbooks from the market, they will take action to meet their demand.
“If in 14 days they don’t remember all the books, take them all off the market and come out without better content for our children and younger siblings, we will act and do what is necessary,” he said. -he declares.
Their action follows a class 3 textbook “History of Ghana”, published by Badu Nkansah, explaining how sheep relate to other ethnic groups in a hostile way but cherish their own.
The aforementioned textbooks have generated a public outcry since some of them went viral on social media over the weekend.
La Jeunesse Concernée demands, among other things, an unreserved apology from the GES, the NaCCA and the editors from the Ewe ethnic group and clear sanctions imposed on the defaulters.
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