“One Man, No Chop”: Licit Wealth, Good Citizens, and the Criminalization of Drivers in Postcolonial Ghana

Abstract

The article discusses the criminalization of automobile driving transport workers in postcolonial Ghana from the late 1950s through the 1960s over concerns about high prices. The role that the Ghanaian newspaper "Daily Graphic's" played in the criminalization of drivers is discussed. An overview of the Ghana Motor Drivers' Union's 1957 strike against government regulations is provided. The Ghanaian government's perspective on the economic morality of citizenship, including in regard to wealth and profit, is discussed.