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Last updated: 06 March, 2007 - Published 09:44 GMT
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Network Africa live from Accra

Ghana celebrates

Africa's biggest breakfast show broadcasts live from Accra as the golden jubilee celebrations get underway in the Ghanaian capital.

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Network Africa running order details and timings

0'00" - Komla Dumor introduces the programme, goes through the menu billboard and hands over to the newsroom.

2'20" - Newsroom hands back to Komla, he introduces a taster of the last few hours celebrations.

4'03" - Nkrumah's legacy - Vera Kwakofi looks the independence leader's attempt to provide a backbone for Ghana's economy with the construction of the Akosombo dam.

7'13" - Independence montage - Voices from Ghana

8'13" - Network Africa joins up with Julian Keane on The World Today for the next segment of the programme with musician Batman Samini.

9'24" - A taste of Ghana's musical highs over the last 50 years.

10'51" - Batman Samini interview.

15'47" - Goodbye to The World Today. Komla asks his young audience about Batman's assertion that music can really change things and reads some listeners' texts.

17'26" - Independence montage - Voices from Ghana

18'27" - Network Africa Sport with Nick Cavell

19'07" - Kenneth Kaunda former president of Zambia, tells Komla what this day and the former leader, Kwame Nrumah mean to him.

24'02" - Komla returns to chat live to Batman Samini

26'24" - programme ends

Ghana is 50Ghana is 50
We're celebrating the landmark independence anniversary
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