I kind of adored Mr. Jerry Rawlings while growing up. The man who ruled Ghana for years and reportedly changed her fortunes. At a very young age I heard how he had to do everything within his power to firstly wrestle power from the then government as well as curb corruption. Life in Ghana, according to him, had become very hard and unbearable that he had to overthrow a military dictator and, in a bid to stop corruption, performed what was referred to as the "house-cleansing exercise."