To the editors:

Best of Chicago voting is live now. Vote for your favorites »

We of the Central Committee of The Ghana National Council of Metropolitan Chicago want the general public to be aware that the advertised dance at the Longshoreman’s Association Hall is not the official celebration of the 33rd anniversary of Ghana’s Independence by the Ghanaian Community of Chicago.

We want the public to be aware that the dance is being organized by a private individual from Nigeria who has no Ghanaian roots and connections whatever, and that we, the Ghanaian Community do not recognize that dance as representing our sovereign independence or having been sanctioned by The Ghanaian Community in Chicago. The Ghanaian Community has its programme.

The above activities are being co-sponsored by the Ghana National Council, The Ghana Medical Foundation, The Ghana Community Church, The Chicago Commission on Human Relations and the Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago.

E. 59th