Attoh founded "The Gold Coast Leader" in 1896 and was considered to be the most influential newspaper of its day. Many Gold Coast Nationalists used it as a platform and these selections, first published in 1911, went on to influence an entire generation of Ghanians.
Chapter 1 THE GOLD COAST NATION AND NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS; Chapter 2 THE DIFFICULT ART OF THINKING NATIONALLY; Chapter 3 WANTED—HELP, NOT HINDRANCE; Chapter 4 WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR THE HOMELAND?; Chapter 5 I AM: I CAN; Chapter 6 I OUGHT: I WILL; Chapter 7 THE MORAL SIGNIFICANOE OF CHRISTMAS DAY; Chapter 8 THE WHITEMAN AND RIS WEST AFRICAN UNDERSTUDY; Chapter 9 THE ANCIENT TOWN OF CAPE COAST AND HER DETRACTORS, BLACK AND WHITE; Chapter 10 GALLANT ACCRA IN THE BRAVE DAYS OF YORE; Chapter 11 ONE-MAN POLICY—A CURSE TO WEST AFRICA; Chapter 12 COMPETITION—A SINE QUÂNON OF GENUINE PROGRESS
