Akogun Akomolafe
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23 January 2013 at 08 : 49 AM
Accra Mayor playing Jesus of Jerusalem
“So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple area, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! How dare you turn my father’s house into a market!” John […]
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17 January 2013 at 17 : 34 PM
Miss Ghana 20xx
It was a hot, very hot and breezeless November noon. The great African sun hung in the cloudless sky as though in great anger; its needlelike rays cut through the atmosphere with effortless ease to sear my skin. It was hot, very hot. I perspire intensely. The air was balmy; there was no breeze. […]
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16 January 2013 at 14 : 17 PM
A Letter to President John Dramani Mahama
Your Excellency, Accept my hearty congratulations on your investiture as the president of our great nation. Your responsibilities are great, your tasks onerous, so I can only hope that you find the time to read my little pieces of advices to you, with the hope that they shall find favour in your esteem. Your […]
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5 January 2013 at 13 : 59 PM
Music Review
(A satire by Femi Akomolafe) Who asked Rita Tweneboah to sing? To describe her first (and hopefully last) CD cum cassette as a musical disaster is to be guilty of inadequate vocabulary. Nothing exists in the English language, or in any language that I know, to describe this incoherent, clangorous nonsensical piece Ms […]
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29 December 2012 at 09 : 47 AM
Ghana Elections: Good news is no news
“I am disappointed” “Why is that, my dear friend?” “Don’t you dare call me your friend, my friend!” “Ah, what’s bugging you?” “I am sorely disappointed!” “In me, what have I done to wrong you, my friend?” “You and your bunch of friends from the Western Press” “Eh, what the heck are you talking […]
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21 December 2012 at 08 : 19 AM
Every Child is Beautiful, Mr. President
“When beggars die there are no comet seen… the heavens themselves blaze forth for the death of Prince.” – Shakespeare in Julius Caesar. “The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.” – Eldridge Cleaver in Soul on Ice “I can think of no other way to say this, so […]
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22 November 2012 at 11 : 00 AM
Of Criticism and Higher Criticism
“You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?” – Mark Twain “(Mankind) is not likely […]
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20 November 2012 at 15 : 19 PM
What if I don’t want to be saved?
My Books on Amazon 1. Africa: it shall be well: https://tinyurl.com/sn64ocd 2. Africa: Destroyed by the gods: https://tinyurl.com/vglfk7w 3. 18 African Fables & Moonlight Stories: https://tinyurl.com/s7qrp4p Try and get your copy. And, please, help me share the links. Kind regards, Femi Akomolafe The shrieking sound of the gate-bell savagely […]
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16 November 2012 at 14 : 03 PM
A Joker called Hassan Ayariga
It is said that: “It is best to close your mouth and let people think that you are stupid, than to open it and remove all doubt.” Who advised the People’s National Convention (PNC) Presidential Candidate, Hassan Ayariga, to agree to partake in the recent Presidential Debate? Appalling, Catastrophic, Disastrous and Debacle are some of […]
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1 November 2012 at 08 : 27 AM
Random Musings
Africa remains a writer’s delight; our beautiful continent continues to be a writer’s paradise. So completely does art imitates life in Africa that a writer would be considered very imaginative if she only chronicles daily happenings in our beautiful continent. Standing aside and watch the goings-on in Africa, I often wonder if some of […]
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