Akogun Akomolafe
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11 October 2010 at 18 : 00 PM
The death of Allan Koomson
According to Myjoyonline.com news of September 25, 2010, a young Ghanaian residing in the Netherlands was killed under suspicious circumstances by Dutch Immigration Police, the dreaded Merachauese. According to Myjoyonline, “The Circumstances under which a Ghanaian resident in Holland died at the hands of the Dutch Immigration in February this year are yet to […]
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4 October 2010 at 17 : 00 PM
On People’s Migration
My maternal granny of very blessed memory gave me an injunction that I took dearly to heart, and which continues to guide me today. Never stay in a place where there are no strangers, my grandmother told me. Looking back some forty-something years later, her words continue to make eminent sense. A reason must […]
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21 September 2010 at 18 : 00 PM
Euro-Africa Relations: End of Lecturing & Hectoring?
“The mistake our ancestors made, and which African leaders continue to make unto this day is that: Non Europeans people, especially Africans and the Indigenous Americans in the Caribbean Islands referred to as ‘Indians’ initially attributed to the Europeans a humanity and spirituality that they did not have, and still do not have in […]
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16 September 2010 at 19 : 00 PM
FOCUS ON AFRICANS – TV PROGRAMME DEBUTS
Fellow Africans, My TV programme, FOCUS ON AFRICANS, debuts on the 2nd of October 2010. It is going to be shown on MultiTv (Cine Afric channel). I am going to present the programme. To those who do not know, I am a passionate African who writes mainly on African-related issues for the London-based New […]
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9 September 2010 at 18 : 00 PM
Na Degree We go Chop?
Ah, my brother, it is not easy to be a woman, o. Ah! My sister, what’s worrying you now? It is not easy being a man either. Not with ecomini, pardon, the economy, not being what it used to be. Even when the authorities tell us that inflation has been successfully tamed, prices are […]
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31 August 2010 at 17 : 00 PM
The un-tenability of Justice Georgina Wood’s Position
“No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been. “– Hannah Arendt In many other societies the Chief […]
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21 August 2010 at 09 : 00 AM
Making our institutions work
The Mirror (Ghana) of Saturday, August 7, 2007 edition carried my letter to the editor entitled: “Deal with alcohol-related accidents.” Incidentally, the same issue carried another letter from compatriot, James Annan, who wrote from Kumasi and titled his letter, “Ban unworthy commercial vehicles.’ This is what I wrote in my letter: “Hardly a day […]
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9 August 2010 at 17 : 00 PM
And The Parliamentarians Blink First
“It’s better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.” —Abraham Lincoln According to press reports, the parliament of Ghana spent the better part of Monday the 5th of May 2010 discussing one Mr. Kofi Wafo. The eccentric politician had called various MPs some unpalatable […]
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30 July 2010 at 15 : 00 PM
The STX deal and other jazz
What exactly is wrong with you journalists? What do you mean? Why do you people always like to pick quarrel with those in authority? What is agitating you, my broda. What exactly is bugging you, now? You are asking me what’s bugging me, ehn! What are we to make of all the negative things […]
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26 July 2010 at 15 : 00 PM
Here we go again
Sometimes, writing has an uncanny way of mimicking prophecy. The last article I penned for this column was “Licensed To Rip Us Off.” In it, I lamented our (Africans’) seeming inability to tackle any given problem successfully. Here is what I wrote: “One of the most baffling things about governance in Africa is the […]
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