Akogun Akomolafe
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26 December 2009 at 04 : 00 AM
Ghana: The Audacity Of Looting – Update
In “Ghana: The Audacity Of Looting”, I wrote about how Ghanaians were “sufficiently discombobulated when it emerged that, a day before the hand over to the new government on January 7, 2009, a mind-bending and super-extravagant presidential and parliamentarians’ retirement package had been approved by the outgoing parliament. The package was […]
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26 December 2009 at 04 : 00 AM
Rebranding Nigeria: An Exercise In Futility
“DAILY, Nigerians groan under the most inexcusable hardship as the government of President Yar’Adua appears not only unprepared to do something about the grotesque suffering, but more important, also lacks the orientation that confronts social crises. In the context of this, any “rebranding” project will be a total waste of resources by a […]
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28 April 2009 at 10 : 00 AM
Zimbabwe: Constructive Engagement
“What then did you expect when you unbound the gag that muted those black mouths? That they would chant your praises? Did you think that when those heads that our fathers had forcibly bowed down to the ground were raised again, you would find adoration in their eyes?” —Jean Paul Sartre “We seriously hope that […]
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28 April 2009 at 10 : 00 AM
Ghana: The Audacity of Looting!
Ex-Gratia: payment made to show good intentions. Ghanaians who had thought that their long-drawn December 2007 polls which spoiled their yuletide celebrations, confounded their New Year revelry, exacerbated the ethnic tensions in their country, polarized their body politics and ended in the records books, as the presidential polls decided by the narrowest […]
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28 April 2009 at 10 : 00 AM
Cry Palestine!
“Everyone is crying now for peace, none is crying now for justice. I don’t want no peace, all I need is Equal Rights and Justice.” -Peter Tosh (from the album “Equal Rights.”) “When a people assume their God approves of their criminal action against another people, they have made God ungodly.” […]
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24 April 2009 at 19 : 00 PM
Nkrumah Lives!
(Killed by the CIA, Commemorated by Pepsico) “See them praising Old Marcus Garvey Hear them extolling his name, No, he’s great yeah But all these time, all they do is fallacy If he was ill right now, he goes to jail the same.” – Peter Tosh Were hypocrisy capable of killing, the world would, […]
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24 April 2009 at 19 : 00 PM
Our Confounding Rulers
In few weeks President John Kufuor will hand the presidential sash over, exit the Presidency and become an ordinary mortal like you and I. Ok, there are some benefits accruing to ex-presidents and we should not expect him to start queuing for Kenkey or joining Trotro like the rest of the hoi poloi. […]
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24 April 2009 at 19 : 00 PM
Nigeria: the hunter has become the hunted
Nigeria’s Supreme Court has finally confirmed the election of Umar Yar’dua as the duly elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The ruling, though based on legal technicality, put paid to efforts by two ‘losing’ Presidential candidate to annul the elections which was so stupefyingly fraudulent that it left Nigerians totally flabbergasted. […]
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24 April 2009 at 19 : 00 PM
How not to believe in Ghana
For the seriousness of the topic discussed in this piece, I am going to use languages I have refused to employ in my entire writing life. I never knew the occasion will arrive that I will have a cause to insult anyone. To my readers, I say sorry!) “Any person or group of […]
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24 April 2009 at 19 : 00 PM
Yes, we can!
Sorry, I have to shamelessly borrow the new phrase from the acceptance speech of the new hottest kid on the block, Barack Obama: Yes, we can! In three days Ghanaians shall have the once-in-four-years power to elect their governors. By sheer good luck, we have this year’s earth-shattering American election to guide us. […]
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