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4 July 2015 at 13 : 53 PM
Ghana Inc. Disarray in High Places
We shall repeat what we often write in this column: It is no longer anger, but huge sadness we feel about the current sad state of affairs in the republic. It is like watching life slowly ebb out of a loved one, but powerless to do anything to help. It cannot be said that […]
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4 July 2015 at 13 : 58 PM
Goodluck Jonathan bows out in a puff of ignominy
Never in the history of Nigeria had citizens welcomed a leader with the same affection and goodwill they bestowed on ex-president Goodluck Jonathan. And never had they cursed a departing leader as loudly as they did when he bowed out on May 29, 2015. Many of them danced with joy when on 29 May […]
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29 June 2015 at 08 : 00 AM
A Church too many
“Building church and universities. Deceiving the people continually, me say dem graduating thieves and murderers.” – Bob Marley Less than a month ago, the nation suffered one of the worst calamities in its history, when over two hundred innocent citizens lost their lives because officials of state refused to do what they are […]
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28 June 2015 at 09 : 51 AM
Ghana: How to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
Femi, I am anguished! What is distressing you, my very good friend? I have not slept since last week. I am so fucking tired, Femi! Ha, what happened? Why do you need to go scatological, dearest friend? But try and look at the positive side. At least, insomnia will cure your snoring. Or so […]
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28 June 2015 at 05 : 32 AM
My Testimony
Beloved, clap hands and shout Hallelujah! Lord Jesus, I praise your Holy Name. Thank you, Mighty Jesus. Thank you, my Heavenly Father. I am here today to bear eloquent Witness to your Mighty Name. Jesus. Believers, rise up and join me to give Thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ. Clap for Jesus! June 3, […]
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22 April 2015 at 09 : 08 AM
Partitioned Africa
(edited by A.I. Asiwaju, University of Lagos Press, 1985.) Femi’s note: Partitioned Africa is copyrighted material. I did not write it. I use it to educate Africans about the evils of not knowing our history and how connected we are. “The other side of the African perspective relates to the attitude in particular […]
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13 April 2015 at 15 : 16 PM
Africa: Time to develop a sense of history and stop groveling
Imagine it if you can: the European Union invite the leader of the State of Israel, and schedule the meeting in a city adorn with statues of Adolf Hitler. The Israeli leader attended the meeting, wine and dine with his hosts, allowed himself to be driven around the city in stretch limousines, from where […]
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27 March 2015 at 09 : 26 AM
Alaye & Insurance Reggae Beat 2015
Alaye Studio Reggae Beat 2015 About the Author Femi Akomolafe is a passionate Pan-Africanist. A columnist for the Accra-based Daily Dispatch newspaper and Correspondent for the New African magazine. Femi lives in both Europe and Africa, and writes regularly on Africa-related issues for various newspapers and magazines. Femi was […]
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7 January 2015 at 16 : 12 PM
Ghana: The Enigma called Jerry Rawlings
Ghana former president, Flight Jerry John Rawlings, is an enigma wrapped in paradoxes. With the exception of the towering Kwame Nkrumah, no other Ghanaian ever bestride the Ghanaian political landscape like the former Air force officer who shot his way into power in an [yes] abortive coup on 15 May 1979. Rawlings debut […]
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4 January 2015 at 19 : 00 PM
Girl-friends’ wrath
A short story by Femi Akomolafe Abena slapped me! William Shakespeare is generally credited with the quote: “Hell has no fury than a woman scorned.” But actually, it was another satirist, William Congreve, who, in the “Mourning Bride” (1697), wrote: “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned / Nor hell […]
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