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6 February 2014 at 05 : 18 AM
Nkrumah’s Car
A recent visit to the Nkrumah’s Mausoleum (NM) in Accra brought tears to my eyes. The woebegone look of the place is enough to dishearten any patriotic African. Many of the landmark trees planted by world figures are lean, shriveled and dying. The grass is brown, shaggy, and ill-kept. The walls are badly in […]
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5 February 2014 at 03 : 32 AM
Lake Bosomtwe – an unexploited goldmine
Readers will attest to the fact this column has done its best to wake up our consciousness so that we can begin to do better and improve our lots in this world. We have lamented that given our vast mineral resources, the only reason we Africans remain mired in poverty is due to our lack […]
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3 February 2014 at 03 : 30 AM
Help Save the Fort Prinzenstein at Keta
Help Save the Fort Prinzenstein at Keta Our elders say that the tree that forgets its root will wither and die. It is a pithy warning to us to take good care of our inheritance. Very sadly it is an admonition we refuse to heed. The great scholar, Dr. John Henrik Clarke, warned us that […]
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3 February 2014 at 03 : 18 AM
Interview with Angèle Etoundi Essamba
(published in the August/September 2013 issue of the New African magazine) With over two hundred exhibitions in more than 100 countries, and more than 50 publications in High-End Journals/Magazines, ANGÈLE ETOUNDI ESSAMBA is undoubtedly one of the most-accomplished woman photographer plying her trade today. Born in Cameroon, Angèle Etoundi Essamba moved to Paris at […]
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30 January 2014 at 02 : 30 AM
Nigeria: The Ghost of Boko Haram
“The Butterfly Effect is a term used in Chaos Theory to describe how tiny variations can affect giant systems, and complex systems, like weather patterns. The term suggests that the wing movements of the ordinary butterfly might have significant repercussions on wind strength and movements throughout the weather systems of the world, and […]
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22 January 2014 at 11 : 10 AM
The Netherlands: Much Ado about Sinterklaas
(published in the New African magazine, January 2014 edition) “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 […]
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9 January 2014 at 06 : 56 AM
The Myths of Tourism
Kofi Boateng is a conscientious worker, and he took his job very seriously. As the Deputy PR-man for the Ghana Tourism Board, he believes, with religious fervor, that he had been called upon to make Ghana safe and attractive for Tourism. I met the spin-doctor at his elegant, if not posh, office at […]
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3 January 2014 at 11 : 16 AM
Cynical criticism and the wrath of a president
“ maintain that there is no solution for African people, except for some form of Pan African Nationalism, no matter how you cut it… We stop apologizing, stop imitating and began to innovate. For a people to be free, they have to produce one sacrificial generation. This generation must be the role model for […]
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17 December 2013 at 12 : 15 PM
Mandela: A Hero badly betrayed
– Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela. Dr. John Henrik Clarke – Quote from Obasanjo letter to Margaret Thatcher Finally the Great Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela left us and went home. On December 5, 2013, Madiba finished his long walk to freedom at his Johannesburg home. Mama Winnie Mandela shared with us the last moments she watched as […]
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15 December 2013 at 19 : 28 PM
Ghana: Discordant notes in high places
Were lofty speeches potent enough to transform things, Africa would be a paradise. Our leaders simply love to make speeches. They seem to love the sound of their voices so much that they crave any platform to entertain us with their oratorical skills. We often said in this column that African leaders are simply beyond […]
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