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12 March 2013 at 16 : 41 PM
It is Education, Stupid!
“On the expansion of knowledge I stand.” – Martin Luther. Gladly, two of Ghana’s registered political parties have come out boldly to espouse a free education programme. Sadly and, most regrettably, the incumbent party still does not buy into the idea. The Minister of Education, Lee Ocran, recently reiterated the government’s stance when he […]
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5 March 2013 at 10 : 45 AM
Ghana @ 56 – Happy Birthday, but
“Forward Ever, Backward Never.” – Kwame Nkrumah “United Nations dem come get name for us Dem go call us Underdeveloped Nation. We must be Underdeveloped to sleep ten ten in one room. First and Second day Dem go call us Third Word. We must be Third Word to dey sleep inside dustbin. Dem go […]
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2 March 2013 at 10 : 14 AM
Forgive us not our Debtation revisited
Each and every time that I think I’ve heard the worst from my dear continent, come news that leaves me totally flaberwhelmed (contraction of flabbergasted and overwhelmed). It is with great sadness and anger that I read the government and the opposition in Ghana trading accusations over the new gargantuan debt the government of […]
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21 February 2013 at 11 : 27 AM
What is going on in Ghana Inc.?
It was just two short months ago that Ghanaians danced on the streets to welcome the new government. Disobeying all the traffic rules and regulations, victorious partisans of the wining party took over our major roads to do what we know best: dance ourselves silly at the least opportunity. That the elections were marred […]
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8 February 2013 at 17 : 21 PM
Stop teaching the Christian Bible to school children
“How well we know what a profitable superstition this fable of Christ has been for us“. – Pope Leo X. (1513 – 1521). Catholic Encyclopedia. vol. V1, 1910. p. 292 . “A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact […]
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31 January 2013 at 11 : 49 AM
The logic of hooliganism
“You Africans are hopeless, and so stupid.” The man accused, wagging a thick finger in my face. He’s of the European Stock, with the ragged appearance of some of those dirty tourists one encounter on the streets of Accra. His mouth was contorted into an angry snarl. The corners of his mouth foam with […]
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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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