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4 March 2008 at 20 : 00 PM
Still on Simon Barker
It’s nice that Simon Barker finally realizes what made New African so different from the so-called ‘Free presses’ of the Western world. Unfortunately, Simon, by his parroting the alleged ‘human rights’ violations of President Mugabe failed to grasp what the real issues are. The fact of the matter is that Africans have absolutely […]
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4 March 2008 at 20 : 00 PM
Baba ‘Standstill’
A recent international poll rated Nigerians as the happiest people on earth. Although no reasons were adduced for the findings, but I suspect it has to do with the Nigerians’wicked sense of humour. Nigerians can poke fun at anything. Nigerians are loquacious; both men and women and children have opinions about everything and they […]
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17 February 2008 at 16 : 00 PM
The sad saga of Ama Sumani
“Goods are priced the way they are displayed.” – Yoruba proverb Sometime in January 2008, British immigration officials forcibly removed a terminally ill Ghanaian (she suffers from a form of cancer called multiple myeloma) from the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff and deported her to her native Ghana. There was widespread condemnation. […]
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17 February 2008 at 16 : 00 PM
Drunkenness versus Infidelity
What would you do if you get home drunk and met madam co-habitating seriously with a stranger? Before you hasten to make a declaration, read my story. Yours truly job makes him a virtual nomad. Hardly a month passes without my attending one conference or the other. You know about conferences, don’t you? […]
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10 February 2008 at 14 : 00 PM
Don’t blame the bottle!
The first thing I noticed was an overpowering stench. Initially I couldn’t place it. It was way way out of this world. Then I saw them. Mosquitoes. There were zillions of them, with their abdomen red with my blood. They were buzzing all around me. I lifted my tired right hand to drive them […]
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10 February 2008 at 14 : 00 PM
Forgive us not our debtation
Reports that Ghana’s debt has climbed above the seven billion dollars range is both worrisome and disheartening. Yours truly was among many who, few years back, wrote angry polemics against the onerous debt burden Africa was forced to carry. Believing that our woes are finally over, we heaved sigh of relief when the movers […]
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10 February 2008 at 14 : 00 PM
Kuffuor’s last budget
Permit space in your esteemed magazine for this reaction to your story: ‘ Kuffuor’s last budget’ NA, December 2007, p98. I am a witness to the Kuffuor’s government spewing meaningless macro-economic gibberish for seven years running, while the lots of Ghanaians sank under his tutelage. An African saying has it that: “ye gods, if […]
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3 February 2008 at 17 : 00 PM
A Good time to be an African
I am probably an incurable optimist when it concerns Africa. But the truth is that Africa is simply too enchanting and so adorable – as has been chronicled by every objective traveler to the ancient birthplace of humans. The unvarnished truth is that Africa is magnificently beautiful and fabulously blessed. Do not take it from […]
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26 January 2008 at 17 : 00 PM
Generation Gap (from the father’s point of view)
a short story A Little background information is necessary in order to understand the story I am about to relate. I am getting on the wrong side of sixty. I am retired. Money is not fighting in my pocket but, give praise to God, I do not lack what to eat. I live in […]
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26 January 2008 at 17 : 00 PM
Generation Gap (from the boy’s point of view)
a short story For reasons I can’t yet fathom, girls, among some of their mysterious personalities, like to introduce us (boys) to their parents. I am not in a hurry to let my old folks know about ANYTHING, most especially about my girl-friends. But then Ama, that’s my girl-friend’s name, is very different from […]
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