The First Lady and The Pregnant African Women

Commentary/Ghana/Africa For the past years, the Ghana’s enlightenment movement have shown that rational choices are essential to how Africans distinguish and argue about their culture in relation to their progress. The enlightenment campaigners have identified cultural challenges – from the impact of witchcraft to developing policies from within the African culture – and raised their… Continue reading The First Lady and The Pregnant African Women

At last, African Culture in Mainstream Thinking

Opinion/Ghana/Africa   The “City Forum on Culture and Development,” a policy orientated venture held in Accra to openly strategize the African culture for African progress reveal the increasing attention being given to the African culture.. For almost 50 years, the African culture, either because of colonialism or bad intellectual savvy by African elites, has not… Continue reading At last, African Culture in Mainstream Thinking

The 2012 Elections: The Juju-Marabou Games Gegin

Commentary/Ghana/Africa It doesn’t matter if Ghana’s 2012 general elections is a year away; campaigning of some sorts is underway. Democracy-crazy, everyday appears to be campaigning day. The mass media is charged. Character, development issues, policies and programmes jumble easily with foul language and the irrational juju-marabou spiritual predictions. The past veers into the present and… Continue reading The 2012 Elections: The Juju-Marabou Games Gegin

Uganda/Africa: In the Land of Human Sacrifice

Comments: Essay In and out of Kampala, Uganda’s capital, the City, supposed to radiate enlightenment to some of Uganda’s dark ancient cultural practices, has failed to do so. The City is entrapped in obscurity. “The villages and farming communities that surround Uganda’s capital, Kampala, are gripped by fear.” Human sacrifices, the BBC World TV reports,… Continue reading Uganda/Africa: In the Land of Human Sacrifice

Campaigning for Africa’s Research and Development

Commentary/Ghana/Africa It is encouraging to hear these days the constant talks about research and development (R&D) in Ghana’s/Africa’s progress. Propositions of setting up high-level research and training institutes in crucial fields such as green technology, crop improvement, tropical medicine, deforestation, water supply and desertification are becoming daily issues not only in Ghana but in one… Continue reading Campaigning for Africa’s Research and Development

Harmonizing the Unrealistic Education System

Commentary/Ghana/Africa Education The mass failure of Junior High School students at this year’s national examination, a worsening trend over the past couple of years, has sent educationists, parents, the mass media and Accra scrambling for answers. Is it the quality of teachers? Is it lack of educational material? Is it the environment? Is it the… Continue reading Harmonizing the Unrealistic Education System

Democracy or Prosperity, Which Comes First In Africa’s Bid for Prosperity

As Africa’s democracy gradually evolves, the arguments are whether Africa should concentrate on creating prosperity first and then grow its democracy later or build up its democracy first and then use it to develop its prosperity. This thinking has come about because of the on-going democratic revolutions occurring in Africa, in places such as Libya, Tunisia and Egypt, and multi-party democratic elections after elections have become recurring rituals.

Kofi Busia: A Stimulant For Today’s Democracy

Feature/Ghana/Africa Democracy Ghanaians are enjoying their 19-year-old democracy. Why not! They have spent most of their 54-year statehood in autocratic one-party systems and dictatorial military juntas. Freedoms, a very critical indicator of their democracy, are breaking out everywhere, wheeling the democratic tenets. One will never believe that this was a country where at some time… Continue reading Kofi Busia: A Stimulant For Today’s Democracy