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

Ghana Government Looking at Ways to Reintegrate the Nation’s ‘Witches’

Accra — Ghana’s government is looking at ways to support people accused of witchcraft – mainly women and children banished by their communities to “witches’ camps” in the north – and to reintegrate them in their home villages. Currently around 1,000 women and 700 children are living in six camps in northern Ghana, where they… Continue reading Ghana Government Looking at Ways to Reintegrate the Nation’s ‘Witches’

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

Chromosome-Dependent Justice: The Pervasiveness of ‘Legal’ Violence Against African Women

When a person’s chromosomes determine how the law is applied to him or her in our time, Martin Luther King would probably not complain if the color of a person’s skin does the same.

Tanzanian Man Kills Wife to Sell Body Parts

A Tanzanian man has been arrested by police for purportedly trying to sell his wife’s body parts including her head, breasts and genitals. The man is said to have confessed during interrogation by police on Saturday. The suspect confessed to killing his wife after he heard that human body parts were in demand in Shinyanga… Continue reading Tanzanian Man Kills Wife to Sell Body Parts

A young female is unsuccessful without a man in Nigeria?

[ad#GBAF-1-text] Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie “…I am infuriated by the assumption that to be youngish and female means you are unable to earn your own living without a man” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie A humid night two years ago, sitting beside a male friend in his car, and I roll down my window to tip a… Continue reading A young female is unsuccessful without a man in Nigeria?

Nollywood stars seek spiritual power to stay hot

Does spiritualism have anything to do with being commercially successful? While this is a puzzle that would take religious experts and traditionalists a while to analyze, feelers from the nation’s movie industry indicate that it is fast becoming the fad, pretty much like the home video scenes are depicting. Startling is the revelation that the… Continue reading Nollywood stars seek spiritual power to stay hot