"Akan" is a class not a tribe

Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Rejoinder to this article I think it is inaccurate to depict Rawlings revolutionary actions against certain members of society as being targeted towards Akans At best it is circumstantial evidence since it is unlikely that Rawlings who is married to a prominent Akan will bite the hand that literally feeds him If anything it is be ... Read more

Brain-Drain, Language, and standing afar…

Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Fanon vainly exhorted Comrades let us not pay tribute to Europe by creating states institutions and societies which draw their inspiration from her Humanity is waiting for something other from us than such imitations which would be almost an obscene caricature If we want to turn Africa into a New Europe then let us leave the destiny of ... Read more

The Language Dialog

Saturday, March 12, 2005
The colonial environment and African languages A Ghanaian student participating in a study on secondary education commented I will only take a Ghanaian language to the final examination if I am unable to offer some other academic subject Asked why he responded My parents will not allow that His father was a doctor his mother was a bu ... Read more

Continuing the language dialogue

Sunday, January 02, 2005
Anyone who has a shred of doubt that a foreign language is not a powerful tool for alienation of a person from his surroundings must be reminded of some facts on the ground The way for Africa to throw off its colonial burden is to begin to realize that all such alienating influences ought to be done away with There is not a more powerful medium t ... Read more

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