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Friday, November 13, 2009 |
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I love inspirational and edifying stories I enjoy perusing or listening to courageeffusing anecdotes Such stories and anecdotes remind all of us that practically all things are possible in life if we are willing to believe in ourselves Throughout the annals of humankind people have had to traverse the paths of adversity and implausibility to ... Read more |
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Sunday, November 08, 2009 |
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Several reputable proGhanaian Web sites including myjoyonlinecom and modernghanacom are reporting today November that Col Kwadwo Damoah has been dismissed from the Ghana Armed Forces Undoubtedly I expect the contents of this piece to engender an incendiary deliberation among Ghanaians both at home and in the Diaspora A discussio ... Read more |
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009 |
This article will be as pithy and straightforward as possible Now the titles phraseology may come across to some Ghanaians as outrageous and controversial but I will implore the reader to read through the entire piece before making his or her remarks Ever since Dr John Fiifi Atta Mills became President of the Republic of Ghana in early ... Read more |
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Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
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An angerstoking and peacestultifying news item published on October by The Associated Press has revealed once again the simmering tensions surrounding racial profiling and ethnic segmentation in the United States of America Larry Whitten a yearold Virginiaborn conglomerateur known to turn around failing hotels recently created ... Read more |
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Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
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Human nature being what it is it appears that many people prefer to blame others or situations when things go wrong a sort of convenient scapegoating instead of taking the blame on the chin just like real men and women do In fact because blaming others has been on the rise in recent years I thought the issue was worth delving into via a num ... Read more |
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 |
The aphorism that love is in the eyes of the beholder generally holds true but what is debatable is whether the beholder will continue to put his or her partner on a pedestal even after unacceptable physical changes have taken place in the latter For married couples the exchange of vows of conjugality for better or worse for richer or poorer ... Read more |
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Sunday, September 27, 2009 |
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Anyone with a passion for investigative news magazines in the USA CBSs Minutes NBCs Dateline and ABCs among others will readily acquiesce to the suggestion that the appetite for these shows stems from the fact that each segment is a potpourri of sensationalism inanity veracity and factuality Often the work of meticulo ... Read more |
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Friday, September 11, 2009 |
If writings and perorations were awarded the highest marks for divisiveness and subversiveness then the antiEwe gangsters effusions on proGhanaian Internet portals would have won by a large margin And on the continuum of human intelligence even the worst narcissists and nihilists who of course are placed by civilized society at the bottom ... Read more |
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Monday, August 24, 2009 |
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It is an undeniable fact that human beings are the kings and queens of all of Gods handiwork which is why the argument that human reproduction should it cease worldwide today will result in human extinction in approximately one hundred years is a factual one While people reproduce for a mosaic of reasons perhaps the reason that trumps all ot ... Read more |
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Friday, August 14, 2009 |
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One is like a seedling in the soil of life parents the environment religion education culture and a stable physiology this list is by no means an exhaustive one are the societal and genetic nutrients that effectuate physical emotional and spiritual growth even as one makes it into adulthood Regarding ones smorgasbord of needs perhaps ... Read more |
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Monday, July 20, 2009 |
US President Barack Obamas recent visit to Ghana will be dissected and analyzed by a motley of political pundits journalists and ordinary people for weeks to come but I am really only interested in belaboring a peculiarity unique to Ghanaian and African nationals especially those who are steeped in Ghanaian orthodoxy The issue at stake i ... Read more |
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Sunday, July 19, 2009 |
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US President Barack Obamas recent visit to Ghana will be dissected and analyzed by a motley of political pundits journalists and ordinary people for weeks to come but I am really only interested in belaboring a peculiarity unique to Ghanaian and African nationals especially those who are steeped in Ghanaian orthodoxy The issue at stake i ... Read more |
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Saturday, July 18, 2009 |
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In days of yore Moderate Melanin had an idea to roam the Earth and subdue it but was it according to instruction or instinctiveness If instruction who gave it A still voice in the mass in front of his occiput The mushy matter beneath his pate Or instinctiveness If the latter where did the power come from And why was it not Massive Melani ... Read more |
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 |
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In the rural town of Caney Kansas is a gentle and amiable golden retriever called Isabella Isabellas owners Tom and Allie Harvey simply refer to their beloved Isabella as Izzy not unlike many Americans who are quite fond of abbreviating their own names including the names of their pets What is remarkable about Izzy however is the fact ... Read more |
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Sunday, June 21, 2009 |
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That every nation under the sun is dealing with the effects of a global recession cannot be overemphasized That many citizens of all societies under the sun have been pelted with the pebbles of destitution and deprivation cannot be overemphasized That many otherwise decent citizens of all societies under the sun have engaged in one sordid activit ... Read more |
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Friday, June 19, 2009 |
The rays of the sun reach all humankind daily but the rays of the sun of prosperity have been intentionally severed from the lives of many ordinary Ghanaians due to the poor and errant decisions those occupying elective office these disloyal statesmen behave as though their positions were hereditary continue to make on behalf of the Ghanaian ... Read more |
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009 |
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I was both astounded and infuriated when on Tuesday February I read on Modernghanacom the story was attributed to the Daily Guides Morgan Owusu and titled Chief Leads Attack On NPP Girl that Nana Baffour Akwasi Bosomprah the Paramount Chief of Goaso Traditional Area had ordered his minions to assault one Selassie Kartey a purp ... Read more |
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Friday, March 06, 2009 |
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Good news my fellow black Africans I could not be more contented after reading on wwwmsnbccom on March that the despotic ruler of Sudan Omar alBashir has been indicted by the International Criminal Court ICC in the Netherlands Without a doubt this bold move by the renowned arbitral body noted for prosecuting criminals and human ... Read more |
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Friday, January 30, 2009 |
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Renowned for their Spartanlike characteristics praised for their avowed contentment even if secondhand habiliments are all many can afford and venerated for the enviable tranquility that epitomizes life in their community the beautiful people of my hometown a township not too far from the Volta Regional capital of Ho would not too long ago ... Read more |
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Sunday, January 25, 2009 |
On January Dr Gabriel Ayisi published an article on ghanawebcom titled Ghana Marching into Sustained and Progressive Development in which he proffered his views about Ghanas political environment and economy and also espoused various strategies to further ensconce and nurture the nations everstultified economy While I agree wit ... Read more |
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009 |
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Again Ghana Shames Nigeria is the caption of a fascinating article written by one Sam Ndaisaiah the professional affiliations of this Nigerian writerjournalist were not identified in the aforesaid piece which appeared Monday January on Ghanawebcom the latter the leading proGhanaian Internet news conduit In t ... Read more |
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Thursday, January 01, 2009 |
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After having garnered more votes than John Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress NDC during Round One of Election on December the National Patriotic Partys NPP Nana AkufoAddo was for all intents and purposes simply going to execute the coup de grâce on December and confer on John Atta Mills the title ... Read more |
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008 |
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That Ghanaians were unable to choose a president on December did not particularly surprise many of us since none of the candidates even during the days of heavy politicking prior to Election had won the complete trust and admiration of the Ghanaian populace Now there are a number of reasons why Ghanaian voters in had been ... Read more |
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Tuesday, December 09, 2008 |
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Mother and son in court for cyber fraud is the caption of a piteous worrisome and depressing news item written by a Ghana News Agency GNA correspondent which appeared Wednesday December on wwwghanawebcom the latter the leading proGhanaian Internet news conduit The story is basically one that has been told many times in our tec ... Read more |
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Saturday, December 06, 2008 |
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Two recent cause and effectespousing intellectual pieces produced by the Sierra Leonianborn Sorious Samura presently a BBC News Panorama reporter have stoked in me embers of righteous indignation towards African leaders whose toadyism selfimportance inaction and selfaggrandizement have forlornly and incessantly impeded ordinary Africans a ... Read more |
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Wednesday, November 26, 2008 |
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A November Ghana News Agency GNA news report that appeared on wwwghanawebcom titled Kufuor assures of peaceful elections was not only vital and opportune but was irrefutably the most important evocation or explication so far of what President Kufuors role will be in Election That a tranquil superintendence of Election ... Read more |
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 |
that short man whats his name Rawlings on AkufoAddo is the caption of a nauseating and unitystultifying news item written by an unnamed scribe of the Daily Guide newspaper which appeared Thursday November on GhanaHomePage the leading proGhanaian Internet news conduit Jerry Rawlings maniacal outbursts are nothing new ... Read more |
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Thursday, November 06, 2008 |
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No matter what one calls it coup détat mutiny putsch sedition uprising cowardly soldiers call it revolution I prefer to call it rebellion or treason because it is an ugly thing really such an event is unquestionably a horrific transformation or transmogrification of life in any nation crystallizing in a mélange of ... Read more |
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Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
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Lately I have been using public transportation from my townhouse to my place of work a mere twoandaquarter miles essentially which means that were I in some remote village in Ghana I could choose to traverse such a pithy distance on foot without blinking an eye and that means I rarely drive either my passenger Honda P ... Read more |
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 |
Mills is not fit to be president Kufuor is the caption of a stentorian news item written by one Isaac Essel which appeared Monday October on wwwghanawebcom the leading proGhanaian Internet portalUndoubtedly the story was both nerveracking and mortifying for diverse reasons which I will attempt to elucidate shortly Th ... Read more |
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Monday, September 29, 2008 |
A September news item published on Francis Akotos GhanaHomePage titled Sudans President to visit Ghana the former the most influential and oftaccessed proGhanaian Internet portal at once rankled me and reignited my astoundingly waning passion to write again for my fellow Ghanaians For those who know very little about Omar Hassan ... Read more |
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008 |
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An August Daily Guide news report that appeared on modernghanacom titled Education is Paramount was informative inspirational and timely In the said piece the author rather chose to remain anonymous Nana AkufoAddo the flagbearer of the National Patriotic Party NPP while addressing a crosssection of students at ... Read more |
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Thursday, August 07, 2008 |
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NDC In A Fix Over JJ was the title of an intriguing article that appeared on modernghanacom on July Authored by a Bennett Akuaku of the Daily Guide newspaper the writer provided a chronological account of the events that have transpired within the upper echelons of power in the National Democratic Congress NDC Ghanas main oppositi ... Read more |
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008 |
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Like many Ghanaians domiciled in Ghana and overseas I was shocked by the indecorous and repugnant verbiage found in an article published by a Nana Biakoye on Ghanawebcom on July Captioned John Cents Kufuors AlcoholInduced Kasoa Baloney and written most certainly by a National Democratic Congress NDC sympathizer the articl ... Read more |
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Sunday, July 27, 2008 |
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I first saw Nana AkufoAddo one sunny afternoon in May at the US Embassy in Accra Outfitted in a simple batik shirt and a pair of beige slacks Nana AkufoAddo was at the Embassy to conduct official business on behalf of the New Patriotic Party NPP the latter the main opposition party in the country at the time I had gone to the US Em ... Read more |
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Monday, July 14, 2008 |
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Adzo Kekeli was a pretty lightskinned and adorable yearold girl who loved her family her junior secondary school classmates and her fellow Presbyterian Church choristers in this small community tucked away on the fringes of Ho the capital of the Volta Region Many in this small town of people generally lead simple lives the men enjoy b ... Read more |
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Sunday, July 06, 2008 |
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Life in the Western world can be a tapestry of confusion absurdity cacophony and epiphany Usually an arriviste or distinguished person in his old world but a nonentity in the new the transition and social transmogrification a new migrant in the West must endure can be both terrifying and exhilarating With nothing to lose at least the prec ... Read more |
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Friday, June 27, 2008 |
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There is an aphorism that knowledge is power which is why I have chosen this particular topic one that most people would on a normal day not think about or pay any particular attention to Yet prostate cancer like many other diseases can strike without warning unless of course one knows enough about the causes risk factors screening opt ... Read more |
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 |
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The seemingly inauspicious but ineffaceable footprints left on Ghanas political terrain by the recent nominations of some renowned citizens for national awards by President John Kufuor have caused quite a stir in Ghana a nation that has produced a smorgasbord of political pundits juggernauts and naysayers in the last few decades a situat ... Read more |
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Saturday, May 31, 2008 |
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My focus in this article is to try to discover the hidden language the love classifieds hold as these classifieds serve both as entertainment and a conduit for love My discourse without any apologies pertains to heterosexual dating only Finding love online has become easier because of three fundamental factors accessibility affordability an ... Read more |
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008 |
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A caveat I will attempt to make this article as pithy as possible in order to encourage the participation of many although a paragraph article irrefutably cannot hold all the substantive information required to make a plausible argument pertaining to the topic of hate In the United States there are the occasional snippets of informat ... Read more |
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Thursday, May 15, 2008 |
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Although human beings come in various shapes and sizes certain bodily features especially in people over the age of could be a sign of trouble A potbelly once a symptom of the good life has now been proven to be a sign of impending danger especially in men Growing up in Ghana I always associated a bulging belly with financial wealth ... Read more |
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Friday, April 25, 2008 |
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My choice of this topic is a direct response to a request by a female participant who joined the rest of us to discuss my last article on baldness Like this concerned lady I am certain that educating my fellow Ghanaians about the dangers of skinbleaching might be the way forward in both persuading those currently engaged in the practice to give ... Read more |
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 |
Dr Quincy Attipoes journey to the West began just like any other persons the desire to have full access to modern technology in the field of dentistry and in turn share that knowledge with both the Ghanaian community in the United States and Ghanaians based in their homeland Dr Attipoes desire to help the poor and the underprivile ... Read more |
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 |
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I wish to commence with this caveat If one is in a tepid mood then one should return to this article at a later time as this piece is a trellis of truth hilarity geniality and the fear of growing old This article targets no one demeans no one denigrates no one and stultifies no one An augury of human frailty predetermination and mundanene ... Read more |
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Friday, March 28, 2008 |
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This article is about names the names we call ourselves because of our Ghanaian extraction or heritage and I expect the contents of this piece to engender an incendiary deliberation among Ghanaians both at home and in the Diaspora Yes I believe the time has come for this tempersflaring takenoprisoners noholdsbarred topic ... Read more |
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Monday, March 17, 2008 |
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The stranglehold of men on political power worldwide is now a thing of the past if we are to delve into history and recount the giant strides women have made in the political arena in the last years But with these achievements by women comes the sad realization that Ghana like many sister African nations is yet to enjoy the distinguished hon ... Read more |
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Monday, March 10, 2008 |
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With approximately months to go before Ghanaians choose their next president recent proclamations by leading members of the two main political parties NDC and NPP can be delineated as either edifying or stultifying At any rate we ought to scrutinize in tandem the inspirational speeches and the perfidious outbursts of these politicians and th ... Read more |
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Monday, March 03, 2008 |
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The title of this article may sound terrifying and bellicose to some but a perusal of the contents will reveal that not only is the title very appropriate to the discussion it is also vital for conveying the intended message as forcefully as possible For the last five thousand years social interactions among human beings have always been fraug ... Read more |
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Friday, February 08, 2008 |
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Kwamena Bartels Ghanas Interior Minister is no novice to politics having served previously in the Kufuor administration as Minister for Private Sector Development and Presidential Special Initiative In fact while Private Sector Development Minister Kwamena Bartels played a key role in getting his daughter Sheila Bartels and her cronies awa ... Read more |
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 |
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To declare that the current spate of armed robbery in Ghana is highly inimical to peace progress and national stability is truly an understatement for very few Ghanaian citizens could have imagined that embarking on intracity and intercity trips either during the day or worse still at night in contemporary times may well result in their de ... Read more |
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 |
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Our dear nation Ghana will be choosing a new president toward the end of and while such a scenario is a tribute to the maturity of Ghanaians in overcoming the acerbic atmosphere oddities and blatant interparty hostilities that were associated with each of the four preceding presidential elections dating back to the simple notion th ... Read more |
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Thursday, January 10, 2008 |
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In this discourse I wish to discuss the legacy of former president Jerry John Rawlings commencing with his explosion from oblivion to national attention in continuing with his second coming in and concluding with his metamorphosis from a military dictator to a democratically elected leader of Ghana in and his eventual reele ... Read more |
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007 |
In this article I intend to belabor how interethnic marriages ethnic harmony and national unity are interrelated I also wish to suggest how the elevation of the practice of interethnic marriages can foster national integration spur social stability and reduce or completely eliminate the likelihood of ethnic revolt in the future ... Read more |
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Saturday, November 17, 2007 |
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I wish to commence with this caveat I have made a dogged effort to present this article in an unsophisticated manner so everyone can grasp the concepts herein as our nations future and wellbeing is currently at stake Come Ghanaians will have the opportunity to choose an altruistic leader without the need to base their decisions solely o ... Read more |
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Thursday, November 01, 2007 |
Dr James Watson the disgraced septuagenarian US scientist and DNA pioneer insulted black people everywhere when he said earlier this month that Black people were inferior to White people in all facets of human physiology and endeavor While Dr Watsons blunt pillorying came as a surprise to many I was not shocked at all Black people deal wi ... Read more |
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Sunday, September 30, 2007 |
A news item titled Driver allegedly beaten to death by military which appeared onGhanawebcom on Monday September has brought to the fore some of the problems prevalent in contemporary Ghanaian culture and why I think the government must act now to save the defenseless hapless and innocent citizens from the atrocities unleashed on ... Read more |
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