COLUMNIST: SAMWIN JOHN BANIENUBA

The new African coup d’tat and the Zimbabwean tutorial in Mali

The new African coup d’état and the Zimbabwean tutorial in Mali

Aug 30, 2020 | Feature Article

Talk of military coup d rsquo; eacute;tat in Africa and you might be told it is a matter of history that once spanne ...

We Mourn Not Kofi Annan, We Celebrate Him!

Aug 19, 2018 | Feature Article

We are all black stars of Ghana in our various endeavours at home and abroad. We proudly fly the tricolour red, gold and ...

Ode To Mr W N A Kpankpari, Former Headmaster Of Lawra Secondary School

Apr 27, 2018 | Feature Article

Law Sec resumed, it was after a strike Yes, after a strike, and what a strike it was It was 1981, the history was bump ...

Is The Flagstaff A Colonial Syllable Or Is Jubilee Our Patriotic Essence?

Mar 30, 2018 | Feature Article

No matter what the political actors would have us believe, this seesaw renaming of the seat of government from Flagstaff ...

The Military Defence Deal With The US Is Betrayal Of Trust

Mar 25, 2018 | Feature Article

A spade is not a shovel, it is a spade Call it a US military base or military cooperation with the US, the deal Defence ...

Good Night Dear Heroine, Sleep Well Our Ebony

Feb 10, 2018 | Feature Article

It was not breaking news when I read it It was already beyond the Reuters threshold of breaking news. But when I tur ...

Much Ado About Homosexuality And President Nana Addo’s Al Jazeera Interview

Nov 30, 2017 | Feature Article

Once upon a time the question was put to me at an international conference of which I was representing ...

Sunrise In Zimbabwe And The Heartache Of President Mugabe

Nov 23, 2017 | Feature Article

What a tumultuous end to an era I am not sure it was a foul and if it was, whether it was fair. In politics as in fo ...

If Only Our Bawumia Worked More And Talked Less!

Nov 7, 2017 | Feature Article

We heard it all in the campaign trail. The Mahama led NDC government was incompetent and corrupt. We were told the ru ...

Taking ‘Forward Ever’ To Another Level, Ghana Has Done It Again, Ayekoo!

Jan 6, 2017 | Feature Article

On December 7th, 2016 Ghanaians pulled off yet another peaceful election almost on the blind side of the worl ...

Of States And Human Behaviour And The Sleeping African Beauty

Aug 5, 2015 | Feature Article

Today, globalisation defines world economics and has been pronounced since the twilight years of the last century. Th ...

The ‘dead goat’ President and the crisis of civil society demonstrations in Ghan...

May 22, 2015 | Feature Article

Public protest lends itself to a last resort vote of feet and placards when all else fails to prevail on powers that be ...

The Politics Of Corruption Or The Corruption Of Politics Is Helping Nobody In Gh...

Dec 29, 2014 | Feature Article

Corruption is not peculiar to Africa but the extent to which it seems crudely deadly to many societies and economies ...

Is J J Rawlings Hoist By His Own Petard?

Jun 10, 2014 | Feature Article

Between June and September 1979 J J Rawlings encapsulated the bravery of our ancestors, the idealism of our youth, th ...

Africa In Brazil And The 2014 World Cup—Redefining Afro-Brazilian Relations

Jun 1, 2014 | Feature Article

In weeks, call it days, the world will rally in Brazil and spotlight the much anticipated 2014 Football World Cup. Fo ...

Me, Myself And I And The Evolving African Reality

Apr 9, 2014 | Feature Article

Me, myself and I possibly first gained currency from English language classrooms where grammar teachers struggled to ...

The Parable Of The Two Sons And The Nihilism Of Free Secondary Education Cynics

Mar 6, 2014 | Feature Article

What do you think? A man had two sons. And he went to the first and said, Son, go and work in the vineyard today. ...

Samwin John Banienuba

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