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COLUMNIST: AJOA YEBOAH-AFARI

Memory lane: of Ghana’s puzzling, copycat ‘radio & TV etiquette’

Memory lane: of Ghana’s puzzling, copycat ‘radio & TV etiquette’

Jul 4, 2025 | Feature Article

If this morning you tuned into a discussion programme on radio or television in Ghana, you rsquo;re more than likely ...

Jun 12, 2025 | Feature Article

Recently, markets have been in the news, namely the intention of the Government to build new ones, usually described ...

May 26, 2025 | Feature Article

Last Saturday, May 24, there was intriguing news that a group of youths holding solidarity placards had assembled nea ...

May 22, 2025 | Feature Article

For as long as I can remember, the lsquo;c rsquo; word, has taken centre stage in every political campaign in Ghana. ...

May 12, 2025 | Feature Article

I wonder why President John Mahama is creating the impression that his Government has been wronged or offended by tho ...

Mar 21, 2025 | Feature Article

People in Accra especially, who may unknowingly be at risk of going blind from the glaucoma eye disease that can lead ...

Feb 24, 2025 | Feature Article

Last Saturday, the funeral took place in Accra, of Madam Florence Osei-Ampomah, a professional teacher and the founde ...

Jan 2, 2025 | Feature Article

After the recent electoral and other tensions in Ghana, I think it rsquo;s opportune to start 2025 on a light-hearted ...

Dec 26, 2024 | Feature Article

I think that for many observers, the enduring takeaways from the December 7, 2024 general election were the amazing l ...

Dec 6, 2024 | Feature Article

I recall a light-hearted comment made by a friend years ago, during a discussion about politics and a colleague rsquo ...

Dec 2, 2024 | Feature Article

By now, this first week of December, with Ghana rsquo;s Election 2024 scheduled to take place on Saturday, Decemb ...

Oct 17, 2024 | Feature Article

It was a long awaited update but, thankfully, on October 2, 2024, Ghana rsquo;s Ministry of Health (MOH) issued a new ...

Sep 23, 2024 | Feature Article

I think that for many people who followed the Fetu Afahye 2024, one of the abiding memories of the festival wa ...

Ajoa Yeboah-Afari
Ajoa Yeboah-Afari

BBC correspondent ('Focus on Africa' programme, 1984 – 1996); President, Ghana Journalists Association (October, 2003 – May, 2006); first Public Affairs Officer, Commonwealth Secretariat, London, (January, 1997 – September, 2002); Editor, Ghanaian Times (January, 2004 – November, 2008); and former 'Thoughts of a Native Daughter' columnist of The Mirror.