Archive for March, 2009
Pot, meet Kettle
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009Pope wants Africans to change their “sorcery” brand. But when it comes to their role in Africa’s development, don’t all such brands including the Pope’s leave much to be desired?
Close-up
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009Hmmm. Is this is what we should be looking forward to as China “discovers” Africa?
Mental Retardation – Exhibt A
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009See this story about the massive deployment of witch doctors in a state sponsored effort to neutralize witches! With attitudes like this trickling down from the highest offices in the land, how will it be possible to engage in rational approaches towards national development?
PS If our leaders really believe in the efficacy of witch doctors, [...]
Ghana Independence: What Does It Mean?
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009As we celebrate independence see this interesting take on what Ghana is all about from Ms. Cleland over at Wo Se Ekyir. Check it out.
How to stop the drug wars | The Economist
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009For a liberal commonsensical approach to the folly we call the War On Drugs, see this: How to stop the drug wars | The Economist.
Religiousity Incarnate
Sunday, March 8th, 2009After listening to the umpteenth story by a friend of his tribulations in putting up a house in Ghana, I began to ponder the pervasiveness of the unethical behavior one finds in Ojakrom. The tale is all too common. Supplies going missing, inflated estimates, shoddy workmanship, blatant lying when called to account. Invariably, the culprits [...]
Ghana Development: One Way Forward
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009Long term trend 1: global overproduction of consumer and light capital goods due to the rise of China as factory to the world. Long term trend 2: increased premium attached to agricultural goods that are biased towards naturalness, sustainability and the organic realm. Long term trend 3: export based development centered on light consumer goods [...]
Hobbesian riddims on the Guinea coast
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009What happens when the narco-folk infiltrate the state.