Ghana
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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.
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 [...]
Changing Corrupt Societies
Monday, January 26th, 2009It is self-evident that corruption does not benefit society as a whole. Take a look at this picture and see how poorer and less livable places on this globe go hand in hand with levels of corruption.
For more insight into how exactly corruption hurts the development of countries, see here. You will come away with [...]
Odds-N-Ends: Jan12-2009
Monday, January 12th, 2009Evocative pictures of Ghana by these gentleman; a small sample can be seen here but you will need to click on Past Exhibitions and then Sankofa Series once you get to their site.
Akosua Busia’s take on Nat Turner; wonder what sort of movie she would make if she turned her attention to her Old Man’s [...]
Afromatics III: Mentality Shift
Sunday, January 4th, 2009In Afromatics I, I outlined the essential goals we should strive for when it comes to the development of African countries such as Ghana. In Afromatics II, I asserted that the cultural values we hold are both the biggest challenge and greatest opportunity when it comes to building peaceful and prosperous societies.
In this piece, I [...]
Afromatics II: Cultural Matters
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008At the present time and with the current state of technology available, there is absolutely no reason for people to be dirt poor. The poverty seen in Africa does not arise from a a lack of tools; rather, it stems from how we apply or misapply those same tools. With each passing decade [...]
Afromatics I: Goals We Can Believe In
Thursday, December 4th, 2008Who among us has had to battle the headwinds of cynicism and pessimism from our fellow African brothers and sisters on the issue of how to improve the African condition? Raise your hand if you have ever been personally beaten down by such dialogue. I thought so!
It is a depressing experience facing the negativity brigade. [...]
Why The Nigerian Project Must Succeed
Monday, October 20th, 2008As an avid soccer fan, I have always loved the use of the term “Project” when players and managers bloviate on the current incarnation of some famous FC (i.e., football club). It is much more impressive to have stars such as Didier Drogba proclaim their unyielding commitment to the project started by his [...]
Money spitting snake cops an attitude
Monday, August 25th, 2008Snake offended by owner’s disregard of fetish priest’s edict and has now decided to stop spewing out cash!
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