OPINION ARCHIVES

2010

Development: The Need for  a Paradigm Shift 

Investing in People: Beckoning Talented Minds Home

Hypocrisy and Balkanization of Jos

The Synergy of Love

MUTAL-ALQAEDA:
Their Responsibility; Our Liability

Ursula Burns inspires Black Women Everywhere

The Chronology of a Barber's Shop

The Challenges of Being a Step-Parent

2009

There's no book in Facebook

El Salvador

The Dangers of a Single Story

In a Pan African State of Mind

The Trial of Lord Lugard

Obama's Historic Visit to Ghana - Part 3

Obama's Historic Visit to Ghana - Part 2

Obama's Hostoric Visit to Ghana - Part 1

End of a Time

FEATURE ARTICLES

Opinion
Freedom - Yes - Freedom
By Samuel Stephen Wakdok (March 1, 2010)

If we want freedom we must guarantee the freedom of others, if we demand freedom we must allow others the right to their freedom. It is only when we allow others access to their own freedom and they too allow us access to our own freedom that ... Read Opinion

 


News From Across the African Continent

 


Opinion
Investing in People: Beckoning Talented Minds Home
By Kabukabu Ikwueme (Published February 1, 2010)
It’s often assumed that the only assets Africa has, lie beneath the soil or on land. Not much attention drawn to Africa’s other asset - the people. For several decades talented people with great minds have come out of Africa. These highly-skilled people include scientists, surgeons, nurses, entrepreneurs, bankers, attorneys, academics, writers as well as ...Read More


Opinion
Development - The Need for a Paradigm Shift
By Albert Oppong Ansah (Published February 1, 2010)

Development indicators - ways of measuring development in a country -  can be evaluated on the basis of its economics, social, education, health, technology and cultural advancement compared to other countries, or to the same country in the past. Basically, there are many different ways of considering development, but the two most important factors are ... Read Article

Message
Celebrating Freedom:

Fifty-Three Years and Counting

I think there is always something to celebrate  despite the surmountable amount of negatives. Yes, the continent as a whole might still be one of the most underdeveloped in the world, but ...Read Message


Opinion
The Untold Stories of Ghana's Kayayo
By Jemila Abdulai (March 1, 2010)

Aside the strain on their bodies from carrying heavy things, count in malaria (from sleeping in the open air and in the reach of mosquitoes), HIV and other sexually-transmitted diseases and it worsens the situation ... Read Feature

Collaboration
A Tale of Two African Cities

Jos is one of the coolest cities to live on earth. Naturally blessed and humanly dressed. Cape Coast sits beautifully and majestically along the coastal shore of Ghana. Read Feature
 
 

Legal

How to Extend Your Legal Stay in the United States
What Every Foreign Visitor Should Know in Order NOT to Illegally Overstay Their Visit



Immigration

This FGM Excuse is Growing Old
When FGM slander finds its way into US courtrooms and the Immigration system

You Don't Have to Take It:
When Marital Bliss Turns Violent and You Still Don't Have Your Green Card

African Immigrants in the Western World
Whose Brain Drain and Whose Brain Gain? 


Social Issues

Arts & Culture

 

LITERARY WORKS SPOKEN WORD/POETRY  THEATER/FILM AFRICAN
AND PROUD 
 MUSIC

Images of Awareness and Assertiveness 

By: Abdul Sundong-Korah

In the last few decades, the world has increasingly and consistently pulled its warped cloth together on many fronts, and more so than the distant mirror has ever revealed to us. The movement of people, goods and services from different continents and across frontiers has been relatively peaceful, colossal and unceasing. Undoubtedly, unlike the numerous wars and woes that characterized the lives of our ancestors, there is increasing cooperation and respect within and among societies than disagreement and disrespect at both domestic and international levels. Thankfully, local and international media keep disseminating such encouraging developments to us timely, and across the globe. Read More

Other Articles By this Author

The African Aesthetic and Imperial Models of Beauty

Phenomenal Woman

Yesterday, as I stood in the health and beauty aisle of one of America's super one-stop stores, I found myself confused and irritated. What I found irritating was the fact that the soap aisle was divided into two sections. One section held the liquid soaps and the other held bar soaps. There was also a section for fancy soaps in all flavors, colors and fragrances contained in fancy designed bottles. Behind the soap aisle was an aisle for toothpaste, mouthwash and other dental products - that was virtually empty. There were two continuous aisles full of assorted facial products...Read More

Meet Sam Afua Kessie
Film Director, Writer

P Sam Kessie is an Atlanta-based British/Ghanaian, writer/director who has contributed to an impressive number of film shorts, documentaries and features in her career.

Sam’s directorial eye can be seen in Maverick Entertainment Group’s, Life 101: Angel’s Secret, which was released on DVD in June 2009. Read More