It is a fact that culture is heavily dependent on language. If we lose our language which is a core part of our identity, then we lose our culture. Language must not be taken for granted neither must it be heavily adulterated. Some countries like Korea, China, Russia but to mention a few, have been […]
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It started as a fantasy, to help create awareness of people with neuro disorders across the lengths and breath of Ghana, starting from the northern region. Now it is a reality, one that has gotten the attention of many including the Northern Regional Minister, Directors of Education, Lecturers and the general public. It took place […]
Since the scandal of judges in Ghana broke out, I have been quiet, following the public outcry of unfairness, following the mocks of many people around the world and reading most of the things people write. I have watched the ridiculous moves of some lawyers to help free their colleagues from the scandal. Well, who […]
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YOSHIKO’S CHALLENGE
Thank you Yoshiko for nominating me for this challenge.
Portia Dery is a young writer making waves in Ghana. She won the Golden Baobab Award for Children’s Literature and she is the main brain behind this writing clinic which will start on Saturday, 20th June 2015 from 9am to 10:30am at the Children’s Library, Tamale. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The funky ReadWrite clinic is […]
We are still on the mission to fence the Yumba Special School to keep the students safe. All donations are welcome. I can’t imagine my child lost in some thorny forest, hungry and afraid. Special kids at Yumba knows no boundaries and so we must create a boundary for them to be safe. We have […]
Yesterday, a very good friend of mine; Sylvanus Bedzrah, nominated me to tell the world what makes me a Ghanaian. Well, I’ve thought it through and these are the things. 1. My name is Abena Amoafowaa Tawia Mansah Sefa Cecilia; Abena, a name I gained after touching the Ghanaian ground on a day ordained by […]
Higher education is being sought for in Ghana and although I know that is commendable, I must say some institutions are losing focus where fees are concerned. Given that they are autonomous bodies, one would think that some institutions will look at their surroundings before billing students to encourage them to pursue their dreams but […]
Giving is more pleasurable than receiving. The Northern Region of Ghana has only one school which caters for children with neuro-problems. Most people did not know about the school, with the help of some few others and the media here, we were able to raise the awareness. What worried me most was what […]
It started like a dream and came to reality being crowned with success on April 25, 2015. In Ghana, many people think of children with special needs as evil, bad spirited and snakes. If the children are autistic or suffer from cerebral palsy, they are mostly sent to spiritualists who claim they send them to […]
The school system in Ghana, to me, is flawed in many ways. So much that many teachers find themselves in weird situations which make no sense and it leaves me wondering. The code of conduct of the Ghana Education Service (GES) is, to me, not clear and does not cover many areas which wake to […]
With this current news of the xenophobic attacks is hidden chaos that the rioters fail to notice and I’ll go straight to the point. South Africans are also in other African countries working and owning properties, the message being sent to them is to burn them alive, kill or sack them from their countries, won’t […]
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COMMENDING CELEBRITIES WHO STAND OUT
I have never been one who tries to worship celebrities. To me, they are humans like myself whose works have made them known. So whereas people cry as they see celebrities, I am calm, if I develop eye contact, I smile, greet, move on. For me to be touched by something someone has done, that […]
I’ve walked a good walk with a good faith. On the streets of Accra, I move about with a whole group of individuals from different walks of life. It was interesting with the drumming from the bandsmen who thrilled us and passers-by with versus music made from vocal folds?The sole of my old-fashioned shoe wanted […]
The West African Senior High School Examinations for 2015 started on March 30 with integrated science as the opening subject for sitting. I must say WAEC is really on top of exam malpractices. As I advised my students to learn and forget about cheating; “ap)” as it is popularly called, I couldn’t help but notice […]
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SADA REBRANDING: THE HIGHS AND THE LOW
During the SADA rebranding, SADA Business and Investment Forum (SABIF) was born. Stakeholders and representatives from all regions converged at the Tamale Sports Stadium from the March 24 to March 28, 2015. The first day saw many youth mentors together to mentor many youths who came in their numbers. Many of the mentors came from […]
I decided to take a break from my laptop to see what my proud country’s television stations had for me. I tuned in to METRO TV to catch a glimpse of the great match between our own Accra lads,Olympics, which now has ‘Olele’ (our forgotten goalkeeper) in goal post against the herdsmen from the North […]
It is a known fact that most students in the second cycle fail the English Language course in Ghana. I marvelled at the high percentages of  failure in the course when I was a student. Now, I am a teacher of the language and I have noticed some reasons students fail in English. First or […]
Tamale is no doubt a motor bike zone but the motor bikes have now turned into the murderers of the young. Three years ago, my mother who went to the Tamale Teaching Hospital told me about a motor accident which crushed a young man’s head leaving his body jerking for minutes on a stretcher, obviously […]
Television hosts in Ghana hardly impress me especially when they host interview programmes but The Delay Show blew me away the first time I watched it. I felt the host had depth, could push, could intimidate, and knew how to get the answers she needed (And she still does) and so hardly a session pass […]
Recently, I get many accusations that I may be a woman lover, mostly from men who see themselves as my knight in shinning armour and their families (well, the only person who must make see that knight is me and I’ve not seen him yet). Oh, what is wrong with loving women? I love women […]
(Caution: This post has disgusting pictures, my apologies for any inconveniences) Good health they say is great wealth but no matter how much the people of Lamankara clean, they run the risk of running into one sickness or the other. This is because of the nature of their public toilet facility which shares a space […]
Since the beginning of time, women have been known to be possessions of men. This trait is waning thanks to the emergence of Women Rights Activists who cry for the emancipation of women but this canker still persists. Although there are good men out there, there are many men who think it is their […]
Mr. Tonyi Senayah of Horseman Shoes, I prefer to call him by his title name Emperor Senayah, is Ghana’s current leading shoemaker. His vision for his work shows wherever he goes and his alertness for success is unique in all sense. I remember my first encounter with him in a group interview where he […]
Today is Sunday, a day many churches wait for monies promised in the Bible to help the poor and needy and oh to give moral lessons. This is the day I choose to analyse and say my peace on the Pastor Obinim and Valentina’s saga. So apparently, Valentina Nana Agyeiwaa popularly known as Afia Schwarzenegger, […]
Examination malpractices seem like a naughty visitors who hves come to stay in Ghana. I say in Ghana because I only know about the terrain in which I live. It is easy to see students idling about simply because they think “Manna will fall” when it is time for their final exams. As a teacher, […]
It would be a cliché if I say love embodies jealousy and that the nature of provocation determines its severity but I’ll say it anyway. The woman is different from the man physically but emotionally. I know we have most of the same features including jealousy. A man can drown himself in sorrow when he […]
On Saturday, 20th September 2014, Portia Dery organised a programme to inculcate reading and writing into the youngsters of today. The programme was dubbed “A Fun Day for Reading and Writing”. It took place at the Northern Regional Library in the Tamale Metropolis and was well patronized. Â In Africa, many know the safest place to […]
It is a known fact that Ghanaian gospel singers come onto the scene meek, respectful with an air of the African gospel singer attitude (dressing from head to toe for females with archaic head gears and normal shoes for men). But what do we see? After one hit, they tend to wear everything from mini […]
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NIKKI SAMONAS; GREEDY OR CLUELESS?
Nikki Samonas is a character I like to watch in movies but her recent interview with Deloris Frimpong Manson (Delay) got my attention the wrong way. Being someone who is a role model and seeks to promote learning through her NGO Help Them Learn she must not openly portray the “use what you have […]
The 4th Barcamp Tamale kicked off with breakfast at 9am on August 23 2014 at the Tamale Sport Stadium. There was an introduction of Barcamp Ghana and how it came into being by Ato Ulzen Appiah who is the director and founder. Here, we got to know that Barcamps are organized in many regions in […]
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