The Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia has supported calls for the study of civic education to be reintroduced into the school curriculum. Speaking at a National Dialogue on restoring Ghanaian Identity, he said Ghanaians had lost their identifiable values which needed to be restored. The forum which was organised by National Commission for Civic Education was … Read more
Against the dominant syndrome of GMT (Ghana Man Time), many scores of Manifans and aficionados of everything good music, convoked at Lokko 08 in Osu very well in time to be thrilled by ace multiple award winning rapper and song writer Manifest the godMc, otherwise known as Africa’s Foremost Rapper. In accordance with the blue … Read more
The pain was indigestible. I felt rejected, valueless, demeaned and misjudged. My pride and honor had been piqued in no small measure. When I completed the requirements for my first degree at the University of Ghana, I was initially posted to Tema General hospital for my national service. On account of the fact that I … Read more
Celebrated Ghanaian author and poet Ama Ata Aidoo was compelled to walk out of a University of Ghana programme in her honour because her name was wrongly spelt. The Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CEGENSA), University of Ghana, recently announced an Ama Ata Aidoo Short Story Competition as part of its 10thAnniversary Celebration. The … Read more
Ama Ata Aidoo (originally Christina Ama Aidoo) was born in 1942 in Abeadzi Kyiakor, in south central Ghana. She grew up in the Fanti royal household. Her father, an advocate of Western education, sent her to the Wesley Girl’s High School in Cape Coast from 1961 to 1964. In 1964, she enrolled at the University … Read more