“Anton Wilhelm Amo, the first African and black professor and philosopher of the European Enlightenment” (Henry Louis Gates, Jr. /Emmanuel Akyeampong, “Dictionary of African Biography, Vol. 6). GOTTHELF LOESCHER ON ANTON WILHELM AMO “A passage from an address made by Gotthelf Loescher, the professor who chaired Amo’s successful defense of this second dissertation in April … Read more
“Our honored Professor Hollman, while he was still in Wittenberg, conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy on a Negro [Anton Wilhelm Amo] who proved his great talent both in his writings and in his lectures, and who later came to Berlin as counselor to the King. I have two of his treatises before me, … Read more
Ghanaian Writers Need To Know The Swedish Academy’s definition of literature “By the time he was 23, Bob’s voice, with its weight, its unique, gravelly power was redefining not just what music sounded like, but the message it carried and how it made people feel. Today, everybody from Bruce Springsteen to U2 owes Bob a … Read more
“I have learned to hate all traitors, and there is no disease that I spit on more than treachery” (Aeschylus). CONTRADICTION OF THE CENURY: AFROCENTRIC DANQUAH VERSUS KWAME OKOAMPA-AHOOFE, AN UNABASHED DEFENDER OF AFROCENTRISTS Perhaps the most laughable—if not comical—aspect of journalist Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe is the Afrocentric label he attaches to Danquah. In fact on … Read more
“By the time he was 23, Bob’s voice, with its weight, its unique, gravelly power was redefining not just what music sounded like, but the message it carried and how it made people feel. Today, everybody from Bruce Springsteen to U2 owes Bob a debt of gratitude” (Barack Obama). “Bob Dylan is a genius, and … Read more
Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1869) was shot dead in India on 30 January 1948. “We too mourned his death”, wrote Kwame Nkrumah, “for he had inspired us deeply with his political thought, notably with his adherence to non-violent resistance.” [1] As one writer would put it : “The message cabled by the National Council of Nigeria … Read more
Mahatma Gandhi (b. 1869) was shot dead in India on 30 January 1948. “We too mourned his death”, wrote Kwame Nkrumah, “for he had inspired us deeply with his political thought, notably with his adherence to non-violent resistance.” [1] As one writer would put it : “The message cabled by the National Council of Nigeria … Read more