Ricky Nana Agyemang, the manager of the late Ebony Reigns, has bluntly refuted claims by Prophet Nigel Gaissie that he prophesied Ebony’s death. Prophet Nigel Gaissie was one of the many prophets who came out to open say that he prophesied that Ebony will die in a motor accident and truly it happened. “I was … Read more
The government has been urged to create space for skilled Ghanaians abroad to make more meaningful contribution to the socio-economic progress of the nation. Mr. Kwame Appiah Boateng, popularly known as “Kwame Mayor”, the leader of Ghanaians Abroad Coalition, said there were many professionals and other skilled people out there, whose expertise could be tapped … Read more
play videoStephen Appiah is well known for his healthy lifestyle Ghana legend Stephen Appiah has been working out with his adorable daughter in the gym. Join GhanaStar.com to receive daily email alerts of breaking news in Ghana. GhanaStar.com is your source for all Ghana News. Get the latest Ghana news, breaking news, sports, politics, entertainment … Read more
“Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another” (Desmond Tutu). OTHER REMARKABLE MISCONCEPTIONS It is insecurity, fear, narcissistic grandiosity and upbringing which drive members of certain ethnic groups to coil back into their ghettoized shells—part of the larger world of social cognition … Read more
“Say it loud, “I’m black and I’m proud “Say it louder, “I’m black and I’m proud… (James Brown, “Say It Loud—I’m Black And I’m Proud”). And, of course, Du Bois may not have been the original author of “the color-line” phrase but his other diagnostic phrasal coinage, “double consciousness,” certainly speaks to the psychological scars … Read more
“Conversation doesn’t have to lead to consensus about anything especially not values; it’s enough that it helps people get used to one another” (Kwame Anthony Appiah). The recent fallout between the two major political parties in the vicinity of Akufo-Addo’s Nima residence, in which their members reportedly exchanged gunshots and insults and blows, offers damning … Read more
“Anton Wilhelm Amo’s most devoted researcher and biographer, the East German scholar Burchard Brentjes, writes in his generally excellent 1977 study, “Anton Wilhelm Amo: Der Schwarze Philosoph in Halle,” that were it not for the peculiarities of Amo’s life and identity, there would be little reason to study his work… “At the same time, I … Read more
“It’s being here now that’s important. There’s no past and there’s no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can gain experience from the past, but we can’t relive it; and we can hope for the future, but we don’t know if there is one” (George Harrison). … 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
“For there are Danquah-hating characters on the campus of the University of Ghana who, based on the blighted logic of anti-Gandhi faculty members like Professors Akosua Adomako Ampofo and Obadele Kambon, ought not to be teaching at Legon.” OUR TAKE A casual reading of the afore-cited quotation might seem as though it was “dictator” Kwame … Read more
Legendary highlife musician Kaakiyre Kwame Appiah has described those insulting veteran actor Agya Koo for publicly announcing his support for Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ahead of this year’s polls as hypocrites. The “Bronya” hitmaker speaking on Hello FM in Kumasi told Dave Hammer, host of Hello Entertainment Review that he sees nothing wrong with the … Read more