Filmmaker Jonathan Demme, whose Oscar-winning thriller “The Silence of the Lambs” terrified audiences and introduced one of the most indelible villains in movie history, died Wednesday morning in New York. He was 73. He died of complications from esophageal cancer, according to a statement from his publicist. Demme won consistent acclaim as the director of … Read more
I am writing you this letter to congratulate you on your historic and epic victory and to thank you for the monumental effort you have put in in order to wrestle the country out of the grips of John Dramani “Dumsor” Mahama. I was a staunch supporter of Mahama when he first assumed the presidency, … 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
Some people can really speak but lack the ability to effectively translate thoughts into ink. Others can really write but also lack the finesse to organise their thoughts effectively into speech. Some are orators, they can write well but not prolific writers. The prolific writers are also not amazing orators. The orators rely on prolific … Read more
“Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live” (Haile Selassie 1, Emperor of Ethiopia). “Gandhi must be forgiven these prejudices in the context of the time and the circumstances” (Gandhi’s grandson and biographer Rajmohan Gandhi attributes this quote to Nelson Mandela). Here are some … Read more
Taiye Selasi (born 2 November 1979) is a writer and photographer of Nigerian and Ghanaian origin. Early life and education Selasi was born in London, England, and raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, the elder of twin daughters in a family of physicians. She graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in American … Read more