Dr. Kwegyir Aggrey "Only the best is good enough for Africa."
Kwame Nkrumah "The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa."
By Kwabena Opong Odupon Atutu; the great Iroko tree has fallen. The Akans of Ghana and the Igbo of Nigeria liken great personalities to great trees. Great trees like Odum or Iroko are hard wood with strong roots; they grow to great heights and stand proudly greeting the sky every day of their existence. Neither […]
Africa woke up on December 6, 2013, to the grim but not un expected news of the death of Nelson Mandela, the black South African leader who showed the world of bigots that a man and a black man for that matter is capable of humanity and humility at the same time even in the […]
By Kofi Ayim, Mampong Akwapim, Ghana About thirty five New York University (NYU) students on an exchange program in Ghana, indubitably fell in love with Ananse Village, a 3-acre farmland tucked 35 miles away from Accra. Ananse, is the Akan name for Spider, a notorious wiseacre creature in Akan mythology. The Ananse Village, carved out […]
By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ten years ago this month, Liberia began its journey from peace to recovery. The peace accords signed in Ghana ended the second of two devastating civil wars, leaving more than a quarter of a million dead, my country’s infrastructure destroyed and the lives of exhausted survivors shattered. The task before us […]
A BLOG BY CHARLES ONYANGO-OBBO AROUND noon on Saturday September 21, a group of terrorists believed to number 10 to 18 stormed the Westgate Mall in western Nairobi. By the third day, 69 had been killed during the attack, or died later in hospital. Another 175 had been injured. Today the crisis entered its fourth […]
By Lou Del Bello A malaria vaccine based on genetically modified parasites is worth developing further, according to the first study to test the new approach in humans. Six volunteers were exposed to the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, rendered harmless by genetic modification, through the bite of Anopheles mosquitoes. All six developed antibodies against the […]
Alhaji Chireh Ibrahim Adams, chief of the Busanga community in New Jersey was formally introduced to the Newark Municipal Council at the City Hall September 18, 2013. Chireh Ibrahim Adams who is also a member of the African Commission of the City of Newark is credited with the renaming of Victoria Street to Ghanaian Way. […]
A recent report appearing on allAfrica.com indicates that in spite of the seeming economic growth in Africa, people on the continent continue to be at the bottom of the global economic ladder (“Africa isn’t Rising”, allAfrica.com, 10/2/2013). A survey directed by Afrobarometer in a project coordinated by independent institutions in Ghana, Kenya, Benin and South […]
By Kwabena Opong John Osae Kwapong, Director of Planning and Research at Columbia University said on Sunday, September 22 that the pending Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill must ensure the promise of higher education for undocumented immigrants. He noted that higher education may not be a guarantee for a job, but it definitely ensures the promise […]
By Kofi Ayim, Accra The Restaurant at the JFK International Airport With daily flights to Ghana, Delta is the only airline that has non-stop flights from the United States to the so-called gateway to West Africa. The 10-hour trip from New York City across the Atlantic Ocean does not only fly Ghanaian, but diverse travellers […]