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."
Andy Kiersz, Business Insider Some jobs intrinsically have more health risks than others. A nurse working in a hospital is far more likely to catch an infectious disease than a lawyer working in an office. To rank the most unhealthy jobs in America, we used data from the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), a U.S. Department […]
The centenary Symposium on Rev. Theo Opoku was held October 28 -29 2013, at the University of Ghana, Legon. The event was a collaborative effort of the Department of Archaelogy and Heritage Studies, the Insttitute of African Studies, and the Department of History. The Rev. Theophilus Opoku was the first African to be ordained by […]
By Kofi Ayim Mr. Dosso Kassimou, Chair of the African Commission, City of Newark is running for Councilman-at-Large. The affable and conspicuous community leader known in the corridors of Newark’s City Hall is the first African immigrant in recent history in Newark to contest a City Hall position. Mr. Kassimou said he wants to help […]
Story and Photos by E. Obiri Addo “Africa always springs surprises” (Ex Africa simper Aliquid novi), so wrote the Roman historian Pliny the Elder. But these surprises seem to be almost always negative. The challenge to Africans now is to create `positive surprises’” Commander Justice Aduhene-Benieh of the Ghana Police made this observation during a […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
By Dr. Peter Ikre Being audited by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is not the end of the world for the individual or business concerned. With the IRS taking a more aggressive posture concerning tax returns, the prevailing assumption is that the affected population will continue to grow in an exponential fashion. According to Rosenberg […]
By Kofi Ayim New York City is larger, more populous, and has more automobiles than Accra, the capital of Ghana. Accra, on the other hand is dustier and dirtier with vehicular congestion notoriously at level F, an unacceptable grade in transportation parlance. Open drainage systems are used as dumping grounds of filth and breeding habitats […]