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 Andrew Baddoo, MD “Doc, do I have cancer?” is a question that is asked around the world in most doctors’ offices and hospitals. Cancer is a diagnosis nobody would wish on their worst enemy but it is something most of us are not doing enough about or taking the necessary steps to prevent. Cancer […]
By Steve Maggi It was a moment I had anticipated since January, 2010, when my wife and I took the long bus-trip down to Accra from Offinso, solemn and on the verge of tears knowing that our magical time in Ghana was about to end, and even worse, not knowing when we see this sacred […]
by Gary Axelbank Mamadou Gueye New York, NY – The Monroe Mustangs 2012-13 indoor track team is writing an amazing story. The latest chapter was composed at Friday’s Great Dane Classic hosted by the University at Albany at the NYC Armory. It opens with jumper Mamadou Gueye from Senegal, who went airborne on a long jump […]
Not since the 15th century has a pope resigned his throne. Speculation abounds regarding the pope’s unusual decision. Was it the sex-abuse scandal? Pope Benedict XVI stunned the Roman Catholic Church — and the world — with his announcement that he would turn in his scepter, effective February 28. To find a precedent for […]
By Luke Lythgoe In the wake of Pope Benedict XVI’s shock resignation, bookmakers and international media alike are heralding the prospect of Rome’s first black African pontiff. With the shock resignation this morning of Pope Benedict XVI, the international media has gone into overdrive in an attempt to predict the next spiritual leader of the […]
By Uchenna Ekwo In A Culture of Secrecy: The Government Versus the People’s Right to Know, Athan G. Theoharis examined the secrecy perpetrated by successive US administrations of Nixon, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. Contributing scholars, journalists, and attorneys reviewed different policies of previous US governments and brought to focus the constant conflict between the public’s […]
By VICTOR OKWARO Aaah, December in Nairobi is the winter bunner season! This is the time when hundreds upon thousands of our fellow Kenyans from the Diaspora come back home for the holidays! This past December was no different. The diasporas came with plenty of dollars, pounds or Euro’s, ready to spend at any provocation, […]
By Steve Maggi “14” screamed one. “15”, screamed another, “Buzz!!” screamed the third, and then the fourth paused and paused. “Umm, 15?” “Out” I screamed, and everyone but the last one to speak cheered loudly. Here I was in front of a 5th grade class of a dozen students or so, teaching math by playing […]
By Uchenna Ekwo With his re-election, President Barack Obama becomes the third Democratic president to win a second term since the past 100 years. The other two are Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Bill Clinton. The triumph of President Obama shares similar historical significance with FDR in relation to being re-elected with high unemployment rate in […]
By Godfried Ebo Arthur Elections are always about the vision and the future direction of a country. Moreover, when there is an incumbent such as the situation we have now, the dynamics change completely. The focus then shifts to the record of the sitting president and his administration; it in effect becomes a referendum on […]