Fashion icon Beatrice ‘Bee’ Arthur warns that cultural ambition must be backed by structural reform to sustain tourism gains ISAAC KOFI TSOENAMAWU Ghanaian fashion designer and cultural advocate and Fashion Domain Leader of the Ghana Culture Forum, Beatrice ‘Bee’ Arthur has called for a comprehensive overhaul of the country’s tourism sector, warning that the newly […]
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BENJAMIN ALEXANDER Three national anthems—“The Star-Spangled Banner,” “God Bless Our Homeland Ghana,” and the Black American anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing”—were sung in the opening portion of a festive and uplifting event on Saturday afternoon, May 3, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), symbolizing the coming together of those three national and […]
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A Pentecostal church in South Africa celebrated Easter Sunday -on April 20 – with mass wedding ceremonies for around 3,000 people, with many of them entering into polygamous marriages. The International Pentecost Holiness Church said mass weddings are part of its Easter festivities and the tradition of polygamy, which is observed in some African cultures, […]
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Ghana has assumed operational control of Gold Fields’ Damang mine after it rejected an application from the South African company to renew its lease, the ministry of lands and natural resources said in a statement on Wednesday, April 16. The move breaks a tradition of automatically renewing licenses and calling it a critical step in […]
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Morocco is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on tapping northern rivers to supply water to parched cities farther south. Inaugurated last August, the “water highway” had supplied more than 700 million cubic meters (24.7 billion cubic feet) of drinking water to Rabat and Casablanca areas by early March. Morocco has spent $728 million so […]
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JAMES AMEMASOR A citywide tribute will take place from April 27 to May 4 as a coalition of historical and cultural organizations across New Jersey comes together to honor the extraordinary life and legacy of Cudjo Banquante—a remarkable yet largely unsung hero of the American Revolution. Once enslaved, Cudjo fought for American independence, gained his […]
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JULIE BOURDIN In a soft, faltering voice, her large brown eyes staring absently ahead, Winfrida Besa repeats “A-B-C-D” over and over as she tries to sing the ABCs. With her thin, hollow face and slight frame, 7-year-old Winfrida looks much younger than she really is. “Winfrida doesn’t go to school. She would just leave the […]
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ADEKUNLE AGBETILOYE Burkina Faso inaugurates new cement plant, CISINOB SA, with 2,000-tonnes-per-day capacity. Plant is a mutually beneficial partnership between Burkina Faso and China. Part of Burkina Faso’s strategy to pursue economic development free from Western influence. Burkina Faso has inaugurated a new cement plant, Société Industrielle Sino Burkina de Ciments SA […]
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KOFI AYIM The distance between Accra and Kumasi by road is approximately 250 km (155 miles) and the average travel time is theoretically 5 hours 30 minutes. The horrible, yet only major roadway that connects Accra, the capital city of Ghana, to Kumasi, the second biggest city, and points north and other parts of the […]
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HAUWAU SAMAILA MOHAMMED Nigeria’s textile production was once a vibrant, booming sector and a key part of its economy. But the industry has since been brought to its knees by cheap imports from China. Is there a chance of recovery? In the 1990s, the textile industry in Nigeria was a key driver of the economy, […]
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