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 Amandla The King of Akyem Abuakwa in the Eastern Region of Ghana, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has called on the government of Ghana to decentralize some sectors of the economy. This, he believes would optimize productivity and enhance efficiency. The King made this observation at a durbar held in his honor at the Renaissance […]
At a ceremony attended by faculty, former faculty, students, former students of Essex County College at Newark, NJ and a cross section of society, the President-Emeritus of New Jersey’s largest county college, A. Zachary Yamba was immortalized with the naming of the college’s superstructure after him. In her opening remarks, the interim president of the […]
Against a backdrop of well-armed security personnel, the nine-member Supreme Court panel that heard New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) petition to invalidate the election of John Dramani Mahama, delivered judgment on August 29 upholding National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) John Mahama. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo of the NPP in his acceptance of the verdict said he […]
By Kofi Ayim Professor H. Kwasi Prempeh, a law professor at Seton Hall University, New Jersey has highlighted the need for attorneys of African descent practicing in the US to look toward home and foster collaboration with their counterparts in light of the new African renaissance. Professor Prempeh was the keynote speaker at the first […]
A rare blend of African and Islamic cultures at the Gauchos Gym in the Bronx went on show July 6 at the celebration of the coronation of Alhaji Abubakar Bala Brimah – aka Bala Soldier – as the Sarkin Zongo or the paramount chief of the Zongo communities of Ghana in North America. The Zongo […]
By Kwabena Opong On 16 June 1976, Apartheid South African police responding with teargas and live bullets killed several students who went out to demonstrate against the introduction of Afrikaans as the main medium of instruction in the country’s schools. The day is celebrated now as Youth day in South African. It is also a […]
By Kofi Ayim The insurgence of Islamic radicals and militants that infiltrated and invaded northern Mali has brought untold hardships to citizens, the depth of which the world is yet to fully understand. The invasion of January 2012 with highly sophisticated weaponry from Libya and elsewhere included the Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), […]
By Kwabena Opong The African Union Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations organized a high level panel discussion and workshop on Wednesday, June 26 in connection with the 50th anniversary of the Organization of African Unity/African Union at the United Nations in New York where the theme of Pan Africanism and African Renaissance were […]
By Mark Caldwell (dpa, Afp), 24 June 2013 South Africans were expecting the worst on Monday with President Zuma telling them that former president Nelson Mandela remained in hospital in a critical condition. President Jacob Zuma told reporters the doctors were doing everything possible to ensure his well-being and comfort, adding that this was a […]
Media and democratization are clearly inseparable bedfellows. Hyden and Okigbo (2003) describe the relationship between the two as “complex at worst and interwoven at best”. Jimmy Ocitti (1999) aptly describes the relationship as “mutual political bedfellows or implacable arch-foes”. It is therefore safe to say that media and democracy are close cousins that can relate […]