Articles from the ‘Feature Articles’ category
Posted by Kofi Akosah Sarpong on October 31, 2007 at 1:22 pm in Feature Articles
By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong As Ghanaians come to grip with their development process, there are increasing dialogues among themselves with their culture, for long suppressed by colonialism and their elites. From governmental to non-governmental organizations, from President John Kufour to policy-makers and bureaucrats, there are increasing discussions of the culture in relation to Ghanaians’ progress. While [...]
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Posted by Kofi Akosah Sarpong on October 28, 2007 at 6:38 pm in Feature Articles
By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong Mr. Charles Kofi Wayo, 50-something, is fondly called “Chuck†in Ghanaian political, social and media circles. A cigar-puffing and American cowboy hat wearing maverick, Chuck is described variously as “one of Ghana’s most entertaining politicians, an†“irascible political whiner,†and an “impertinent saber-rattler.†Flamboyant and unrepentant, Chuck is known to associate himself [...]
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Posted by Contributor on October 24, 2007 at 2:46 pm in Feature Articles
By The African Intelligence Unit (AIU), VIENNA (TRANSLATED FROM ORIGINAL GERMAN) As Ghanaians prepare for another election in 2008 that will lead to the handing over of power by democratic means from one president to the next, the focus of local and international attention is on who will emerge as the presidential candidate of the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 2:36 pm in Feature Articles
Nana Yaw Ossei, London, Uk In a few months time, the noble delegates of the Party made up of astute men and women will gather at the University of Ghana with the sole purpose of electing a presidential flagbearer to lead the Party in the 2008 general elections. It is my fervent prayer that, the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 11:41 am in Feature Articles
By I. K. Gyasi IT IS always a delight to hear a true expert talk about his field of specialization. At the Miklin Hotel in Kumasi on Thursday, October 17, 2007, I heard Mr. Berifi Apenteng talk about the need to have a public service broadcasting in Ghana . The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), the [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 11:29 am in Feature Articles
By Akua Djannie There’s something that’s been bothering me for years. Something that I just don’t get it. When I arrived in Ghana, you should have seen how happy I was. Not only was I back in the Motherland, but everywhere I went, I met smiling black faces. I tell you, after many years in [...]
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Posted by Contributor on at 11:01 am in Feature Articles
If you were a 30-year-old young man or woman when Rawlings came storming the Ghanaian political arena with his AK 47 assault rifle in 1981, you would be 56 years today. In four year’s time, you will be 60 years and due for pension. If you were a 30-year-old cadre of the revolution and spent [...]
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Posted by Kofi Akosah Sarpong on October 23, 2007 at 5:00 pm in Feature Articles
By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong For some time, Ghanaians have been in state of misunderstanding as to what values drive their development process. At the national level they have known only the ex-colonial neo-liberal values. At the village level their indigenous values. Hooked into world historical stage by colonialism, Ghanaians’ progress was anchored in Western development paradigms [...]
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