Ode to Bodweseteco and other ‘useless village’ schools
Why do we not appear the least surprised that once again, angry tears and fermented surprises have greeted the CSSPS....
Kwesi Tawiah-Benjamin
‘Intellectualism and bugarism’ in political leadership
Ghana’s fourth republic has delivered some successes in democratic governance, and even a few instances of great political leadership, but...
A black scholar, a bullish media and a brutish academia
In 2012 when Jason Atta Kwei Arday was only 27, he wrote these words to himself: “One day I will...
When NPP, NDC petitions become a battle of gravitas
The other day, a brilliant Citi FM morning show host invited a prominent NPP politician to an imaginary humiliation chair,...
‘I will marry you’ is not always a marriage proposal
Before I read Dr. Victoria’s Hammah’s very intelligent reaction to the public backlash that greeted Yakubu Mohammed’s ‘cultural joke’ about...
Tribunals—when justice comes like kakai or kakalika
When lawyers talk about law without legalese, average minds benefit from the law, and can even pretend to make some...
Free speech or spree speech when it suits the speaker
Years ago, the evangelism committee in my church tasked members to embark on a soul-winning campaign by doing something extraordinary:...
My church is my inheritance, not for Christo or his Asafo
Growing up as the son of a pastor, I saw Arthur Schopenhauer's writings on our church walls: “religious truth requires...
Mazal Tov! Ghana Police Service, is that really you?
In every Ghanaian household or occupational setting, there may be at least one person who has had a not-too pleasant...
If you watch pornography, don’t let uncle George catch you
The last time I wrote about pornography was in 2007. I chose a ‘sexy’ caption for the column and didn't...
