Reorienting health workers and their services
Welcome to Ghana, where healthcare sometimes feels like a luxury. Welcome to Ghana, where emergencies are occasionally treated as inconveniences....
Opinion
Who takes the Okada blame: The Rider or the Ride?
Whenever a 17-year-old boy rides past on a motorbike, the dust that follows the exhaust fumes speaks to bigger questions...
‘Sito’ schools shine: End the stigma
‘Sito’ schools can shine if we give them support, respect, and the encouragement they deserve. In Ghana, just hearing the...
I.K. Gyasi banished me from writing and made me a columnist
The day I.K. Gyasi died, I received thirty-three emails and nineteen telephone calls from my contacts around the world. I...
Why online safety is a gender justice issue
For many women, every phone vibration carries the possibility of harm. A message from a former intimate partner. A threat...
How a woman’s wellbeing shapes her child’s future
At 5:00 a.m. each morning in Kasoa, 34-year-old Ama Mansah (not her real name) begins her day long before the...
False pretence: When help becomes betrayal
The story of a young Ghanaian who died in Latvia struck me the hardest. Nana Agyei was a first-year Electrical...
When love becomes Russian roulette
When I was a kid, and Russia was part of the Soviet Union (Union Of The Soviet Socialist Republics) the...
When did you last encounter a smiling Russian?
When I was a kid and Russia was part of the Soviet Union (UNION OF THE SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS) the...
Cutting President Trump a slack in Black History Month
What has Donald J. Trump, President of the world’s most powerful country, got to do with Black History Month? His...
