The Gas have a very strict culture that when a child is born, on the eighth day the child must be outdoored and named. We Akans are different, we can name the child any day, “outdoorings” is not a major feature of our culture. And so it was that even […]
Written by Nkrabeah Effah-Dartey When President J A Kufour took power in 2001, he nominated me for the position of Deputy Attorney General and Minister for Justice. I was so happy. Then two weeks later, he called me to his office and said he has decided to reshuffle me, instead, […]
Three professionals engaged in a hot debate as to which profession is the oldest on earth – doctors, engineers and lawyers. The doctor spoke first. He said, gentlemen, medicine is the oldest profession on earth, because Almighty God made a deep sleep fall on Adam, and He took one of […]
“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can […]
I have a personal friend whose opinion I value a lot. I told him that I wanted to organize a special programme to thank God, and after he had looked at the draft brochure, he asked: “Captain, haven’t we thanked God enough already?” I beg to differ. Charles Wesley, a […]
Reader, if anybody tells you that there is NOTHING in a name, tell the person he is a joker. NAME is everything in life. Have you ever heard of anybody calling his child Absalom ? or Lucifer? Reader, there is something in a NAME. No wonder Almighty God has laid […]
Written by Nkrabeah Effah Dartey Reader, I love history. I did history in Achimota School up to GCE A level, and I am the quiet founder and president of African History Association International (AHAI) I love history because early in life I was told in class in Achimota one […]
Growing up, my dream was to have an opportunity to soar across the sky flying the aircraft of a well-respected airline company. I took the phrase “working on a dream” so seriously that my entire existence revolved around being able to cruise at 39,000 feet one day, dressed in a […]
Africa for Africans Africa has a population of over 1 billion people, 70% of which are youthful, aspirational and passionate about their continent. The proposition “Africans for Africans by Africans” has become a dominant force with young people in Africa. It is about change and holding businesses, governments and institutions […]
