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10 reasons why Okyeame Kwame deserves to be celebrated
In the mid-90s, Ghana’s hiplife scene was still taking shape, and one of the pioneering forces was the duo Akyeame, featuring Okyeame Kwame. Together, they introduced a unique blend of rap and traditional Ghanaian rhythms, using the Twi…
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Ghana’s slip in the Global Mining Investment Attractiveness ranking is troubling
The recent release of the Global Mining Investment Attractiveness Index reveals a troubling decline in Ghana’s position, with our country falling seven places in the global ranking of mining investment destinations, from 46th in 2024 to…
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Ghana’s fragile gains and the gathering global storm; a call for collective effort
President John Dramani Mahama last Friday delivered a calm but confidence boosting assessment of Ghana’s current economic trajectory in the second State of the Nation Address in his second term.
After years of hardship marked by high…
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The Silent Power in the Classroom: Why Teachers Must Regularly Check Learners’ Exercise Books
In every classroom, learning leaves traces. It shows in the answers that learners write, the corrections they make, the mistakes they repeat and the effort they put into their work. These traces are traced in the exercise book; a simple but…
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From Gold Coast to Ghana: History, Memory and the Naming of a Nation
On 6 March 1957, the British colony known as the Gold Coast gained independence and adopted the name Ghana. The choice linked the new state to the memory of a powerful medieval kingdom that had once flourished in the western Sudan of…
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Ghana’s Environmental Crisis: Is galamsey the symptom of a deeper governance rot?
Ghana is not merely fighting illegal mining. It is confronting a quiet national emergency. Our rivers, once sources of life and pride, now run thick with mud and mercury. Communities that depended on clean water wake up to brown taps.…
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Resetting sovereignty: Mahama’s foreign policy and the constitutional revival of Nkrumahism 60 years…
After 60 years, the most shameful blot on the page of national dignity has finally been erased.
The Kotoka International Airport has been reverted to its rightful name, Accra International Airport.
This decision by President Mahama…
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When “Ghana will happen to you” becomes real: Observing systemic gaps in Ghana’s health system
Two friends lived, trained, and worked together for more than a decade, sharing not just an apartment with common facilities, but a quiet, unspoken trust. Ours was the kind of friendship built on certainty.
If one of us needed money in…
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One Man, One Woman or Polygamy?
This week’s episode of Behind The Lens with Elizabeth Essuman, popularoy knwon as Queen Liz turns its focus to one of the most enduring and debated subjects within Christian and cultural discourse, polygamy and the concept of “one man, one…
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The Silent Sentinel of the East: A Legacy of Volta Representation in Ghana’s Council of State, The…
In the architecture of Ghana’s democracy, the Council of State serves as the "national conscience." While the Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary occupy the limelight of daily governance, the Council of State operates with a quiet but…
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