Funerals, politics and social distancing: the Rawlings pickle It would be in the spirit of Jerry Rawlings for him to have asked for a simple ceremony – but all the signs are that his burial will be a complex affair 4,629 5 minutes read Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Share via Email Print Sane Eteshi – [...]
Tribute to the late Sowah Obuadaban Botswe - A call to the Gadangme Diaspora I pay this tribute to the memory of Sowah Obuadaban Botswe who was the first president of Gadangme International in America and who died earlier this year. I did not hear of his passing but when it [...]
Ten minutes for “wudɔwu” – election endgames of fake news and more … Can’t position yourself to kick the ball? Get ready to kick the man. In the last stages of the 2020 election campaign season, it was anything goes … Sane Eteshi – Matters Arising It takes four years [...]
https://asaaseradio.com/opinion/sod-that-pickaxes-spades-and-cutting-the-sword/ In the run-up to every election in Ghana, our politicians go into a frenzy of photo-opportunities, - sod cutting for all manner of projects, from the fanciful to the banal to those kept privy Sane Eteshi – Matters Arising Four years ago, President John Dramani Mahama was derided by [...]
Sane Eteshi – Matters Arising The time must have come for the government to take an interest in the development of Accra and to do something about the big blot on the landscape of our capital city. Sodom and Gomorrah must fall and it must fall now, otherwise the prospect of [...]
THE year 2020 will forever remain the year when most events world-wide were postponed or cancelled. It will also be remembered as the year the economic and military might of the world’s most developed countries was found wanting and became overwhelmed by the onslaught of the Covid plague. To [...]
https://asaaseradio.com/infrastructure/manifestos-and-infrastructure-the-substance-of-our-politics/ Sane Eteshi – Matters Arising Election year comes with a lot of pseudo-intellectual work by political parties, intent on producing manifestos that civil society organisations and the so-called neutral think tanks will be unable to tear apart. So, they assemble the brightest sparks and wonks within the party [...]
https://www.ubele.org/covid19-case-studies ‘ I just wonder, how do our children feel in a system where they are detached, where nothing is coming from them and yet they will be the resolution – I guess I have to believe our kids and our young people, will do well’- Ade Sawyerr Name [...]
https://www.asaaseradio.com/education/the-accra-new-town-experiment-implementing-quality-education/ The Accra New Town experiment – implementing quality education At a time when most advanced countries are debating the quality of education, Ghana has centred its debate on access to and cost of education. One would have thought education is an investment that would yield returns in [...]
The Gadangme Internet Forum – A call to join - https://groups.io/g/gadangme Over the course of the past two decades and counting, several incidents have caused concern within the GaDangme polity and there have been several who have sought to fan the flames of tribal discontent by starting to beat [...]
https://www.asaaseradio.com/history/the-politics-of-ghanas-history-revisiting-the-matter-of-founders-day/ The politics of Ghana’s History – We need more holidays to resolve the issue. My version of history is quite different from the version of history that has bestowed another national holiday in our country. The speaker of our Parliament has over the years campaigned for us to have [...]
https://www.asaaseradio.com/culture/breaking-tradition-no-homowo-in-london-this-year/ No Homowo in London this year, we are shielding from Corocoro Awo Awo Awoo! Agban Ei, Bleku Tsɔɔ, Esu esu, Enam enam, Manye, Manye, Adiban Kpɔtɔɔ On Christmas Day last year I was challenged by a FACEBOOK friend to render AfehyiaPa in my mother tongue. She felt that all [...]
https://www.asaaseradio.com/politics/are-elections-more-important-than-politics/ Despite the new coronavirus pandemic and the ever-present threat of another spike in the number of infections, the ongoing voters registration exercise has been successful. I hope that we will convert our computer systems to continuous updating of the voters register especially since we now collect a lot of [...]
https://www.asaaseradio.com/business/selwyn-market-on-my-mind-or-is-it-rawlings-park/ A beautiful picture of, what is supposed to be the aerial view of that most celebrated market in Accra has been doing the rounds on various WhatsApp chat platforms. I do not know how old that picture is or who had taken it, but somehow I kept on [...]
The Late Manye Sarah Kukuorkor Mills Okaikoi – Sleep Well Te aye tɛŋŋ ni kakalɔi enyɔnyɔi ni tawunii hu ahiɛ ekpata nɛɛ The mighty are fallen, and the weapons of war perished 2 Samuel 1:27 Manye Kukuorkor has fallen and all Gadangme in the Diaspora will mourn the loss of [...]
