Government fund: Black business must benefit
Government fund: Black business must benefit Submitted 11 Nov 2010 5:01pm in News An innovative governement appoach to supplier diversity for growing and supporting small black businesses is required now writes Ade Sawyerr When David Cameron, the Prime Minister re-launched the Big Society, he intended for all government initiatives to be effective and to reach […]
AN ODE ON MY 80TH BIRTHDAY
About 19 years ago, my late father celebrated his 80th birthday in some style.He asked for all my cousins to bring their children and grand children to his house; he managed to spend the day with them telling them stories about his childhood and singing for them the songs that his mother and aunties sang […]
Tony Blair’s Journey – by Ekow Nelson
Tony Blair’s Journey – by Ekow Nelson Tony Blair may not be everyone’s cup of tea but this memoir reminds us of the remarkable achievements of a leader which have sadly been undermined by a misjudgement over Iraq. When the former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was once asked what he thought were the greatest […]
Danquah Institute – The futile attempt to tarnish Nkrumah’s good name must cease – Ade Sawyerr
Danquah Institute – The futile attempt to tarnish Nkrumah’s good name must cease – Ade Sawyerr In the early 1970s, several years ago, I had the opportunity to work for one of the best companies in the world when it was at the height of its might as a marketing organisation introducing computer technology into […]
23rd September 1960 – Achimota School
23rd September 1960 50 years ago today, on 23rd of September 1960 I entered Achimota School for the first time as a student. The only other time I had been to the school was as a pupil of Accra Newtown Experimental School for my interviews. Accra New Town Experimental School had been a lot of […]
A few words at the opening of the EverYoung: James Barnor Photographic Exhibition:
EverYoung: James Barnor Photographic Exhibition: Rivington Place London EC2A 3BA 17 September – 27 November 2010 http://adesawyerr.wordpress.com Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, I feel honoured that Mr. Barnor considers me such a good friend that he has allowed me to say a few words at this long awaited formal exhibition of his lifetime works. I […]
Uniting with PNC is the only way of moving the CPP forward – Ade Sawyerr
Uniting with PNC is the only way of moving the CPP forward – Ade Sawyerr I have been silent for the past eighteen months on the politics of Ghana hoping that things will get better for the country; but I have been disappointed that despite the promise of the last 53 years Ghana has yet […]
The origin and case for preventive detention under Nkrumah
The case for preventive detention under Nkrumah Posted on January 4, 2013by ekownelson Ekow Nelson and Dr. Michael Gyamerah August 2010; Updated June 2018 For all the criticism of Nkrumah from much of the Western press and the opposition in Ghana, he did not kill any political opponents; neither did he massacre groups of people opposed […]
*Welcome to the new crop of black parliamentarians – Ade Sawyerr
*Welcome to the new crop of black parliamentarians – Ade Sawyerr In 1983 some Black candidates who attempted to stand for the Labour Party were deselected because their selection involved Black Sections, a group within the party that had not been endorsed by the leadership. To some of us, 1987 represented the fulfilment of the […]
So Diane Abbott made it but was it on merit?
Home About Political Directory Events Reports and Resources Media Contact TMP Online The multicultural political magazine and forum June 10, 2010 Can Diane Abbott be Leader of the Labour Party? A guest post by Ekow Nelson So at the eleventh hour, Diane Abbott MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington squeaked through the nominations process […]
Leave immigration alone for once!!!!
Leave Immigration alone for once!!!!!!! I thought that this election would be fought on the principles, philosophies, and policies that would make Britain a better place and speed up the recovery after the bankers led us into the deepest recession ever in 70 years. I have been proved wrong already. Instead dealing with how to […]
Using the courts to persecute political opponents is wrong
Using the courts to persecute political opponents is wrong – Ade Sawyerr Hardly a day goes by without news that some NDC youth have exercised their democratic right to demonstrate somewhere against someone or the other. Soon after the elections that brought this NDC government to power, is was about government bungalows being wrongly appropriated […]
Is the failure of Ghana due to the failure of Achimota School?
Is the failure of Ghana due to the failure of Achimota School? There is an old African saying that you do not use your left hand father’s house no matter how dilapidated it is, so what do you do if you want to make fair comment on your alma mater? Maybe you just make the […]
funtumfunafu denkyemfunafu, wom aforo bum nso worididia na wom kom
At long last the battle has ended and Ghana our beloved country is free forever. These memorable words of the late Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah have come to signify the dawn of independence for the continent of Africa as a whole. I was too young to have gone to the Old Polo Grounds or to […]
The life and work of the Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah
The life and work of the Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah
Yawo ojogbann – Anyemiyoo Lenrie Afua Fremah Sowah
Agoo Tsemei ke Nyemei Tswa Tswa Tswa Omanye Aba Agoo Niimei ke Naamei Tswa, Tswa Omanye aba Jee wogbee kome Nmene ashi me, nmene ashi hor Niimei a hor Naamei a hor Bo Mawu, Asase Yaa Afia woke wohe eha bo okee noni afio ye ngwei man anyeo afio ye hunu man won ba wala […]
Gadangme Internet Forum is 10 years old today!!!!!
Happy New Year and Happy Decade to the Gadangme Internet Forum [youtube http://youtube.com/w/?v=dUdlUWCw8RE] Afi oo afi/ Afi naa akpe wo/ Kpaanyo anina wo/ Woye Gbo ni woye Gbiena/ Wofe moomo/ Alonte din ko akafo woten/ Ni akpa adiden ni wodze oshra mii/ Afi aya ni ebanina wo/ Ni wosee afi wotashi neke noo/ Ni wona […]
Welcome Tristan Quarshie Abbey
To Welcome Tristan * * * Agoo ataamei ke awomei Tswa tswa tswa omanye aba Tswa tswa omanye aba tswa omanye aba worseii yi ati, worblor yi ati worborle kutu workpe wudze bu wordze nu no woye wonu wokodzi ano adzo wor gbor ni eba Ie etse yiwala enye yi wala ehie fann esee tuu […]
A free and fair society for all
http://www.modernghana.com/news/118671/1/a-free-and-fair-society-for-all-an-alternative-dev.html By Ade Sawyerr Feature Article | Thu, 08 Dec 2005 Feature Article : “The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent or reflect the views of Modernghana.com.” The tsunami in South East Asia and Katrina in America were both natural disasters but whilst both destroyed property and took thousands of […]
Politically motivated trials are bad for democracy
Feature Article of Sunday, 31 March 2002 Politically motivated trials are bad for democracy NEW. Watch live television from Ghana plus the latest Ghanaian movies plus OBE TV. Several issues arise out of the Tsatsu Tsikata’s challenge on the constitutionality of the Fast Track Court that have implications for the course of justice in Ghana. […]