Homowo – shitswaa ke kogbamo
Homowo 2009 Wilditch Community Centre – 12 September 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xy1jYR0UY0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9WUyP63nR4
Kufour’s legacy – dishonouring the name of Osagyefo Nkrumah
Kufour’s legacy – dishonouring the name of Osagyefo Nkrumah By: Sawyerr, Ade, (2008-02-25) More from this columnist http://adesawyerr.wordpress.com Several years ago, I met with President Kufour. It was a chance meeting; he was campaigning to be President of Ghana and had visited England. I was fortunate to have been invited to a Diwali festival that […]
Why Obama represents a totally new breed of black politicians
Why Obama represents a totally new breed of black politicians BY Ade Sawyer Will Senator Barack Obama win the Democratic Party nomination, and go on to become the first black president of the United States? It does not matter whether he wins or not, because his performance to date in the Democratic primaries has highlighted […]
Tribute to Robert Okai Clottey
A crown for the valiant To wearied ones rest, God shall be all, and in all ever blest Amen. It is an honour to pay this tribute to Robert Ataa Okai Clottey whom I would venture to describe quite aptly, as a man of different parts, a father and devoted husband, an accountant, cultural exponent, […]
A fitting and deserving honour to Kwame Nkrumah – Civitatis Ghaniensis Conditor
A fitting and deserving honour to Kwame Nkrumah – Civitatis Ghaniensis Conditor By Ade Sawyerr – London March 2009 It is with some sadness that I respond to the thrash that goes for history that is being represented about the role of Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah and why some in our country still continue to […]
Today is Homowo in London
Special Homowo Prayer from the Diaspora Awo Awo Awoooo Agba e, Bleku tsoo Esu esu enam enam Manye manye Adiban kpotoor Today we celebrate at Battersea – Wilditch Community Centre May Agba descend, may Bleku open the skies so that we are drenched in water for our corn water, plenty of water fish, plenty of […]
Homowo–Asafotufiam–Nmaayem-Festival 2009
Homowo–Asafotufiam–Nmaayem Festival 2009 GaDangme Nikasemo Asafo Registered Charity 1056912 Invites —————————————————————————————————————————— to The annual Festival of the GaDangme people of Ghana date Saturday, 12th September 2009 venue Wilditch Community Centre 48 Culvert Rd, London, SW11 5BB time 3.30 pm prompt attire Traditional Generous donations in excess of £10 will be expected Please bring this invitation […]
Voluntary sector consultant for Hire?
Noticeboard- Bulletin of Kente – December 1999 The role of black consultants in the black voluntary sector. “We were set up to fail” is a constant complaint that one hears at conferences, seminars and discussions organised by the black voluntary sector. The hopelessness inherent in this kind of talk makes one wonder whether we need […]
When the founding Chair burns out
I’ve been the Chair of a small organisation since I founded it five years ago. There are no staff and all of the work is done by six trustees and three volunteers. The trustees, including myself, have full-time jobs. I started the organisation for personal reasons – I realised there was no support in our […]
THE WAY FORWARD
Business & Finance – 22nd- 28th May 2000 West Africa THE WAY FORWARD Ade Sawyerr continues his look at what African community organisations can do to get their houses in order ANY successful organisation has a strongly developed quality assurance system, a democratic structure, a growing membership and an approach that pursues development projects based […]
Money’s too tight to mention
Business & Finance West Africa 15th – 21st May 2000 Money’s too tight to mention Ade Sawyerr begins a two-part series looking at the funding barriers facing African community organisations AFRICAN community organisations are relative newcomers to Britain, purely as a result of immigration patterns. Although primary immigration was supposed to have ended in the […]
Ever Young at 80 – Mr James Aflah Barnor
Ever Young at 80 – Mr James Aflah Barnor By Ade Sawyerr, London As a young boy growing up in James Town (British Accra), there was a particular route that I took to church every Sunday with my older brother and sisters. From Bruce Road we would take a left turn at Commodore Street into […]
The State of Race Equality in London – Is the cup half full or is it half empty?
The State of Race Equality in London – Is the cup half full or is it half empty? By Maxine James and Ade Sawyerr of Equinox Consulting Introduction Eight years after the passing of the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 and despite several government initiatives at national, regional and local levels, the people of London […]
Integrating equalities – will it ever work for race?
Integrating equalities – will it ever work for race? Eight years after the passage of the Race Relations Amendment Act 2000, most people of African, Caribbean and Asian origin in this country face discrimination on a wide scale and still suffer racial disadvantage in education, housing, health, employment and enterprise. Too many African and Caribbean […]
The Black Man and the Seven ‘isms’
August 7, 2009…1:37 pm Trevor Phillips and the Seven ‘isms’ The row over Trevor Phillips has distracted from the more important question of how to tackle racism, says Ade Sawyerr Trevor Phillips, who chairs the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, has been reappointed to his position and the other commissioners representing the other equalities are […]
The challenge of democracy – Can Obama deliver on his promise to Africa?
The challenge of democracy – Can Obama deliver on his promise to Africa? Ade Sawyerr © London July 2009 On Friday 10th July 2009 and Saturday 11th July 2009, the whole world had its eyes trained on Ghana. Everyone wanted to hear what this son of Africa who had become leader of the whole world […]
Do You Mean Business?
Do You Mean Business? VS Magazine February 1990 Some people think that you just get an idea, a bank loan and then you are in business. This may be true for a few people, but for the majority of us it takes a little longer. Ade Sawyerr looks at the strategies that you need to […]
Essay: Will I ever join the Labour Party?
Essay: Will I ever join the Labour Party? 23 01 2008 TMP asked Ade Sawyerr what it would take to get him to join the Labour Party. Here he explains what Gordon Brown will need to do to seduce him. What would it take for me to join the Labour Party in the UK? Surprisingly, […]
Prampram, Prampram, Prampram – brief memories of Achimota School
Prampram, Prampram, Prampram – brief memories of Achimota School By oberserber Prampram, Prampram, Prampram. Here we are now. In front of me is the sea, behind me is the town. No swimming and no going to town. Those words were spoken by Mr Galevo, our cadet master at the time who subsequently became my Young […]
Supporting Entrepreneurial Activity in Ghana – 1993
I am trying to bring together all these articles That i have written over the years to this site I wrote this article long ago and i suspect that my views may have changed. It was in response to a challenge from Sydney Casely Hayford who was always bugging me about writing something. Focus this Month – […]