By Khulu’s side – The story of Nelson Mandela’s Afrikaner “boere-meisie” – Ekow Nelson
By Khulu’s side – The story of Nelson Mandela’s Afrikaner “boere-meisie” Ekow Nelson, 1st September, 2014 “No person is born a racist. You become a racist by influences around you. And I had become a racist by the time I was thirteen years old. By that calculation I should not have been Nelson Mandela’s longest-serving assistant. […]
Starting in business – a masterclass with Ade Sawyerr – SoundCloud
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Homowo-Asafotufiam-Nmaayem – an invitation 13th September 2014
http://gadangmenikasemoasafo.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/homowo-asafotufiam-nmaayem-an-invitation-13th-september-2014/ This is an invitation to all to join us at this years celebration of the Ga New Year in London. The celebration is 0n Saturday, 13th September 2014 at Lavender Children’s Centre, Lavender Park Pavilion Steers Mead, Mitcham, Surrey, CR4 3HL 3.30 pm prompt and now a little bit about Homowo Exodus 12.20 -29 […]
Preserving the past to inspire the future:everyoungjba.org – Ade Sawyerr
Preserving the past to inspire the future – Everyoungjba.org Increasingly I get excited when I see an old picture of myself at a much younger age; I am even more excited if the photograph is or a relative or relatives taken before I was born and this is not just related to the fact that […]
The World Cup is ended – Time for Ghana to pick up the pieces
Never had the time to comment on the just ended World Cup – the two teams i supported. Ghana and England went home after the first round. they got one point each, did not win any of their games – the actually lost 2 of their games. I am glad the tournament is at an […]
Sixty Years of Ga Politics[1] – E. A. Ammah
I have been posting articles by E.A. Ammah, one of the foremost 20th century authorities on Ga culture and traditions over the past year. This article, written almost 50 years ago, puts the present wrangling on who must be the Ga King in better perspective for most of us and explains in part some of […]
On the passing of Comrade Hayford Patterson Akrofi
Akro, Akro, Red Akro! so sad that you have passed on so soon when your beloved party so needed your cool head and your conciliatory ways. I am truly saddened that i will not be able to meet you in Ghana this August especially since we could not meet when you were down in London […]
Celebrating Black Businesses at Black History Month 2013 – Ade Sawyerr
Many things have been celebrated in black history month over the years but I doubt whether there has been any celebration of black people in business in Britain so in this brief note I intend to chronicle the history of black business development and celebrate the initiatives in the hope that more assistance will come […]
The late Nii Armar-Kojo Armar
Akli! and all those terms that easily came from your register – patent, absolutely, bottom line, those emphatic words will not resound any more. You are truly at rest in the bosom of the Lord! Even in your last days when you were ill, very ill, you were still in your early-adopter mode: your aramis, your parker pen set, […]
Essays on Ghanaian Philosophy – EA Ammah – Essay4 – Summing Up
Conclusion Summing Up To sum up: morality or ethics means custom or customary. It is interesting to note that our tradition and culture have indicated all the ethics involved. About kple hymns, the main course which constitute the gist of this thesis, Dr. M. J. Field comments, “Some songs are in Ga, some in Obutu, […]
Essays on Ghanaian Philosophy EA Ammah – Essay3 – More Beyond
More Beyond They knew that there is more beyond. Those who were inclined to dispute about things beyond human capacity were admonished to “go slowly and not to doubt” (naa bleoo kaadze wane). Those who persisted in doubting or disputing in vain were sharply reminded of the destructiveness of doubt as “Old doubt is killing […]
Essays on Ghanaian Philosophy – EA Ammah Essay2 – The 3 Schools of Thought: God’s, Son of God, and Sceptics
God’s school of thought The God’s School of thought has various hymns which expound [a] synoptic view of the universe as a whole; but we have selected three for the purpose of this thesis. An interesting and satisfying point which is held and enriched in each stage of advance in thought is that our thinkers […]
Essays on Ghanaian Philosophy – EA Ammah Essay1 Ghanaian Thought and Philosophy
Introduction E. A. Ammah, “Ghanaian Philosophy,” The Ghanaian (October 1961, November 1961, December 1961, January 1962, February 1962, March 1962, April/May 1962, June 1962) NOTE: Beginning in the October 1961 issue of The Ghanaian and continuing in monthly installments through June 1962, E. A. Ammah published a lengthy essay, “Ghanaian Philosophy.” The essay is remarkable […]
Making sure every community can benefit – BME communities and the Localism Act « Locality
Making sure every community can benefit – BME communities and the Localism Act « Locality.
The relevance of culture for the Diaspora Ghanaian* – Ade Sawyerr
The relevance of culture for the Diaspora Ghanaian* – Ade Sawyerr Discussing culture is difficult because a lot of people these days confuse culture with tradition and indeed sometimes with the issue of modernity and then complicate it religion. At one extreme are the so-called post-modernists whose argument is about jettisoning overboard traditions because they […]
E. A. Ammah, “Annual Festival of the Ga People,”
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E. A. Ammah. Materialism in Ga Society. (Accra: Ga Cultural Books, 1965).[1]
E. A. Ammah. Materialism in Ga Society. (Accra: Ga Cultural Books, 1965).[1] Preface This paper presents a comparative analysis of materialism and idealism in Ga society. The inspiration for this paper was derived from two sources: the first two chapters of Fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism Manual and Osagyefo’s[2] address at the opening of the fifth session […]
Ga Outdooring ceremony – An Annunciation by Ade Sawyerr
Ga outdooring ceremony – kpodziemo ceremony places a new born child within the family and relations. It provides the opportunity for the family to welcome the child into the community. it can be described as the annunciation – announcing and welcoming the baby, endowing the child with gifts and giving the child its first commandments. […]
Serving the needs of the African and Caribbean heritage community in Watford
There was a time when there were only a few primarily Caribbean people settled in Watford. However, over the past 20 years the population of people of African heritage has greatly increased. 37 years ago in 1976, when the Watford African Caribbean Association (WACA) was formed, there were barely 500 African and Caribbean people in […]
How can the brain drain be turned into a brain gain – Ade Sawyerr
How can the brain drain be turned into a brain gain – Ade Sawyerr Ever since the 2011 census figures were released there has been some much talk of immigration. The talk has now turned toxic as one minister in government puts it and some of think that this probably is the time to have an intelligent debate on the issue […]