Nigerian government prioritises health and education as it reaches out to Diaspora professionals in the UK
Nigerian government prioritises health and education as it reaches out to Diaspora professionals in the UK The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is supporting the Federal Government of Nigeria’s efforts to engage with Nigerian Diaspora professionals in the UK. The IOM has launched a national survey to identify Nigerian health and education professionals working in […]
Homowo – Asafotufiam – Nmaayem, 14th September 2013 at Colliers Wood
How time flies, how the years roll by, how things change but the time for annual renewal is even more critical. 25 years is a long time in the history of a country and for an organisation to celebrate 25 years of unbroken association and service to the community is definitely an achievement that cannot […]
Diversity can create adversity – a review of The Making of Ada
Diversity can create adversity The Making of Ada by C. O. C.Amate Woeli Publishing Services, Accra, 1999, ISBN 9964-978-64-2 Most Ada people I have come across are polyglots – they speak more than one Ghanaian language. Several Ada people I know have names that are Ewe sounding or typically Akan. I have always known that they were […]
An intergenerational conversation that you will not want to miss!
An intergenerational conversation that you will not want to miss! The way forward An invitation to African and Caribbean elders, adults and young people to come together in a creative space for conversation, reflection and to find new ways of building a thriving African Diaspora community in the UK With pleasure we invite you to a […]
Tribute to the King – Ga Mantse Abiasuma King Taki Tawia III by Ade Sawyerr
Tribute to the King* Ga Mantsɛ Abiasuma King Taki Tawia III 1. Kwɛ bɔ ni maŋ ni kulɛ emli bii fa babaoo lɛ ta shi ekome too! Kwɛ bɔ ni etsɔ tamo okulafo; lɛ maŋ ni kulɛ eje agbo yɛ majimaji ateŋ lɛ. lɛ ni kulɛ lumɔ ji lɛ yɛ maji ateŋ lɛ, ŋmɛnɛ etsɔ mɔ ni atsuɔ lɛ onia. 2….” […]
The Ga King is Dead – Come Mourn with Us – 4th May 2013
The Ga King is Dead – Come Mourn with Us – 4th May 2013 The Ga Traditional Council, Ga Dzaase, Elders of the Ga State and Teiko Tsuru We, invite you to the UK Pre-Burial service of His Majesty KING TACKIE TAWIAH III, Ga Mantse. Date: Saturday 4th May 2013 Venue: Southwark Cathedral, London Bridge, […]
Tribute to the Late Dr Benjamin Nii Darkufio Dodoo
Tribute to the Late Dr Benjamin Nii Darkufio Dodoo 1Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 2 Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. 3 The voice of him that crieth […]
The Story of Adedainkpo in Old Accra
Migration, Urbanisation and Evolving identities – The Story of Adedainkpo in Old Accra By Gilbert Nii-Okai Addy December 2012 Adedainkpo in Old Accra – not many Ghanaians would know this today – was for over one hundred and fifty years, from the early 1800s to perhaps the 1950s , where nearly anyone who was anyone among the native African […]
GARGANTUAN !
GARGANTUAN ! Linguistic Peregrinations of a Native Son By Gilbert Nii-Okai Addy The dictionary definition of the word “gargantuan” that has recently become enormously popular in Ghana and in “Ghenglish” ( Ghanaian English ) is “ extremely large or massive”. Related words or synonyms could be any among the following : giant, gigantic, jumbo, elephantine, colossal and perhaps […]
Call for Lambeth’s Black Caribbean Community to take part in major listening exercise
Call for Lambeth’s Black Caribbean Community to take part in major listening exercise Cllr Lorna Campbell, cabinet member for Equalities and Communities has called on Lambeth’s Black Caribbean Community to take part in a major listening exercise in March and April. The council is undertaking research to listen to the views and experiences of Lambeth’s black […]
Is there Black Caribbean flight from Inner London?
Whist the discussion on the results of 2011 census rages, the headlines seem to be more emotive than based on rigorous analysis of the figures and its implications. There is certainly a need for more information on the Black Caribbean population, especially in the places that they are usually associated with in order for a […]
African alphabets and the QWERTY Keyboard problem – by Ade Sawyerr
London ©2013African alphabets and the QWERTY Keyboard problem – by Ade Sawyerr I attended ‘ABC’ at Frankfurt House the Jamestown Manye Naa Afimpong’s House before we moved to the jamesTown Mantse’s Palace at Mantse Agbonaa. Our teacher was called Sigismund Owoo, but we all called him Sigi, and the school was called ‘Sigi Sigi kpee ŋaa, didɛ […]
We are not Jews or descended from Jews. We are Ga!!!
We are not Jews or descended from Jews. We are Ga!!! by Ade Sawyerr London January 2013 Far too many times have I heard the myth repeated that the Ga are descended from Israel and in fact Jews. I have always restrained myself from responding lest I trample on the sensibilities of those who want […]
Overseas aid and UK based consultants
http://dianeabbott.org.uk/news/speeches/news.aspx?p=102866 http://dianeabbott.org.uk/news/speeches/news.aspx?p=102866 Overseas aid and UK based consultants You are here: Home / News / Speeches / Overseas aid and UK based consultants 21 Nov 2012 I want to draw the House’s attention to the growing phenomenon of wealthy UK-based management consultancies creaming off millions of pounds from the aid budget. We are seeing—the process has accelerated in recent years—the […]
A Ga New Year Greeting
Afi oo Afi Afi naa akpe wɔ Kpaanyɔ anina wɔ Wɔ fee momoo Wɔ ye Gbo, wɔ ye Gbiena Alonte diŋ ko akafo wɔteŋ Ni wɔsεε afi lε wɔ tashi neke noŋŋ Ni wɔsεε afi le ehi eha wo fe neke Ni nyemi afee nyemi Ni afi aya ni ebanina wɔ ekoŋ Tswa ni omanye […]
2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 9,800 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 16 years to get […]
Check out this verse on Bible Gateway
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. http://bg4.me/YF57H2
Be Part Of The Story; Ade Sawyerr HD
“Working With Men” Sponsored a Ubele Men’s conversation as part of the International Men’s Day observance. Some of the participants on that day began a project called “Be Part Of The Story” which is here posted online and begins to form the basis of a visual knowledge transfer programme which we will add to as […]