Tear Down the Gandhi Statue [3]
By Kwarteng, Francis “India gave South Africa Gandhi the barrister and Africa gave India back Mahatma Gandhi the Great Soul” (Nelson Mandela). “We believe as much in purity of race as we think...
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Tear Down The Gandhi Statue 4
“Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live” (Haile Selassie 1, Emperor of Ethiopia). “Gandhi must be forgiven these prejudices in...
Tear Down The Gandhi Statue 3
“India gave South Africa Gandhi the barrister and Africa gave India back Mahatma Gandhi the Great Soul” (Nelson Mandela). “We believe as much in purity of race as we think they do…We believe...
Tear Down The Gandhi Statue 2
“As Hitler did to bring Germany together, we should also do it here. Hitler was a smart guy, but he went a bit too far for wanting to conquer the world” (Yoweri Museveni, Uganda’s President)....
In Memory of Africa’s Man of the Millennium
On March 6, 1957, when Ghana became independent, I was about 10 years old, and in class three at St Peter’s Middle School, Kumasi. On President Nkrumah’s maiden voyage to the Garden City, school...
Unlocking the Development Potential of the Savanna Zone
Since independence, successive governments have come up with various policy interventions aimed at transforming specific segments of the country. The idea is always to turn the potential of those...
Dangerous Ghanaian Lies That Were Made To Stand Kwame Acheampong Writes
On Thursday September 22, as I sat across Nii Arday Clegg Snr, the Morning Starr host for the news review in the Starr FM studio, I knew something was wrong, he was a man burning with emotions and...
Intensifying Agric Production-Should Other Lives Pay the Price?
A few days ago, I had the opportunity to visit Marks Farm, a dairy (specifically fresh milk) producing farm at Lowville - New York State, USA. The farm is run with some of the most advanced...
Road Crashes Claim 1,408 Lives So Far This Year
As of August 31, 2016, some 1,408 people had lost their lives through road crashes, with motorcycle accidents being the highest, the National Road Safety Commission (NRSC) has stated. Speaking on:...
We Are Investing In Projects Not Piling Debts – NDC
The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has rejected claims that it is piling up the country’s debt stock with the number of foreign loans it had acquired in recent times. Speaking at the...
Osagyefo’s Young Pioneers For Ghana/African Unity
"United we stand, divided we fall", has been an age-long adage applicable in all civilizations. Even animals are learning to be accommodating of their adversaries, as some social media pictures show....
Under Mahama Honesty Is On A Long Holiday
Under Mahama honesty is on a long holiday I was not at the Sunyani Coronation Park for the Manifesto launch of President John Dramani Mahama and his National Democratic Congress on Saturday. I was...
‘No Allowance, No Vote’ – Trainee Nurses, Midwives
Scores of trainee nurses and midwives on Thursday morning poured out onto the streets of Accra to express their anger with government for refusing to pay allowances they said were due them. The...
The Fundamental Problems Of The Ghanaian Economy
I want to start off this article by making some disclaimers in order that I am guided in my submission. 1. I am not a technocrat 2. I have never pretended to be a technocrat 3. I am not pretending to...
Sever Ties With IMF, World Bank
Law Professor Patrick Lumumba is asking African leaders to sever ties with the world bank and the IMF because there will not be any solutions once they are tied to their strings. Speaking on the...
Poor State of Our Country Gives Me Nightmares – Lucy Ennin
One of the first 10 female Member of Parliament(MPs) in the Convention People’s Party(CPP) era,Lucy Ennin says the country is strayed from the legacies of the forefathers because of lack of...
Prof. Akosa Bemoans Over Collapsed Nkrumah Factories
A leading member of the Convention Peoples’ Party (CPP) Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa has lashed out at successive governments for collapsing factories established by Osagyefuo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. He...
Nkrumah Treated Ghanaians As ‘slaves’ – Prof. Adei
Dr Kwame Nkrumah, at a point in time, treated Ghanaians like slaves, a leadership expert and former Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), has said. Speaking...
NDC Is Anti-Nkrumah
A member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Madam Lucy Ennin has described the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a party which implements policies which goes against the dreams and vision...
Bad Leaders Made Africa Poor – Prof. Lumumba
Renowned Kenyan Law Professor and Pan Africanist, Professor P. L.O. Lumumba, has attributed Africa’s endless challenges to the poor quality of political leadership on the continent. According to...