Gov’t Debt Killing My Business
Ghanaian poet and playwright, Chief Moomen, has said he is facing the most difficult times of his career as government’s huge indebtedness to his company has put it on a verge of collapse. The...
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Dubai Ruler Takes To Verse To Urge Qatar Turnabout
The ruler of Dubai has taken to verse to urge Qatar to concede to the demands of Saudi Arabia and its allies for an end to a crippling embargo. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, who is also vice...
US Urges China To Let Nobel Laureate Choose Own Doctors
The United States urged China on Tuesday to give cancer-stricken Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife freedom to move and choose his own doctors after he was granted medical parole. The...
Art Seeks To Heal Wounds In Divided Cyprus
Inside an art gallery on the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus, Selma Bolayir draws a large yellow sun on a black-and-white picture of a South Vietnamese soldier who appears to be crying. "When...
For Ai Weiwei, Trump A ‘brand’ For Global Trend Toward Hate
Ai Weiwei said Thursday he sees US President Donald Trump as the "brand" for a global trend toward hatred and division, as the Chinese artist prepared to open a politically charged exhibition in...
‘Chewing Gum’ Star Michaela Coel Makes Ghana Proud At 2017 Screen Nation Film & TV Awards
The annual Screen Nation Film & Television Awards popularly known as ‘the black Bafta’s’ and acknowledged by the industry as ‘the’ media event for diverse talent returned once again to...
Amandzeba, Gallaxy’s Talk On ‘galamsey’ Campaign Irresponsible
“Do they realise the power in what they do at all?” This was what I asked myself when I heard veteran highlife artiste Amandzeba and music duo Gallaxy speak recently on illegal mining, popularly...
‘The Galamer, Our Dilemma,’ A Poem On ‘galamsey’ By Makafui Awuku
Another creative artiste, Makafui Awuku, has composed a poem, in his quest to help stop illegal mining in Ghana. For the past few weeks, media networks and some organisations have been active in...
Oswald Chalks 5 Years In Poetry
Whoever actually achieves anything at the age of five? That, of course, isn’t the kind of age at which people hit the world stage with anything in particular. But that is where the bus stops with...
Gombilla The Poet Performs At Commonwealth Hall Anniversary Lecture
The Commonwealth Hall of the University of Ghana is home to young men (students) who are best known for their occasional profanity, heckling, boozing among other things. But Vandals as they are...
Quantum Genius M.anifest Takes Over Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana
“I think a lot about excellence and originality. I also focus on honesty, integrity and fearlessness in music. That is the only way…We have to be excellent and original in all that we do. I...
The Insurgence of Vigilante Groups
Many a time, distinct activists, intercessors and politicians perceive the up rise of the vigilante groups (delta forces, invisible forces, Azorka boys, etc) as merely what it appears to be. Yes! As...
Can Ghana Media Do Better? [Article]
Ghana media rising? Ghana’s media is young, it is growing, so we can get together, engage, reflect on our profession and begin to discuss what kind of change we want to see. But we must start by...
It’s British Humour; Let’s Put A Sock In It For Jon Benjamin
It’s too hot around here, Innit? Grab a beer. Share a little gossip. Have a laugh when you can. Kiss that old school sweetheart. Love, actually. Hey, it’s called life. Don’t take it too...
[Video] The Man Who Writes Dreams and Delivers Them To Your Door
If you see a guy on a bicycle riding around Richmond in the middle of the night, dropping off dreams on people’s doorsteps, don’t be alarmed. And Mathias Svalina, 41, is the dream deliveryman....
Sakamoto Releases Album As ‘imaginary Soundtrack’
Ryuichi Sakamoto, the pioneering Japanese electronic composer, has announced his first studio album in eight years which is inspired by the Russian film master Andrei Tarkovsky. The 65-year-old...
You Are A Butterfly – Poet Fires Ebony
Dancehall artiste, Ebony Reigns has been making headlines following her erotic stage performances and the defence she mounted during her interview with Delay. Ebony is reported to have admitted being...
Soviet-Era Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko Dies Aged 84
The Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko has died of heart failure in the United States at the age of 84. Yevtushenko was the last surviving major poet of those who came to prominence in the USSR of the...
Staying True To Ideals, Yes At Last Lands In Hall of Fame
With flowing instrumental passages, song lengths that baffled radio DJs and lyricism inspired by Hindu scripture, Yes defied rock 'n' roll even while finding success within it. The defining band of...
Russia Opposition Leader Navalny Arrested
Russia's main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been arrested at an anti-corruption protest he organised in the capital, Moscow. Thousands of people joined rallies nationwide, calling for the...