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...
Was Mahatma Gandhi Racist And Stereotypical?
“A former Director of the Institute of African Studies, Professor Akosua Adomako Ampofo, has started a campaign asking for the removal of the statue of Indian independence icon, Mahatma Ghandi,...
Tear Down the Gandhi Statue [1]
By Kwarteng Francis “It will be most unnecessary, most uncalled for and not in the supreme interest of Ghanaians and we must know what serves our interest best” Prof. Mike Oquaye, Former High...
UG Must Honour African Heroes, Not Gandhi – Prof. Opoku
The Chairman of the Kwabena Nketia Center for Africana Studies, Prof. Kofi Asare Opoku, has backed calls for the pulling down of the statue of Indian icon, Mahatma Gandhi, on the University of Ghana...
NPP Wasteful With Foreign Loans – Fifi Kwettey
The opposition New Patriotic Party(NPP) borrowed 750 million dollars from the International Financial Market in 2007, and despite this huge amount borrowed, it failed to allocate 1 dollar of this...
Tear Down The Gandhi Statue 1
“It will be most unnecessary, most uncalled for and not in the supreme interest of Ghanaians and we must know what serves our interest best” (Prof. Mike Oquaye, Former High Commissioner to India,...
Tactical Decision
Vice President Paa Kwesi Amissah Arthur's decision to adhere to the counsel of his unnamed friend at the University of Ghana, Legon, and desist from responding to Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia's lecture...
A Review of An Autobiography No Road Signs, No Manuals
What forces propel a young bright boy from a rural Ghanaian village to the heights of academia and global public service? How do we grow as our countries change? Who are our mentors and fellow...
NPP Waiting For NDC’s Response To 170 Facts Presented By Dr. Bawumia
The Office of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has noted the discussions on his Public Lecture on the theme – “The State of the Ghanaian Economy – a foundation of Concrete or Straw” – and continues to...
Ghanaian Scholar Out With Book On US President Barack Obama
Ghanaian scholar Dr Godwin Etse Sikanku has launched a book on US President Barack Obama. Titled ‘The Afrocentric Obama and Lessons on Political Campaigning’, the book is touted as one of the few...
India Working To Resolve Controversy Over Gandhi Statue
Acting Indian High Commissioner to Ghana Pradeep Kumar Gupta says he is working with University of Ghana authorities to resolve a controversy about a statue of Mahatma Gandi on the university's...
Ghanaians Celebrate Nkrumah Today
The Director of Academic Affairs at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso, has advocated a law to give backing to the 40-year development plan being...
Gov’t, GMA Clash Over University of Ghana Teaching Hospital
The Ghana Medical Association has dismissed claims by the National Democratic Congress government that it constructed the University of Ghana Teaching Hospital. President John Dramani Mahama during...
Critics of Mahama’s Military Uniform Ignorant
The name Major Seth Anthony would not be familiar to many Ghanaians – one of the lapses in our educational system. A system that not only treats the teaching of history with contempt, but even...
$700m Needed To Build Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Dam – SADA
The name Major Seth Anthony would not be familiar to many Ghanaians – one of the lapses in our educational system. A system that not only treats the teaching of history with contempt, but even...
Amissah-Arthur Was Ill-Advised Not To Respond To Bawumia
A Political Science lecturer says Vice President Kwesi Amisah Arthur was wrongfully advised when he was told not to respond to a lecture on the economy by Dr Mahmudu Bawumia. Dr Alidu Seidu's...
NDC Missed Chance To Make Manifesto Impact Bigger
A political science lecturer says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has missed the opportunity to make a big impact with its manifesto. Alidu Seidu with the University of Ghana says the...
Afrobarometer Singles Out Ghana Police For Blaming Ghanaians For Corruption
"....Afrobarometer, Africa’s largest public-opinion survey is under threat...In Ghana, Ghana’s police administration first tried to discredit the findings, then publicly blamed the Ghanaian...