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Pictures of Muhammed Ali For You From My Dad

Posted on June 6, 2016
by Malaka
with 2 Comments

The Greatest, the Prettiest, the Butterfly AND the Bee. There was no one - no one! - like Muhammed Ali. The world lost yet another icon this week. Muhammed Ali, born Cassius Clay, died at age 74 surrounded by family and friends in a circle…

How Far: M3NSA Asks The Question Every Ghanaian Should Be Asking Themselves

Posted on March 31, 2016
by Malaka
with 12 Comments

Where dey the savior we dey look for? E be some guy inside the sky or e be me den you? This is the rhetorical question that forms the opening lines to ‘How Far’, the Afro-electronic anthem that the ancestors and 36 unidentified deities…

A Maid, A Clothesline and a Mob: Normalized Abuse in an African Country

Posted on March 14, 2016
by Malaka
with 5 Comments

My grandmother used to live in a flat at Asylum Down in the early 80s. The building was dark with shallow stairs made of brittle concrete that produced the sensation of walking on sandpaper as you ascended them. Having been most likely constructed during the…

How Ghana’s Official 59th Independence Day Brochure Became the Perfect Simile for the State of the Nation

Posted on March 7, 2016
by Malaka
with 60 Comments

Many people are beginning to suspect that this current government - and indeed anyone that does business with this government - finds perverse pleasure in embarrassing the nation. It seems as though Ghanaians hardly have the opportunity to recover from one local scandal or international…

The Weekend that Ghana Got Catfished by a Metal Bunk Bed Frame

Posted on March 1, 2016
by Malaka
with 7 Comments

In February, 2015, the entire internet world found itself spellbound by one burning question: Was the dress blue and black or white and gold? Think pieces ensued. Twitter wars erupted. Event the scientific community got involved in an attempt to settle the debate. Remember that?…

Pastor Chris, Plagiarism and the Pride of Life

Posted on February 5, 2016
by Malaka
with 0 Comments

Happy Friday, MOM Squad! Under normal circumstances, we’d be chatting about frivolous topics in recognition of Frivolous Friday; but there’s a disturbance in the Force that has to be addressed. I do hate it when folks won’t let the Force remain in balance. Someone is…

The African Seductress: Wiyaala Invites Us to Explore “This Place”

Posted on February 1, 2016
by Malaka
with 0 Comments

“Are you sure you want to do a video chat? I’m only wearing my bra.” “Girl. That’s okay. I’m about to take my bra off.” The tone for our conversation has been set: Hilarious, honest and real. After a whirlwind month of shooting, sneak peaks…

Who Sent Stan? The Curious Case of a Vulture Attempting to Protect the Integrity of the Garbage Heap.

Posted on January 26, 2016
by Malaka
with 12 Comments

It is only in a country like John D. Mahama’s Ghana that two former Gitmo detainees will find themselves better housed, fed and with greater access to healthcare than the average Ghanaian citizen. After all, should some calamity befall these two, the government will have…

NPP’s Unofficial-Official Response to Theft: We Will Take Whatever We Want!

Posted on January 22, 2016
by Malaka
with 30 Comments

There’s something about politics and political allegiances that turns otherwise rational people into absurd versions of themselves. Something in the brain just switches off and confusion sets in. Fealty coupled with credulity renders these individuals like the proverbial bull seeing red: It robs them of…

Robbing the Artist Blind: A Case Study in Plagiarism in a West African Nation

Posted on January 21, 2016
by Malaka
with 36 Comments

Ask any artist or person who makes a living from creative endeavors what their greatest fear is. Seven times out of ten, they will say it’s the terror they feel knowing that some faceless entity or individual will and can steal their work. It's a…