GH2013 Archives - Page 7 of 11

It's Time for the Ghana Blogging Social Media Awards!

Posted on March 23, 2015
by Malaka
with 4 Comments

MOOOOM Squaaaaad! Happy Monday to one and all. There's so much that I want to talk about today that I can't decide which topic to tackle first. And since I only have an hour left until I have to pick up the kids, this was…

Why Can’t I Find a Reliable African Illustrator?

Posted on March 22, 2015
by Malaka
with 9 Comments

Dear Ancestors and Sweet Baby Jesus: Whatever I have done to offend you, I repent for it! Okay! I yield. I give up! Ah. Warrenthis? Oh. You want to know what has me so agitated, eh? The title should have served as a clue. I…

Happy International Women’s Day to Ewuraffe Orleans Thompson

Posted on March 8, 2015
by Malaka
with 4 Comments

International Women’s Day has been observed since the early 1900’s, and began as a celebration of the strides women were making during the Suffragette Movement. Women were demanding better pay, improved working conditions and the right to vote. It started in New York and fanned…

Ghana at 58: Neither Independent Nor Free

Posted on March 6, 2015
by Malaka
with 5 Comments

There is a general sourness in the mouths of Ghanaians this year at the mention of Independence on this 6th March. Save for the few individuals who have committed to celebrating the beauty of Ghana – since her successes have been so few in most…

President Mahama Does Not Believe in Ghanaian Excellence, and Neither Does His Cabinet

Posted on February 27, 2015
by Malaka
with 2 Comments

Caution: Melatonin induced rant. Excellency, honorable, Oga... monikers and attributes that get tossed around our political landscape like parched corn husks after a harvest. They are plentiful and useless, for how many of our parliamentarians can we truly consider to be of the excellent…

Open Letter to OccupyGhana and Other “Progressive” Ghanaians

Posted on February 18, 2015
by Malaka
with 11 Comments

This open letter was written at Kwabena Amporful’s request. Please direct all your vitriol to him in Facebook. I believe he is on Twirra as well. Don’t trouble me in my comments section. I would rather spend my Saturday blogging about the virtues of cornbread,…

Open Letter to Kathleen Addy

Posted on February 3, 2015
by Malaka
with 14 Comments

You this Kathleen Addy woman. You asked for it...now come and receive it! Dear Kathleen Addy: When I accepted your friend request on Facebook a little over a month ago, I did it with blind faith. We share some similar “friends”, and I thought we…

A Vision for a Black Star: Ghana’s Hopes for the year 2020

Posted on January 28, 2015
by Malaka
with 5 Comments

Even though I don’t live in the country, Ghana is never far from my mind. The proximity of the state of the country to my consciousness has everything to do with remittances, relaxation and eventual retirement. Although I do not call the country my permanent…

The Diplomatic Importance of General Mosquito’s Faux Fox Coat

Posted on January 25, 2015
by Malaka
with 0 Comments

There has been much ado made about Asiedu Nketia’s donning of a knee-length tan shearling coat in Germany for the last few days. The NDC General Secretary has been mocked mercilessly by Ghanaians of social media and on local radio. Even BBC for Africa joined…

Wiyaala to drop new single for Peace and Unity in Africa

Posted on September 25, 2014
by Malaka
with 2 Comments

Wiyaala drops her new single “Africa” on the 29th September. The song was debuted live at “A Night of 1018 Laughs” to a wildly enthusiastic crowd in a performance described by critics as “immense”, “awesome” and “the Angelique Kidjo of our time”. Following her knock-about…