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Musings

#PrayForCAR

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So this is it, huh, MOM Squad? We’re three days in to 2014. Three whole days already! I’ve been giving a lot of thought about what I want my first words on the blog to be in the New Year, and the only thing that has been consistent on my heart and mind since the […]

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Madness

Bass Head: The Story of the Little Drummer Boy

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I know it’s not Christmas anymore and we’re already supposed to be looking forward to Valentine’s Day (2014!), but this story has been rattling around in my head for two weeks. Might as well let it out, right? We can’t take old baggage into the New Year!   As it is with all three of […]

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Musings

What Was So Frightening about Justine Sacco’s Demise

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I was there you know…when the tweet was first sent on December 20th. I saw the RT from @Reads4Pleasure’s time line: “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” Ah. Who was this fool who had said something so insensitive, classist and subversively racist? I clicked on her profile. She only […]

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Musings

Of Men, Women, Wants and Money

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You know how it is when you’re on social media: People post and re-post memes and quotes meant to exemplify insightful profundity in 140 characters or less and the masses nod, “like” it, and carry on chewing cud, just as we’d been doing x number of hours before we logged on that morning. But sometimes […]

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Madness

Douche Bag Found Someone to Marry!

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This post is for Ms. A Boz, who has been asking for an update on Douche Bag for months now. Well, I finally have something ‘worth’ reporting! I was told this day would come, but I never believed it would. After all, every other word I’ve heard out of Douche Bag’s mouth has either been […]

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GH2013

Why and How Ghana is Going to Lose the GMO Fight

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If you sit in the lobby of the African Regent in Accra during the brunch hour, you can literally watch the direction the country will be going in unfold before your eyes. You’ll find out what’s coming to your screen in the coming months. You’ll discover the latest celebrity gossip. You’ll even discover what you’ll […]

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The South African Series

Open Letter to Nelson Mandela

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*Disclaimer: One of the possible side effects of meningitis is temporary insanity. And yes, I am aware that Nelson Mandela cannot read this letter on the Internet. Unless… Wait! Is there Internet in the afterlife? I certainly hope so. Wouldn’t it be nice to have Hulu in Heaven?   Dear Nelson Mandela, Molo! I trust […]

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Musings

A Caucasian Christmas Conundrum

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*Disclaimer: I don’t how much of this is me or the meningitis talking (I contracted meningitis last week, hence the long silence. FYI.), but I have some things to say about White Christmas that need saying! You see, Twitterverse? What did I tell you? No sooner had I gotten off the plane then there was […]

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GH2013

Returnees: The People I Just Want to Slap in Town!

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It’s not often that I’m moved to violence. Okay. That’s I lie. I consistently harbor violent thoughts. But it’s rare that I ever act them out. I fear jail. The closest I’ve come to violent behavior was just last week when Somebody* and I were on the Tema Motorway. There was gridlocked traffic. The air […]

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