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Tommy Annan-Forson, Retired Journalist, Prescribes Censorship For Topics He Can’t Comprehend

Posted on February 8, 2018
by Malaka
with 2 Comments

There isn’t much to me said for the caliber of Ghana’s media landscape or its professionals. With a handful of bright exceptions, journalism in Ghana is a profession overridden by undisciplined individuals who plague the landscape with their amateurish attempts at broadcasting and storytelling. For…

Madness

David Oyelowo’s Wife Is Wicked: Part 2

Posted on February 5, 2018
by Malaka
with 24 Comments

January 2nd, 2018 10:01 am A woman’s squealing voice shatters the silence. “David, darling!” A man yawns. It is the yawn of a man content with his life and all that he surveys. “Yes, darling?” Footsteps pound down the stairs, announcing the arrival of…

Musings

What Happens When ‘Shithole’ Countries Try To Rid Themselves Of That Stain?

Posted on February 1, 2018
by Malaka
with 6 Comments

Conservative men were virtually jizzing themselves in the Comments Section all over the innanets yesterday ahead of the State of the Union Address, each heaping their fawning adoration on a subject who could neither hear their euphoric vociferation nor care if he did. America’s Orange…

Musings

I Feel For Mo’Nique, But She’s Fighting An Unwinnable Battle

Posted on January 31, 2018
by Malaka
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“Are you boycotting Netflix?” “What?” “Netflix. Mo’Nique said we should all boycott Netflix.” It was now 5am CAT and I could only stare at my phone and wonder what had happened 8 hours prior EST to illicit this text from my sister. I know her…

Musings

How Much Time Do You Invest Into Your Personal Development?

Posted on January 29, 2018
by Malaka
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I’m a (not so) secret super fan of the FOKN Bois, the oddly paired rap duo from Ghana. It’s often tempting to invoke parallels between the members of this group and the now-defunct Outkast, but it’s even wiser to refrain from that temptation. Just like…

Say what??

There’s Only One Reason Well Intentioned White Women Don’t ‘Get’ Racism

Posted on January 26, 2018
by Malaka
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“If it isn’t intentional, then it isn’t racism.” Those are the words of a woman who would most likely describe herself as ‘color blind’, if not an ally to people marginalized, stigmatized and often downright oppressed in majority white societies. Those words incited shock, disbelief…

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The Frustration Of Being A Male ‘Authority’ Figure In Ghana

Posted on January 23, 2018
by Malaka
with 8 Comments

It must be overwhelming to live as a heterosexual male in Ghana. Imagine being told - explicitly or not – that no matter how difficult your life may be, no matter how many disappointments you may suffer, at least you are not a woman. Women…

Motherhood

There Is Dignity In All Work

Posted on January 22, 2018
by Malaka
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“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as a Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say,…

Uncategorized

Untitled, because there are no words to define this grief

Posted on January 8, 2018
by Malaka
with 20 Comments

“We always had a problem with him and pools. The people who own the pool upstairs said they caught him walking around it when I already told him not to. I gave him a hiding. He said he wouldn’t do it again. And then just…

Musings

What’s On Your Plate in 2018?

Posted on January 4, 2018
by Malaka
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Do you make New Year resolutions? I don’t. Not any more. I don’t even make goals. Murphy’s Law operates in my life with the efficiency of a bicycle and the ferocity of Eddy Merckx on the pedals. Whether horrific or splendid, every event in my…

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