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Religious Intolerance and Education in Dumsorland

Posted on March 3, 2015
by Malaka
with 6 Comments

Evenin’, Saints. I ain’t gonna keep you long. I just have something that’s heavy on my heart that needs sharing is all. For those of you not interested in Christ, Allah and Ghanaian affairs, feel free to sit this one out. I have been keeping…

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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…

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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,…

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Year End Review – My last post for 2014

Posted on December 9, 2014
by Malaka
with 5 Comments

The woman who threads my eyebrows is from Iran. Last year, she told me that 2013 was going to be a “very bad year”. Numerology dictated that it would. She didn’t offer any predictions for 2014 and I’m not due to get a threading until…

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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…

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Guest Post: This is What Male Privilege Looks Like

Posted on August 19, 2014
by Malaka
with 7 Comments

I just got this post in from Nana Darkoa who asked me to 'put this man on blast'. Let her experience be a warning. Read, gasp and hide your kids. The rest of you: behave yourselves in public! The plan was to enjoy an…

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Are you Going to #OccupyFlagStaffHouse?

Posted on June 29, 2014
by Malaka
with 7 Comments

“Chile, I don’t want you mixed up in all dat revolution, y’hear? They gon’ KILL your scrawny ass!” This phrase was repeated in various forms in Negro homes all across America in the 50s and 60s. Parents who had lived through Jim Crow and whose…

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Famous Americans Who Are (Probably) Ghanaians and Don’t Know It

Posted on August 19, 2013
by Malaka
with 18 Comments

I have recently become fascinated with doppelgangers and the idea that we, as humanity, are all connected in some way. The post I am about to share with you has been dismissed as far-fetched, but this is the Mind of Malaka, daggonit! If dubiousness can’t…

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Shame on the Ghana Consulate in DC

Posted on January 1, 2010
by Malaka
with 0 Comments

When Sean Goldman's father was in the midst of a 5 year international custody battle with his Brazillian ex-wife, his NJ rep stepped in and threatened a multi-million trade embargo with the country. When Laura Ling and Euna Lee were detained in North Korea, Bill…