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  • The bells are simply not jingling

    It is December 2024 and the bells are not exactly jingling in Ghana.

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  • The rock, the hard place and the slippery slope

    Ghanaians should be able to thrive in the land of their birth. That is not an unrealistic desire. 

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  • 4×4 Supremacy

    4×4 Supremacy

    Hate them or love them, dispatch riders in Ghana deliver everything- TV sets, good and disappointment.

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  • Costly Silence

    Costly Silence

    In Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana of 2023, silence comes at a cost.

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  • I for lef Ghana: the case of evaporating patriotism

    Patriotism has left the blood streams of Ghanaians. Everyday on social media, at least five people on my feed type the words ‘I for lef Ghana’ (pidgin for I have to leave Ghana), simply because they don’t see a promising future here. There is very little to believe in, to hope for, to be proud…

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  • #7daysofXmas 7: Muted Cedi

    #7daysofXmas 7: Muted Cedi

    Think MOMO charges, insensitive family members, zero enjoyment and japa plans.

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  • Akosua Rona 6: Vogue And Vibes

    ‘You, it’s okay. I will wear the blue nose mask everyone wears like that. It won’t cost me more than 10 cedis. It is not like this customized nose mask has the breath of life in it.’

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  • Akosua Rona 5: Pandemic Baby

    Ei, no be small be fruitful and multiply! Nana Addo said you should stay home and practise social distancing. You chose to go out of town to make a pandemic baby.

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  • Akosua Rona 4: Frontline Kpakpakpa

    ‘Chale, I am tired. Everybody is going live on IG. Unnecessary fights on Twitter. Everyone is organizing post-COVID strategy webinars. Bro, we all don’t know what will happen post COVID.’

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  • Akosua Rona 3: Dr Whatsapp

    Mama had them drinking some cleansing juice that smelt like a potion from a fetish priest in those Nollywood movies. Only God would know when WhatsApp got a medical degree.

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