Short Story: Loving Pain (I) – By Celestine Nudanu

Chapter One: The Break It paid to be patient. I had always known that, and if nothing at all, I could recall my grandmother’s voice admonishing me to be patient in all situations… Continue reading →

How To Avoid Depression (Six Sure Schemes To Shoo Chronic Depression Away) – A Feature

Is it possible to thwart depression?  Can we avoid it?  If it’s threatening to engulf us, should we give in; or should we fight it back? The answer: Shoo it away! And here are six… Continue reading →

Is FGM by Any Other Name (or Method) Any Less Criminal? – From Mind Of Malaka

Dear Oprah, I pray by God’s grace that this letter finds you well. Are your labia intact? Is Stedman enjoying them? Then we praise God! You have been fortunate to have been spared… Continue reading →

Why the World Needs Africa – By Graham Knight

From the colonial struggle for Africa to the present day competition for Africa’s raw materials and new markets, Africa has been a desirable prize for foreign powers. Nowadays, even the idea of ‘Africa’… Continue reading →

Manchester United versus Manchester City Preview – A Feature

The Etihad Stadium plays host to the biggest Manchester derby in Premier League history when Manchester United visit Manchester City on Monday evening. United are three points clear of their neighbours at the… Continue reading →

A 2nd Term For President Mills: To Do What? – By Kingsley Nyarko

Ghana’s sitting president like any who is qualified for a second term would surely want a second term. But they might have done enough work to warrant being voted again to steer the… Continue reading →

Her Mother – By Hamza Moshood

Her mother!!! Her mother is still a teenager but has 2 kids with two different men….Her mother is an illiterate who does not know her own age not to talk of the ages of her… Continue reading →

Will Charles Taylor “Be Back”? – By Umaru Fofana

Under a spectacle that made many an African leader sit up navel-gazing, Charles Taylor stepped down as president of Liberia in 2003, promising “God willing, I will be back”. It followed mounting pressure… Continue reading →

How Difficult Is It To Change? – By Hamid Ismailov

A Tajik writer, now turned 75 and who used to consider the whole of Central Asia as a product of mostly Iranian culture, recently wrote an article. And this paragraph was in it:… Continue reading →

The Republic v Ken Agyapong: A (Deliberate) Comedy Of Errors? – By Kwesi Tamakloe

Let us get a fundamental point out of the way. Hon. Ken Agyapong MP’s outburst on radio on Friday 13 April 2012 that ended him up in BNI cells was stupid, crass, inflammatory… Continue reading →