The Ayawaso West Wuogon Constituency by-elections held on 31st January, 2019 witnessed some regrettable brutalities meted out by state security to civilians. The election violence has opened yet another floodgate for political party activists to churn out their warped accusations and justifications. The most recent pellet in the aftermath of the violence at the by-elections is […]
Celebrity Endorsements: The other Menzgold Issue
Celebrity Endorsements: The other Menzgold Issue In a country with a weak royalties and copyrights regime, product endorsement is more straightforward a revenue stream for celebrities. Sometimes these endorsements work out so well that, for years, we cannot help but remember both the product and the celebrity in the same breath. A personal favourite is […]
“We know what is good for you”: Ageism and Decision-making in Ghanaian Universities
Image/Graphic credit: watsuptek “We know what is good for you”: Ageism and Decision-making in Ghanaian Universities Do you want to know a very popular Akan proverb? “You are but a child, when you see the eye of a crab, you think it is a stick”. Years ago, Ghanaian universities were the hotbed of anti-government protests […]
Blɛ be Blɛ! Home be Home! – Maintaining our Own through Gh Music
Ei Kojo, e be your kiddies that? Yea, dem be Nii den Ayele. Nice! Ayele, te tɛɛ? Ma guy, dem no dey hear Ga ooo, e be blɛ pɛ dem know. How?!?! Man, I shock give you waaa. I dey beg make I do ma body prim pro small den talk you something… Despite the dearth […]
The Social Construction of the Ghanaian Police Officer
Image from: Tilapia / http://3news.com/cartoon-scrubbing-to-restore-public-confidence/ Growing up, one of the strategies some parents used to “put the fear of God” in us when we went wrong was to threaten a call to the police. “If you don’t finish your food, I will call for the police to come and catch you”, those who raised us […]
#IAmANAS! No, You Are Not: A Country, A Man, A Veil and A Recorder
Rapper Dadie Opanka dressed as Anas in the video for his song, I AM ANAS In the last few months, the Ghanaian news media has been dominated by the investigative report on football operations in the country authored by Anas Aremeyaw Anas. At least once or twice each year in the last few years, this […]
Waist Shapers and the Fashioning of the Ghanaian Woman’s Body Ideal
Photo Credit: Anny Kareem-Abdi Osabutey (Facebook Page, 2018) ROUND BUTTOCKS POMADE AVAILABLEINSTANT FLAT STOMACHSMALL WAIST, BIG HIPSREDUCE 3 INCHES IN 3 MINUTES… Beauty ideals are not set in stone; they are fluid, constantly changing and usually influenced by sociocultural contexts. Globalization, and the associated dominance of Western consumer culture are increasingly ensuring the exportation of the […]
Public Debates in Ghana and the “It-Does-Not-Put-Food-on-the-Table” Narrative
Photo credit: Tilapia Public Debates in Ghana and the “It-Does-Not-Put-Food-on-the-Table” Narrative If you are like me with the somewhat high moral pretension that there is a definitely strong linkage between a people’s choice of diction and their perceptions of socio-political life, you’ll probably notice that much of our national discourse on other-than-bread-and-butter issues tend to be […]