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My dear friend, "I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work the more I live." – George Bernard Shaw. Over the last couple of years, I’ve dedicated a bit of my time to join the struggle of helping to raise the younger generation. This has been to ensure that they are well positioned to take over the reins of this country and improve on its lot.
This reflection is premised on the funeral of Nenyi Nkensen II (my former Senior House Master), I attended exactly a week ago. He was enstooled the Tufuhene of the Senya Beraku Traditional Area following the abdication of his predecessor Nenyi Kow Nkensen Arkaah, who had gone into full-time politics. As I sat through the funeral, I deeply meditated on...
You’d be shocked to realize who wrote the long poem below. It is interlaced with a few
clues though. Finish reading and make an intelligent guess which renowned politician wrote
this!
I love a woman,
She’s a black woman.
Her skin is soft
And cool in touch,
Like wind from Mampong hill.
She is tall, but not too tall,
In size is well proportioned:
Slim and slender and rounded,
Like...
In 1945, Dr Joseph Boakye Danquah wrote a poem to celebrate his Golden Jubilee on earth.
The poem summarised his life, profession and politics up to that time. Like or hate him, this
I edited news and sold it;
I dyed my hair and stopped it;
I espied a truth and published it;
I gospelled youth and gave them faith;
I coloured my State and...
By Eric Atta-Sonno
Introduction
Most Ghanaians associate the 1st October date as the Independence Day for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Very few however know or remember that this was the day that the Second Republic of Ghana was inaugurated. That Republican experiment only lasted some twenty-seven months. As to whether it was too idealistic or premised on a wrong footing,...
Title of Book: WAS IT WORTH IT? - EPISODES FROM THE PUBLICATION OF A BOOK
Recommended Retail Price: GHS 40.00
Age Range: Young Adults and Adults
ABOUT THE BOOK
This book, ‘Was it Worth It? – Episodes from the Publication of a Book’ narrates the gruelling experiences that the publication of a College Reference Book had to be taken through. The story...
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