Some are on their phones chatting on WhatsApp with friends. Others are watching videos on their mobile devices or listening to radio. While others are entertaining themselves with draught (a board game in Ghana) or engaged in heated argument about the upcoming polls in December. Ordinarily, you won’t see...
I wish I could cook scrumptious meals effortlessly like my grand-mum. Well, if wishes were horses...
However, I learnt some things about cooking from my grand-mum which can be translated into the branding and business fields.
You may be in the kitchen of your brand, cooking what you hope to be...
This may be an unpopular opinion but I believe everyone was born with a talent. Some people may have multiple talents and may need very little to discover what these talents may be. Others may also go through many years of life before arriving at a discovery. Despite all...
Ama K. Abebrese, the award-winning British-Ghanaian actress, television presenter and producer, is Appolonia City’s newest homeowner.
Ama’s film credits include the critically acclaimed Sinking Sands, Ties That Bind, The Cursed Ones and the Netflix original movie, Beasts of No Nation. She starred in Azali, which was selected in 2019 as the...
“When you see your neighbour’s beard on fire, fetch water for yours.” – Akan proverb
“Open your eyes and look within: Are you satisfied with the life you’re living?” These words of Bob Marley taken from his ‘Exodus’ song not only stirs self-reflection, but are actually a rousing call to...
Last week when I wrote about my failure to explain to my 5 year old daughter what ‘Pie R Square’ means and I have been dodging her since then, her mother drew her attention to the article and my daughter couldn’t help laughing. Herh, Makafui, ‘what do you mean’?...
Career is a vehicle
Career is a vehicle that carries us through our journey of life. Without a career or the prospect of one, life can be boring. Much of our socialization from childhood through adulthood is geared towards securing for us stable and successful careers. The education, values, lessons,...
Our Covid count grew
Our Corona worries stood
Our coughing ways too
But hear you my people
You who hide in bunkers and dungeons
It's official now
We are easing restrictions with restrictions
It's time to out from the hideout
It's time to out through the outlets onto the outside
It's time to see the light
So make hay...
The youngest ‘prisoner’ I ever met was a ten-month-old baby at the Nsawam Female Prison. He was unfortunately partaking in incarceration with his mother. Imagine a ten-month-old toddler locked within the nerve-wracking walls of a prison for days, weeks, months and years with no education or proper socialisation.
As alarming...
There is no doubt that we are in difficult times. The world is dealing with a global pandemic that cuts at our very basic human need to socialize. The film industry and cinema business worldwide have equally been affected by the impact of the virus’s rapid spread.
The closedown of...