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The facelift to The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park this week is auspicious for tourism in Ghana and also for the African Diaspora community. This piece discusses the significance of diaspora or roots tourism, especially for the African continent.
Tsidi Amoah was a very respected member of the Paramount Chief’s Court. He was a legendary historian of the Traditional Council. He spoke with wits and wisdom, and had mastery over the local proverbs, which he used skilfully to arrest keen attention in his public speech.
Have you noticed that a typical African man is often uncomfortable with a woman of great resource and ambition?
A truck of almost 50 years old, known in local parlance as ‘Wato nkyene’, has been driven from Germany in Central Europe through the West African coast to Ghana.
A security guard, Alhassan Abdul Rahuf, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court for unlawfully entering a woman's home and stabbing her twice in the abdomen with a meat fork.
A dermatologist, Mrs Abigail Appiah-Cofie, has cautioned against relying on home remedies like lime and ash for treating armpit odour.
On Father’s Day (June 18, that is!), a friend shared a web link with me on WhatsApp, that led me to a podcast on YouTube by Tony Robbins, an American author and life coach.
That concept of ‘Sankofa’ is such a potent one. Nothing is lost when you practice ‘Sankofa’. You just gain what you omit to do. Like omitting to dance last January in celebration of 15 years since I started this conversational journey here with you. Yes! This year, we chalk a celebratory 15 solid years of Bentsifi's Tattle!
The meaning of Eid al-Adha is the 'feast of the sacrifice' and is celebrated around two months after Eid al-Fitr.
American multi-horn player, Jeff Kashiwa, has been a long-time exponent of different textures of contemporary jazz, and music lovers who make it to the +233 Jazz Bar & Grill in Accra on July 8 and July 9 will hear why he is so highly rated.
Africa’s first fine fragrance house, SCENT OF AFRICA, in expanding its footprint, announced its partnership with the esteemed ZINO Boutique in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
Two persons, Sylvia Naa Dodua Wristberg and Patrick Torto, have been apprehended and arraigned at an Accra Circuit Court on charges of defrauding a man of GH¢32,000.
We have grown in a society that places materialism over every other thing. We badly want to earn titles. We will do everything we can to earn one property or another even if it means sacrificing some values.
An 18-year-old candidate for the Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE), Regina Dagba, and her boyfriend Daniel Etse Datsomor, a fetish priest aged 20, appeared before the district magistrate court at Kpetoe on Tuesday (June 21, 2023), facing charges of murder of an 'okada' rider.
The Makola Market in Accra that was demolished by the Armed Forces Revolution Council (AFRC) in 1979 must have been named after a Makola market in Lagos, Nigeria.
A Bible Preacher looked closely at a group of enthusiastic Praise and Worship Leaders in the Church and had a word for them and the entire congregation.
We have heard many stories of proposals of love in varied forms. Our friend Colin took his fiancée to the mountain hill near the city. While on top of the hill together and in the very quiet and calm environment, he went down on his knees, and slipped a love proposal ring on the middle finger of the girl he loves, saying some very lovely words. He paused and expected a response from his lover!
In a speech, Political and human rights activist, Dr Julius Garvey, has emphasised the importance of unity and freedom from modern day mental slavery for the people of Africa and African descendants.
Some residents of Akuapem Mampong are asking that the story surrounding the introduction of cocoa beans by Tetteh Quarshie into the country be rewritten.
In an inspiring journey that began with personal struggles, Reverend Dr Steve Mensah has dedicated his life to making a positive impact on the lives of the poor and needy.
