A belated HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY MADinGhana readers. Yesterday, besides wishing my Ghanaian born daughter a Happy Independence Day, I saluted a Ghanaian friend here in Montreal. His reply, “How old are we now? 54? What have we done?” ENOUGH! Now to the subject of this post. TOMORROW, PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL HOST PRESIDENT MILLS AT THE… [Read more…]
March 3, 2012
Been gone for a long time…in mind and body….on the other side of the Atlantic in Montreal, Canada with family. Hope this post marks a return to the blog and soon home to Ghana where I know madinghana won’t be neglected. But this WORLD event has provoked me to break my silence. Right at this… [Read more…]
February 5, 2011
Anas Aremeyaw Anas is an investigative reporter. Nobody knows what he looks like. He goes around with a hidden camera filming unsuspecting individuals engaging in criminal acts. A media blitz follows involving simultaneous newspaper and TV documentary exposure. Even President Obama in his historic speech to the Ghanaian parliament in July, 2009 singled out anas… [Read more…]
May 5, 2010
Hey, guess who I bumped into at Almighty God, the famous Kumasi street artist, BARACK OBAMA , the man himself. Na, it’s really a portrait of President Obama painted by Almighty God. Sure is lifelike, aye? I think I’ll email the nice people at Obama Hotel in Accra and suggest they think about putting some… [Read more…]
December 7, 2009
Way back in May, 2009, the Obama visit to Ghana was a stimulus to the creation of this MADINGHANA blog. Visit the category to see this blogger’s opinions on the visit. Well, all these months later, my very criticisms of the government’s decision making for the visit were somewhat affirmed. In the December, 2009 magazine… [Read more…]
July 18, 2009
This blogger has been on sabbatical for over a week in the wake of the presidential visit. This was not for a lack of personal situations and public issues to comment on. There are always plenty of those. It’s just that blogging, like life, can zonk ya. Guess it was creeping up on me as… [Read more…]
July 7, 2009
Such was the headline on a story in the July 6, 2009 DAILY GRAPHIC (Page 47) and such was the Ghanaian agenda from day 1 when negotiations began between US and Ghanaian officials for a prospective visit of Barack Obama. Nice to see Ghana win one for a change. even though the agenda is misguided,… [Read more…]
July 7, 2009
Well, the venue for the big announcement here in Ghana has been switched from Independence Square to the Accra Convention Centre because of the threat of impending bad weather. Authorities made the decision because they don’t want to cause any “financial loss to the state.” How responsible. And heaven forbid if there is a repeat… [Read more…]
July 4, 2009
Not to be outdone by her famous husband, Michelle Obama has announced a name change to support the Ghanaian shea butter farmer of Northern Ghana. Shea butter is the backbone of this economically depressed region. Remember Michelle Obama is a great role model for people worldwide to grow their own food. She has started a… [Read more…]
July 4, 2009
Gee I wish I had all those skills to add flare to this post….anyways enjoy…. Reports have it that President Obama, to support the Ghanaian farmer, released his name to advertise Ghanaian moringa. Here’s what the advertising firm came up with when brainstorming marketing ideas for OBAMA MORINGA. President Obama, who was most disappointed he… [Read more…]
March 6, 2012
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