FEATURE

“Prevention strategies addressing the root causes of crime hold considerable promise. They tend to involve partnerships among government, city authorities, civil society organisations and residents themselves. Cities that are safe for all…
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According to the Longman dictionary, feminist is someone who supports the idea that women should have the same rights and opportunities as men. This definition is quite explicit. I believe there are many serious areas that need the…
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Travelling by road between regions in Ghana is becoming a very risky adventure. For many, the only guarantee of a safe journey is having ‘the grace of God’ and so it is not uncommon to have relatives checking up often on their family folks…
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Prison systems the world over in recent times have a responsibility to ensure the reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners under their care as the era of mere warehousing of offenders is long gone. This they do by taking the prisoner…
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I hesitated a lot before publishing this piece. I conceptualized the idea and abandoned it several times. I consulted many people and got varying responses. I even told Manasseh himself that I was writing a critique of his work but I may…
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The depreciation of the Ghanaian Cedi has now become a perennial crisis. Overtime, we have come to the realization that the depreciation of the currency is structural and not necessarily due any form of mismanagement of the economy by the…
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“Man must live, not on bread alone…” That’s half of Matthew 4:4, according to Christ. And the Lord is right, isn’t he? There really is a lot — aside “every word that comes from Jehovah’s mouth,” of course — that, coupled with bread,…
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The Police and a section of the public have and continue to sell a lie that there is some offence or breach of law when journalists take photographs or film or record an event in a public place. They ignorantly or deliberately claim that…
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As a child travelling down southern Ghana from the north some two decades ago, I remember the colour of the White Volta as I crossed it at Yapei. It looked milky, very much like the colour of tea with a generous amount of milk. Recently,…
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Why are Nigeria’s universities in such a sorry state? Some would say it had to do with just one word: money. Sadly this is part of the reason. But not entirely. Nigeria’s universities have been under-funded for decades. Like a talented…
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