Musings
WHEN YOUR NATION KEEPS FAILING YOU…
I usually spend days and sometimes months before deciding on a blog post. It seems to be the only bad
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Socio-Political/Economy
THE DANGER OF LOW EXPECTATIONS; A LESSON FROM J.H. MENSAH
I carried with me for years the image of a man I never met personally but spoke to briefly on phone. I might have been 17 or 18 years then and he was at the twilight of his long and illustrious political career. He had given his best years as a public servant for the country of his birth. Even at that young age, I silently wished he would have reneged on his retirement plans. But the hawks were circling around him and he knew the time had come for him gracefully bow out with his dignity intact.
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Musings
POLITICS, HISTORY AND EDUCATION
…Indeed, it got me wondering if my Marxist Nkrumaist leaning teachers indoctrinated me. Some of my most favourite teachers in both secondary school and university where people who espoused views that I considered outrageous but I would never say they indoctrinated me. Some of them were among the most brilliant teachers I ever encountered.
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Musings
WHAT IS THE TRUE PURPOSE OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION?
I believe universities at the core of their missions should remain as bastions of free thinking and the window through with a society draws inspiration for the development of its civilization. What then happens when the students our universities are churning out are just a bunch of narrow-minded educated folks who don’t believe in the contest of ideas?
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Socio-Political/Economy
IN DEFENSE OF DEMOCRACY…
The famous American political scientist, Francis Fukuyama wrote a book; ‘The end of history’, nearly thirty years ago. In his
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Social
THE DANGEROUSLY DWINDLING POWER OF THE STATE IN GHANA: THE AMBUSH OF THE POPULIST
Every morning before I set off to work, I say a silent prayer in anticipation of the high level of
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Socio-Political/Economy
TAXES, FREE SHS AND THE CHANGE
I have racked my mind over the last couple of weeks about the issue of taxation and the optimal level
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Musings
WHAT’S ON MY MIND…???
I like to see myself as a quiet, restrained person who guards against self-indulgence. Quite recently, I was described as
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Interviews
Time Out With Explo Nani-Kofi
An Activist of 43 years experience. Comrade Explo Nani-Kofi is a societal affairs analyst and social justice practitioner. He
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Musings
ARE WE ENGAGING ENOUGH?
On December 6th 2016, I was engaged in a rather long banal argument on the phone with my friend who
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