I should take this opportunity to congratulate the Mail & Guardian for a welcome initiative, in a systematic and creative manner, to raise the public prominence of what should, in any country, be the pride of a nation. By profiling young talent on an annual basis in this manner, [the] Mail & Guardian not only [...]
Tag Archives: Africa
Africa’s Rich Value System Face Risk To Modernity
As we walked down the path across the lake where people had set camp and enjoying fishing, a conversation ensued when three teenagers aged twelve, passed by puffing cigarettes and really could not be bothered what any one thought. Another instance, and a man walked on Wickford road some where in Essex with an almost [...]
The Systematic Self-Whorification of the Young African Woman
Brigitte Sesu Tilley-Gyado, a Nigerian musician and author wrote a wonderful article called The Systematic “Whorification” of the Young African Woman. She writes: “After all, the contemporary media is partly responsible. Young women are the overwhelming majority of sexualized images in the media, fashion, music and porn industries. Yet where are the celebrated young African [...]
What is Social Entrepreneurship
The increasing dominance of private capital in the past 25 years has not had the anticipated impact on poverty alleviation in Ghana, and elsewhere. Even the World Bank, that all knowing macro economic sage, must be ruing the consequence of its indiscriminate imposition of the ‘Washington Consensus’ on developing countries. As Ghana’s recent floods show, [...]
Africa Unbound, Join the Movement!
“We are dedicated to promoting a development approach that focuses on personal transformation. Using this platform, and our chapters in countries across the continent, we are building a community of individuals who are willing to learn, share, and take inspired action to transform their own lives and their communities.” Source: African Unbound website “Africa Unbound [...]
Feint & Margin Spotlight on Ghanaian Photographer Emmanuel Bobbie
Emmanuel Bobbie is a Ghanaian Photographer who is the CEO of Bob Pixel Photography. He is a husband and father of two to young boys. I discovered Emmanuel’s work through his Facebook page and I was blown away by his photography. He is an artist who knows how to capture his subject soul. Every photo [...]
Why?
A few years ago, I happened upon an article that was entitled the art of strategic questions. The premise of the article was that for people to make significant advances they need to ask the right questions to solve any type of problem. It is upon this premises that I base my thoughts in this [...]
