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Yesterday I met a young woman called Naa Shika, Who is a Junior High School drop out. Her father was unable to send her to High School and her chances of gaining an education diminished further when she fell pregnant with her first child.  She sells purewater in Michel Camp in Tema, ghana. Naa Shika [...]

Growth, Change & The Everyday Ghanaian A discussion to inspire the change we want to see. “A nation’ s strength ultimately consists in what it can do on its own, and not in what it can borrow from others.”- Indira Gandhi Ghana has been receiving a lot of publicity lately with rumors of wealth and investment [...]

This week our nation was shaken at the very core when a Member of Parliament (MP) was arrested by Ghana’s Police Force for making inflammatory remarks declaring war on our nation and inciting genocide. Hon. Kennedy Agyapong MP of Assin North in the Central Region was charged with treason. He is currently out on bail. [...]

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, [...]

This article was written in 2010. In light of Kennedy Agyapong’s inflammatory statements, Feint & Margin is re-publishing this article.   Whether you are Zimbabwean, Ugandan, Ghanaian, Nigerian or South African we all have pre- conceived ideas about other tribes from our respective countries. These stereotypes are passed down from our parents or elders. We [...]

Editor’s Picks This week’s featured videos are: Malibongwe and Ryan Shupe & the RubberBand- Dream Big   Tawiah Aboagye’s poem Bona Fide Beggars leaves us with the sense of where we are as African Nations. Do we truly have our freedom to express, develop and grow, or are just Bona Fide Beggars? This poem should [...]

Disclaimer: The opinions, beliefs and viewpoints expressed by the various authors and forum participants on this web site do not necessarily reflect the opinions, beliefs and viewpoints of  Feint & Margin Editor’s Picks This week’s featured videos are: Kony 2012: From a Ugandan Perspective and  Highlights of the Arise Magazine Fashion Week 2012 Tawiah Aboagye [...]

Editor’s Picks This week’s featured videos are: Kony 2012 and  Fawohodie Trunk Show (A Pre-Independence Exhibition) Gideon Commey provides us with a step by step guide to mobilizing your community towards a positive social change in an article titled Successful Community Mobilization: Lessons and Principles Siphokazi Jonas’ poem is titled Why I Got You an [...]

Last week Feint and Margin recorded our highest readership figures ever in  over 18 months of publication.  To our growing readership base and contributors, Thank you! Editor’s Picks This week’s featured videos are: Tribal African Art  and  I am an African Francois Simpson shares sincere poem titled My Loneliness. Siphokazi Jonas’ poem titled Measures. Mugabe Ratshikuni’s [...]

This week’s editorial title is borrowed from one of Feint & Margin’s writers Siki Dlanga. She writes an article titled Politics in the Days of Social Networks  where she encourages young white South Africans to actively participate in the political and social debates which affect all South Africans. Siki ends her article by making a [...]