Kofi Gadede — mark that name — isn’t merely mucking about with yarn and canvas like some enthusiastic Ghanaian grandmother basking in the spirit retirement. Good grief, no! This chap is performing nothing less than a full-scale assault on the very nature of reality itself, armed with — and I say this without a jot...
Good heavens, what a week it’s been for Vice President Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang — a veritable whirlwind of intellectual energy, cultural grace, and good old-fashioned national service. One might say she’s been everywhere at once — part sage, part farmer’s friend, and part headmistress of the Republic — guiding Ghana’s youth and institutions with...
Permit me, if you will, a brief meditation — scribbled somewhere between a disgracefully tepid cappuccino and what I can only describe as a mild existential crisis of the sort that afflicts one at three o’clock on a Tuesday afternoon — on this proposition: that life, my dear reader, is nothing more nor less than...
Fela Anikulapo Kuti didn’t make music. He declared war — total, beautifully orchestrated war — against hypocrisy, tyranny, and that peculiarly African affliction of nodding politely whilst the emperor swans about naked and everyone pretends his outfit is marvellous. If you’re a young Ghanaian stuck in Spintex Road traffic, squinting at your bewildering payslip, or...
My dear reader, if you’ve never heard the name Kiki Gyan, you’ve been missing out on one of the most dazzling, disco-drenched comets ever to streak across the firmament of African music. He was Ghana’s answer to Prince, Herbie Hancock, and perhaps even Mozart — only with far better hair and infinitely more groove. In...
By the ancestors! Let me tell you about the most extraordinary, the most delightfully peculiar, the most absolutely spiffing libation to ever grace the tropical shores of West Africa—Ghanaian palm wine! Now look here, I know what you’re thinking. You’re clutching your flutes of Moët, your Bollinger, your frightfully expensive Dom Pérignon, and you’re saying...
In the silenced halls of Accra’s casino’s, beneath the shimmer of chandeliers and the soft rustle of cards, Blackjack is in full swing — an agbadza of risk and reason, where chance plays its part, but skill leads the way. To the untrained eye, it is but a gambler’s pastime: swift hands, fleeting fortunes, and...
On the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York, Ghana’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa (MP), held a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates of the Kingdom of Morocco, H.E. Nasser Bourita. The two Ministers reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral relations,...
Lotsu Tenge Djokoto pictured here at the lounge of his shrine. In an era dominated by western pop culture and digital trends, young Ghanaians are rediscovering and embracing their roots through African spirituality, music, dance and food. A new cultural movement is gaining momentum across Ghana, where youth-led traditionalists of the Lotsu Tenge Dzokoto temple...
Susan Augustt is an abundantly gifted singer-songwriter who moves seamlessly between genres and styles. She creates neo-soul, jazz, and choral modern melodies that are poignantly blended with traditional Ghanaian music. Indigenous Ghanaian rhythms such as highlife, agbadza, and kpanlogo influence her fusion with soul, crafting a unique live sound that takes listeners on a satisfying...