Kwame Nkrumah, in his famous speech, on Ghana’s Independence Day on March 6, 1957, said “… our (Ghana) independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa.” This pan-african ideal is one that I was brought up...
The beauty of the African artist is the potential for creating work that takes the best of the West and infusing his/her natural essence into said work. It is about being able to navigate through the many influences available instead of staying within any particular...
Wanlov the Kubolor. First time I saw him, it was outside a small venue in Osu, Accra, where there was a regular weekly show called Bless The Mic. Dreadlocked, barefoot, dressed in a sarong and t-shirt, he was in a cypher, randomly freestyling in pidgin, basking in the...
There are so many different platforms, social networks, groups, etc, all designed to bring us closer and make us more social. When foursquare came on the scene, I just didn’t see its purpose … in the same way I didn’t really get twitter. After a chat with a friend and...
Confession: I am probably a bit biased. Firstly, I sincerely believe that some great music is coming out of Ghana and its diaspora – and that is not just because I fall within that diaspora. Because of this view, I have made it my personal mission to find out...
Of Ghanaian/German heritage, raised in Lesotho and currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Kojo is the proverbial slashie, the professional ‘jack of all trades.’ He is an entrepreneur, writer, facilitator, content architect, former men’s magazine editor and speaker. He has a Bachelor of Commerce (1994) with majors in Economics, Marketing and Business Administration from the former the University of Natal (Durban), now University of KwaZulu-Natal.
