I was at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences yesterday for the Six Historiographies of the National Democratic Congress.
I witnessed much of what has been recorded in these volumes, and that is precisely why the work is important. The generation that founded this party will not always be here to give its own account, and no later telling carries the authority of a record written by those who were present.
We owe that record to the generation coming after us.
Congratulations to everyone who made this work possible. #JAN
Did you know that over 5,000 women in Ghana are diagnosed with cancer every year? Sadly, more than half of these cases are found late, when it is much harder to treat.
It does not have to be this way. Catching it early makes all the difference!
Get to know your body, do your regular checks, and support everyone fighting breast cancer.
Over the weekend, I joined the Seventh-day Adventist family at Sekyedumase as they marked their 70th anniversary.
For generations, the church has raised good, patriotic citizens, and our nation still needs that.
The church must keep shaping the minds and behaviour of our youth: equip them with civic responsibility, teach them to be circumspect and decorous, and to reject hate speech in all its forms.
Happy 70th anniversary. God bless us all.
I grew up Presbyterian, and I have never lost the habit of sitting still and listening when a religious leader is speaking.
This time, that leader is Okronkronyi Nyame Somafo Yawoh, founder of World Unity & Peace International. I honoured an invitation from him to his church a couple of weeks ago and had the privilege of addressing the congregation. We spoke about peace, unity, and about the Ghana we would both like to leave behind.
Thank you to him and his members for the warm welcome and the citation of honour they handed to me. #JAN
We are Africans. Our music, our food, our faith and our humour cross this continent without visas or protocols. We are already united in spirit. It is the institutions that are still catching up.
A trader in Aflao can see Togo from where she stands, yet moving her goods across takes papers and patience most people do not have. Multiply her by a continent and you see why we trade with ourselves at around 18 per cent, while Asia manages over 60.
When Osagyefo Dr Nkrumah said Africa was born in him, he was describing loyalty, not geography. The question he left us is whether we will make decisions that cost our own country something now because they serve the greater good of the continent later.
We have always had the will. What remains is to build a continent that works. #JAN