The word Highlife was invented in September 1925. According to ethnomusicologist Professor John Collins, Kwame Nkrumah later tried to get rid of the name “Highlife” and go back to “Sibi Saba,” its original Fante name.
Sibi Saba was the inspiration behind the legendary Osibisa.
1. I sometimes envy people with hobbies. Those who can lose themselves in football, gaming and clubbing
2. I on the other hand, spend too much of my time thinking about Ghana. Not in the abstract, but in that daily ache that comes from watching a country wrestle with the weight of its own contradictions.
3. I think about corruption, about power, about the strange comfort with which we live alongside injustice. I think about redemption more often than I think about my own finances, which might explain both my frustration and my poverty of peace.
4. I am terrified of ORAL because I have seen what happens when the powerful get convicted - if they are ever convicted. Still even convicted, the convicted elite do not serve time. They find ways to curate prison. They occupy hospital wards and enjoy the company of visitors. It is from there that they await the soft landing of a presidential pardon, that has never failed in coming.
5. What terrifies me is not just the unfairness of it all, but what it teaches us about the (de) meaning of justice. The question, then, is what happens when a people stop believing that justice is possible.
6. This is what keeps me awake. Not just the corruption we see, but the quiet, spiritual corruption that follows: that weary acceptance that nothing will change. This is my hobby.
7. Justice does not live on paper. It lives in the moral imagination of a people; and in their willingness to trust that right can still speak above power.
8..After the Anas exposé, we acted as though exposure was the same as reform. But sunlight alone does not heal a wound. It takes discipline, vigilance, and a willingness to change the very habits of oversight.
9. What if nothing changed? Y3nim nso y3bisa!
Your reply to Stonebwoy’s wish was quite amateurish & childlike. You’re nearing 60; you gotta be the mature one always by accepting his felicitations. Grow up!
Meanwhile, look sharp and drop the MoMO, because I usually do nothing for free! If it’s huge, I can do pickup too! 🙏
At @MahoganyConsult, we know PR is a technical skill that drives real impact. In a recent webinar hosted by the SANTAMOGA Millennium Year Group, our Managing Partner, @baabacof, shared insights on:
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The arrogance tag worked for decades against Nana Addo and he had to do extensive reputation redeeming actions to take away the tag. Will the branding of Napo as arrogant stick and work against him like it did against Nana Addo?
#Election2024GH#PoliticalPR
Do you guys know that 3% levy is charged on all consumers of electricity in Ghana for streetlights. These monies are collected by ECG (@ECGghOfficial), VRA and NEDCO for the intended purpose as indicated in the Energy Sector Levies under the (Amendment) Act, 2017, (Act 946).
Ministry of Roads and Highways (@mrhgovgh), Ministry of Energy (@energy_min) and the Energy Minister @MatthewOPrempeh what is being done about the streetlights situation in Accra and Ghana. No streetlight working from 37 to Madina today. GIMPA road no working streetlights. Many other places.
Also Accra Tema Motorway is about 19km and yet no streetlights work. The streetlights in Accra are not working and you all are very much aware.
What are being done about this situation. Please update Ghanaians on this problem. We will knock on your doors (@MatthewOPrempeh@ECGghOfficial@energy_min@mrhgovgh) you reply to this post. Thank you.
#FixOurRoads #FixTheStreetlights
Zinedine Zidane turns 51 today, so to celebrate one of the greatest midfielders of all time, we thought we’d do a thread of some of his career highlights: 🇫🇷🧵