I smiled watching a video someone sent to me.
A very eminent former Trade Minister of Ghana, and one-time presidential contender of the current main opposition party, claimed that Ghana has 32 out of the 42 (76%) UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Actually Ghana has 2 out of 1273 (less than 0.2%) of UNESCO's world heritage sites.
But the pattern is what matters, right?
Just like many Ghanaians believing that Ghana was the first African country to gain independence from colonialism (it was actually about the 7th) or many highly educated Africans believing that Africa has 30% of the world's minerals (somewhere between 5% and 10% depending which list you use). π
I once coined the term "zombie statistics" to describe part of this pattern.
But the underlying issue, as has become clear to me over time, is that when it comes to matters of national or cultural pride, facts are optional. What matters is confidence.
The Ga people are indigenous to the Accra plains. The claim that they migrated from Yoruba land, Lake Chad, Egypt or Irsael has been disproven by James Anquandah, Ghanaβs first trained archaeologist.
VAN VICKER CALLS ON ALL OLD BOYS! π΄β«οΈπ
Veteran actor & filmmaker Van Vicker (MOBA β95) invites all Old Boys to the MOBA Mega Health Walk 2026!
π Sept. 19 | β° 6AM
π UG Sports Stadium & Regional Chapters
Old Boys, letβs walk! π΄β«οΈ
#MOBAMegaHealthWalk#MfantsipimAt150
SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO BREAK LOOSE.
The heavens are open. From glory to glory, God has been moving in signs and wonders, and this October, His fire falls again!
This is your appointed night. Your breakthrough night. Your Holy Ghost encounter.
Be at the HOLY GHOST ALL-NIGHT of Signs and Wonders with Rev. Robert Ampiah-Kwofi; don't watch from a distance; be there when it happens.
π Friday, 2nd October 2026
π 9PM
π Revival City, Haatso Mangolane
Come hungry. Leave changed.
#HolyGhostAllNight #SignsAndWonders #AKWO #RevivalCity