Jane Austen and the £10 Bank Note

Expected surprise! If the phrase may be allowed then that was my reaction on first seeing a copy of the new £10 bank note with the portrait of author Jane Austen. Of course, I have known about this for some time -- so with pleasure I paused and closely examined the new £10 note. ''Remarkable!''  …

My Experience Of Schooling

I just heard that the government of Ghana has proposed to provide free school uniforms, shoes and menstrual pads for girls, to motivate them to go to and remain in school. It immediately reminded me of something I blogged almost two years ago. The original piece was quite long so I decided to share a …

The recent floods in parts of Ghana, our response and socio-cultural implications

In the aftermath of the floods in parts of Accra, I realised that the news coverage on the floods has been pretty scanty. In the print media though, the story was front page news in the Daily Graphic and the Ghanaian Times. The only related story I saw today (the Monday after the floods of …