Stories about Ghana from February, 2011
Ghana: Learn How to Make Iced Kenkey
Betumi explains how to make iced kenkey: “Iced kenkey” is quick and easy to make. It is a popular inexpensive snack/street food sold throughout much of Ghana. It can tide people over until they can have a more filling meal. Iced kenkey is also used as a weaning food for...
Ghana: Action Chapel, turn your noise down
Christian “terrorism” in Ghana: “It’s Sunday morning and yet again the local church, Action Chapel, has turned its speakers up full blast and are terrorising the neighbourhood with its noise. There is no escape in any room in my house as it sounds as if the church is taking place...
Ghana: The Witches of Gambaga premiers in Accra
The Witches of Gambaga premiers in Accra, Ghana: “Tomorrow the 15th of February at 10 am Yaba Badoe‘s documentary film premiers at the British Council in downtown Accra. The film, the Witches of Gambaga, shows us the destiny of women arriving at the notorious camp for witches that has been...
Ghana: Want a new constitution? Text 1992
At Ghana's Constitution Review Commission, social media strategist, Kobina Graham is taking debate on the new Constitution straight to the people - through their phones.
Ghana: Stop forced eviction in Accra
This week, WITNESS, and other land and housing rights organizations, signed a public statement demanding a stop to the planned forced eviction of thousands in Ghana’s capital city Accra. The signature campaign was organized at the World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal.
Ghana: Battling corruption with CCTV
Ghana should fight corruption using CCTV: “I think the way one of the best ways to stop public officials at Customs (and elsewhere) from fleecing law abiding citizens is to install close circuit TV cameras wherever they work.”
Africa: Will there be “Jasmine Revolution” in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Bloggers in Africa are commenting on series of protests taking place in Egypt and Tunisia. Could this kind of popular uprising happen in Sub-Saharan Africa?
