Following the Kidnappings of the Canadian university students and volunteers, Lauren Tilley and Bailey Chitty (ages 19 and 20) on June 04/19 in Kumasi, the media, particularly the social media has been buzzing with commentary, criticisms and allegations against the Ghana security agencies and the government. These discussions got even more intense among Ghanaians when…

I stand against “xenophobia” meaning “an attitudinal orientation of hostility against non-natives in a given population” (United Nations). Simply put, xenophobia is the fear and hatred of foreigners by host populations of a society or country. Xenophobia is a form of racism, bigotry, nationalism, hatred, prejudice and exclusion. Xenophobia is dangerous to social cohesion, leads…

The president of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa made a statement recently at a women’s summit in Canada. He is being chastized for this unfortunate statement. Some argue he was disrespectful to Ghanaian women while his supporters and Cabinet see nothing wrong with his statement.1. I agree with him that women need to be at the…

1. Transparency: Sincere love always inspires honesty. If a sincerely loves you and wants to be with you, he will be frank in his communications with you. If not, then it’s more likely to be a waste of time. 2. Depth: Any man who is thinking of having a long term relationship with you would…

Ghanaians pride themselves with nice attributes including “Kwame Nkrumah’s Ghana”, “the gateway to West Africa”, Kofi’s Annan’s (former UN Secretary General’s) home country, a land of rich culture, 72% Christians and 18% Muslims, some 5.3% traditional believers, and with self-tagged religious country title. Day and night Ghanaians troop to churches and other religious centres professing…

In case you don’t know, married people don’t have sex everyday. Sometimes sex in marriages is preformed as a duty to your spouse. Stop killing yourself about this sex issue. There is more to a relationship than sex. Yes sex is sweet but know that sex outside marriage takes a lot from you than you…

Why do many Ghanaians assume everyone share their perspectives, values and beliefs and bombard others’ mailboxes with their own religious doctrines and messages? Do you people have any idea how irritating and offensive that’s? Do they think others are ignorant, idle or interested? Can you also separate church and religious activities from other social engagements…