Kotoka International Airport, Ghana’s only international airport, is getting a facelift and it’s beginning to show. From the new “visa on arrival” desk to the expanded arrivals immigration hall and luggage pickup carousels, the much-needed renovation project, which apparently started in 2014, is helping ease some of the congestion travelers…

Congolese musician Siama Matuzungidi / Credit: Dallas Johnson In his powerful poem The Negro Speaks of Rivers, Langston Hughes mentions “rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins”. Prolific Congolese soukous aficionado Siama Matuzungidi borrows this theme in his latest album aptly…

I never cared much about boxing; the concept of beating someone up for a living never quite appealed to me. So, it goes without saying that I’m not really a fan of Muhammad Ali, the Boxer. I never cared much for boxing (and probably still don’t), but I gained great…