What is this I hear about being strong‘You’re strong, you can handle it’ they sayAnd for a split second they have me believing the sameBut in each agonizing moment that passes by, it all seems to be a cruel gameAnd with tear drops sashaying down cheeks once risen with smilesYou…

Chais pas pourquoi, I don’t know whyBut there’s this feeling of anticipationRight in the center of my chestIt rushes up through my wind pipesAnd floods my eyes with tearsI can’t quite put a finger on itBut it feels like something is happeningOr rather, something big is about to happenChais pas…

** This is a testimonial on identity that I wrote for my Intergroup Dialogue Class at Mount Holyoke College in 2009. Comments and criticism are welcome, but should be constructive and respectful. // 2021 Update here. I have always been one to ponder things, so I stumbled upon the fact…

You probably saw this one coming, I mean, as Ghanaian as I am, how could I not have anything to say about Sunday’s presidential election. Either way you look at it, there just might be a drastic turn in Ghana’s history come December 7,2008. The only thing is, I am…

It’s World Philosophy Day – an opportunity to contemplate one’s very existence and whether computer monitors really exist, says David Bain. People expect different things of philosophers. Some expect us to be sages. When these people meet me, my heart sinks, since I know theirs is about to. Others expect…

*This article was published in the Oct 30, 2008 edition of the Mount Holyoke News.Many years from now people will talk about the “Obama Effect.”Generations will talk about the revolutionary movement ignited by one man’s fervent belief in people’s ability to come together to effect positive change. Should he win…

So in my economic development seminar, we talk about a lot of things. One of the things we discussed last week was the effect of the financial crisis on African countries. Many of us agreed it might end up doing more harm to African countries and essentially worsen their already…

I often remark to myself about how similar our lives are to the very systems we set up.Like cars speeding on the highway, we seem to head in similar directions but often end up at different destinationsNow, before you contend the fact that we head in similar directions, stop and…

“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” These words by William Shakespeare meant little to me as I sat on the plane on my way to the United States in September 2005. But a good two and a half years later,…

Okay, so I have been back on the continent (by the continent I mean Africa) for about 2 weeks, and I have finally been re inducted into the genetic makeup. And by ‘re-inducted into the genetic makeup I don’t mean that there was an official welcoming ceremony where I was…