Travel. Exhilarating, eye-opening, enriching. But sometimes it can be downright annoying – especially where travel in Africa is concerned. Over the past two years I’ve taken numerous trips across the continent I call home; the majority for work, some on my own dime, each unique in its own way. My…
There are symptoms of an election all over Accra. From the giant billboards, to the flags of various political parties extending from trees like prosthetic branches, to the general angst in the air as every news program on the radio, internet and television offers updates on the road to Ghana’s…
By MOHAMMED-HANIF ABDULAI & NII APA ABBEY Pokémon. Pokémon Go. Poke Balls. Poke Stops. Gyms! You’ve probably seen these words flying around for a few weeks and wondered what they meant and what the excitement is all about. Well, if you couldn’t be bothered to find out more about the…
Last week, the spate of police brutality, gun violence and racial profiling against America’s black community came to a head with the deaths of 37-year old father of five Alton Sterling and 32-year old school cafeteria worker Philando Castile, resurfacing the debate on racism in America. Two men, going about…
On June 3, 2016, the winners of the 2016 African Blogger Awards were announced via Twitter – and Circumspecte was recognized as a top Africa blog with “world class content” for not one, but two categories: business, finance and entrepreneurship and social issues and citizenship! The African Blogger Awards…
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…
Fiifi Anaman was no stranger to me because I was friends with his cousin Kwame Osei who made me notice not only what he was doing, but also how rapidly he was rising. So when he messaged me one morning to tell me that Fiifi Anaman had won “Best Column”…