There once lived a wee little fellow Quite a troublesome little fellow was he Fidgety, fidgety, fidgety He never could sit still Until one day he encountered geology Yes, you heard right, geology And with that as silent as a mouse he would be He learned about igneous, sedimentary and…
Over the past week, I’ve spent time with my cousins and a visiting “sister” from Ghana who recently had a baby girl. The baby is adorably cute, and my would-be “maternal instincts” immediately kicked in. I’ve always found it amazing how a tiny baby can grow up to be an…
I have wanted to write about intellectual property rights ever since I took an international trade seminar in my final year in college. It was a pretty eye-opening experience, but like just about everything on the international front, there were no clear cut solutions or resolutions, especially where Africa is…
Hi people, hope everything is going well with all of you. I know I haven’t written on here in a while, I’m thinking about restructuring the blog layout to make it easier for you to access what you want, so please bear with me. In the meantime. I decided to…
For a long time now, I have concentrated on writing articles that focus on Ghana’s development as a whole, without looking too critically at the various factors and elements that contribute to Ghana’s inability to accelerate development. Following my independent study research this past year on Ghana and Malaysia’s economic…
Hi Everyone,Ok, most of you know me, some of you probably don’t. But it’s never too late to make acquaintances. That said, I have been thinking about doing this for a while now, but have never actually had the time. Guess what? It’s summer, I’m done with college, and I’m…
Everyone knows that France has some of the best cuisine in the world. French cuisine is usually ranked as one of the top five international cuisines. So how could it be that on Sunday, Aug. 12 2007, I found myself stuck in a McDonald’s joint in Paris—the very hub of…
The subject of colonization is one that many people would rather avoid. To some, its occurrence was a necessary evil; one that propelled the now-developed world to the heights it has achieved. To others, it’s a thing apart in itself; something ancient that took place under a different set of…
She might as well be the youngest Mount Holyoke alumna to write and publish her first novel in nine months, but from the creativity, attention to detail and high-caliber of writing in Harmattan Rain, she could easily pass for a connoisseur. Ayesha Harruna Attah was born in Accra, Ghana, graduated…