Ma mère était une fille de cuisine, fille de cuisine…Mon père était jardinier, garçon de jardin…C'est pourquoi je suis féministe, féministe…C'est pourquoi je suis féministe, féministe… (Chanson interprétée par les Beatles, Directeur exécutif de Swaziland Positive Living (SWAPOL) au CEO Forum à Kampala, Ouganda) Les femmes arrivent, around the cornerThe women are coming, around […]

I thought I had heard all about the Obama speech (I have said on several occasions that he did not say anything I did not know) until recently when I heard two well educated and learned professionals discussing some of the ills in our society. They spoke specifically about: • Corruption in the public sector• […]

An email update sent to Nafi Chinery, AWDF’s Capacity Building Officer: Feedback from Rural Women’s Movement (RWM), an AWDF grantee in Swaziland on their experiences at the recent International Resource Mobilisation Workshop (Iwrm) held in Bangalore, Inde. AWDF supported RWM and 4 other grantees to attend the IWRM. Chère Nafi, On behalf of RWM I […]

Actuellement, one of my favourite ways of enjoying Wednesday evenings is to watch the “Zain Africa Challenge”. It’s a quiz organised by Zain and it’s for selected Universities in Africa. The quiz master of the show is great and leaves an “indelible mark” on his audience – a good enough reason to make a date […]

Over the weekend, I attended the final funeral rites of a close relative at one of the suburbs in Accra. Unfortunately for me, most of the activities during the church service were in Ga, the local language spoken by the people of Accra for which I neither speak nor understand. So to while away the […]

Are you a female novelist, poet or playwright? Have you attempted writing any short stories, novels, poems or plays? Do you need guidance in writing and publishing your own work? Are you a member of the Mbaasem Writers’ Club? Then Mbaasem Foundation is inviting you to join the Ghana Women Writers’ Forum for a wonderful […]

It is well known that President Obama chose to visit Ghana because of its track record in governance and democracy. Not all of us who live here are convinced that we are such a good model for governance and democracy but that is a subject for another blog. This morning Joy FM (Ghanaian local radio […]

8juillet, 2009. Cher Président Obama, Vous êtes attendus dans notre cher pays ce vendredi et déjà la Obama-mania s'est emparée du Ghana. Pour être juste, la manie d'Obama n'est pas uniquement due à votre visite imminente. Obama-mania a commencé lorsque vous êtes devenu le candidat présidentiel du Parti démocrate. En ce jour fatidique de novembre où vous avez été élu […]

Part of my personal reference documents are kept in the boot of my car. These references are in the form of notes and materials from the workshops that I have attended in recent times. Over the weekend whilst I was cleaning the car, I decided to go through the documents to refresh my thoughts on […]

Joining the AWDF Slimmers Club is the second best thing that has happened to me this year (the first being a deeper understanding of the Love of God). In early May I got a mail from a colleague Nana, inviting interested sisters to sign on and join a slimmers club. I was not too keen […]