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 […]

The issue of child labour and for that matter the exploitation of the female child especially, sometimes appeara as tall tales or gives you the bandwagon effect of shouting with the crowd “this is bad it must be stopped!”, but having a personal encounter is another ball game altogether. Somewhere in the middle of last […]

Ceci est une mise à jour du blog que j'ai publié sur les militantes des droits des femmes appelant les femmes à partir en voyage de sept jours.- boycott du sexe en journée (fillette?), posté sur Aril 30. Je sais que le blogueur a fait des agissements ces derniers temps et qu'il est toujours en train de décider s'il accepte ou non les commentaires., so I want to assume that’s […]

On the 25th day of November 2008, Rose Buabeng, affectionately called Auntie Rose, declared herself team leader of the “Onamdaade” fun club or should I rather say “wahala” club???????(Ref.25/11/08 blog) Barely six months later, there has been a massive elevation from “Onamdaade” à “Owo daade”, Auntie Rose has “released” a fairly new Toyota Corolla saloon […]

J'ai récemment lu une histoire vraie sur une femme qui venait d'accoucher et était étiquetée de sorcière parce qu'elle avait donné naissance à un albinos. Les beaux-parents ne voulaient rien avoir à faire avec cette maman ni son bébé car ils se sentent déshonorés. Viens penser à […]

MOTHERS DAY IS HERE AGAIN Well I guess I’m like too many other daughters who are looking at the calendar and realizing that Mother’s Day is less than a week away! and I still haven’t done any preparations towards it. Sisters do you know that our Moms don’t get weekends off, sick time or vacation […]