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By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra- 7 October, 2018.                 When I was prompted that this blog had not written about the visit of Melania to the land of melanin, I already knew what our angle should be.    I guess we all agree it was a successful trip; Melania Trump got to work on her tan, hug babies and say the right things. And we of course, welcomed her with our traditional Ghanaian hospitality. It’s all in our DNA. And yes, Donald we do have some good things. Etsew na dokon (wona de otsiaw)…Balls of starch made fromRead More →

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By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra- 4 October, 2018.     Pre-Vas TV started test transmission yesterday 3 October, 2018. Hurray…it is indeed an October to remember. Now the real work begins; ask anyone who has been declared a winner on election night. The television set is a very powerful medium of communication; ask any 40 year old American about Sesame Street. So whilst we congratulate the directors and founders of Pre-Vas TV, we shall ask many questions for their reflection. The owners have their religious and ethnic biases- which one will hold sway? Will they be able to transcend both? Will the financial motive beRead More →

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By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra- 2 October, 2018.   The United Nations General Assembly has raised the stakes further on illegal global migration. This December, it will hold an intergovernmental conference on the troubling phenomenon in the great African city, Marrakech in Morocco. Of the 193 member nations and territories, only the United States of America and Hungary are not in favour of the move. True to form, Donald J. Trump sees the non-binding Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration as a threat to his America First agenda. ‘America is governed by Americans,’ Trump declared last Tuesday at the 73rd UN General Assembly on the matter.Read More →