On:

By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – 21 June, 2020 “He should come over here to ghana and see what we have to live with,” was my mentor’s response to Dr. Anthony Fauci’s comments on the growing problem of “anti-science bias” in the US during the “Learning Curve” podcast last week.  I have my battles, and my mentor has his, but sometimes they converge. Whether you are dealing with the stark illiterate or the so-called educated middle class– upwardly mobile, aspirational class; both most often have strange values and are often “impervious to reason”, to borrow my mentor’s term.  There are at least three reasons forRead More →

On:

By Isaac Ato Mensah, Accra – 13 June, 2020 The vice chancellors (VCs) of ghana’s public universities ought to be made of sterner stuff; they should not act like lightweights. When they met POTROG at the Jubilee House, Accra, on Thursday, Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu, Vice Chancellor of University of Ghana (UG) who was their spokesperson said: “You gave an order; that was a Presidential order, that Universities should reopen on the 15th of June. I think somewhere last week, some of the media carried news and I am sure probably some may have gotten to you; that some universities have defied the President’s ordersRead More →

On:

By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – 6 June, 2020 The recent tragic events in the US concerning George Floyd should lead us to understand correctly the underpinnings of race. Otherwise, we run the risk of claiming to work for its rejection while still utilizing its bogus framework. Such a flawed understanding will lead to Elizabeth Ohene’s article “George Floyd: I can breathe here” published Wednesday 3 June on graphic.com.gh, Facebook, and many other places. There are no races only human beings. Kwame Anthony Appiah, the philosopher and many other scholars have succinctly explained this; scientists have proven this. Therefore in 21st century journalism it isRead More →

On:

By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – 3 June, 2020 Individual members of the Catholic Association of Media Practitioners-Ghana (CAMP-G) have bared their fangs in response to our article titled “The Silence on Ghana’s Roman Catholic Front”. While none of them have disputed any of the facts and questions/issues raised in the article, there are insistent concerns about what the motive of the article is. Sadly, some have demeaned themselves by hurling a baseless charge of “hatred” of the church. Does the Catholic church in ghana not complain about National Health Insurance Scheme arrears, comprehensive sexuality education, etc, etc? So, if there is a trending globalRead More →

On:

By Lilly Adjorkor AdjeiAccra –  2 June, 2020 “All the advances we made [are] in terms of equality [but] now so many women are going to end up back in their homes,” Laura Baena, the Spanish gender activist/campaigner has said. “We’re going to be the big losers in this [novel Coronavirus] crisis.” She was speaking to The Guardian of the UK on 29 May, about a petition launched by Yo No Renuncio, a social movement group. “The messages I’m getting are desperate,” she added. “The objective right now is survival”. Her message resonates with many women across the globe. But how did income disparities forRead More →