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  Authored by Rev. E.A.W. Engmann; Regnum Africa 2021: ISBN 9 789988 3 19625    Manuscript compiled by Rev. Dr. Philip T. Laryea, Akrofi-Christaller Institute   Review by Isaac Ato Mensah, Accra – 30 December, 2021 When I was growing up in Accra, never once was I made to feel awkward for being literate in Ga or for speaking Ga, which is not my ethnic language.  Sadly today, I have become accustomed to being asked whether I am a Ga indegene anytime I speak Ga in public.  It is a sign of the times for such a question does not make sense.  But I am not naive: stereotypesRead More →

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By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – 27 December, 2021 There were strong feelings, sadness and even manifestations of grief from mature men with strict morals at the Borstal Institute, Dzorwulu, Accra, on Thursday 23 December when the United Grand Lodge of England, English District in Ghana held a luncheon with the inmates.  The five-member delegation from the District Grand Lodge was led by the District Grand Master, and included the District Grand Secretary. Brother MA, a key advocate of the visitation, who was part of this second annual visit on Thursday could not hide his emotion. The visit had clearly stirred something in him. EarlierRead More →

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  By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – 20 December, 2021 Contracting leprosy was one of the most tragic things that could have happened to an individual in the ancient world.  Whenever a person with leprosy [- not leper!] was around other people, they were required to shout “unclean, unclean,” so passersby would know to keep their distance.  People affected by leprosy were required to live “alone, outside the camp,” so as to reduce the risk of transmitting their disease to others (Leviticus 13:45-46). To become infected with leprosy was to be isolated and humiliated perpetually. In order to remove this stigma from people affected byRead More →

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By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – 15 December, 2021 “I’d like to see a situation where women have just as much freedom as the men do. Maybe I’m talking ahead of my time. Because women in Ghana traditionally do not have so much freedom,” said Eudora Quartey, circa 1974.  Those words were contained in the BBC documentary “A Girl Named Eudora”, accessed on Youtube on 8 December 2021. Mrs Eudora Quartey-Koranteng, the respected Ghanaian diplomat who until her sudden passing on 20 October this year was ambassador to Italy with concurrent accreditation to several other nations, was known for dressing elegantly and appropriately; she wasRead More →

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By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – 7 December, 2021 “Exams do not define us, exams cannot define you,” was one of the maxims I created to intersperse my whiteboard lessons as I took the whole of 2021 off blogging to homeschool my two teenage sons.  We had all the time to complete the various WASSCE and BECE syllabi, and even go “above sylla” into American College Board, the O- and A-Levels, Indian curricular, and university level courses.  We created breaktime and holidays, but we worked harder than at regular school; we started at 6am and closed at 10pm daily.  The COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana forcedRead More →