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By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – Friday 28 January 2022 As I enter into birthday mode, it is time to share a bit more about myself with our favourite readers. Some say I am a “fake writer”; that I do not exist.  Others still believe some people have been writing for me.  I do not begrudge them; they’re not alone in that belief; my friends/acquaintances may be puzzled that an introvert could be so blunt. At age 22, I was asked at 24 hours notice by Reverend Father Joseph Egblewogbe, then assistant parish priest of Martyrs of Uganda Catholic Church, Mamprobi, Accra, to deliver inRead More →

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By Isaac Ato Mensah Accra – Tuesday 25 January, 2022 Anumnyam Anumnyam, formerly known as Nii Anum Telfer, a 71 year old poet and art lover, has made history by discovering and compiling primary source records on the peri-independence years of Ghana accumulated by his grandfather – hidden in plain sight in his home. I first met Anumnyam when as a radio station manager, I arranged an interview for him at Radio Latenu 96.1MHz in 2017, in order to publicise “Olewu”, his book on leadership.  Olewu is a children’s story book approved by the Ministry of Education’s erstwhile Curriculum Research and Development Division, for moralRead More →

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By Isaac Ato MENSAH Accra – Thursday 20 January, 2022 Does Ashesi University have a writing centre and a customer service protocol?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  I went to Ashesi University at Brekuso, on Monday 17 January, but was turned away by a hostile trio of security guards or gatemen.   Ashesi has branded itself as an atypical ghanaian institution so I went there to seek a collaboration with their Writing Centre for my writing consultancy business.  On reaching the main entrance, to my shock and dismay, a security guard told me emphatically, “There is no writing centre here”.  I asked them whether it was their expectationRead More →