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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 – 30 March 2020 The only time I met Oko Dagadu, the veteran broadcaster, was an uplifting moment for minority languages anywhere in the world. The details. One early Homowo season in 2017, Alhaji Ahmed Salim Sowah, my preferred aide de camp at Radio Latenu 96.1MhZ accompanied me to North Ridge, Accra. We entered the home of Amatei Akuete, president of Ga Adangbe Council who succeeded the venerable KB Asante. The Ga Adangbe Council was founded as an independent think tank to promote Ga language and culture. Inside the house we also met Oko Dagadu, the legendary Ga language broadcaster/producerRead More →