Ghana / Afrika in Focus

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Afrika in Focus continues our series looking into the beauty industry. We look into the epidemic of skin bleaching in the global Afrikan community. Before this we put a rap on the hair issue and state the damaging toxic chemicals that are present in the hair products. We advise what chemicals to look out for and also provide natural alternatives to thes...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Afrika in Focus examines the effects of the hair care industry on Afrikan (Black) women. We start by analysing why Afrikan women globally spend huge amounts of money trying to look like European women. We then go into depth using history and mind control techniques how Afrikan women were programmed to hate their nappy, kinky, woolly hair and use all sor...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus ends our heritage month series looking at aspects of Ghanaian life. This week we analyse why the LGBTQ agenda is anti Ghanaian family values. This is in light of the anti LGBTQ bill unanimously passed in the Ghanaian parliament that is now awaiting the President of the Republic of Ghana to ascend the bill into law. We explain the essence...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus continues our Ghana heritage series month.  We look at Kumasi as a viable investment destination. Kumasi or  Kumase is the second city of Ghana and is the capital of the Asante Region of Ghana, Kumasi is a  5 and a half hour journey by road from the capital Accra and is also easily accessible by plane from the Kotoka International Airport...

Send us Fan Mail As part of our heritage month series, this week's edition of Ghana in Focus looks at some more authentic Ghanaian dishes. The dishes we feature include the national dish of the Asante people Fufuo and Palm nut soup (Ab3nkwan), the national dish of the Ga people, Ga Kenkey (Ncran Dokonu) and a Ghanaian street food classic K3l3w3l3 (spiced fried sweet plantain) We cite these Gh...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Ghana in Focus asks a pertinent question, who really owns Ghana. This is in light of Ghana celebrating its 67th year of so called independence on 6th March 1957. The question of who really owns Ghana is a cogent one given the assertion that political independence is meaningless without economic independence. Given this we analyse 5 key sectors of the Gh...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus highlights the president of Ghana's State Of the Nation Address (SONA) and stress this is a president who is seriously out of  touch with reality. We go into numerous topics that the president mentioned or did not mention and give our take on these topics. Health - we explain that the state run clinics/ hospitals leave a lot to be de...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Afrika in Focus reviews the just ended Afrikan Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Ivory Coast. By all accounts the football fiesta that was AFCON was a great success with more than 2 Billion people watching the event in more than 170 countries.  Added to this most of the stadia hosting the matches were sold out culminating in the final being sold out to a full c...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Afrika in Focus analyses the Biopic of Bob Marley, ONE LOVE. We explain the rationale for the movie and stress that certain factors like the marketability of the film and the type of message the producers / directors of the film wanted to portray were all considerations before the release of the film. The portrayal of Marley in the biopic will be a wate...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus looks at marriage in the Ghanaian/ traditional Afrikan setting. We explain the concept of marriage in the Ghanaian / Afrikan tradition and why the institution of marriage is valued deeply and the role this plays in the community / nation. We explain the difference in the concept of marriage between the Afrikan and the European and how the...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus examines the vexed question that many Afrikan (Black) women in the West and some in Afrika claim that there are no good Afrikan (Black) men out there. We scrutinize this claim by stating what is a definition of a good Black man? We explain some of the socio economic nuances especially in the West that creates the Single Black Woman who as...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus looks at the outrageous decision by Britain to 'loan' to the Asante nation, stolen Asante crown jewels. We chronicle the history of how these precious crown jewels were stolen by the wicked British during the Asante-British wars of 1800-1904 where the main aim of the British was to steal the Asante Golden stool and subjugate the...

Send us Fan Mail Ghana crashed out of this year's Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) by failing to beat lowly Mozambique and therefore  failing to make the knockout stages of the AFCON for a second tournament in a row . They are many reasons why Ghana failed at AFCON 23 some of which include the Ghana Football Association (GFA) allowing the impressive Otto Addo to leave his post after the World Cu...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Afrika  in Focus highlights Australia as the country celebrates 'Australia day'. We first give an historical overview of Australia and state that Australia is a Afrikan/Black country. We highlight the original people of Australia, the 'Aboriginal' people have lived in Australia for more than 60,000 years. We  state how before the com...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Afrika in Focus analyses the war in the so called Middle East. We give an Afrikan perpective on this conflict and insist this is not an Afrikan concern. We begin by highlighting the FACT that those who are fighting in that area of land are NOT indigenous to the so called Middle East. We chronicle the history of the area and highlight the origin of the I...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Afrika in Focus previews the forthcoming Afrikan Cup of Nations. The continent's biggest sporting showpiece will be taking place in La Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) from 13th January to 11th February. The reigning Afrikan champions Senegal who beat Egypt on penalties in last year's Afcon will be looking to defend their title. Senegal will b...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana / Afrika in Focus is a special where we review the year 2023. We start by giving out some statistics showing the tremendous growth Ghana / Afrika in Focus podcast made in 2023. Such statics include: The most popular podcast of 2023 The number of countries that listened to Ghana / Afrika in Focus the number of new listeners The top 5 countries wher...

Send us Fan Mail The week's edition of Ghana in Focus continues our series on tourism. This week we focus on Ghana in December and the numerous activities that will be taking place in Accra in December. We also put the spotlight on one of the most fascinating and diverse regions of Ghana , the Western Region. December is the start of the peak tourist season in Ghana .  December in particular...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Ghana in  Focus celebrates Ghanaian farmers in the form of Farmers' Day. We start by explaining the reason for celebrating farmers' day. We then go into detail about why food and agriculture are an important part of human development and nation building. We detail how Ghana became food secure under Ghana's first president Dr Kwame Nkrumah...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Afrikan in Focus looks at tourism on the continent. We shine the spotlight on one of the most developed and captivating cities on the continent , Luanda in Angola. We give a brief overview of Angola before delving into Luanda. Luanda is a coastal city and like many coastal cities on the western part of the continent was a transit point where many enslav...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus looks at how to survive the current global cost of living crisis and economic downturn. In the last 4 years, the double whammy of the COVID plandemic and the after effects of the Russia-Ukraine war has resulted in economic aftershocks that is having a profound effect on the citizenry. We give 5 tips and practical ways you can survive the...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Ghana in Focus ends our series for now looking at dating / relationships in Ghana.  This week we focus on Ghanaian men and the things ladies / sisters from the diaspora need to watch out for. Since the year of return on 2019 tens of thousands of Afrikan women from the diaspora have come to Ghana to relocate do business  and to find love. We start by war...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus continues our series analysing dating / relationships in Ghana. We again urge Afrikan men from the diaspora to be very careful when dating in Ghana. We mention some of the signs that a Ghanaian/ Afrikan woman is either interested or not interested in you the man and some of the things to look for as a man. We caution Brothers from using ...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode looks at dating / relationships in Ghana . Since the year of Return in 2019, thousands of Afrikan men from the diaspora have come to Ghana to relocate , set up business and with the hope of finding love in Ghana. We state the different nuances of dating in Ghana as compared to the West. We also advise diasporan men of some of the nuances and challenges of...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Afrika in Focus looks at a very sinister and disturbing development taking place in South Afrika. Over the last few years three has been instances of Afrikan v Afrikan violence in the country where so called Black South Afrikans have been using evil means to attack their Afrikan Sisters and Brothers. This has led rise to the Operation Dudula Phenomenon...