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Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Ghana in Focus looks at the recent visit of US Vice President Kamala Harris to Ghana. The visit was to further cement ties between the two countries. However the visit was overshadowed by her comments on Ghana 's passage of the anti LGBTQ bill. We explain why her comments were ill judged and what the hidden agenda of her message was. We also explai...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Afrika in Focus is a special examining the legacy of Dr Martin Luther King Jnr who was assassinated 55 years ago on April 4 1968 and asking the question whether Africans in America have lived a dream or a nightmare. We start by stating that contrary to what has been said Dr King was murdered by the US government and NOT the scapegoat, James Earl Ray. We...

Send us Fan Mail  This week's episode of Ghana in Focus looks at the disturbing trend of Ghanaian youth leaving Ghana in search of 'greener' pastures. This is in the light of a report from the Thematic Report on Migration 2021 which revealed that the majority of Ghanaians that are leaving Ghana are aged between 20-49 years of age. We explore some of the reasons why many Ghanaian you...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Afrika in Focus looks at the anti Afrikan racism in Tunisia in the wake of the inflammatory anti Afrikan sentiments expressed by Tunisia's president Kais Saied. First we give a backdrop to Tunisia and state that contrary to opinion, Tunisia is an Afrikan country NOT an 'Arab' one. We analyse the quality of life for Afrikan people in Tunis...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus explains why Ghana was ONLY truly independent for 6 years, 1960 - 1966 We explain what Ghana then Gold Coast was and why Kwame Nkrumah planned on making Ghana a republic and truly an independent nation. We then detail when Ghana truly became independent and what it tired to do during this period of true independence. We end by stating whe...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus highlights the coup that removed Ghana's first president Dr Kwame Nkrumah from power, often dubbed Ghana's Day of shame. We pinpoint 3 main reasons why Kwame Nkrumah was removed from power including Nkrumah's plan to industrialise Ghana.  We also delve into how the CIA hatched the plan ,financed the plan and executed the re...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Afrika in Focus looks at the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria. We begin by explaining that the state that is called Nigeria was forcibly put together by the wickedly wicked British for the political, socio-economic benefit of the British Empire. We also explain that before British Imperialism the state that is called Nigeria consisted of Kingdom...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus is a special as we highlight the difficult years that the country will be facing because of the damaging economic circumstances Ghana finds itself in . We explain the reasons why Ghana is in the dire financial meltdown it finds itself in which has led it to go cap in hand to the IMF to get some sort of bailout. We also explain that one of...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus looks at the milestone of 30 years of democratic dispensation in Ghana asking the question success or sham. We take a brief look into the circumstances that led to the birth of the 4th republic in January 1993 citing the instability Ghana suffered in the post Nkrumah years. We then look into why and how 'democracy' was re introd...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Afrika in Focus is a special looking at the life and legacy of Pele. We start by giving a backdrop into the conditions for African people in Brazil when Pele , real name Edson Arantes do Nascimento was born including a form of Apartheid that still exists in Brazil today making the quality of life for African people very difficult indeed. We give a take...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Afrika in Focus look at the life and legacy of the Great Patrice Lumumba.   17 January is the 62nd year of the assassination that is often referred to in Pan African circles as the greatest assassination of the 20th century and along with the removal of Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana was the assassination that damaged the soul of Africa. We give an insight into...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Ghana in Focus informs listeners and the public at large that you no longer need a COVID 19 vaccine to travel to Ghana This is good news especially for those wanting to visit Ghana but were not vaccinated. Full details are here as expressed by the director General of the Ghana Health Service:   COVID -19: Non-vaccinated passengers can now come to Ghana...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in focus is part II of our series for now looking at tourism in Ghana. This week we go outside the capital  Accra and spotlight three other regions in Ghana namely the Eastern Region, the Asante Region and the Central Region. We give popular areas of interest to go to and make recommendations on places of interest to visit.  Eastern Region:  Adomi...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus looks at Tourism in Ghana spotlighting Accra. It is tourism season in Ghana and typically many Afrikans from the diaspora come to Ghana each year during the period December to March. During the Year of Return in 2019, it is estimated that over a million Afrikans from the diaspora visited Ghana.  Typically, over 100,000 people come to Ghan...

Send us Fan Mail The week's episode of Ghana in Focus highlights the REALITY that Ghana is in RECESSION!! Many commentators in Ghana will not or cannot say that Ghana is in recession, but the harsh TRUTH is that Ghana is in a DEEP RECESSION!!  We explain the reasons why Ghana is in recession looking at some key indices including inflation where we challenge the assertion that inflation in Gha...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Afrika in Focus is a take from an Afrikan centred perspective on why Afrikan people MUST boycott the Hollywood films the Woman King and Black Panther, The Sequel. We discuss the history of Hollywood which is run by European Jews and their gentile European cousins.   Hollywood has NEVER portrayed Afrikan (Black) people in a positive light and the negativ...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Afrika in Focus is a special looking at the forthcoming Football World Cup being held in Qatar, asking the question can an Afrikan team win the football world Cup The Greatest Footballer Of All Time (GOAT). The Afrikan Brazilian Pele once said that an Afrikan nation would win the World Cup by the year 2000. That has not materialised as yet and frankly,...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Ghana in Focus is a special as it draws the conclusion that the current NPP Government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo MUST resign NOW!! At this juncture I must stress that I am not affiliated to any political party in Ghana as they are ALL a waste of space.  My intention is as a deeply concerned citizen of Ghana who wants to see Ghana reach its FULL pot...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Ghana in Focus looks at the origins of Afrikan (Black) History Month in the UK and the Ghanaian connection. October is Afrikan (Black) History Month in the UK but a little-known fact is that a Ghanaian by the name of Akyaaba Addai Sebo was behind its conception. We analyse the huge role played by Addai Sebo into the formation of Afrikan History Month an...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode takes a critical look at one of the most pressing and disturbing issues affecting Ghana, namely illegal small-scale mining or Galamsey as it is known. We start by saying what this is and how in recent years has become more sinister and the adverse effects this is having on Ghana. I point out that it is the insatiable greed of Ghanaians that has created the...

Send us Fan Mail This edition of Afrika in Focus is a special looking at Afrika and the British Monarchy in the light of the recent death of Queen Elizabeth II. We examine the dark history of the British Monarchy, its association with the brutal enslavement of Afrikan people through to the mass colonization of indigenous people's lands, culture, history and tradition ALL in the name of empire...

Send us Fan Mail Wednesday the 21st September is the Earth Day of the man BBC Afrika listeners voted the Afrikan of the Millennium in the year 2000, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president. In this special edition of Ghana in Focus we replay the podcasts aired last year relating to the life and legacy of the great man. Born in 1909 in the little town of Nkroful in Western Ghana, Nkrumah ori...

Send us Fan Mail This week's edition of Ghana in Focus is the last in our three part series looking at Ghanaian cuisine.   This week we look at two very popular and widely eaten dishes in Ghana.   First is Emutuo ene Nkatenkwan (Rice balls and Peanut butter soup).  This is a very popular dish amongst Ghanaian people which is eaten for lunch or as an evening meal. In some cultures, it is eaten...

Send us Fan Mail This week's  edition of Ghana in Focus is Part II of our series looking into Ghanaian cuisine.  We take at look at 2 more popular Ghanaian dishes, Waakye and Nkontomire stew. Waakye is a very popular dish in Ghana.  It is often eaten as a morning meal or for lunch in the afternoon.  Waakye is made with red beans and white rice and is a food that has it's origins amongst...

Send us Fan Mail This week's episode of Ghana in Focus is the first in a three part series looking at Ghanaian cuisine.  In this episode we look at two of the most popular Ghanaian dishes, Jolof Rice is a very popular dish in Ghana and for that matter across parts of West Africa,  In fact Jolof rice is so popular that both Ghana and Nigeria lay claim to being the best at making Jolof Rice to...