2012 archive

Oct 24

ENLIGHTENED LEADERSHIP CAN DO WONDERS FOR AFRICA

ENLIGHTENED LEADERSHIP CAN DO WONDERS IN AFRICA  by CAMERON DUODU                        On Internet forums, one often comes across a desperate cry from Africans, wondering whether there is something “wrong” with Africa. This is because – they claim — they never read of anything ‘positive’ that …

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Oct 21

EKITI STATE, WHERE ‘SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL ‘http://www.newtimes.com.gh/story/ekiti-state-nigeria-where-small-is-beautiful

   http://www.newtimes.com.gh/story/ekiti-state-nigeria-where-small-is-beautiful

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Sep 28

….and what about this?….

Of Gutters and Cars!   http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2155835/And-think-potholes-UK-bad–Unlucky-Chinese-driver-hospital-6ft-deep-sinkhole-swallows-minibus.html#ixzz1x8ILVtO7

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Sep 26

CAMERON DUODU “UNDER THE NEEM TREE”

http://http://africanbusinessmagazine.com/blogs/under-the-neem-tree/Page-4 Under the Neem Tree Cameron Duodu Under the Neem Tree Born and educated in Ghana, Cameron Duodu started work on a general purpose magazine called New Nation in Ghana, then moved to the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation, where he became editor of radio news. He returned to the magazine world as editor of the Ghana …

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Sep 26

CAMERON DUODU’S ”UNDER THE NEEM TREE” ARTICLES

  http://africanbusinessmagazine.com/blogs/under-the-neem-tree/Page-4 Under the Neem Tree (1) A BATTLE WITH THE STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS Written by Cameron Duodu I didn’t court the stream of consciousness. It just surfaced from deep within my psyche, and only because I had read Ghana’s Daily Graphic on the internet. Read more… Published in Under the Neem Tree AFRICAN AT RISK IN LIBYA Written …

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Sep 25

the unimaginable torpor in our national life is sapping our people’s morale

THIS UNIMAGINABLE TORPOR IN OUR NATIONAL LIFE  IS SAPPING THE MORALE OF OUR PEOPLE By CAMERON DUODU     How can this be? one asks.   But there on the screen is the report – unmistakable in its starkness and brutal in the imagery it summons into play.   The report reads: “Dozens feared dead …

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Sep 17

PRIVATISING ABURI GARDENS WOULD AMOUNT TO A GROTESQUE VANDALISATION

SELLING ABURI GARDENS WILL BE A GROTESQUE ACT OF VANDALISM By CAMERON DUODU     WHY is it that when Ghanaians of a certain mentality find that they have a problem on their hands, they go for only ONE solution?   I remember getting into an argument with a “big man” about our open storm …

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Sep 11

HOW IS DR AFARI-GYAN COPING WITH ‘THE JOB FROM HELL’?

The Ghanaian Times 11th September, 2012 COPING WITH A ‘JOB FROM HELL By CAMERON DUODU             Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan Tweet To be appointed Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC) in an African country is to be given a job from hell. This is because politics here – as the principal means of transforming the lives …

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Sep 04

THE ANC MUST RELEARN ITS OWN HISTORY

THE ANC MUST RE-LEARN ITS OWN HISTORY by CAMERON DUODU (The Ghanaian Times 04 September 2012) Related Stories HOW COULD THE ANC ALLOW ANOTHER SHARPEVILLE TO HAPPEN? Tweet The ANC of South Africa attained the age of 100 years on 8 January 2012. That makes the organisation one of the oldest political movements in Africa.And …

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Aug 21

HOW COULD THE ANC ALLOW THIS NEW ‘SHARPEVILLE’ TO HAPPEN?

HOW COULD THE ANC ALLOW ANOTHER SHARPEVILLE TO HAPPEN? By CAMERON DUODU       It has joined the names of the other South African localities that make you shudder when you hear them; names like Sharpeville, Langa and Nyanga.   And the date won’t be forgotten, either – Marikana: 16th August 2012; just like …

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