The testimonial football match organized by former Ghanaian international and Bayern Munich star, Samuel Osei- Kuffuor at the heavily packed Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi on Christmas Eve was unique in several ways. more »

I cannot hide my excitement about the immense progress of Ghana’s Premier football league. The administration has improved tremendously. Matches are played on schedule, referees’ reports are dealt with swiftly and most importantly standard of play is so appreciably high that you can pick at least six out of the 16 contestants as potential champions. more »

Some may consider it a rather weird practice, but I have a penchant for reading dutifully the obituary pages of the various newspapers in the country.I have discovered that you get a wealth of information about both the dead and the living more »

In my home country Ghana, our traditional chiefs have the customary right to adopt all sorts of high sounding appellations. You may regard some of them as a little bit pompous but don’t forget that the chieftaincy institution is sacrosanct. Of the many titles the one that tickles me is “Oseadeeyo”, loosely translated meaning one who walks the talk. Incidentally that is the title of my Paramount Chief from the Akuapem Mountains more »

There was this friend of mine who kept on losing heavily on the weekly national lotto and he would always console himself by saying, “it needs a lot of courage to stay in the game”. He died recently, may he rest in peace. As an ardent admirer of… more »

Asante Kotoko, Tanzania more »