Kwesi Yankah Writes: Behind the Back of Atta Mills
See how Ghanaians commemorate the departed long after we have given them a very ‘nice’ send-off. Our impressive goodbyes may even compel an envious...
Kwesi Yankah Writes: Poor Mahmoud; The sad Plight of a Happy Man
Mahmoud Bawumia looks like a happy man having roused the country to its feet since May. With all eyes...
Kwesi Yankah Writes: Father’s Day in Trouble
Last Sunday, Father’s Day, I had a special dialogue with friends and followers at the Coltrane Jazz Club, where...
Kwesi Yankah Writes: My Mother’s Day in Denmark
Mother’s Day sprang upon me when I was distracted by fatherly matters; but my ‘Mother’ made sure she had...
Kwesi Yankah Writes: A Season of Vanishing Genitals
In the past three weeks, fear and panic have gripped parts of Ghana. A legend of vanishing male genitals...
Kwesi Yankah Writes: To a Woman of Courage: Akosua Adomako Ampofo
Today, I extend Happy Birthday greetings to a colleague and Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences....
Kwesi Yankah Writes: DC Kwame Kwakye in Pictures [EXCLUSIVE]
Following my last post, I present below a sample feedback I have received on Ghana’s folk hero, Kwame Kwakye,...
Kwesi Yankah Writes: Celebrating Verandah Boys in Governance
"I have been a silent student of ‘language in governance’ for a while now, beginning from the revolutionary period...
Kwesi Yankah Writes: DC Kwame Kwakye and His Special English Diction
Kwame Kwakye, the legendary District Commissioner during the Nkrumah days, was a household name in the 1960s. I was...
Kwesi Yankah Writes: Our Parliament and Abrofosem
Our celebration of the International Mother Tongue Day continues. Today, I present another thematic area in my keynote address...
Kwesi Yankah Writes: Mother Tongue and Ghana’s Presidents
21st February, International Mother Tongue Day.I spent the day at Ghana’s premier University of Ghana, honoring an invitation by the...
Kwesi Yankah Writes: Kojo Besia Encounters
Kojo Besia, a topic Ghanaians broach only in hushed tones and sealed lips in recent times. In our early...
Kwesi Yankah Writes: The Reshuffle You Asked For
The word ‘reshuffle’ is hardly used outside politics. Never heard of a man waiting for Father’s Day to reshuffle...
