History teaching in our primary and junior high schools needs major facelift. Ghanaian history didn't start with the arrival of Europeans. Our history goes beyond forts and castles, European governors and major wars, the Big Six and Kwame Nkrumah. Tribal and Ethnic histories must…

Language in Social Context!

In Asante nobility ranking, Ohene (translated as chief in English) can be the head of a state, a town or village. A state is translated as Oman, making the head of a State Omanhene (Chief of the State). Asanteman is confederation of States (e.g. Agogo…

We've actually blocked each other.

Ei, asem oh!

Materials on Asante Historiography are practically endless. Historians have always separated the history of Gold Coast from that of Asantes because of the enormousness of material on the latter. Go out there and read. Be mindful of your sources and be sceptical of what you read.…

You mean to tell me you've never heard of segregated urban spaces and colonial segregation policies in Accra before? Cool!

Most History books on Pre-colonial Ghana were written by foreigners who mostly had to rely on translators to transcribe oral traditions. Access to written primary sources were scarce. And this makes Rev. Reindorf's History of the Gold Coast and Asante such a rare find.

Reading some comments and  praises in attempt to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Otumfour, I can understand why some people are all worked up. Some comments are borderline tribalistic and supremacist and I can perfectly understand why one may feel irritated. I've personally…

That won't be a very positive development. Even within Asanteman, we are different groups. You have the Sekyere, Adansi, Antwima, Kwabre, etc. Asanteman isn't a tribe but a confederation. Our strength comes from our inclusiveness and respect for our differences. Let's pray we can…

A sketch of your people in 1800 and some of them were already wearing modern Ghana military uniforms?

If you're looking for an opportunity to learn, I'd be more than happy to school you. Go to the British Council, the British High Commissioner, Commonwealth Secretariat, United Nations office, the numerous institutions in Ghana offering UK based curricular education, and the Ghana…

My political choice is informed by ideologies. My tribe was determined by chance. Every thinking person is supposed to make a rational decision on which political party represents their value system. I'd be damned to allow my tribe to determine how I use my thumbs blinding myself…

But on a more serious note, how do some of you kids not know the demarcations of regions in Ghana are different from the tribal groupings of Ghanaians? There are only 16 regions in Ghana as against 100 or more ethnic groups. At independence, there were only five. New regions are…

The Asantehene doing bidding for the 'British Empire' whose presence stopped its expansion? You're hating on the Kingdom that made modern Ghana only a British colony for only 55 years? In comparison, the US were a British colony for almost 200 years.

You're dissing the Kingdom…

He's not the King of Ghana as the nation Ghana isn't a Monarchy. He can't control Ewes because Ghana isn't a monoethnic nation-state. The concept of Ghana as a uniformed nation is an illusion. Unfortunately , people are more loyal to their ethnicity than the nationhood Ghana. And…

I can't believe people are still debating whether Otumfour is a chief or King in Ghana. Anyway, a bit of an insight for those who care to read for varying insight. Whether Asantehene is a chief or king all comes down to one's understanding of how culture, politics and history…

'The prosperity of a country depends not on the abundance of its revenues... but it consists in the number of its cultivated citizens, in its men of education, enlightenment, & character; here are to be found its true interest, its chief strength, its real power.'—MARTIN LUTHER.

The kids being fed with this in school might argue otherwise!

Everything this guy isn't! What does Team Ogum know about togetherness?

The Irony!