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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: The ‘rich Asante culture’ and the unpolished German rice
Last week, Asanteman came to a standstill. And many of the people who matter in the affairs of our republic were there to pay their homage. The occasion?…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: The tribute Komla Dumor wrote about himself
For a moment, I thought the priest moderating the burial service had made a mistake. So I waited to hear the correction. But it never came. Like many…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: The Black Stars and Afriyie-Ankrah’s tears in the rain
There is this story about parliamentarians whose bus was involved in a fatal accident on their way to a rural community to inspect a project. When rescuers heard…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: Of a greedy nation and a homeless president
Brethren in the Lord, let us open our Bible to the book of Matthew. We are reading from the twentieth verse of the eighth chapter. For a better…
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Mahama withdraws request to keep Cantonment residence
Former President John Dramani Mahama has withdrawn an earlier request to keep Bungalow No.3 of Prestige Link in Cantonments, “and its adjoining facilities as his retirement home.” This comes…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: Why Akufo-Addo’s plagiarised speech is both good and bad omen
A child from a poor home, like the one in which I grew up, does not often look up to something special from its mother’s kitchen, but it…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: Has Akufo-Addo just repeated Mahama’s blunder?
Our wise elders have warned us that if a man dies by stumbling over a stone, we do not run to his funeral. For the fear of also…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: A critique of Akufo-Addo’s “Thank You” tour
When the much-vilified Old Man showed up again for the third time, his fate on the chopping board of the sharp-teethed babies and ill-bred adults was more predictable…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: The undiplomatic diplomat and the hypocrites
The first time I heard about Jon Benjamin was in November 2014. I was in the United States participating in the International Visitors Leadership Programme on Investigative Journalism,…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: Rashida ‘black beauty’ and the angry Kumkum Bhagya audience
The Multimedia Group has a comprehensive election coverage project dubbed Election Headquarters. From the Election Day until the results are announced, almost all employees of the…
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MANASSEH’S FOLDER: In defence of Amissah-Arthur
The defeat suffered by National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the just-ended election was a humiliating one. It was an emphatic rejection an eight-year legacy of two Presidents –…
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Manasseh Azure Awuni writes: This will convince you that Wofa K’s attack is a lie
On Sunday, December 11, 2016, an Accra-based radio presenter who had campaigned for President John Mahama and the NDC in the just-ended elections sat in Joy FM Newsroom…