Konongo| cultural infrastructure research @codesria| policy research @sccbafrica |stints @abifreiburg & @iasug @speechforcesorg @aasu_72 | adjunct journalist.
Accra, Ghana
Joined June 2013
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Lapaz invader-traders are demonstrating levels of visual agnosia previously unknown to mankind.
“We never knew there was a traffic light here.”
— Traders at Lapaz assert after the Accra Metropolitan Assembly’s decongestion exercise uncovered a traffic light that had been completely blocked by the roadside traders and their merchandise.
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What a fantastic organiser she is!
She’s been on my mind since I first saw her at the Free Palestine vigil at Volta Hall, and later watched her passionately lead the lines at OccupyJulorbi.
Sending her love and support!
Our hero of the Day, Ms. Nasiba. You are the Leader the Student Movement in Ghana needs right now 👏🏿.
Students are not cash cows. Universities exist to educate, not exploit. Solidarity with the students!
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"You got Gang Affiliations? Well I got Muslims that will come to your spot
They'll push that button
All I gotta do is say 'mmmmhmm'
That lil hum do a lot (Alhamdulillah)"
Now yaanom are running commie-style propaganda and reeducation camps for innocent kids 😂
At @AsanteKotoko_SC we don’t force irrevocable life choices such as which club to support on kids.
😂🔥Shots fired.
Asante Kotoko fans will not like the first song by Hearts of Oak's Catch Them Young supporters.
#GPL
Gratitude.
The Ancient Egyptian and Nilotic origins of ‘African chess’:
Examining the history of Mancala (1500 BC-1900 CE)
The Ancient Egyptian and Nilotic origins of ‘African chess’:
Examining the history of Mancala (1500 BC-1900 CE)
africanhistoryextra.com/p/th…
Need we be reminded that it’s in our interest for journalists to be audacious and flippant?
What good does it do us if they’re “decorous” towards politicians, whose seductive power averagely paid journos are supposed to scrutinise with probing intent?
I’m very curious.
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"I have suspended the party. The executives are corrupt. Always looking for an excuse to beg for money. Funeral this, funeral that. One chairman, his mother died three times."
--- "Chuck" Kofi Wayo, Politician & Alleged Arms Dealer
First of all, don’t take lessons on good journalism from Kevin Taylor’s enabler.
Also, if it’s about accountability, journalism OUGHT to be ADVERSARIAL to justify itself. Rapprochement and camaraderie won’t save it
Sometimes, “working together” means a rambunctious call-out too
“As a trained journalist myself, I believe that it pushes the limits of media zealotry when a journalist publicly challenges a minister to call into his show to expose him over a so-called discrepancy that the journalist has discovered. We must work together in the spirit of civility and decorum to uphold the public interest.”
President John Dramani Mahama made the remarks at the GJA Media Awards, cautioning journalists against what he described as media zealotry.
#PresidentMahama #GJAMediaAwards #Journalism #MediaFreedom #GhanaNews #ChannelOneTV #CitiFM
Fairs. Some further thoughts:
Maybe it’s a problem with the process or the metrics, much like the Ballon d’Or. And, tied to the Accra-centredness of it all, my view is that talk shows are relatively low-hanging fruit.
There’s even something to be said for a talk show if it advanced public discourse or accountability meaningfully, beyond playing referee/timekeeper.
Talk show hosts can have talk show hosts of the year. GJA should be critiquing agents of the centre, not handing them JoY awards.
Why?
There’s not a single talk show host who wins the journalist of the year award in my books.
Not Kwame Sefa Kayi, Bernard Avle or Samson Lardi when they won it, and certainly not O.B. now.
As an adjacent point, it’s a strongly held view of mine that, if we could find a prudent way to measure it, we’d discover that trust is stronger in the oral realm, and that writing chips away at it.
