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Why we HATE the Ghanaian woman!

A number of boys (in breach of the law) publicly broadcast a sex video to shame one actor in the video- the woman who engaged in consensual sex with a man who MAY have recorded her without her knowledge. Shall we name, shame and prosecute these psychopaths whose place is not a higer learning & thinking institution! ‪#‎ punishrevengeporn‬ Shall we not trivialize the serious gender issue ingrained in this patriarchal society. Sex videos emerging from Ghana's universities is nothing new. The victims almost always are women. This is what we do to our women, the custodians of our society! Sex is a shameful act for a woman, it's a gift from a woman to a man, her loss, a burden, the depreciation of her honour and the opposite for our dear men. Look at how we have operationally defined and use certain words like prostitute or gold digger to refer to who? WOMEN! ...We seem to forget that women make and keep the society, of course with support from some great men. I recently saw...

WE ARE ALL MAD!!!

We are all mad people on Ghana’s roads; driving, walking, commuting or policing. You are, and so am I. Please don’t get defensive or start pointing fingers at others. I bet you’re wondering, what is this mad woman babbling about? lol. Well I am talking about a topic which is too often ignored in Ghana, by the media, public health officers, road contractors, engineers, law enforcers, presidents… ignored by Ghanaians.   ROAD SAFETY   Reporting on road safety can be frustrating. News makers think it’s not news, it’s not compelling or whatever the justifications given for stories on road safety making almost never making it on the airwaves. How can human lives not be news or compelling? Imagine that! And just when there has been a horrific accident with massive loss of lives we suddenly grow some consciousness or better yet a conscience. An “aha” moment! Road safety will cease to be news within the same speed the accident happened. Yet p...