TRACING THE FOOTSTEPS OF OSAGYEFO By Kwesi Yankah 21st September is Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day, Osagyefo’s day of birth, and a public holiday. I take this opportunity to trail the great man within the pages of my new book, The Pen at Risk. My book goes far beyond the intrigues and comedies of childhood. The…
WEEP NOT GYAN, WEEP NOT GHANA By Kwesi Yankah His name, Asamoah Gyan. He was in a happier mood the last time I saw him. That was 4th September 2020, at UPSA. The grand occasion was the commissioning of a new Astro turf soccer pitch for that formidable university in Accra. He made a symbolic…
PROF KWESI YANKAH HONORED AT PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES EXCELLENCE AWARDS, 2021 ——————————————— The Private Universities Students Association of Ghana (PUSAG), has on this day, 10th July 2021, at the National Theatre, Accra, presented a prestigious Excellence Award to Prof Kwesi Yankah. The ceremony, attended by dignitaries including the Deputy Minister for Education, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour…
Encounters with J B Danquah (Part 1) And Slices of Theater By Professor Kwesi Yankah No, not really encounters with J. B. At the peak of J. B. Danquah’s career and political life as a lawyer, statesman, philosopher, nationalist, I wasn’t even an embryo. Born in 1895, J. B. Danquah was 14 years older than…
Close Encounters with the Big Six Leaking my Confidential Notes – Prof. Kwesi Yankah This is our Heritage month and what about a little on the contemporary relevance of our national heroes: Ebenezer Ako Adjei, William Ofori Atta, Kwame Nkrumah, J. B. Danquah, Emmanuel Obetsebi Lamptey, Edward Akuffo Addo. This historic month, I leak my…
Professor Kwesi Yankah the Minister of State, Tertiary Education has penned down a beautiful and befitting message to Celebrate his friend and icon Agya Koo Nimo the legendary African highlife musician on his 90th birthday; A TIMELESS CELEBRATION OF AGYA KOO NIMO. This post is three months late.(His birthday was on the 3rd of October)…
BOLA RAY: Thank you Prof. Kwesi Yankah for putting me where I am today .(RTP media personality of the decade) Nathaniel Kwabina Adisi popularly known as BOLA RAY won the RTP personify of the decade at the just ended Radio and Television Personality Awards. Bola was much honored to receive such a prestigious awards. He…
NPP INAUGURATES YOUTH FOR PROF KWESI YANKAH VOLUNTEER GROUP IN AGONA EAST The much anticipated youth program which turned out to be a historic event happened on the 6th of March 2020 at Agona Asafo. It was the inauguration of the spirited “Youth for Prof” with code name Y4P-20. The volunteer group is made up…
