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Voices of Ghana: Literary Contributions to the Ghana Broadcasting System, 1955-57 (Second Edition)
Ghana’s first radio programme of original literature, Singing Net, began in 1955 as part of the development of a national radio station in the years leading to independence in 1957. Its centralaim was to bring Ghanaian writers to the forefront of cultural programming as part of the Africanisation of radio in Ghana. It was a critical cultural expression of the radical changes that were unfolding across the colonial world. The programme successfully introduced listeners to a series of pioneering Ghanaian authors who would go on to become significant figures of Anglophone West African literature in the early postcolonial decades: Efua Sutherland, Frank Parkes, Amu Djoleto, Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty, Albert Kayper-Mensah, Kwesi Brew, Cameron Duodu, J.H. Nketia and many others.
The anthology, Voices of Ghana (1958) is a collection of the poetry, short stories, play scripts and critical discussions that were aired on the Gold Coast (later Ghana) Broadcasting System (1954-1958).Both Singing Net and Voices of Ghana were edited by the BBC producer, Henry Swanzy.
The context of Ghana’s independence, the singularity of the anthology’s history, and the significance of many of the writers all contribute to the importance of this text. This second edition is a timely intervention into recent debates within postcolonial studies and world literature on the importance of broadcast culture in the dissemination of “new literatures” from the colonial world. It includes an unabridged version of the 1958 text, a new introduction and footnoted annotations,which draw on extensive research undertaken in Ghana and Britain. It will appeal to a general readership with an interest in Ghanaian literature, 1950s broadcast culture, the figure of Dr Kwame Nkrumah and the making of a national literature in the era of decolonisation, as well as engaging scholars. The new edition presents a deeply insightful and engaging history of Voices of Ghana and reintroduces the original works on the occasion of the anthology’s 60th anniversary.
Victoria Ellen Smith is a Lecturer in the Department of History, University of Ghana, Legon
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What Life Has Taught Me At 40: Timeless Principles That Will Forever Change Your Life
Life begins at 40! Hurray! Kofi shares startling insights of what life has taught him at 40. A medley of epic experiences, the stimulating narration in this book shows in vivid dimensions the uncharted path to life’s journey success. Kofi’s life experiences do not only tell his story, but teach valuable principles that will enrich your life for great success. You’ll have new insights in following focal perspectives of the book:
- Why Good People Die Too Early
- Finding Your Financial Freedom
- Defying the Limitations of Life
- Becoming Globally Competitive
- Developing a Generational Mindset
- Developing Roots before You Bear Fruits
- Personal Strategic Plan
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Achieving The Phenomenal In Africa
“Princewill Omorogiuwa is a timely messenger to a new generation of Africans. His Argument in this work is profound in its simplicity, and refreshing in its clarity.” — Bernard Avle, Radio/TV Host, Citi Media, Ghana
In this erudite and immensely thought-provoking work, Achieving The Phenomenal In Africa, the Author, Princewill Osaro Omorogiuwa, assembles an invaluable distillation of substance that coheres into a revolutionary classic that would change the way you think, feel and act about the unpredictable, harsh terrains of Africa.
Through real-life experiences and engaging writing, the author posits that Africa, a harshly competitive environment, is brimming with untapped potential, ripe with critical problems and opportunities, best solved and seized by people who think elevated, can handle complexity, adapt quickly and possess unique perspectives.
This eloquent work gets to the heart of the deepest aspirations of the human heart, to be financially free and successful; showing you how to guarantee your own success in any endeavour.
This book brims with brilliant practices for making the success game not only achievable but phenomenally achievable in Africa.
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Leadership Stripped Bare
Suitable for academics, practitioners, senior to lower-level leaders, and positional non-leaders.
Provides some good theoretical foundation for leading, and leadership in all contexts and at every level, emphasising the centrality of leadership and the crucial nature of leadership action.
Differentiates management from leadership, provides guidance on how to strengthen one’s leadership power, and also how to lead oneself as a foundation for leading others.
Examines leadership in a corporate context and sheds light on the role of the leader in a team environment, using the framework of functional leadership.
Ideal for personal leadership development, and as a leadership development text for for-profit corporates, public sector and government leaders, politicians as well as religious leaders.
₵40.00Leadership Stripped Bare
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Africa in Search of Prosperity
Africa is a major player in global economic engineering. It is also a great development partner, a vital player in the economies of Asian nations who are eager to explore long awaited market possibilities that it presents by forging alliances with hi-growth emerging economies in Africa.
This new economic order is shifting the developmental narratives as Africa’s rich potential market has become more attractive with a population of nearly one billion.
The author of this book is a long time transnational business executive. Although he indicates a level of despair at times, he is quite hopeful of Africa’s prospects. His lived experience as an economist and policy advisor to Presidents, is reflected in these essays that address developmental issues from the colonial economy with those of the new states.
In this, the author uses the experience of Ghana as an example and a site for an analytical perspective. He examines and writes about the issues of natural resource exploration, the oil economy, human skills and also looks at the vital factors of education, religion and the attendant attitudes to development.
₵200.00Africa in Search of Prosperity
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