• Highlife Time 3

    Highlife is Ghana’s most important modern home grown dance-music that has its roots in traditional music infused with outside influences coming from Europe and the Americas. Although the word ‘highlife’ was not coined until the 1920s, its origins can be traced back to the regimental brass bands, elite-dance orchestras and maritime guitar and accordion groups of the late 19th and very early 20th centuries. Highlife is, therefore, one of Africa’s earliest popular music genres.

    The book traces the origins of highlife music to the present – and include information on palmwine music, adaha brass bands, concert party guitar bands and dance bands, right up to off-shoots such as Afro-rock, Afrobeat, burger highlife, gospel highlife, hiphop highlife (i.e. hiplife) and contemporary highlife.
    The book also includes chapters on the traditional background or roots of highlife, the entrance of women into the Ghanaian highlife profession and the biographies of numerous Ghanaian (and some Nigerian) highlife musicians, composers and producers. It also touches on the way highlife played a role in Ghana’s independence struggle and the country’s quest for a national – and indeed Pan-African – identity.

    The book also provides information on music styles that are related to highlife, or can be treated as cousins of highlife, such as the maringa of Sierra Leone, the early guitar styles of Liberia, the juju music of Nigeria the makossa of the Cameroon/ It also touches on the popular music of Ghana’s Francophone neighbours.

    There is also a section on the Black Diasporic input into highlife, through to the impact of African American and Caribbean popular music styles like calypsos, jazz, soul, reggae, disco, hiphop and rap and dancehall. that have been integrated into the highlife fold. Thus, highlife has not only influenced other African countries but is also an important cultural bridge uniting the peoples of Africa and its Diaspora.

    Highlife Time 3

    ₵400.00
  • The Fundamental Principles of Insurance Law

    “The Essentials of Risk and Insurance” takes you on a deep dive into the world of risk and insurance. It serves as a great reference guide to all insurance practitioners across all aspects of insurance operations – from underwriting to claims; and from reinsurance to finance. Nothing has been left out! The breadth and depth of the topics covered also makes it an ideal study material for students of insurance both at the undergraduate and professional levels.

    Readers can expect to learn the following:

    1. A detailed and complete explanation of risk management in all its component parts.

    2. An elaborate discussion of Enterprise Risk Management and Business Continuity Management.

    3. A comprehensive analysis of all theoretical concepts in insurance.

    4. A blow-by-blow account of the historical development of insurance in Ghana.

    5. An extensive elucidation of the regulatory landscape of insurance in Ghana; it distils the Insurance Act, 2021 (Act 1061) and draws out the essential elements of the legal and regulatory framework of insurance in Ghana.

    6. An exhaustive description of all the functions that are performed in an insurance company – production and underwriting; the insurance claims process; control functions; finance and investment function; and the reinsurance function.

    7. A detailed coverage of IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts; it discusses this all-important IFRS standard in a manner that makes it easily understandable for even the uninitiated in accounting and finance.

    8. A bonus chapter on insurance ratio analysis, covering all critical metrics for evaluating the financial performance of insurance companies.

     

  • Flutter Until You Fly: The Unwanted Child who Became Captain of the Biggest Passenger Aircraft of the World

    Flutter Until You Fly: The Unwanted Child who Became Captain of the Biggest Passenger Aircraft of the World

    When he was six years old, he declared to the hearing of some friends: “I want to be a pilot when I grow up,” and it generated mocking laughter from them. The laughter became louder when at the end of sixth grade, his father lost his job and life went further downhill. From his family couch surfing in the neighbourhood for about seven years to having to cook and hawk kenkey, gari, and bake bread as a secondary school student, he kept going. He took the A Levels twice and performed poorly, disqualifying him from joining the air force even though he passed the army’s assessments twice. In Flutter Until You Fly, Captain Solomon Quainoo shares how he overcame these stumbling blocks and more, worked 17-hour days as a labourer, cleaner, pizza delivery guy, and traffic warden, to still become a captain of the world’s biggest passenger aircraft.

    Price range: ₵280.00 through ₵350.00
  • The Law of Mortgages in Ghana

    The Law of Mortgages in Ghana discusses the Law relating to the use of immovable property as security for the repayment of a loan or the performance of some other obligations. It explores the historical contours of mortgages tracing its evolution from ancient Roman times through its development in English Law and how it was received in Ghana as a legacy of colonization as well as statutory interventions in Ghana. It discusses the various ways in which a mortgage may be created under Ghanaian Law as well as the essential characteristics of a mortgage and the incidents captured in the maxim “once a mortgage, always a mortgage”.

    In this regard, it also discusses the nuances and legal ramifications of mortgaging marital property or property belonging to a spouse, particularly married women, as well as the considerations of independent legal advice leading to the conclusion of a mortgage transaction.

    This book also addresses the remedies available to a mortgage in the event of default. The remedies discussed include suing the mortgagor on his personal covenant to perform; sale of the mortgaged property (judicially and statutorily); exercise of the right of possession; and the appointment of a Receiver. These discussions are done in the context of the various relevant statutes such as the Mortgages Act, 1972 (NRCD 96), the Home Mortgage Finance Act, 2008(Act 770) and the Borrowers and Lenders Act, 2008 (Act778). It also discusses the vexed question of priority of mortgages which determines the sequence in which competing claims over a mortgaged property or sale proceeds of a mortgaged property are settled, particularly in the event that the proceeds of sale are not enough to pay all mortgages. Furthermore, it discusses technical concepts relating to priority of mortgages such as tacking, consolidation, marshaling, exoneration and contribution.

    The book also treats the subject of transfer of mortgages by both the transferor and transferee; redemption of mortgages; and pledges. The last chapter of the book is the practitioner’s chapter which focuses on the intricacies of a mortgage action.

  • Ahead of the Game: Afare Donkor and Ghana’s Financial Renaissance – Hardcover

    Ahead of the Game shines a light on the financial and economic history of Ghana as encountered by one man – Afare Donkor – and the intricacies that have come to characterise the political and corporate world of Ghana.

    As a pathfinder in Ghana’s modern day financial services, Afare Donkor’s exploits have spanned decades of dedication and commitment to a specific course, leading to reformation and development in the sector.

    His adventures have come to represent a giant leap in the country’s financial history and established him as a man undimmed in the silver sunshine of Ghanaian admiration.

    “In a carefully orchestrated delivery, written in an engaging, humorous and concise style, Ebenezer Amankwah has produced a great insight into the myriad of issues that one might face when treading along the path to success and achievement.” ~ Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo (in the foreword)

  • PURPOSE: A Memoir of Fearless Journalism, Diplomacy and Growth

    What happens when a young man with little more than courage, conviction, and a microphone finds himself at the crossroads of journalism, diplomacy, power and history?

    PURPOSE is the extraordinary journey of Ghanaian journalist and diplomat Jefferson Sackey—from humble beginnings in Ghana to the frontlines of some of Africa’s most defining political stories. With a journalist’s instinct for truth and an unshakable appetite for adventure, Sackey takes readers behind the headlines and into rooms where history was being made. From the newsroom to war-torn Liberia and Sierra Leone, from encounters with rebel leaders and African presidents to the corridors of the United Nations, his career brought him face-to-face with personalities and events that shaped a continent.

    At the heart of the memoir is his remarkable experience serving within Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and working closely with Nana Akufo-Addo, then Ghana’s Foreign Minister. He reveals the lessons he learned about diplomacy, leadership and national interest while offering intimate glimpses into the personalities and principles that have influenced Ghana’s place in the world.

    PURPOSE is both a personal testimony and a front-row account of Africa in transition. It is a story about growth. About discovering who you are while navigating places you never imagined you would reach. PURPOSE is the story of a journalist who refused to remain a spectator to history—and a man who learned, one extraordinary encounter at a time, that every experience has a purpose.
    An eyewitness account of journalism, conflict reporting, diplomacy, public service and personal growth – from difficult beginnings in Accra to frontline reporting in Liberia and Sierra Leone, and later to the corridors of Ghanaian diplomacy.

  • Motor Insurance Law and Practice

    In this book, the author takes you on a journey through the world of motor insurance. The book covers and discusses in sufficient depth all essential aspects of motor insurance. It is written for the benefit of insurance practitioners, students, and lawyers.

  • Bookset: Ladybird Grammar Workbooks 1 – 6 and Ladybird Dictionary (7 books)

    Age Range: 4 – 11  years

    Ladybird Grammar Workbooks will help young learners aged 4+ to understand and practise the basics of English Grammar. These books are carefully graded and help children prepare for the ‘Cambridge English: Young Readers’ exams.

    The Ladybird Dictionary will help young learners 4 – 11 to find and understand words in English. This engaging dictionary is informed by the Cambridge Young Learners word lists, and features an introduction on how to use the dictionary, an A-Z section, and a picture dictionary at the back.

  • The Gospel According to Adulting

    The Gospel According to Adulting is more than just a book; it’s a companion for the rites, contradictions, and the beautiful mess of growing up.

    Whether you’re navigating the silent wars of childhood nostalgia or the very loud reality of unpaid bills, this collection is here to make you feel seen.

  • Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

    A fully updated edition of the best-selling Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. This paperback edition is ideal for advanced (C1-C2) learners of English and contains up-to-date vocabulary, including words from the areas of technology, media, language, society, and lifestyle, plus important words for academic study. With over 140,000 words, phrases, meanings, and examples, hundreds of pictures and illustrations, clear definitions and a new ‘Focus on Writing’ section, the dictionary is perfect as a reference tool and as a study companion. Informed by the Cambridge International Corpus and correlated to English Vocabulary Profile, it is also ideal for exam preparation. The CD-ROM contains the complete dictionary and recordings in British and American English.

  • Nik Amarteifio: A Life of Curating Business Ideas

    Over the past nearly 50 years that we’ve known each other, I have always admired the humility of my dear friend and brother Nik and how he maintains a low and unassuming profile in spite of the influential advisory power he commands as a big mover and shaper of the economic livelihood of thousands of people through the major companies he has curated and owns in multiple industries notably: mining, pharmaceuticals, media, food and more recently, venture capital.—- H.E. John Agyekum Kufuor

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