Tag: Africa

  • Food Sovereignty Ghana Tells US Embassy to Be Transparent

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    Food Sovereignty Ghana, a civil society group, has asked the US Embassy in Accra to join its call for openness and transparency on the issue of genetically modified (GM) foods and crops in Ghana. In a statement signed by the Chairperson of FSG, Ali-Masmadi Jehu-Appiah, the group said it was ready to “critically examine every…

  • Douens and other folklore

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    One of the best explanations of folklore can be found in Alan Dunde’s brief essay “What is Folklore?”  He argues that folklore is constantly being created and recreated to suit new situations. In her article in The Guardian  Angelo Bissessarsingh,  shares how stories of the douen and other characters brought to the islands by the Ibo,…