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in Writing
Verse: The Mountain Duel
Context: I tried this idea on my page. This was the only entry… I had entirely forgotten about my offer to write poems on request, then yesterday David Maja Salako wrote asking for “dragons and…
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in Art
Picture: Hendrix
Full disclosure: I did this after I stumbled on a concert video of Esperanza Spalding, without thinking of Jimi Hendrix at all. But somewhere along the line I simplified the design — faddish creature that I am — so this happened. Esperanza’s…
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in Writing
Verse: Child, Book, Pen
There with the child, and his book, and his pen, The magic, it whispers and beckons and then Laughingly leads into darkness and lustre. And when the caravan finally returns, The child is…
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in Writing
Story: The Fruit of the Commute
He approached the trotro at a brisk walk, at the pace of a man who knows he is at least thirty minutes late and nothing can save him. He fairly jumped into the bus. As…
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in Essays
… For The People
Shoutout to John Magufuli, president of Tanzania and father of the ‘WhatWouldMagufuliDo?’ meme. In his first week in office, he stripped expense budgets and cancelled his inaugural ball. Later he cancelled the Independence…
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in Art
PoxVop: Ploverbs #2
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in Art
PoxVop: Fashion
Interesting phenomenon, is it not? I especially love how the second-hand clothes market has flooded Ghana with hipster boots and jeans. Very soon we’ll have to discount people’s appearances entirely when forming first impressions.…
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in Essays
2016!
On 31st December, 2015 — also known as last week Thursday — I joined the billions of people who sacrifice sleep every December to make sure that we make it safe into January. You’d think by now…
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in Music
Music: Christmas Jam
It’s been a very long while since I felt like holding up my music to the scrutiny of the internet, but hey, it’s Christmas. Me and Michael Butsorme (great keyboardist; probably one of Ghana’s best…