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in Personal
About My Cancelled Concert
I want to apologize to all those who were so nice and supportive when I said that I was going to do a concert. The Sitdown was an experiment- ‘no cash, just kindness’, I said , and…
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Invitation to the Sitdown
A ship is safe in harbour; but that’s not what ships are for. It’s March, so now I get to say that I’ve been writing songs for half of my life. Over the years, I’ve averaged…
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On Resolution
Pixels are atoms of colour. It’s always distressing when I have to do image manipulation. When you zoom in on that crisply defined outline, suddenly the skirt begins to melt into grass, and the masking…
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in Personal
On Books
For a while now I’ve been having spells of nostalgia for childhood. It’s been made worse by all the old school-mates I’ve been running into recently. (Sorry I couldn’t remember your names in time, all…
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Myself: My Self
What makes me? Physically speaking, I am an interesting collection of descriptions. My wallpaper is a sort of barbecued chocolate. The Northern border is wooly and uncooperative in the foliage, which nicely camouflages a very impressive skull.…
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Myself: My Age
I am twenty-one years old. In the eyes of the law, there’s nothing I can’t do. Except, I heard a radio commercial for Stone Strong Lager (the one brewed from rice, they said) and it’s “For…
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Myself: My Name
I intend to do what every victim of the Ghanaian primary school syllabus has wished to do at some point. Every time we’re forced to write ‘of dark complexion’, against the protest of…