This section is the repository for a series of ongoing essays and stories that I have found interesting to read and, on occasion, found time to write. Consider this food for thought or rather rants if you will.

Recent articles:

The Busia Papers

The Coup Drill

The Nigerian Elections, A matter of Confidence
by Elizabeth Ohene
Deputy Editor African Programming, BBC World Service

Reflections on the return to democracy in Nigeria.  From a presentation delivered to the Royal Society of Africa

In the Public Eye
by Elizabeth Ohene
Deputy Editor of African Programming, BBC World Service

A few thoughts on the difficulties faced by African journalists in their daily work and some comments on the different attitudes prevalent in  A version of this talk was delivered at the inaugural meeting of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists in November 1998 at Harvard University

My World Cup
by Elizabeth Ohene - a 2006 World Cup diary entry

To The Shout Of "Ghana", You Respond "Respect"
by Elizabeth Ohene - a 2006 World Cup diary entry

Firmly On The Map
by Elizabeth Ohene - a 2006 World Cup diary entry

Music Lessons In Nuremburg
by Elizabeth Ohene - a 2006 World Cup diary entry

Some Aspects of Economic Development
by W. Arthur Lewis

A Plagiarism In Plaid

On Ignorance
by Hilaire Belloc

On a Man who was Protected by Another Man
by Hilaire Belloc (1907)

French Nuclear Tests in the Sahara
by Tawia Adamafio

The Slums of Nima
by Kwesi Brew

Return of No Return
by Kwesi Brew

A Goodbye to Arms
by Kwesi Brew

The Sea Eats the Land at Home
by Kofi Awoonor

Poems by Kwesi Brew

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