As those on facebook already know, I arrived in Ghana on December 20th after a long flight which just barely missed the impending snowstorm in new york—ah those were the days of prayer. I think I know…and that’s what’s going to drive and guide what I write here. Contact: +233242713137/ +233243021217 / +233505838358. I … I will fight for thee, O my Ghana, I will die for thee, O my Ghana It is good to be home and I’ve been singing the following song (I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the lyrics but I capture the essence) ever since:

Ghana my happy home, Land of rich resources, Land of mighty talent, racial tolerance, justice and freedom. It’s not going to be all complaints (though a bit will be that) and neither will it pretend to have answers to all the issues that have made patriotism such a repulsive concept to some of my generation and many of the younger generation (but again, a bit will be that. At that point in a person’s life when children begin picking up lyrics of songs – albeit not so correctly – the refrain of a popular song I picked up was “Ghana, my happy home. At that point in a person’s life when children begin picking up lyrics of songs – albeit not so correctly – the refrain of a popular song I picked up was “Ghana, my happy home.

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Happy Home Lyrics: Mama called about the paper, turns out they wrote about me / Now my broken heart's the only thing that's broke about me / So many people should have seen what we got going on / I I have been told that my blog entries are “too long” so I will try to economize words and subjects in this one. It always was such a good feeling.At least, for about a year now, anytime the song wells up in my soul, it is with much struggle that I’m able to hum it twice; and as the struggle intensifies, my conscious mind now consistently prompts me to critically consider the words of the song and see whether it’s the true reflection of my feelings towards my beloved Ghana.It’s a struggle, I guess, I may have to live with in this twilight of my life.How did it get to this?

I will die for you,” or so it went.I have hummed it, every now and then, all my life with those words always playing around soothingly in my subconscious mind and finally settling in the deep recesses of my soul. Well to repeat what fb already knows again, just when the pilot announced the beginning of our descent, Bob Marley’s Africa Unite started on my ipod with the lyrics “Africa unite ‘cos we’re moving right out of Babylon and we’re going to our father’s land”. This epic display of Ghanaian musical repertoire will be accompanied with Drama, Poetry, Painting, Dance and Many more. for your tickets. It was an apt welcome into my beloved home land and when the humid air at 27.2C (81F) hit my three-layer clothed self, I made the sign of the cross and thought “it’s good to be home”. Ghana My Happy Home (Republic Day Concert) ... On the theme: Our first Duty is to build Ghana As a First Class Nation – Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Before a fan base depended on a single man Before a single heart was broken by a single show Who's gonna stand, who's gonna fall, I really wanna know I grew up with a lot of love in a happy home

)It will be a mishmash of both; of my convoluted thoughts on our underdevelopment and why it seems to be so difficult for us, as a people, to chart a straight course of progress where all citizens will be proud to belong and give of their best effort in the pursuit of our collective good…and, not each person, their selfish interest.I know it’s going to be a roller coaster ride, scary and funny at the same time, and I invite you to join me.Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: