Ghana Music Awards 2012
Ghana’s biggest night in music, the 13th annual Ghana Music Awards, aired live for the first time on Saturday night, April 14th. The show brought together the biggest acts in African music to receive their awards and support their fellow artists. The show opened on a high note with gospel artist Cwesi Oteng performing his … Continue reading
Bertha’s Rise To Fame: Exclusive Interview
After winning ‘Best Collaboration of the Year’ for the song ‘Faithful’ at the Ghana Music Awards 2012, the ‘Stars of the Future’ winner, Bertha Bridget Kankam, is living up to her title. Music has always been a part of Kankam’s life as long as she can remember. Listening to musical icons like Whitney Houston, Celine … Continue reading
Exclusive Vandals Interview: Behind the Boys in Red
Legon Star reporter Hassan Aduma Fati interviewed a few self-proclaimed “Vandals” of Commonwealth Hall in order to find out more on who they really were, and what makes them such a unique entity on campus. For reasons of security, the interviewees wished to remain anonymous. Hassan: Who are the Vandals and where did the name … Continue reading
Thumbs Up For Biometric Voting System
With the change from military to democratic dispensation in 1992, Ghana commenced a system of voting using the ballot box. Five successful elections have been conducted since the beginning of the fourth republic of Ghana using that system. However, technological advancement, coupled with the many inaccuracies accompanying the ballot box system of voting, has given … Continue reading
Kombat Wins Unprecendented Victory In SRC Elections
Mr. Edmond Kombat, a third year student of the University of Ghana has been declared president elect of the Student Representative Council (SRC), after pulling 3030 votes, representing 64.40% of the total valid votes cast. This proved to be an emphatic landslide victory for Mr. Kombat, whose closest competitor, Mr. Obed Kumi, pulled 1082 votes … Continue reading
Heroes’ Day 2012
The day is one not forgotten. On February 28th, 1948, three Ghanaian veterans of war were shot down by British police, sparking a riot that led to Ghana’s independence. The lives of Sergeant Adjetey, Corporal Attipoe and Private Lamptey, all members of the Gold Coast Regiment of the Royal West African Frontier Force, stood up … Continue reading
Graduation Day: A Personal Reflection
I have always dreamt or probably visualized what my bachelor’s graduation would be like. But as they say, dreams never truly represent reality. Somehow, someway, there is always a distortion, an exaggeration or an over simplification of a sort. Saturday, the tenth of March, 2012, was no different. I’d choose to see the beauty and … Continue reading
Views From Abroad
As an international student from the United States, I did not know what to expect on Ghana’s Independence Day. I realized, however, that if I want to understand what the 6th of March means to Ghanaians, I would first need to attend the national parade at the Independence Square in Accra. Growing up in the United States, … Continue reading
Parliament Accepts $3 Billion Loan From China
The US $3 billion loan Ghana’s NDC government is set to receive from the Chinese Development Bank (CDB) has caused a lot of misunderstanding in parliament as well as with many Ghanaian citizens. There has been much speculation from many leaders of the country about its benefits and disadvantages to the nation’s development. Most immediately, … Continue reading
Independence Day: The Capital’s Celebrations
Ghana celebrated its fifty-fifth independence anniversary this year, characterized by many festive activities taking place all around the length and breadth of the country. From the savannah plains of Northern Ghana to the coastal province of the South, the atmosphere was the same as Ghanaians reminisced on liberation of the nation from colonial rule. On the 6th March … Continue reading
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