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| 11/12/2009 |
| Stamps to commemorate Nkrumah’s 100th birthday |
| Ghana Post has issued stamps to commemorate the 100th birthday of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah....more |
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| 21/11/2009 |
| Could your culture be letting you down |
| As the year draws to a close, several organizations will be reviewing the year with the aim of identifying their successes, difficulties and failures....more |
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| 24/10/2009 |
| GHANA JOSEPH PROJECT |
| IN Ghana a person who tends cattle in the bush is called a Fulani. It does not matter whether he is a member of the Fulani tribe of Northern Nigeria....more |
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| 10/10/2009 |
| Nkrumah’s projects in ruins |
| Ghana’s desire to attain a middle-income status by 2015 has prompted calls on the government to reactivate hundreds of projects initiated by Ghana’s First President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, but which have been left to rot in many parts of the country....more |
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| 08/10/2009 |
| Fynn and his eye for culture |
| Last week, a unique pix-day exhibition of still photographs...more |
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| 30/09/2009 |
| Nkrumah’s Legacy |
| At long last, the birth day of Kwame Nkrumah, the African man of the Millennium has become a statutory holiday....more |
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| 29/09/2009 |
| Apologise to the greatest Pan-Africanist |
| However, we are still celebrating his memory and will be doing so until May, 2010. People came from all over the world to attend the ceremony last week Monday....more |
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| 26/09/2009 |
| Kwame Nkrumah, friend of TUC |
| There is no doubt that Kwame Nkrumah was and continues to be a towering giant of the struggles of the people of African who has been deservedly acclaimed the greatest African of the 20th Century ahead of equally illustrious sons and daughters of Africa and named among the first one hundred persons who have had the most significant influence on mankind in the last one thousand years....more |
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| 26/09/2009 |
| In honour of Dr Nkrumah |
| The Independence of Ghana is meaningless...more |
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| 26/09/2009 |
| ALL FOR OSAGYEFO |
| All the cultures of Ghana’s ethnic groups were represented at the launch of Osagyefo’s birthday centenary. It was so appropriate as adowa, kete, damba, atsiaghekor, akom and asafo dances were displayed to the memory of the man who as President of Ghana, was a cultural promoter....more |
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| 25/09/2009 |
| Dr. Nkrumah’s Centenary |
| Let me go straight to the point....more |
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| 25/09/2009 |
| The day they bombed Kwame Showboy |
| Why, when say, long-held popular nothings and perceptions are suddenly turned upside down and Ghana’s First President sheds the heavy cloak of a despotic ideological maniac for that of a national hero and his opponents are left arguing about the meanings of words and phrases like “founder” and “founder of the nation”....more |
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| 24/09/2009 |
| Kwame Nkrumah’s revolutionary health platform |
| It was not until 1961 that Nkrumah seriously renewed plans to start a medical school in Accra after Guggisberg’s earlier attempts had been derailed by economic misfortunes and insufficient science students....more |
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| 24/09/2009 |
| KWAME NKRUMAH SHOWBOY |
| THERE couldn’t have been a better time to put up a play that celebrates Ghana’s first President than when the nation is about to celebrate the centenary of his birth....more |
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| 22/09/2009 |
| MP wants Nkrumah’s body returned to Nkroful |
| Mrs. Catherine Abelema Afeku, Member of Parliament for Evalue-Gwira, has appealed to the government to consider returning the body of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah which now lies in a mausoleum in Accra to Nkroful, his hometown....more |
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| 22/09/2009 |
| Nkrumah Centenary tennis on Thursday |
| A three-day fiesta to commemorate the Kwame Nkrumah Centenary celebration opens at the Accra Lawn Tennis Club on Thursday....more |
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| 22/09/2009 |
| GJA SALUTES DR. KWAME NKRUMAH |
| The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has paid tribute Ghana’s first president Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah on the occasion of his centenary birth which fell yesterday....more |
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| 22/09/2009 |
| GHANA MARKS FOUNDER’S DAY |
| A CULTURAL durbar to climax the centenary celebration of the birth of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of the Republic of Ghana...more |
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| 22/09/2009 |
| Akwaaba! |
| The prevailing excitement and euphoria charactersing the centenary celebration of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah will earn a further boost today with the ushering in of a programme to project Ghana as host of this year’s Word Tourism....more |
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| 22/09/2009 |
| Emulate Nkrumah’s lifestyle |
| The Afrikania Mission has urged African leaders to emulate the selfless, honest and dedicated lifestyle of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah so that their memories would be perpetuated like Dr. Nkrumah....more |
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| 22/09/2009 |
| Nkrumah’ birthday must unite Ghana |
| A former Minister of Health in the Kufour Administration, Major Courage Quashigah, has called on Ghanaians to use the centenary celebration of the birth of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah to halt the vicious cycle of victimization of political opponents....more |
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| 22/09/2009 |
| Vigil, concert herald Nkrumah’s centenary |
| A WELL-ATTENDED musical concert and poetry recital in Accra on Sunday night ushered in activities marking the centenary birthday of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah....more |
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| 22/09/2009 |
| Let’s Build on Nkrumah’s legacy |
| PRESIDENT John Evans Atta Mills has called on Ghanaians to build upon the legacy that Dr. Nkrumah left for the Country in order for posterity to judge them kindly and place them at he proper place in the country’s history....more |
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| 22/09/2009 |
| The famous Seven Year Development Plan of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah |
| Ghana starts the Seven-year Development Plan period with an economy which is mainly agricultural. Six out of every ten working Ghanaians are employed in agriculture and it is estimated that more than half of the national income of Ghana is produced by agriculture....more |
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| 21/09/2009 |
| Nkrumah’s celebration renews age-old debate |
| The declaration of September 21as statutory public holiday in honour of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, has renewed an age-old debate between adherents of the two dominant political traditions in the country regarding the appropriateness of celebrating Nkrumah as he sole founder of the nation....more |
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| 21/09/2009 |
| THE UNSUNG HEROES |
| But for this man, Nkrumah might not have had the total support he needed to break away form the United Gold Cost Convention (UGCC) to form the Convention People’s Party (CPP)....more |
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| 21/09/2009 |
| Route march ushers in Nkrumah’s centenary |
| FIVE Hundred Officers and men from the Ghana Army, Navy Air Force and the Ghana Police yesterday undertook a route march form James Town in Accra to the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum to usher in the centenary celebrations of the birth of Ghana’s first President....more |
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| 21/09/2009 |
| Nkrumah’s celebration renews age-old debate |
| Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, has renewed an age-old debate between adherents of the two dominant political traditions in the country regarding the appropriateness of celebrating Nkrumah as he sole founder of the nation....more |
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| 21/09/2009 |
| THE UNSUNG HEROES (1) |
| the roles played by other freedom fighters, without whom Nkrumah’s own story could not be complete....more |
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| 21/09/2009 |
| Nkrumah was visionary but ambitious – Christiana Plange |
| A member of the Young Pioneer Movement during Dr. Kwame Nkrumah era, and foot soldier of the CPP, Christiana Plange, 97 described Dr. Nkrumah as a visionary person but over ambitious....more |
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| 21/09/2009 |
| Nkrumah’s car on road today |
| A Team of mechanics at the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park (KNMP) working on the official car used by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah at the time of his overthrow in 1966....more |
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| 21/09/2009 |
| Veep Eulogises Nkrumah and affirms |
| VICE-PRESIDENT John Drama Mahama has stated that the government’s decision to celebrate the life of the first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, is a demonstration to the current generation that the country is worth dying for....more |
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| 21/09/2009 |
| JOINT CELEBRATIONS HAS RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE |
| THE National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osmanu Nuhu Sharubutu, has observed that the joint celebration of the Eid Fitr and the centenary celebration of Ghana’s first President, Dr. Nkrumah has a religious significance....more |
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| 21/09/2009 |
| THE ‘FUGU’NKRUMAH GAVE THE WORLD |
| A THREE – outfit comprising the smock (fugu) of northern Ghana, an accompanying trousers and a matching cap is selling at US$150 dollars on the popular Internet auction site “e – bay”....more |
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| 21/09/2009 |
| Where Nkrumah lived in Accra Kpehe |
| THE First rented house where Dr. Kwame Nkrumah lived at Kpehe in Accra has become a centre of attraction for many people, especially in the run-up to the centenary anniversary of his birth....more |
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| 21/09/2009 |
| 100 YEARS AGO TODAY |
| OSAGYEFO Dr. Kwame Nkrumah was born at Nkroful in the Nzema East, now Elembele District of the Western Region on September 21, 1909....more |
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| 19/09/2009 |
| Asogli State prepares for yam festival |
| This year’s Ho-Asogli yam festival had sparked off a new dimension of activities aimed at uniting the people of the traditional area and exhibiting the activities of their forebears....more |
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| 19/09/2009 |
| Dr. Nkrumah must be celebrated |
| I would like to express my excitement with respect to the celebration of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, first President of the Republic of Ghana, which falls on September 21, 2009....more |
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| 19/09/2009 |
| Nkrumah’s Show Boyism Lives On |
| In the past week, one particular song has been playing in my micro-sized coconut-head. If you know the tune, sing the danceable show-boy praise song....more |
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| 19/09/2009 |
| Use culture to promote development – Prof. Hagan |
| Prof. George Hagan, has called on Ghanaians to use culture to promote national unity, cohesion and development, rather than division....more |
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| 19/09/2009 |
| PAWA for Nkrumah |
| NOBEL Literature Laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka leads a powerful ‘battalion’ of leading writers and language experts from within and outside Africa to participate in the centenary celebrations of the birth of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, first President of the Republic of Ghana....more |
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| 19/09/2009 |
| Nkrumah’s bodyguard talks to ‘Spectator’ |
| As Ghana celebrates the centenary of the birth of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the country’s first president, The Spectator spoke with a few surviving members of the late Osagyefo’s dispatch riders and bodyguards, who shared their experiences....more |
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| 17/09/2009 |
| PAWA outlines major events |
| The Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) has outlined three major events as part of its 20th Annual Conference to be held from November 5 to 7, 2009 in Accra....more |
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| 17/09/2009 |
| No interference in chieftaincy but… |
| The Minister of Chieftaincy and Culture, Alex Asum-Ahensah, has re-echoed the determination of the government to avoid interfering in matters of chieftaincy....more |
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| 17/09/2009 |
| Nkrumah was more African then Ghanaian |
| A Professor of Pan-African Studies at the Mwalimu Nyerere University of Dar-es-Salaam, has hailed the Pan African ideology of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah...more |
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| 14/09/2009 |
| ‘One Ghana unity Flag’ |
| HUNDRED of people defied a heavy downpour to attend the ‘One Ghana Unity Flag Parade” held here on Friday as part of activities to mark the centenary celebrations of Ghana’s first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah....more |
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| 12/09/2009 |
| Traditional Rulers Association born |
| A number of chiefs in the country have come together to form association, Traditional Rulers Association of Ghana (TRAG), to promote their welfare and development....more |
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| 12/09/2009 |
| NKRUMAH EULOGISED |
| A BRIEF but colourful ceremony yesterday to formally launch the activities marking Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s centenary birthday....more |
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| 12/09/2009 |
| Nkrumah Centenary celebration launched |
| VICE-PRESIDENT John Mahama yesterday launched the centenary celebration of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah in Accra, and underscored the need to build a country devoid of tribalism and ethnic animosity as the late first President sought to do....more |
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| 12/09/2009 |
| Let’s go back to study Nkrumah’s manifesto |
| Dr. Paa Kwasi Nduom, Flagbearer of the Convention Peoples Party in the 2008 general elections, has called on Ghanaians to use the occasion of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s centenary celebration as an opportunity to unite for development....more |
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| 12/09/2009 |
| Developing National Arts and Culture |
| That the Centres for National Culture throughout the country are the pivots of cultural promotion and development in the country cannot be disputed...more |
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| 12/09/2009 |
| Uniting behind Nkrumah’s centenary |
| Activities to mark the historic celebration of the centenary birthday of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, were launched in Accra yesterday amid pomp and pageantry....more |
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| 11/09/2009 |
| Ghana’s birth, Africa’s liberation are Nkrumah’s greatest tributes |
| The greatest tribute Ghanaians can pay to their first President is to recognize his struggle for the birth of the country and the liberation of the African continent, says Professor George Hagan, former Chairman of the National Commission on Culture, (NCC)....more |
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| 05/09/2009 |
| Kwame Nkrumah under attack |
| The National Theatre in Accra is yet to laugh its best ever. Barring any last-minute ‘intervention’, the Black Stars of Ghana will for five nights (September 11, 12, 18, 19, 21) not compose of the Michael Essiens, Stephen Appiahs, Sule Ali Muntaris and goalie Richard Kingstons....more |
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| 31/08/2009 |
| CULTURAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT PROGRAMME |
| FIRST KWAME NKRUMAH CENTURY LECTURE ON CULTURE...more |
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| 31/08/2009 |
| KWAME NKRUMAH’S CAR STILL ON THE ROAD |
| The official Cadillac saloon car used by the first President of Ghana, in 1966, is still road worthy....more |
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| 08/08/2009 |
| BACKSTAGE DETAILS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT HOMOWO… |
| In other to ensure in advance a good harvest, drums are not allowed to be beaten from May onwards to avoid distractions against planting....more |
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| 08/08/2009 |
| THE VISITOR WHO CAME IN FROM THE OVAL OFFICE (1) |
| Ghana produced the first personality in the person of the late Dr. Kwame Nkrumah to be voted by BBC listeners as African’s Personality of the century”....more |
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| 04/08/2009 |
| THE GOVERNMENT OF VENEZUELA |
| Ghana's Permanent Mission to the United Nations....more |
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| 27/07/2009 |
| NANA BONSU’S HEAD RETURNED AFTER 171 YEARS |
| Fortunately, the Ghanaian historian Rev. Carl Reindorf in his acclaimed book “A history of the Gold Coast and Ashanti”, published in 1889 provided a record of one incident which matches the date and description of the event described....more |
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| 02/06/2009 |
| NKRUMAH’S HEAD FOUND |
| The missing head of the vandalized bronze statue of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president, has been found. The arm however is still missing....more |
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| 26/05/2009 |
| Nkrumah's Head, Arm wanted |
| The Director of the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park in Accra, Mr. Kwaku Manu-Asiamah, says he suspects that the missing head and arm of the vandalized bronze statue of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana first President, are being kept secretly by “somebody” in the country who wants to keep them as personal treasures....more |
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| 27/04/2009 |
| Nkrumah- Africa's greatest son |
| Thirty seven years ago in far away Bucharet in Romania, death laid its icy hand on Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah-Africa’s greatest statesman. I choose to call him a real statesman because he was really selfless and honest to his country. He actually placed Ghana first, Africa second and himself last. I call him a statesman again because “A statesman thinks of his country and even the interests and aspirations of her future generations....more |
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| 14/03/2009 |
| Asanthemaa's statue unveiled |
| A statue of the Asantehemaa, Nana Afua Kobi Serwaa Apem II, has been unveiled at the Manhyia Roundabout in Kumasi....more |
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| 19/02/2009 |
| Hon. Alex Asum-Ahensah at the ministerial vetting |
| The third batch of ministerial appointees were vetted by the Parliamentary Sub-committee on Appointments on Wednesday, February 18, 2009....more |
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| 18/02/2009 |
| One common currency (The Afric) |
| The umbilical connections between the post and present were defined by Gamel Nasser, Ben Bello, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Kwame Nkrumah, Haile Selassie, Jomo Kenyatta, Patrice Lumumba, Nelson Mandela, and others, for a continental, African unity....more |
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| 07/02/2009 |
| Culture-9th Millennium devt goal |
| A network of arts administrators and artistes from Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe last week resolved to lobby policy makers and governments to ensure that culture, as a tool for development, was accepted as the 9th Millennium Development Goal....more |
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| 07/07/2008 |
| Ghanaian Team to Participate In Denmark Art, Cultural Festival |
| A GHANAIAN delegation will leave for Denmark on July 28 to participate in the International Art and Culture Festival to be held in Rødby, Lolland, Denmark, from August 1 to 7, 2008. The festival is on the theme: “Global Warming, Our Future, Our Responsibility”....more |
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| 03/07/2008 |
| Review Trokosi Law – Research study |
| A RESEARCH study of the practice of Trokosi in Ghana has revealed the need to review the Trokosi law, its implementation mechanism and the role of institutional agencies in abolishing the practice....more |
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| 08/04/2008 |
| Write-Up On The Training Workshop For Technical Theatre Production Staff |
| The Cultural Initiatives Support Programme (CISP) is embarking on a week’s training workshop for Technical Theatre Production staff drawn from the cultural field of Ghana for collaborative engagement, knowledge sharing and practical application of all the technical aspect of cultural production performance or theatre in Cape Coast, from 18th to 23rd April, 2008....more |
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| 08/04/2008 |
| Training Workshop for Technical Theatre Production Staff |
| CISP, with funding from the European Development Fund, will organise a one-week workshop for Technical Theatre Production Staff in Lighting, Sound, Props, Costumes and Scenery....more |
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| 12/01/2007 |
| Malaria, the African Hippopotamus |
| Malaria is one of the most ancient tropical infections known, dating back to the fifth century B.C....more |
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| 04/01/2007 |
| Malaria – an easily preventable disease |
| It is a real pity that the graveyards in the country are always full of bereaved persons and mourners at weekends expressing profound grief over the passing away of loved ones, most of whom have died of an easily preventable disease like malaria....more |
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