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Dec 2007 |
| 1. | Chieftaincy institution, sacred and dynamic | 29/12/2007 |
| THE chieftaincy institution is not only sacred but a dynamic tradition which must be protected and given all the needed support to develop for the benefit of the people. |
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| 2. | Keeping the National theatre of Ghana busy | 29/12/2007 |
| THE National theatre of Ghana which cost the government of Ghana ten million U.S. Dollars to build was built by Chinese experts and workers and was officially inaugurated in December 1992 to operate. |
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| 3. | It was truly a night of laughs | 29/12/2007 |
| ONE could not hold one’s mouth last Saturday night at the National Theatre when some crème de la crème in Nigerian comedy released some jaw breaking jokes to ease off the stress of a number of people after the end of another hectic year. |
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| 4. | ‘Enstool qualified people’ | 28/12/2007 |
| THE Eastern Regional Minister, Mr. Kwadwo Affram Asiedu, has appealed to kingmakers in the region to ensure that only qualified people are enstooled to avert chieftaincy disputes. |
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| 5. | Ananse in the Land of Idiots | 22/12/2007 |
| THE season of Ghanaian Theatre Classics, a major feature of the Ghana@50 line-up of programmes for the Jubilee year, closes with Yaw closes with Yaw Asare’s dramatic metaphor, ‘Ananse in the Land of Idiots’. |
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| 6. | Be inspired by arts and music – Karlsson | 22/12/2007 |
| “Development is about choices and not knowledge and finance”, Mr. Mats Karlsson, outgoing country director of the World Bank said, speaking at a farewell musical concert held in his honour in Accra. |
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| 7. | Cultural festivals and developments | 22/12/2007 |
| THE annual and the biennial holding of cultural festivals by the Ghana Education Service and the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Culture must be critically re-appraised. |
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| 8. | Agbogbomefia hosts Togbui Sakpaku | 22/12/2007 |
| Togbe Afede Assor XIV (left), Agbogbomefia of Ho Asogli, welcoming Togbui Sakpaku VIII, a divisional chief of Avenor. Loking on are Togbe Adzekle Howusu XII (second from left), Awafia of Ho Asogli and some other chiefs and elders of Ho Asogli and Avenor. |
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| 9. | Fodome, Abutia people celebrate ‘Yorveawoza’ festival | 20/12/2007 |
| In the spirit of integration under the ethos of globalization, the people of Fodome Traditional Area in the Hohoe District and Abutia Traditional Area in the Ho municipality have celebrated their second “Yorveawoza” festival at Fodome-Helu in the Hohoe District. |
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| 10. | Togbe Amakwatta III, Ghana’s longest serving chief | 20/12/2007 |
| TOGBE Amakwatta III, known in private life as Christian Kojo Tsakpoe has been ruling since 1936. He was born on December 24, 1917 at Saviefe to Togbe Tsakpoe Yao, a farmer, and Madam Florence Abra Agbotse of Kpedze. |
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| 11. | Chieftaincy disputes: Blame rich city dwellers | 19/12/2007 |
| THE Minister of chieftaincy and Culture, Mr. Sampson Kwaku Boafo, has blamed chieftaincy disputes on some rich city dwellers who turn themselves into kingmakers overnight and foment trouble in the communities. |
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| 12. | 3 RD AFRICAN HANDCRAFT GIFT FAIR UNDERWAY | 15/12/2007 |
| THE Third African Handicraft Gift Fair, which opened last Friday, December 7, ends on Monday. |
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| 13. | Culture wrap-up night at Alliance | 15/12/2007 |
| CULTURAL activities at the alliance Francaise in Accra for this year wraps up on Wednesday, December 19 with performances by some traditional music and dance groups. |
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| 14. | Is Pan-Africanism dead at DuBois Centre? | 15/12/2007 |
| THIS is a question I am posing because there are serious concerns particularly amongst those who frequent the Centre, that the study of African history there is being put under threat. |
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| 15. | Legon Presec Troupe in ‘Kpatsa’ dance | 15/12/2007 |
| Pupils of the Saint Andrew’s Cultural Troupe from Presec, Legon Primary entertaining guests with their ‘Kpatsa’ dance at the inauguration of the Teiman Community Library in the Ga East District recently. |
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| 16. | George Kuntu Blankson | 14/12/2007 |
| A DISTINGUISHED Statesman, merchant prince, devout Christian and the first appointed member of the Legislative Council in the 19th century, George Kuntu Blankson was among the leading members of the Gold coast society in the colony in the 19th century, and his life spanned the whole period. He was extremely wealthy, generous and very popular |
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| 17. | Krobos did not migrate in 1852 | 14/12/2007 |
| GHANA has a tremendous competitive advantage in tourism. Little wonder many around the world, very overwhelmingly, keep visiting and are curious about the country. |
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| 18. | The codification of positive cultural values | 13/12/2007 |
| IN a technologically globalised world, it is impossible to develop one standard culture for people in every nation on earth. This is not difficult to understand, for the body of beliefs, behaviour, language, moral values, folklore and the entire way of life of a group of people differ even in a single predominantly homogenous nation like China. |
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| 19. | Admit Christians into chieftaincy institution | 08/12/2007 |
| THE Moderator of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EP), Rt. Rev. Dr. Livingstone Buama, has lamented at the alienation of some Christians from the chieftaincy institution. |
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| 20. | PAWA builds ties with Bibliotheca Alexandrina | 08/12/2007 |
| THE Secretary-General of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA), Prof. Atukwei Okai, has initiated discussions with the authorities of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in Alexandria, Egypt, for the establishment of relations between the two institutions to cover a range of exchange programmes and joint projects. |
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| 21. | Using theatre arts to aid development | 08/12/2007 |
| THEATRE Arts, also called drama, is an academic discipline that brings all other subjects together. It is the representative of life on stage to audience. The reflection of life through performance is an important pedagogic process which theatre artists seek to promote in the many different types of theatre that we have today. |
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| 22. | Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council sets up award scheme | 07/12/2007 |
| THE Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council, under the Presidency of the Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has instituted an awards scheme known as the “Okyeman Kanea”. |
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| 23. | Sculptor makes busts of Nkrumah, Kufour | 05/12/2007 |
| A SCULPTOR, Mr. James Boakye, has donated two separate busts of the First President of Ghana, the late Osagyefou Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and President John Agyekum Kufour, to the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board at a short ceremony at Ntensere, near Kumasi. |
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| 24. | Chief remanded for failing to appear in court | 04/12/2007 |
| AN Ajumako District magistrate court has remanded Nana Okra Tawiah Twum VII, Banmuhen of Ajumako Besease in prison custody for showing disrespect to the court. |
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| 25. | Kwame Nkrumah saved Ghana | 04/12/2007 |
| CONSCIENCISM is the object of attack in the articles Kwame Nkrumah Misfounded Ghana and Nkrumah’s Atheism and Materialism in Ghana. It is a book that lends itself to difficult reading for the philosophically untrained. That does not however grant licence to subject it to distortions as the said articles do. |
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| 26. | Kyabobo National Park communities to be compensated | 04/12/2007 |
| THE government has secured 500,000 euros from the Dutch government to be used as compensation for people living in fringe communities of the Kyabobo National Park in the Nkwanta District in the Volta region, next year. |
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| 27. | Thank you, Kpone Traditional Council | 04/12/2007 |
| We the youth and well meaning citizens of the Asogli State and Volta Region at large have been following with keen interest the recent developments regarding the Agbogbo-mefia’s efforts to help solve the periodic energy crisis that has been confronting the country for sometime now. |
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| 28. | Nandom displays Rich Culture at ‘Kakube ‘festival | 01/12/2007 |
| THE best of culture was on display last Sunday when the chiefs and people of the Nandom traditional area in the Lawra District of the Upper West Region celebrated their annual “Kakube” festival here. |
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| 29. | Tapa outdoors new Omanhene | 01/12/2007 |
| CHIEFS and QUEENMOTHERS from other traditional areas in the Volta Region yesterday joined the chiefs and people of the Tapa Traditional Area to celebrate the outdooring of the paramount chief of the area, Okoforobour Baffour Kwame Asante II. |
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| 30. | ‘Travel to mysterious Africa’ | 01/12/2007 |
| Mrs. Ammomeric De Agostin (middle), wife of the Italian Ambassador in Ghana, cutting the tape to open “Travel to Mysterious Africa” exhibition held at the Cape Coast Castle on Wednesday. |
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