The world mourns the passing of Jamaican reggae icon, Jimmy Cliff, who died in Kingston, Jamaica, at 81. His soulful songs about perseverance and justice helped take the genre to a global audience. He was born James Chambers on July 30, 1944, into a poor, large family in Somerton, St. James. His love for music…
Ghana was plunged into grief today following reports that Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, the country’s longest-serving First Lady and a formidable advocate for women’s empowerment, passed away at the age of 76. Her death, confirmed by family sources and the Presidency, occurred in the early hours at Ridge Hospital in Accra following a short illness. The…
By Ejiroghene Barrett Respected Ghanaian journalist and publisher, Ben Asante has died. The renowned war correspondent passed on August 12 in Accra after a prolonged illness. Asante reported and commented extensively on politics and social development across Africa for over fifty years. Asante was one of the frontline journalists during the Liberian and Sierra Leonean…
By Ejiroghene Barrett He was probably one of the most defining figures in Nigeria’s political space; unyielding, but an unblemished spirit to his devotees. A soldier-turned-reformer, Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria’s former president and former military ruler who died on July 13, became the embodiment of Nigeria’s yearning for austere discipline, his name was a rallying cry…
