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'Citizen 23' -The Countryman's Prayer

God bless our homeland Ghana, And make our nation great and strong, Bold to defend for ever, The cause of Freedom and of Right. Fill our hearts with true humility Make us cherish fearless honesty, And help us to resist oppressor's rule With all our will and might for evermore Click Here To Play Sound The National Anthem of Ghana: A three stanza anthem with song lyrics written by  Michael Kwame Gbordzoe in the year 1970. It's music was composed by Philip Gheho in the same year. Before this anthem was adapted by the newly independent state, Gold Coast sang the anthem of its colonial masters(God Bless The Queen).

FORGET-ME-NOT

Ironically, we mostly see them in bushes, solitary places and rarely approach them due to their tininess I guess. They really feel what we feel towards them. "Forget-me-not", they cry! Forget-Me-Not plants symbolize true love. The forget-me-not flowers are a medium, "true blue". And as the name suggests, they are given or used to decorate gifts with the hope the recipient will not forget the giver. It also symbolizes faithful love and memories. Fiction has it that after God named all the flowers in the garden, one little flower cried, "forget-me-not" and God decided that, that would be the perfect name for the little flower. Have you noticed something peculiar about life? We early ignore people who love us dearly to pay attention to those who merely do. Isn't this kind of weird? Well, tomorrow marks another unforgettable moment in the life of someone. Sunday is National Forget-Me-Not Day. We have witnessed times and seasons when we thought our hope had

When Witches Fall Apart

Who is a witch? A witch is said to be the female version of a wizard. Depending on the continent you come from this 5 letter-word(witch) when picked up by the auxiliary neurones relays distinct feelings from different angles of life. One part of the universe, when a beautiful lady is lucky enough to be caught up with old age and denied the syringe of death ,she is wonderfully branded as a witch. Wise men who talk wise words are wizards, the opposite is true. In other part of mother earth, witches are upheld in high esteem. They are the ones who create and recreate. They make mind-blowing creations like airplanes, submarines, rockets and more. (To be continued)

School: Was It Worth The Going?

Here in Ghana, a baby who fortunately grows a single milk tooth is not delayed.  He/she is quickly enrolled into Creche. From there  he rises through Kindergarten,Primary and soon an adolescent, finds himself in High School. Adolescents at this stage are mostly ignorant of the fact that their future is founded on the choices they make from henceforth. Truth be told, lots of events occur at High School.