The Mendacity of MTN

I am beginning to think that if this country is going to go anywhere, then we must begin to mummify mendacity of the likes of Ghana's telco (with the highest number of subscribers) so that we can all stop hiding behind its corporate sponsorship. For too long, we have danced with the devil over tariffs because of such sponsorship.

Time to tell MTN that it can be everywhere you go, but enough of being Numbed by Terrible Mendacity!

------------------Sent from...
*twitter.com/ekbensah
*www.ekbensah.net
*Contact me: +233.268.891.841

Heard of Ghana's "Rex Cinema"?

Asking that question is like contemporaneously saying "Ghana does not have many cinemas!"

And you would be right.

I saw a tweep (a Ghanaian "twitterer") wondering why after so many years since independence, why is it that Ghana boasts of only ONE major cinema -- read SILVERBIRD at Accra Mall, which rates are rather prohibitive to boot!

I understand from my parents that this place used to be the "it"-thing some four-decades ago.

Of course, that was before the blasted CIA-sponsored coup that removed Ghana's first president Dr.Kwame Nkrumah from power took place in 1966.

Coming back to this cinema, it is now ensconced between some non-descript building and the Electricity Company of Ghana office at Makola.

I am confident the cinema no longer receives custom, and am even more confident there are unknown squatters mulling around. I like that it's enjoyed a lick of paint rather recently;-)



labels: ghana cinema, rex cinema

RAIN!

The skies opened two days ago and poured in most parts of the country in a fairly ferocious manner. I believe this picture captures the ferocity!

Good to be back, and praying for wisdom by our leaders to take measures to contain the impending rain;-)

Make your weekend safe!