Serving The Ghanaian Chicago Community
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Over the past three weeks, I witnessed at first hand the bizarre admission process of gregarious graduates from Junior High Schools in Ghana into some Secondary Schools across the country. It was both intriguing and pathetic to see parents and guardians struggle for non-available spaces for their wards in most […]
Teacher Mante is a small town on the Nsawam-Suhum highway. The name is an example of the permanency of one being called ‘Teacher’ because the person does that job. Whenever one finds her/himself in that role for whatever reason or purpose, as a title, it becomes virtually a proper first […]
Achimota School has rejected a directive of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to admit two Rastafarians with dreadlocks. This is the outcome of an extensive meeting between the parents of the two boys, officials of the Ghana Education Service (GES) and management of the school. Authorities of the Achimota School […]
Read the story from where it originally appeared Ginger is a flowering plant that originated in Southeast Asia. It’s among the healthiest (and most delicious) spices on the planet. It belongs to the Zingiberaceae family, and it’s closely related to turmeric, cardamom, and galangal. The rhizome (underground part of the stem) is […]
The Ghana Education Service (GES) says it has directed the Achimota Senior High School to admit two first year students who were denied admission into the school because of their dreadlocks also known as rasta. The school had on Thursday turned home the dreadlocked students, asking their parents to cut […]
