Category: TALKING DRUM
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Agogo Farmer-Herder Conflict: Practical Steps to Fostering Peace (Part 1)
“He who does not like flies,” a Burundian proverb says, “throws what attracts them far away.” But in the case of the farmer-herder conflict in Agogo in the Asante Region of Ghana, the warring parties seem to dislike “flies”—the conflict—yet find it difficult to throw away “what attracts these flies” – the key driving factors.…
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Agogo Farmer-Herder Conflict: The Story Behind the Story
We counted the numbers from one to two to five to over 50 as if a lotto forecaster were announcing the winning numbers in a tense draw. The issue at hand was, indeed, tense, but the figures involved were neither winning numbers nor anything that called for jubilation. They represented the number of individuals who…
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Agogo Farmer-Herder Conflict: Practical Steps to Fostering Peace (Part 2)
They were given two weeks to leave. With the swiftness of a duiker, some dashed into Ghana’s neighbouring countries while others remained in Ghana and sought refuge in the homes and communities of family and friends. Those who ran for shelter were the pastoral Fulanis, and what caused them to run was the policy Operation…
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TALKING DRUM: Why ‘Royale Cocoa’ must be your companion in 2022
At a chop bar (local eatery) at the barracks opposite the seat of government, Jubilee House, in Accra, a man named Solomon gets himself preoccupied with one thing. Pounding of Fufu! Solomon holds a pestle, its base as huge and broad as the foot of an elephant. He pushes and pulls in thrusting the pestle…
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TALKING DRUM: Shatta Wale, 3news’ critics & Ukraine’s fake news
It was the evening of Monday, October 18, 2021, and on the various social media platforms especially Facebook and Twitter, most Ghanaians expressed shock. News was rife that self-acclaimed African dancehall king, Shatta Wale, had been shot! The breaking news was a big deal. From fans to sympathizers, Ghanaians wished the boss of the Shatta…
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What Rawlings said in 1986!
On Sunday, January 17, 2021, I set off to meet two friends at the Shiashie bus stop in Accra. Jones Ronny Dedjo and Benjamin Tenkorang – professional photojournalists – were my classmates at the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) and are now helping roll the cameras for my talkshow ‘Talk To Solomon’ on the YouTube…