Melanin Is The Most Supreme Substance In The Universe And We’re Made Of It
A Phenomena is “a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question.” Is not melanin a “fact or situation that…
Elizabeth Ohene writes…Choice between me and us
When your personal interest happens to coincide with the general interests of the community, it is very easy to do the right thing. When there are more people in the…
The legacy of Timbuktu, Africa’s oldest university
WE began the study of old universities by looking at African universities built in the colonial era.In the first two parts of this column, we tracked the development of education…
Covid, lockdowns and vaccines: Why Africa shouldn’t copy the West
Every policy has costs and benefits. In most African countries, redirecting all resources to tackling COVID-19 will cost more lives than it will save. Since COVID-19 began spreading across the…
Elizabeth Ohene Writes: The Elections Are Over
If a stranger arrived in our country today, he would not believe that we had our elections back in December, almost four months ago. The campaign billboards and the posters…
Pregnancy not a barrier to education
The Monday, March 25, 2021, issue of the Daily Graphic provided details on a STAR Ghana Foundation dialogue on the government’s re-entry policy for schoolgirls who become pregnant. The dialogue…
Prof Francisca Okeke – the Nigerian Physicist helping us better understand climate change
Professor of Physics at the University of Nigeria, Francisca Nneka Okeke is recognised worldwide for her significant and outstanding contributions in Physics. She is also the recipient of the L’Oréal-UNESCO…
Professor Quarraisha Abdool Karim from South Africa
Quarraisha Abdool Karim is an infectious diseases epidemiologist and she is one of the world’s leading AIDS researchers, with pioneering contributions in understanding the evolving HIV epidemic among young women…
‘We need to keep pushing’ – How scientist Maiysha Jones is inspiring a new generation of women in STEM
Dr. Maiysha Jones wants more women of color in STEM because growing up she had no one to look up to other than her drive and love to be a…
No one ever played better than Briana Scurry, the first Black woman to be elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame
Briana Scurry is a living legend. Her soccer career has yet to be replicated by another because since 2017 she remains the only Black female soccer player to be inducted into…
Ghanaian student Hilda Frimpong becomes editor-in-chief of Syracuse Law Review
Hilda Frimpong, a second-year law student at the Syracuse University College of Law, has been named as the new editor-in-chief of the Syracuse Law Review. Born in Ghana and raised…
Britain’s racism towards Black people – an everlasting legacy of selfishness
The interview with Meghan Markle by Oprah Winfrey constantly reminded us that Britain enjoyed racism in all facets of its society. By extension, Britain is present in Jamaica in her elite…
Shirley Chisholm and the 10 other gallant Black women who have run for president
In January 2021 when Kamala Harris was sworn in as first woman vice president of the U.S., Black women, who once upon a time had no chance to vote, not to speak…
Justice Annie Jiagge: The first Ghanaian woman to become a lawyer by defying patriarchy
Ghana’s first female lawyer and Judge, Justice Annie Jiagge’s story will inspire you not to heed to the naysayers and saboteurs in your life. The daughter of a schoolteacher, Henrietta…
This Amazon scientist is investing $25m to transform her Mississippi hometown into a tech hub
Nashlie Sephus is on a mission to build a tech hub in downtown Jackson, Mississippi, to train the next generation in technology. Downtown Jackson is not known for its technology…
Lupita Nyong’o
Lupita Amondi Nyong’o is a Kenyan-Mexican academy award winning actress known to feature in movies such as 12 Years a Slave, Black Panther and the likes. Lupita Nyong’o has met…
Karim Webb, the entrepreneurial activist determined to make space for Black people in the marijuana economy
California became the first state in America to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes in 1996. Since then, a number of states have either legalized marijuana or are in the process…
The short life of Sylvia Elizabeth Mathis, FBI’s first African-American female special agent
At the time Sylvia Elizabeth Mathis set out to become the first black female FBI agent, African-American women were finally getting opportunities in many areas thanks to works by influential…
This Kenyan woman set up plastic waste recycling plant that employs over 100 to help waste management
In Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city, over 500,000 tonnes of plastic waste is recorded in a place with a little over four million inhabitants. The figure for waste produced across the…
In praise of the unsung ‘mother of Afro-Peruvian dance and theatre’ who awakened Black pride from the 1960s
Victoria Santa Cruz was just seven years old when she had her first personal taste of racism. The Afro-Peruvian was the only Black person among her circle of friends growing…