Posted on 13 December 2011. Tags: Black Footballers in Britain, Black Mayors, Black Politicians, Doug Brown, Garth Crooks, Ghana, Lads n Dads, Roy Brown, Stoke City

Doug & Roy Brown's father, Eugene and his brother John came to England from the Ghana, West Africa, they were students. They decided to join the British Army when WW1 boke out. John was killed and Eugene badly injured but after the war he got married and had two sons. Eugene later died of his ...
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Posted on 01 October 2009. Tags: 19th Century, Britain, British, Ghana, black man, emancipation, seamen, slaves, traffic

Ottobah Cuggano was born around 1757 in Ghana, he was kidnapped as a slave at around thirteen. He came to England from ...
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Posted on 17 September 2009. Tags: Africa, Ants, Bugs, Environment, Ghana

The term cultural shock is very real. A split second of brain overload, a sense of loss coupled with confusion. Like the day I woke sweating and feeling dehydrated. This led me to my newly acquired Tosiba fridge. It was only when i opened it i became conscious of my being in Africa. There was ...
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Posted on 17 September 2009. Tags: Africa, Africans, Ghana, diaspora

In my last piece entitled "For the love of Ghana" i pointed out how diasporians are like a "mirror" for Africa. They being outside of Africa and holding kinship to her are in a special position. What is apparent to the Diasporian by life's experiences hold keys to Africa's rise.
Africans around the world are in ...
Posted in Africa, Black Writing, Blackpresence Supports, Community, Education, Politics
Posted on 17 September 2009. Tags: Africa, Africa, Black, Ghana

Driving In Ghana
I remember taking my last taxi to Tema before picking up my new second hand car that came off a ship from Germany. It felt good that i was finally avoiding bartering with the greedy taxi drivers who when seeing a foreigner would double their fare.
You see the taxi driver is ...
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