Baffour’s Beefs
Thursday, 04 April 2013 10:10
The case for a rethink
Baffour Ankomah
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Tuesday, 19 March 2013 17:01
Leave God out of this Debate!
Baffour Ankomah
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Friday, 15 February 2013 12:31
Is There Modernity Without Westernisation?
Written by Baffour Ankomah
“If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future” – Madeleine Albright, then US foreign secretary, talking in February 1998 about bombing Saddam Hussein’s Iraq.
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Tuesday, 08 January 2013 15:00
'Every Prime Minister Needs A Willie' Indeed
Written by Baffour Ankomah
“Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments” – Malcolm Rifkind, former British cabinet minister.
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“If a tiny toe is hurting, the whole body bends low to tend it,” says an African proverb. But on this occasion, I beg to differ.
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“Every life is determined and evaluated by the inner form of love. Tell me what you love, and I will tell you who you are” – Pope John Paul II.
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“Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy” – Margaret Thatcher.
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Friday, 10 February 2012 10:58
So Who Does David Cameron Think He Is Deceiving
Written by Baffour Ankomah
"Splendid and holy causes are served by men who are themselves splendid and holy" - Patrick Pearse, the Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist, in his funeral oration for Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa, 1 August 1915.
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Baffour Ankomah
Baffour's Beefs
Baffour Ankomah, born in Ghana, has been editor of New African since July 1999. His passion is Africa and its Diaspora.
A journalist since 1980, Baffour started his career at The Pioneer, the oldest existing newspaper in Ghana, where he became editor 1983-86. He joined New African in mid-1988 as assistant editor, then rose to deputy editor in 1994, and editor in 1999. His column, Baffour's Beefs, a big hit for New African readers, has been running since 1988.