Arts & Culture
Fir Real? Christmas Trees in Crisis
RALEIGH, N.C.—Christmas tree geneticist John Frampton rubs the sprigs of a two-inch seedling, planted two years ago from the seed of a fir cone from the Uludag Mountain region in western Turkey. This Uludag seedling tube is one of thousands in a greenhouse at North Carolina State University, where Mr. Frampton tests DNA and blends characteristics
All things Ghana
Citizenship development must be conscious and proactive – Brand Ghana
Accra, April 8, GNA – Mr Mathias Akotia, Chief Executive Officer of Brand Ghana, on Wednesday pointed out that the absence of a national identity and competitive strategy for Ghana would not get the country where it wants to be. He therefore announced plans by Brand Ghana to embark on a domestic campaign that sought to make Ghanaians become more
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Ananse Ntontan
ANANSE AND THE OLD WOMAN’S DRUM
Written by: David Donkor, Ph.D Anansesem won gye ndi O! Anansesem wo gye sie! A long time ago, a mighty famine fell upon the people of Asem-be-ba-da-bi, where spider-man Kwaku Ananse lived with his wife Yaa and son Ntikuma. Ananse lazed around the house while his wife and son tried to coax a little crop-yield from the near-desolate fields, with only
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Book Club
‘Extraordinary, Ordinary People’
As of 2005, the United States had a black, female secretary of state, and yet black America has largely observed this more than celebrated it. There is a tacit sense “out there” that Condoleezza Rice isn’t black in the “real” way, as we might put it. Not “with”
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