Good writing habits for youth, adults
Major Source of intellectual growth, professional advancement Good writing is a most important communications tool. It defines one’s clarity of
Author: Anis Haffar
Anis Haffar is committed to preparing a new generation of teachers and students for national and international leadership.
In the U.S he taught for 10 years with the Los Angeles Unified School District, and coordinated a Gifted And Talented Education (GATE) program. In Ghana, he trends in Education, and Leadership.
He attended Mfantsipim School, Cape Coast (Ghana), and earned a degree in Business at California State University, Los Angeles. He did his graduate work at the English Department, Pomona for a Licensed Teaching Credential in English. He is a proud father of three wonderful girls - Yaba, Essi, and Felicia
‘The religion industrial complex’
Blessing or curse for Africa? Blessing or curse for Africa? Have you noticed that in lieu of any firm commitment
Rev W.T. Balmer and Gold Coast education
His focus on the African personality When Rev W.T. Balmer arrived in the Gold Coast in 1907 from Fourah Bay
A race must always be finished
· Memories of Mfantsipim headmaster Joseph Abruquah Had just arrived in Cape Coast from Accra, and decided to visit Mfantsipim, my
Dangerous siting of cement factory
· EPA moves to protect residents, traffic, ecology, edible salt ponds There is a joke making the rounds about Ghana
Interplay of modernity, culture, and social forces
· Readers reflect on school management for the times The Achimota Rasta issue has raised an accidental reminder that as
Storms in a calabash?
· Shades of opinion in the Achimota / Rasta saga To begin, I’d like to float the observation by F. Scott
An overdose of religion, superstition, and deceit
· False prophets Years back, I found myself in a busy waiting area at a large hospital in Accra, waiting
Shameful blatant destruction of Ghana’s forests, water bodies
· Kwame Nkrumah turns in his grave In February 1965, when President Kwame Nkrumah appointed E. Nee Ocansey as the
Skills for getting useful, practical things done!
The missing link in our academic infested institutions In a previous column, “Reduce academic theories; focus on pertinent skills” (March
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