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I asked him how I can make friends in a city that I’m a complete stranger in. His reply was simple. He said “for me this is what I do. I find a group of people to play football with. They introduce me to their friends, and their friends also put me onto their friends; then the circle gets bigger.”

Before he finished that statement I could feel my hope dying.

ASAKAA PUBLICATIONS

 This is to serve as a reference for documentation of Asakaa (Ghanaian Drill) publications on notable platforms globally.

The Crippled Music Business State in Ghana and How to Fix It

 In September 2015, I wrote an article titled “The Paralysis of Ghana’s Music Industry.” In the honest piece, I discussed the non-existence of a music industry in Ghana, and what may be done to create one. Almost five years down the line, the music scene still faces the same problems, and even probably worse. I see a lot of talents emerging with gut, passion and naivety, with little to no direction on how they can make a living off their craft. All because there’s no appropriate structure in place.

What I want to establish with this editorial is stated below:

-       The right structure of a working music industry, so the reader can have a good idea of how things work. We shall look at the creation of music through to consumption by the public, and activities in between that result in capital generation.

-       The current state of the Ghana music scene, and the problems challenging it.

-       The solutions that can be put in place to resolve the problems.

Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?

Isn’t it a bittersweet situation, how we leave the accommodating environment of amniotic fluid to be ushered into this world? On one side, as babies in the uterus we love this home, because all we have to do is occupy space and everything we need is provided. No shedding of tears, no hunger, and no bacteria to colonise parts of our bodies. On the other side, we’re phased with a desire for an adventure into what the world outside the womb has to offer us. All the tender love and care; the quest to use our lungs for breathing fresh air; the craving to use our taste buds to munch on delicious meals, and the pursuit of happiness.

Thoughts of a Young Man in These COVID-19 Streets

Greetings dear ones.

This is a strange introduction. This happens to be the first time traditionally greeting my audience before presenting my message. In these times, it has become indispensable to avoid human contact, hence we ought to express our digital connection in the most natural way.

From my personal observation, the world is coming to a pause. You probably opened this article because you saw ‘COVID-19’ in the title. I’m not here to discuss what you’ve probably read – how the disease started, how it became a pandemic, what coronavirus is, what the symptoms are, preventive measures, whether the proposed medications will be effective, when the vaccine would be available for a mass rollout, and so on.

I Thought I Had Life Figured Out, But… | Greetings From Abroad II

When I was a child I was very timid, boring, lacked social skills, and full of anxiety and fear. The only thing that uplifted me was my academic abilities. Life in this modern age begins with schooling. Before I could differentiate between my left and right footwear, I was in preparatory school. I was told to follow rules. Subtly, I was introduced to what’s morally good and bad. I was told to follow instructions, even though most of the time I didn’t know the reason behind those orders. Life was quite simple then. Wake up, get prepared, walk a few meters to school, engage in class activities, come back home, finish your homework, have meals in between, and sleep.

MONEY: Why it Should Not be the Prime Motive of Man

Do you ever wonder why money is so powerful? People end lives because of money. Wars have been fought for money. People are displaced of their homes and innocent children become orphans. Under the influence of money, people marry others they don’t love. People even birth offspring they don’t care about, just because money influenced the decision. Many, if not all human endeavours are driven by money.

How did money come into being and how did it evolve to become so powerful? They say, money is blood. This aphorism denotes money to be equal to life and vice versa. So they ask, what is life without money? One prevailing narrative in modernity is that, the ultimate goal of life is to accumulate wealth, with money being its unit. Money makes the world as we know it now to go round. However, people who lived before us, when this earth was in its nascency, may not necessarily agree with this construct. My thoughts are that before money assumed omnipotence, it was just another item like say a smartphone or any other item that we can do without.