CHILDREN & LITERARY BROADCASTSON RADIO GHANA Listening to Story Time & Taataa Tee Sarah Akrofi-Quarcoo IntroductionAround mid-1937, barely two years after radio had been introduced tocolonial Ghana, eight-year-old Kate Bannerman and her two older...
ABELEMKPE GRINDING MACHINE Novisi Dzitrie Martin Egblewogbe: “I chose ‘Abelemkpe Grinding Machine’ by NovisiDzitrie because it is a lighthearted piece but quite well written,which reflects, both in its cosmopolitan attitude and style, the approachof many young...
HOME GUARD Kwame Dawes The soldier sees in the womanwho milks the cow for a small cupof cream for the battered kettleof freshly brewed coffee, thereminder that all such ritualsare the harbingers of death.The soldier carries his gunknowing that when the maraudersarrive...
LIVE RADIO JAZZ Nii Ayikwei Parkes Even the radio’s crackle, the blindnessthe medium comes with, cannot stopthe body’s unconscious ticks, feintsthat reach a feverish height as we willthe musician in that distant, dark roomthrough the sweaty contortions of her...
