Becoming Ghanaian: Registration as a Citizen Part 2
After an initial application, payment to MINT, or Step 1 of the Ghanaian Citizenship process I covered in an earlier post, you get called to submit additional, but mostly overlapping documents to the Ghana Immigration…
“Shared History” and Decolonising the #RoyalVisitGhana
Last week British successor to the throne, Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall, more popularly known as Camilla, came to Ghana for a four-day visit. The tour was part of a 9 day West…
Blogging Advise to Keep Going
I got an email about blogging and thought all of you might enjoy my input. Hello Kajsa, I hope you are doing well this mid-semester break. I am a student of class of xxxx. I…
Artefact Speech #atAshesi
The last three weeks, the class I teach this semester, Written and Oral Communication has focused on the oral communication part. We have spoken about Rhetorics and its ancient beginnings, sustained importance, watched Patrick Awuah’s…
MAKE BE with #TheBeyondCollective / Art Exhibit
Life in Ghana can be very monotonous. It is the red dust, the wailing religious songs, the water that doesn’t flow, the soup that never stops flowing, the discussion on how Ghanaians’ attitude to maintenance…
A Whirlwind of Events: #NAD2018, #NEFScienceWeek, #FIFAfrica18, #MIASA
The fall semester has just started and that means it is like a new year for us academics. I have decided to go back to a paper calendar to make sure I do not overbook myself…
Yielding Accomplished African Women Speaker
Last week, I was a speaker at the Yielding Accomplished African Women (Yaa W) Program. It is a summer program for Ghanaian female university students, including some of my own students from Ashesi University –…
How Are You Managing Your Screen Time?
Because I love technology and social media, I feel like I have been quite conscious of my screen time. Since more than a year, all notifications are off my phone. I use the app “Focus”…
Learn about the Issues from UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
I shared the following with the Ashesi Community and thought I might also share it with my readers: The UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights Prof. Philip Alston has concluded his visit…
Kajsa Featured on 3FM’s segment Women Mean Business
Last week, I was a featured woman on the Women MEan Business segment on newish radio channel 3FM. I spoke to the host Winston about my work at Ashesi and with BloggingGhana, higher education, Ghanaian…
