Category: Africa News
This women’s college in Ghana leads the way on e-learning during the pandemic
This story by Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed originally appeared on Global Voices on July 10, 2020. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, many universities are currently deliberating what to do for the forthcoming semester. St. Teresa’s College of Education, one of…
”…feminist figureheads used to decorate political parties…” – Dr. Wunpini
Ghana’s main opposition party on Tuesday chose a woman as vice presidential candidate for the first time, ahead of the country’s December elections. Naana Opoku Agyemang was chosen as running mate for former president John…
Sylvia Arthur’s Library for Africa and the African Diaspora
Source: https://mg.co.za/ What do you do when you have too many books? (Actually, you can’t have too many books; it’s storage that’s the issue, especially for bibliophiles of the peripatetic persuasion.) Sylvia Arthur’s solution was…
Dr. Wunpini calls for gender inclusion in panel discussions. #EndManelsNow
Source: precisenewsgh Dr. Wunpini’s most recent call to media houses in Ghana concerning the absolute ignoring of women in panel discussions on television and radio shows. Dr. Wunpini took to her Facebook wall this afternoon…
How COVID-19 affects education for people with disabilities in Ghana
This story by Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed originally appeared on Global Voices on July 3, 2020. In Ghana, education has undergone a series of reforms, but the educational experiences of people with disabilities (PWDs) are often…
COVID-19 and challenges to teacher education in rural Ghana
By Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed This article was first published on https://africasacountry.com/ Ghana recorded its first case of the coronavirus on March 12. By March 16, President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government had put in place a series of…
Throwback filming a drama on child-marriage with Nobisco students
In 2015, Abdul Raafi Mohammed was the Film Director, Creative Director, and Film Editor for this Child Marriage project which was led by UNICEF Ghana In Partnership With Centre For National Culture in Tamale and…
COVID-19 in Africa: Ghana’s youngest MCE strategy is commendable.
By Rahamatu-Lahi Zakaria All over the world, the countries that have been able to slow the spread of the virus or have the lowest mortality rate are headed by women. Women leaders have demonstrated and…
Pandemic Versus Epidemic: A case of Covid-19 and Meningitis in the upper west region of Ghana
By Osman Dufailu (PhD) and Patience Bacho (MBChB) || EOsman.dufailu@gmail.com \\ patiencebacho@rocketmail.com While the world was bedeviled with a novel virus (SARS Cov 2) which attacks mainly the respiratory system to cause corona virus disease…
Hijab in SHS: On Justice Tanko and Freedom of Choice
This Piece was authored by Umar MF || PHD Candidate, Texas A&M University I just listened to Justice Tanko’s answer on the Hijab issue in secondary schools and I am rather disappointed in his rather…
