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Submit Your WorkIn this essay, I unapologetically confront the disgraceful failure of Ghana’s system in the Obuasi Senior High Technical School case. The deafening silence and arrogance of government officials are not mere shortcomings—they are active endorsements of neocolonial patriarchy that persists in Ghana. State-sponsored women’s empowerment is little more than a cynical smokescreen; the brutal truth […]
Ghanaian leadership, much like their colonial predecessors, perpetuates a destructive legacy of exploitation and environmental devastation. As Brutus (2006) observed, oppressive regimes—regardless of their race or origin—are united in their exploitative behaviours. Ghana’s current economic policies, particularly in the mining sector, demonstrate a blatant disregard for the well-being of its people, future generations, and the […]
This paper is an unflinching indictment of the Mahama administration, NDC officials—Mustapha Gbande, Asiedu Nketia, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey—the Gender Minister, the Education Ministry, the Ghana Education Service, the Vice President, and the First Lady. Their collective silence on the abuse of sixteen girls at Obuasi Secondary Technical School is unconscionable (Daily Graphic, 2026; GhanaWeb, 2026). […]