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If you think I started writing this blog post because I'm hungry, You lie bad. I have had 3 huge meals today and I had to refuse another meal because I had had my fill. Africans like food and we have many different types of food from our many cultures. There must be many opportunities to say 'I'm hungry' in Africa. Or ar the very least, food. So here, with some help from  my African friends , we have a list of 23 to work with.  Akan:  ɛ k ɔ m de me. Aduane.  Pretty easy to say. You don't want to have to say a mouthful when saying such important thins. :-) Bonus in Fante -  ɛ k ɔ m dzem. Edziban.  Yea, you've heard of Kwame Dzokoto's show? I love it! Ga: H ɔm ɔ  ye mi. Niyenii.  Definitely heard the statement before, Havne't quite caught the name fot food until  +Naa Oyoo Quartey  told me.  Ewe:    ɛ d ɔ  ny ɛ  wum. Nudud u.   +Seyram Freddy Ahiabor  taught me this. I wonder if it's alsmost th...

Msiniseme, kma anpenda kula . Don't tell anyone, that I love food . If you think I started writing this blog post because I'm hungry, You lie bad. I have had 3 huge meals today and I had to refuse another meal because I had had my fill. After I'd arrived in the US in September 2001, I realized I had grown quite tall. I gave credit for that to all the ' gaso ' I'd been having at Presec . ' Gaso ' or 'gas oil' is the sauce that accompanied rice, waakye and other meals we had at Presec. It was some sort of diluted stew, but not quite as rich as a soup. I had a lot of it. Many Presec prefects didn't patronise the dining hall but I did. Maybe it was the beginning of my love for free food. I used to eat so much while in college at MIT but I never grew big. I was always lean and slender. People would always ask me how I never grew bigger in spite of the garguantan amount of food I would eat. " Where does all the food go? " So many p...

When we organized our very first  +Barcamp Ghana  event in December 2008, we wanted to connect the many young Ghanaians who had been coming home on vacation to other young Ghanaians doing interesting things in Ghana. It's continued since, we always have a Barcamp to connect these groups of people around Christmas time, the latest of which was  +Barcamp Accra  2013, which happened on December 23rd. Re-Connect has happened once in Accra and there's another happening on December 30th. The theme is Strengthening Ties, Connecting Potential. It is happening at Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra on  December 30, 2013 from 18:00 to 22:00 (GMT. Organized by Re-Connect GH, Re-Connect 2013 will be a unique networking mixer. Re-Connect GH is leveraging the number of individuals that return to Ghana for the holidays and creates an event that showcases the aspirations, innovations, and expressions of young professionals driving change and contributing to the economic...

My father has been a farmer for many many years . More than 10 years, he moved the poultry farm which was in our backyard of our house on the KNUST Campus to Appeadu in Kumasi and then later on to a small village called Kwaso-Deduako . Over the years, the village has grown as his farm - Ulzenapp farms - has grown as well. He moved the family tradition of killing a goat to mark each New Year to the farm as well. My father is a people's person. It is in this light that he started giving out Christmas gifts to the children in Kwaso-Deduako . He'd normally pick a good day in the festive season to do so. He'd especially pick a day that I was present to join him do so. Yesterday on Boxing Day , I did. Here's an account. I knew he was going to give out the 'gifts' on Boxing Day but I also really wanted to watch the English premier league games. While watching Manchester United come back to win a game with vim, my father called asking if he should pick me up. ...

M.Anifest came to do " some way bi " things. Footprintz paved the way for Bisa Kdei as they joined to do ' Jackie Appiah '. Bisa then showed us Azonto would live even after it dies with Azonto Ghost, notwithstanding Metanfo and that everywhere he is, it's an Azonto Fiesta , so just ' Give it to Baba '. The international fisherman , Gasmilla, came in with a canoe to do Aboodatoi and take his 3 points . Guru came and put on a show without DJ LiWin , performing Lapaz Toyota , Mmaakuo, etc and doing the Alkhayida dance and all. Boys abrɛ ! Yea, I had missed some great performances. But I wasn't going to miss the whole December to Remember concert organized by +Citi97.3FM . It was around this time, that I settled into my seat and then started tweeting and dancing away. Enjoy reliving the experience. So you made to December to Remember #d2r2013 , well done. If you're lost for where else to go this xmas, follow @PartyCrewGH . #partycrewgh — Ato Ulz...

I was supposed to be singing " Obi nka s ɛ  24th k ɔ  wo kurom " on December 24th as I made my way towards Kumasi to spend the holidays. However, I spent a little too much time working earlier that day that by the time I was going to head to Kumasi, it was a bit too late. That's when I made the decision to go to  +Citi97.3FM 's December to Remember concert - #D2R2013 . I sought a ticket and then got one. I was exhausted for reasons I can't remember that evening so I took a nap. I woke up and spent more time blogging. It wasn't until I heard  +M.anifest  had gotten onto the stage that I proceeded to go to the Accra International Conference Centre more seriously. I picked up a friend of  +Seyram Freddy Ahiabor 's, himself and some short bread for  +yorm ackuaku  and we were headed to #D2R. We arrived and were welcomed by +Mawuli Tsikata  who handed me a ticket and  +Donald Ward  who handed Seyram one. "Tweet plenty and write a ...

In the run-up to National Volunteer Day on September 21 , I wanted to spend that day in Kumasi. It'd been a while since I had seen my parents and wanted to spend time with them at home in Kumasi.  +Barcamp Kumasi  was coming up as well so I was going to use the weekend to get some planning going. I wanted to get various people to join me to go to the King Jesus Charity Home to teach the kids there about various things. I had been to King Jesus twice before, both times to donate provisions, gifts and money. I did this under the ' Smiles for New Year ' umbrella which emanated from ' Smiles for Christmas '. I pushed these ideas into Barcamp Kumasi activities in order to gain some more accomplishments for that. I want things I do to be more popular than me. I want things I am doing to be run through programs and projects I am part of. Get the drift? :-) I posted a blog post and shared a sign up form which a few people filled. Some others expressed their interest ...