About: Paul Boakye
Website: http://colorfultimes.com
Profile: Writer, editor and marketing specialist who sat on The Power Inquiry. Former editor and CEO of the consumer lifestyle magazine, Drum (UK), and author of five plays published for an academic audience by Alexander Street Press, USA. Recipient of business and writing awards, including prestigious accolades such as advising British government, BBC radio and TV commentator, and invitation to meet Queen Elizabeth II in 2007. Currently works as a communications professional, creating contagious ideas to help great brands change the conversation to their advantage, across the entire Central and West African region.
Posts by Paul Boakye:
Gary Barlow shattered the dreams of X-Factor hopeful Misha Bryan by telling her she won’t win the X-Factor because of wrongful bullying allegations made by his fellow judges. And much has be written suggesting that Misha cannot win the competition because she’s too Black, while others have pointed out that Black contestants have won in the past. But is there a difference between then and now?
In this short film called “Mister Graham,” written and directed by Julius Amedume, a young man comes to terms with his inner demons to troubling consequences. A provocative topic, skilfully handled.
You can find CFAO Motors on the Airport Bypass Road, or at our offices in Kumasi and Takoradi. And when you find CFAO Motors, you’ll find our shockingly affordable range of Renault vehicles. Like the Renault Duster, starting at $22,500. And because each Renault Duster now comes with a monthly payment plan, you can drive happy starting from under 500 GHC per month. There’s a payment plan for every budget.
Better known in Poland as one half of the duo, Przytuła & Kruk, Bartosz (Bartek) Przytuła is worthy of attention in his own right as a blues vocalist, rebellious rascal, undisputed blues fan, and interpreter of all types of music that might make you shiver.
I think it will takes us a very long time to rid ourselves of belief in ‘witchcraft’. A first step to changing attitudes is to begin talking about it and hearing from people who’ve been condemned to live as witches. The next step is to stop violence against women who are our mothers, grandmother, sisters, aunts and daughters.
Verbalized – a dynamic journey through the streets of Johannesburg, Leeds, London & Cape Town. An international collaboration between South African & British poets, exploring new ways of creating, devising & discussing poetry.
On the first Thursday of every month, all the many galleries on Vyner Street open their doors to a passing trade of endlessly pretty, young bohemian types, hopping from art exhibition to art exhibition, bottle of purchased beer in hand.
Black-gloved fists raised aloft, on a sweltering hot night in Mexico City, U.S. athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos propelled themselves into history.
“They clap, stamp and build up into a religious ecstasy until they ‘catch the Spirit’–the Holy Spirit visits the worshipper, who begins to sway, shout, speak in tongues and eventually fall to the ground in a trance-like state.”
Judging by their standards, four games in the World Cup is doing rather well for the England football team. An inquiry now can only be asking for more of the same lame excuses, and we already rather like this reworking of the Jay-Z classic, 99 PROBLEMS as a new anthem for the England football squad.
