#12 – Akpakus Night

Closing Assembly “… and so I officially declare the first term of the 2009/2010 academic year duly closed!” The declaration…

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#11 – Revision Week (Studying no be Jollof)

Adesua YÉ› Ya Studying is not jollof rice — especially when you don’t like what you’re studying. Have you ever…

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#10 – Gari Droughts and Flashbacks

Gari This is gari, the eighth wonder of the world… the sustainer of high school life… voluminous processed cassava “flakes”…

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#9 – The Monthly Test

“Pssst!” I didn’t mind him. “Psssssssst!” Could this guy not take a hint? “Psssssssssssssssst! Herh, Kodzo, I know say you…

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#8 – Birthday Blues

Happy Birthday To Me On this particular morning, I woke up with some weird joy… today was going to be…

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#7 – Easylink

Easylink As a child, I learnt all about letter-writing: formal letters, semi-formal letters, informal letters, block addresses, slanted addresses, stamps……

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#6 – Awazzy’s Farm

Awazzy For WASSCE Motown has always had an interesting array of teachers… We’ve had teachers who spent invigilation time calculating…

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#5 – Akua

Sunday! I wasn’t joking when I said I’d sleep well after talking to Akua. Chale… I slept like a baby…

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#4 – Entertainment… At Last

That Night Are you familiar with the term disco-weeding? No? What about disco-scrubbing? Let me fill you in. Back in…

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#3 – The Dumsor Bolus Assault of ’09

“Who fly the bolus?!” Silence. “I said, who threw the kenkey?” More silence. Obodai stole a glance in my direction.…

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