'A melting pot of amazing narratives'
Friday, April 13, 2007
African Love Stories: An Anthology is compiled and edited by Ama Ata Aidoo. I first worked with Ama Ata Aidoo in Kenya in 1969. She then moved back home to Ghana and I visited her at the University of Cape Coast where she was teaching. Eventually she became Minister of Education in Accra in the 1980s.
The rise in defilement and missing persons cases, particularly over the recent festive period, points not merely to a failure of policing, but to a profound and widespread societal crisis. Whilst the Police chief’s plea is rightly directed at parents, the root of this emergency runs deeper, demanding a collective response from every corner of our community. Marathe’s observations paint a picture of neglect with children left alone for...