From Where I come

This was one of the movies I was looking forward to seeing this year. But I missed my chance on January 1st. When I could finally make time to the cinema, I was told it's not screening. Then came my lucky stars, I went to the mall in hopes of catching a friend's poetry performance. But again my timing was wrong. I had missed the performance by a day. So I went to the Silver bird to see what I could watch. While checking films that were showing for the day, I thought to ask again if A Happy Surprise would screen. Then I was told it would on Sunday (3 days time). I asked for time and cost. I was told 3pm and it's free. Apparently a church was showing it to it's members. That information I got on Sunday when I got there. God bless them. Amen.  Now let's get into the review, shall we ?    A truly remarkable film for the  Christian community was my first thought about the film. I say remarkable for the one reason that the story was not taken for granted. The script is we...

 I chose this book as my January read not knowing what to expect. And very unusual of me I didn't check the blurb or read any synopsis. But as soon as I read the first sentence, I knew I was going to like it. Every good book will capture you with its opening (that is one of my check points for choosing a book). I should have finished in a week but life gets in the way. However I can do this review because I finally pulled through and finished this yesterday (31/01/22).  And Homegoing is going into my list of BOOKS I WILL RECOMMEND. It is the kind of book, I had always wanted to read. The kind of book that will make a.koving film of historical essence.  It is well written chronicling the history of Ghana from the arrival of the Obroni (traders and missionaries) at the coast of Ghana to the events in America where the slaves were taken to the Anglo-Ashanti wars in Ghana. The writer did a good job highlighting major events  while telling the story of the lives of unkno...

 By Amu Mawutoh This review has been sitting in my draft box for close to 10 days since I saw the show, Let's Talk about F69k. And it's not because I didn't like the show, far from that! I did enjoy it so much I was afraid the review would seem like I was paid to say nice things. But I finally decided to get it over with and to hell with what people thought. Besides if something  was done well in my country then of course I am going to shamelessly praise it. This review will walk you through the entire night in order of performances. Firstly let me comment that by the end of the show the first thought I had was that the arrangement of acts was spot on. Whether it was sheer good luck or not I cannot tell. I didn't ask the producer whether they had prior knowledge of the acts and arranged the performances to ensure audience didn't have an up-down-up-down experience.  Like a very good F69k, sorry I mean flight,  I was impressed with the way the show took us from forepl...

There is no easy way to receive news of loss nor convey it. It could feel like a jab at your heart when the loss hits closer.  When my father's brother died,  the news was shocking,  unexpected, (not that anyone expects anyone to die, unless of course circumstances of age and grave illness are at play) and painful for me. My hands went to my chest as if to console my heart. This uncle was the easy-to-flow-with type,  always with a smile to give and a positive vibe around him. With the covid-19 situation from last year and years of not being in touch with him because he was occupied with work - always travelling, I heard - I had not seen him or spoken to him in ages. I just felt he was too young to die. But who is death ever giving prior notice to?  I scribbled what I felt, how I felt about such a man bringing his life journey to an end. I titled it Holding Hope. My faith makes me look at death as no end,  only a start of a more peaceful life than life on ea...

"ƐKA WƆ SE ANOINTED M'ƐNN- TOUCH " By Amu Mawutoh  Edited by Kobina Hagan. 24th November, 2019. Review of Kofi Kinaata’s Things Fall Apart In October, 2019, a month ago, the Things Fall Apart writer and singer, Kofi Kinaata (formally called Martin King Arthur) released his song that took to the music industry and caused a stir online and on the airwaves. Ghanaians on Twitter reacted to the song by tweeting their opinions of the song – some quoting their favorite lines of the song and many more hailing him for the message of the song. The Western Regional award winning song-writer and singer came to the limelight when he featured on Castro’s Odo Pa (2013). Two years later, he collaborated with Donzy and released The Crusade (2015). He is also known for hits like Susuka (2015), Sweetie Pie (2016), Confession (2017), Time No Dey (2017), and very recently, Things Fall Apart. Kofi Kinaata, is a Highlife/Hiplife musician who comes from a Christian home in Takoradi. Born into a ...

How can death be a blessing?  I haven't written in a while. But the news stopped me in my tracks. I'm sad, I'm angry and yet I'm grateful. So this was the one way I could express the emotions after some tears.  This is a perspective. My perspective.