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...