“I grew up in an environment where the onus of raising a child was not on the parents alone but of the entire community. The logic is in that a child who becomes a burden or an armed robber becomes a threat not only to the parents but to a whole society!”
Nana Awere Damoah“The politicians will reduce effusions with gbeshie-inspired confidence on political platforms if there are no cheering crowds.”
Nana Awere Damoah“I learnt years ago not to use logic to understand African politics.”
Nana Awere Damoah“This stupidity of sounding a siren and speeding through traffic with a coffin must be an African speciality.”
Nana Awere Damoah“Nkrumah declared that we faced neither East nor West but we faced forward. But, see, we can face forward and just look at the horizon. Sometimes, as I think of Ghana, I am tempted to believe that we kept looking East and West and never made up our minds, so we just stood still.”
Nana Awere Damoah“Social media has helped make the world flatter and reduced the degrees of separation, leading to the situation where many can interact with people who, but for this platform, they may never have had the privilege to meet or speak with. That is the opportunity social media brings.But it does come with responsibilities. Not to take this opportunity for granted and not to throw decorum to the dogs. The line between virtual and real life is getting thinner and is lately made of morning dew.Manners matter on social media.”
Nana Awere Damoah“Stupidity, once it overcomes its initial state of inertia, is sustained by its own momentum.”
Nana Awere Damoah“Our mental blocks are more formidable than the physical ones. Bob Marley said it when he asked us to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery. You first think what you become. The physical starts from the mental and the spiritual.”
Nana Awere Damoah“When the future you see is worse than the present, one begins to worry. And, oh, I speak of Ghanaian politicians. The tadpoles are out-jumping the toads.”
Nana Awere Damoah“People will doubt you, but do you doubt your own self? People will insult your integrity, but do you trust yourself? If you are at peace with yourself and with God, you can be at peace with the world.”
Nana Awere Damoah