Ghana

Future Black Stars

With the Ghanaian Black Stars making it further than any other African team in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, young boys throughout Ghana have been inspired by the game of football.

By Arnaud Thierry Gouegnon - 21 July 2010 - Future stars and yesterday's heroes, Photo

African Expectations

Hopes were so high for Africa, prior to the start of the first staged World Cup tournament in South Africa. With the early exit of five of her six representatives, and the painful knock out of the last African team, Ghana, at the quarter final stage, what story has Africa got to tell?

By Rosemary Mroba Gaisie - 7 July 2010 - Audio

Dede on Ghana’s future

For youngster Andre Ayew, one of the shining stars in the team, the tournament in South Africa was a learning curve. With his eyes firmly focussed on the future, Ayew, who is popularly referred to as Dede, was already looking ahead with optimism.

By Kennedy Gondwe - 7 July 2010 - Text

Africa united behind Ghana’s Black Stars in the quarterfinal

The hope of an African team winning the 2010 FIFA World Cup was finally dashed when Uruguay beat Ghana on penalties at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg. However, the sense of pride that an African team had progressed so far in the football tournament reverberated around the world.

By Jean Pierre Kepseu - 6 July 2010 - Africa United, Photo, Race, reconciliation and xenophobia

Africa Loses

There was nothing gallant about Ghana’s white-flag act in the 2010 World Cup quarterfinals. Inept failures of nerve at the World Cup have become an African trademark since Italia ‘90. And against Uruguay, Ghana became the latest African team to self-destruct in the pressure-cooker of football’s ultimate contest. Sadly, like all African teams before it, Ghana’s naïve suicide act will be greeted by patronizing ‘hard-luck’ cheers instead of the scathing condemnation it deserves. Joe Opio writes a damning post-mortem.

By Joseph Opio - 5 July 2010 - Africa United, Race, reconciliation and xenophobia, Text

The Ghanaian Experience

There is a perception among Africans that people who travel a lot or live outside their home countries are well to do. But what is the real situation?

By Rosemary Mroba Gaisie - 3 July 2010 - Audio

Crunch Time for Ghana

Anthony Baffor, former defender for Ghana, analyses the team’s chances.

By Kennedy Gondwe - 2 July 2010 - Text

Ghanaian Hip-life

Hip-life is the name for the music that pours out of nightclubs and bars throughout Ghana, and has been touted by some as the genre set to take the place of the nation’s celebrated high-life music. But not all Ghanaians are thrilled with the growing popularity of the mixture of high-life and American rap that characterizes hip-life; the older generation believes that their cultural heritage is being destroyed.

By Francis Kokutse - 19 June 2010 - Text