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Rastafari youth have been advised not to repeat the mistakes of their elders.
An Attorney at Law in the United States of America, Empress Marina Blake said, “the Elders of Rastafari had made some miscalculations and even some grievous mistakes and I am calling on the youths to not repeat our mistakes, but to correct those errors.”
Empress Marina added, “Some of our mistakes included a complete repudiation of formal education, referring to it as colonial indoctrination, not realizing that we could have harnessed that education in such a way as to benefit our community and our race.”
Speaking at the 132nd Birthday Celebration of HIM Haile Selassie I, she said “We took a sledge hammer to something when a more delicate and selective approach would have been better. We also completely rejected working in, or engaging with, the oppressive capitalist. Yet, we were in fact engaged with the capitalist system, but only at the lowest rung.”
She added that “It would have been better to engage so as to gain experience, skills, access to capital which we could then use to fund our revolutionary movement.” She added, “We severely underestimated the importance of money to the revolutionary struggle for zeal without sufficient knowledge is like a runaway horse.”
She concluded that, “We the Elders, in our mistaken approach, inadvertently created a mindset of victimhood, dependency and waiting for a Savior to change our situation, rather than recognizing that we have the power to save ourselves. The responsibility is entirely ours.”
The 132nd Birthday Celebration was organised by the Rastafari Council, Ghana at Rising Phoenix in Accra.
Other speakers at the celebration included Jah Gold, Glen Zebi and the Rastafari Council, Ghana President, Ahuma Bosco Ocansey aka Daddy Bosco. Special guests at the event included Stuart Brown aka African Star Elder Djabi and veteran media personality Black Santino.
There were performances by Osagyefo, Konkarah Jahvybes and Empress Fya Lioness. Other performers were Aklerh, Empress Sancious and Jefri King.
DJs on rotation were Nature One and Ras Nene on the Mighty Black Waves Sound.
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Heritage Month Ghana trends
Since the institution of the Heritage Month celebration in Ghana, it has offered citizens opportunities of a lifetime to learn about their cultures and lifestyles.
Ghana’s version is observed in the month of March, coinciding with the country’s Independence Day celebrations on March 6.
Show host, George Sappor in full
regalia as a traditional leader
outfit to mark Independence Day and
Heritage Month. She usually does it with
husband and best friend, Kofi Aduonum
but in his absence, she maintained the
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Heritage Month features festivals, food fairs, arts, crafts, and music events to highlight the economic and social value of preserving national heritage.
Though a brainchild of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), the celebration has been driven to greater heights by local media with the organisation of several events to create the needed euphoria.
at Original TV gave
culture a touch of ‘old
school’ in her presentation
last Tuesday to wow
her audience as part of
the station’s Heritage
Month celebration
Among the events are the Heritage Caravan and Back To Your Village Food Bazaar powered by Accra-based Citi FM and Citi TV, Wear Ghana Festival and the Gɔbɛ festival powered by 3News.
The Heritage Caravan is a road trip which takes patrons across more than half of Ghana’s regions to offer a distinctive road trip that allows participants to explore the various regions of Ghana, providing an up-close encounter with the country’s historical and cultural heritage.
In addition to these roles played by the media, news anchors and other presenters appear on screens immaculately garbed in locally made outfits, bringing out the beauty of our traditions.
Today, The Spectator newspaper selected a few of the media personalities that are working to give the celebration a global dimension to project the country.
By Andrew Nortey
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MoMo vendor 24 murdered at Kwadaso
A disturbing crime has shaken the Kwadaso Onion market community in Kumasi, leaving family and friends grieving the loss of a young life.
Identified only as Junior, a 24-year-old mobile money vendor, was found murdered in his room on Saturday, March 8, 2025.
According to eyewitnesses, Junior had returned home the previous day with a substantial amount of money, over Gh¢20,000.
It was suspected that the killers might have been motivated by the large sum of money in Junior’s possession.
A police source that confirmed this to The Spectator, said investigation has been launched into Junior’s murder, but so far, no arrests have been made.
The Kwadaso community is reeling in shock, calling for justice and an end to the atrocity that has claimed the life of a young and promising individual.
Junior, is believed to be a native of Ejisu Onwe, and was known to his colleagues and friends as a hardworking and diligent individual who worked at the Kumasi Race Course.
His tragic death serves as a stark reminder of the risks and challenges mobile money vendors faced.
The incident comes barely a month after Patricia Nimako, a 27-year-old Mobile Money (MoMo) vendor, was shot and killed at Krofrom, Kumasi in the Ashanti region by an unknown assailants.
The suspected armed robbers fled with the deceased cell phones and an amount of GH¢10,000 on Thursday, February 13, at approximately 3:00 p.m.
The two armed robbers reportedly stormed the kiosk where the deceased was operating and without any provocation shot her dead.
There has not been any arrest yet by the police.
From Kingsley E. Hope , Kumasi
