Sikaman Palava
The Dignity Of Pot-Bellies
Saturday April 17, 2010
ONE of the tragic mistakes people make is that they think every pot-belly is the consequence of beer quaffing.
In other words, there is the mistaken belief that every man carrying a pot about the mid-section has invested his salary in the beer industry, the profit of which shows in front of him as a well-defined pot.
The truth, however,...read more
The Love That Transcends All Understanding
Thursday April 15, 2010
WHENEVER I get the opportunity, I tell fel-
low natives of Sikaman to go and learn romantic love from the Indians.
Beside all the chocolate-gift theories that the counsellors tragically harp on and the pseudo-scriptural pontifications of so-called marriage experts, when it comes to practical romance, you can only get it from the repertoire...read more
A Look Beyond Carl Wilson
Thursday April 01, 2010
WITHIN the main-port of Tema, there are a thou sand magicians. And because of the practice of all sorts of financial magic and common wizardry, it has more than once been possible to declare a whole container load of sugar as “personal effects” and carry it out of the port without anybody asking questions. It is called one-man-no-chop!...read more
Boxing And The Curse Of Okro
Saturday March 27, 2010
BOXING is an art! The likes of Mohammed Ali
fought not only for the money but for the beauty of the game, and eulogised it in prose and poetry.
“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.”
The first most formidable opponent of Ali was the murderous Sonny Liston, nicknamed The Big Bear. Employing the dazzle of foot-works and the sleight...read more
The Pentecostal Boogie Down
Saturday February 27, 2010
YOU cannot be a Pentecost pastor if you do not
know how to dance. That pastoral mandate goes beyond mere sermonising.
The pastor must wear his cassock as well as his dancing shoes, so that when he breaks into song and dance, he would not be found wanting. It is not easy!
Fact is that dancing in style in the church-room is an entire...read more
The Archbishop And The Porter
Saturday February 20, 2010
MANY years back it was reported that most of
the girls in a certain secondary school in Sikaman had become hysterical and were behaving strangely.
Some were said to be laughing for no apparent reason and others were screaming and generally going haywire.
May be the girls suffered from mass hysteria. It might be interpreted as...read more
Political Hairdos And Osagyefo
Saturday September 26, 2009
Is it possible to identify the party some-
one belongs to by merely looking at the person’s haircut?
Even the design of the moustache indicated one’s political preference in the good old days when the whiteman left the shores of Ghana because the blackman said he was capable of handling his own affairs.
These days, there are...read more
Letters, Booze And My Dollar
Saturday September 19, 2009
I used to look forward to receiving letters.
Week after week, letters of fans of Sikaman Palava poured in and it came to a time when I got tired of reading letters and kept tossing them aside.
Drinking beer had become more enjoyable.
In the good old days, a glass of cold beer was the acid-test of one’s happiness.
If after...read more
No Licence For Monkey Business
Saturday September 12, 2009
WHAT we used to dislike as young students was
an over-sized pair of shorts.
The tighter the shorts the better; but the housemasters thought otherwise.
They ordered the school’s contracted tailor who supplied us uniforms to give us ‘extra allowance’ and he obeyed the order to the letter.
The man came and measured...read more
The Pregnant Women Of Sikaman
Saturday July 25, 2009
IT is not readily known whether carrying a pot-belly 24 hours a day is a blessing or a curse. Whatever it is, the distended belly has become fashionable among both the poor and the rich. A poor person may acquire a pot-belly and add it to his curriculum vitae (CV). It is not against the constitution of Ghana. It is perfectly legal. However,...read more
