While reading ghanaweb...

... I came across this article that claimed in it's title that one Dr. Nana Obiri Yeboah (a sociologist) had fired Michael Essien's father. "Oh" I though, "Michael Essien's dad [James Essien they say his name is] works with sociologists? Is he a sociologist himself? What, by the way do sociologists do in Ghana?" I quickly set upon the article and read it top to bottom.

27 paragraphs later (because I read all 11 paragraphs twice, then read the first 5 over again to make sure I wasn't missing anything), I still haven't figured out what "Senior" Essien does (nor sociologists in Ghana for that matter), when or why he was fired by Dr. Nana Obiri Yeboah, or why the editor of Ghanaweb allowed an article like this to be published.

I guess Ghanaweb is probably not the place to go for well reported nonfa-free news (lol), though for some reason I keep returning to it.One of these days I'm going to post links to alternative sites that provide decent news without the... well, nonfa.

Oh, and for you grammar Nazi's out there, you'll go slightly nuts over the article below.

Article Link

I put up this picture just in case the story disappeared

**UPDATE**

When I first read this story, I felt the "news" being reported was so unworthy of being called news that I neglected to offer my opinions on the issue. I still feel that way. I think the real (and only) story here is the discrepancy between the title of the article, and its contents. However, since I know some people might wonder what I think about all this (yes, i'm that important!), let me just offer my two cents..... LOL, I can't do this! This issue is just too ridiculous!

Ghana Talk

I just realized that I sometimes enjoy throwing a word or two of Ghanaian pidgin English into my long rants about nothing :). So I've decided to try to compile a little glossary of terms to which I will link whenever I catch myself using one of those very fun words or phrases. Ghana peeps reading this, please share your thoughts if you see/read me going waaay off. I will be updating this blog continuously for as long as I continue to use pidgin words in my posts. Here goes:

Capa: Energy, strength e.g. The boy has capa.
Padi: Friend
Padi-padi: Friendly
Game Gbee: Literally translates to game dog. Used to describe someone who has an insatiable appetite for video games.
Nonfa: nonsense, rubbish e.g. stop talking nonfa i.e stop speaking rubbish.