A great article on Joao Havelange?...

...and interesting comments.

BBC Website


"Tim Vickery: For better or worse? How Havelange's global vision changed football
www.bbc.co.uk

Laid low by an infection, former Fifa president Joao Havelange is gravely ill in a Rio hospital, where no doubt he is profoundly irritated at being forced to interrupt his daily routine of swimming 1,000 metres. At the age of 95, Havelange remains a force of nature."

How Ghanaians maintain their sanity...

In the dark times
Will there also be singing?
Yes, there will be singing
About the dark times.

Bertolt Brecht, "Motto". Culled from Ngugi wa mThiong'o's "Dreams In A Time Of War"

The Woyome Song

UG Graduation

I attended the graduation ceremony at the University of Ghana yesterday. Just a few observations:

• The School should limit the number of guests that a graduand may invite. Seating was difficult to find even though I was on right on time. Some graduands seemed to have turned up with their entire clans. If they were limited to, say, 3 visitors each, then the number of seats that must be provided becomes a simple arithmetic.
• Many people at the ceremony seemed totally unconcerned with it. They walked about all through the speeches and the constant chatter was distracting.
• The venue has always been the Athletics Oval. However, with little actual grass, the place is too dusty. Might be better in a well ventilated hall.
• The Vice Chancellor announced a decision to hold 2 graduations, in July and November of each year starting in 2012. I like it. Shorter wait times for students to receive their degrees and smaller ceremonies.
• The best graduating student attended Nkroful Senior High School. He had a grade point of 3.97. He was a Sociology major. Outstanding!
• The guest speaker was my old classmate, Abena Amoah. Her speech was anchored on chasing value rather than money, integrity and developing a savings habit. I thought it was a brilliant speech.