AUTHOR: KWAME OKOAMPA-AHOOFE, JR.

Compared to Mahama, Naana Opoku-Agyemang Is More than Qualified to Be Ghana’s First Woman President, of Course!

9 minutes ago | Feature Article

Of course, just about anybody whom the Kingmakers and the Queenmakers of the country rsquo;s main opposition party, the ...

It was Acheampong who built the Akosombo-supplementary Kpong Hydroelectric Power Plant, the second-largest power plant at the time.

Acheampong Solved Dumsor and then the P/NDC Executed Him by Firing Squad

May 15, 2024 | Feature Article

If, indeed, as the National Democratic Congress rsquo; Parliamentary Minority Caucus claims, the previous Mahama-led rag ...

William Maher is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host.

Bill Maher’s Tax Dollars Are Very Likely Funding the “Satanyahu” War Machine

May 14, 2024 | Feature Article

The Fox News story captioned ldquo;Bill Maher Slams Biden for Using His Tax Dollars to Fund Campus lsquo;Jew-Hating rs ...

Ghanaians Are Looking for Builders, Not Bullies and Butchers

May 13, 2024 | Feature Article

To hear the Looting and State-Capture Brigade Commanders of the country rsquo;s main opposition National Democratic Cong ...

National Security Climate Under Mahama Was Very Precarious

May 13, 2024 | Feature Article

Revelation that former President John ldquo;Ford Expedition Payola rdquo; Dramani Mahama assigned security guards to pr ...

Candidate Opoku-Agyemang’s Cheap, Populist Talk Was Nothing Short of Embarrassin...

May 10, 2024 | Feature Article

It is quite clear that the writer of Candidate Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang rsquo;s Running-Mate rsquo;s Acceptance Speech, ...

Candidate Opoku-Agyeman’s Cheap, Populist Talk Was Nothing Short of Embarrassing...

May 10, 2024 | Feature Article

There are unmistakable elements of plagiarism in Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang rsquo;s Acceptance Speech, following her wide ...

Candidate Opoku-Agyemang’s Cheap, Populist Talk Was Nothing Short of Embarrassin...

May 9, 2024 | Feature Article

It constitutes the very height of arrogance for Candidate Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the 2020 and the 2024 Presidential ...

Candidate Opoku-Agyemang’s Cheap, Populist Talk Was Nothing Short of Embarrassin...

May 8, 2024 | Feature Article

It is rather interesting that immediately after caustically castigating the present Akufo-Addo-led government of the New ...

Candidate Opoku-Agyemang’s Cheap Populist Talk Was Nothing Short of Embarrassing...

May 8, 2024 | Feature Article

As of this writing, I had just finished reading the Full Text of the Running-Mate rsquo;s ldquo;Acceptance Speech by Pr ...

Candidate Opoku-Agyemang’s Cheap Populist Talk Was Nothing Short of Embarrassing...

May 8, 2024 | Feature Article

As of this writing, I had just finished reading the Full Text of the Running-Mate rsquo;s ldquo;Acceptance Speech by Pr ...

Dafeamekpor Likely Secured His Legal Practice License Via Affirmative Action

May 7, 2024 | Feature Article

I have reasonable grounds to suspect that the Anlo-Ewe Cabal of the country rsquo;s main opposition National Democratic ...

NDC Defanged on Stolen BVR Pretext to Impugn Election 2024

May 7, 2024 | Feature Article

Going into the 2024 General Election, it is all evident that the leadership of the country rsquo;s main opposition party ...

NPP’s Sterling Performance Record Will Take Candidate Bawumia to Jubilee House, ...

May 6, 2024 | Feature Article

When it comes to the scandalous public display of arrogance and imperious hostility towards the democratic rule of law a ...

On Governance, the Economy, Probity, Tribalism, Accountability and Corruption, N...

May 6, 2024 | Feature Article

If the qualities that appear in the title of this column which, by the way, were borrowed directly from the article writ ...

Is this Really Important, Ghanaweb?

May 4, 2024 | Feature Article

I have personally sampled some of their media fare and can readily vouch that Ghanaweb.com ndash; to be clearly disting ...

Naana Opoku-Agyemang Is Irreparably Damaged Merchandise

May 4, 2024 | Feature Article

She has already been decisively beaten once at the polls, so it is rather absurd for Benjamin Kofi Quarshie, described b ...

Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr.

He holds the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Global African History, Literature and Culture from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and the Bachelor of Arts (Summa Cum Laude) in English, Communications and Africana Studies from The City College of New York of The City University of New York, where he was named a Ford Foundation Undergraduate Fellow and the first recipient of the John J. Reyne Artistic Achievement Award in English Poetry (Creative Writing) in 1988.. More The author was part of the "socially revolutionary" team of undergraduate journalists at City College of New York (CCNY) of the City University of New York (CUNY), who won First-Prize certificates for Best Community Reporting from the Columbia University School of Journalism, for three consecutive years, from 1988 to 1990.

Born April 8, 1963, in Ghana; naturalized U.S. citizen; son of Kwame (an educator) and Dorothy (maiden name, Sintim) Okoampa-Ahoofe; children: Abena Aninwaa, Kwame III. Ethnicity: "African." Education: City College of the City University of New York, B.A. (summa cum laude), 1990; Temple University, M.A., 1993, Ph.D., 1998. Politics: Independent. Religion: "Christian—Ecumenist." Hobbies and other interests: Political philosophy.

CAREER: Ghana National Cultural Center, Kumasi, poet, 1979–84; Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, worked as instructor in English; Technical Career Institutes, New York, NY, instructor in English, 1991–94; Indiana State University, Terre Haute, instructor in history, 1994–95; Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY, member of English faculty. Participant in World Bank African "Brain-Gain" pilot project.

MEMBER: Modern Language Association of America, National Council of Teachers of English, African Studies Association, Community College Humanities Association.

AWARDS, HONORS: Essay award, Nassau Review, 1999.