Twi: A Beginner’s Guide!
This simple twi guide has been written with thanks to Alex Boakye Antwi and Joseph Edward Addae – two Junior High School students from Abofour, Ashanti Region! We can see …read more
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“The River Between” by Thiong’o – Book Review
The River Between is incredibly compelling – I completed it within a few hours whilst waiting for a ferry to cross the Volta River in Ghana, which somehow seemed appropriate …read more
Reflections from Edward Amponsah on his role as Akumadan Librarian
Edward has been the librarian in the Akumadan from December 2016-August 2017 when he departed to study Economics at university in Kumasi. I first met him when he was in …read more
What is the thinking behind the EduSpots model?
In spite of my tendency to be extremely critical of everything with respect to our project, being in Ghana has certainly cemented a strong belief that the Reading Spots model, …read more
What is the thinking behind the Reading Spots model?
In spite of my tendency to be quite critical of everything with respect to our project, being in Ghana has certainly cemented a strong belief that the Reading Spots model, …read more
A Perspective on the Colonised Psyche: A Review of ‘Nervous Conditions’ by Tsitsi Dangarembga
‘Quietly, unobtrusively, and extremely fitfully, something in my mind began to assert itself, to question things and refuse to be brainwashed, bringing me to this time when I can set …read more
Should we strive to be Appiah’s ‘cosmopolitans’? – A review of ‘Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers’
This book encourages us to all to become cosmopolitans: if it had a slogan, Appiah offers ‘universality plus difference’. By this, he means two things: that we have obligations to …read more
Can we effectively combine global learning with charitable action?
This piece is a (slightly!) abbreviated version of an essay already submitted to UCL. All comments welcome, as we’re always refining our ideas and approach. Can development and development education goals coexist in …read more
What should we make of extreme ‘do-gooders’? (Review of ‘Strangers Drowning: Voyages to the Brink of Moral Extremity’)
Macfarquhar’s book, Strangers Drowning, was certainly the perfect text to read following Singer’s The Most Good You Can Do. Rather than present a case for a certain moral course of action, Macfarquhar (a …read more
Is Peter Singer right about ‘The Most Good We Can Do?’
Singer’s The Most Good You Can Do (2015) appears to be an updated version of his 2009 work The Life You Can Save. Both works apply his preference utilitarianism (suggesting …read more
The possible harms of Snow White: should we send western fiction to Ghana?
This is an extract of a coursework essay, which challenges the very idea of sending books from the UK to Ghana, something that EduSpots has done to an extent, whilst …read more
