Ghana and the 'Otabil Effect' theory

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• ghanaman 9 years ago

  Nice to have none other than our own great mind Bright Simmons take on this subject. Yes, achievement has been reduced to material and political pursuits, with mostly banal measures of success. Refreshing to hear that a group ...
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  Nice to have none other than our own great mind Bright Simmons take on this subject. Yes, achievement has been reduced to material and political pursuits, with mostly banal measures of success. Refreshing to hear that a group regularly meets at Ashesi to discuss matters of truly seminal significance. The "Otabil effect" is most welcome, and the theory underlying - or better put- explaining it, is even the more significant! Bravo, Bright!

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• nana addo 9 years ago

  Otabil effect is just within you in Accra who are obsessed with those recycled sermons

  Otabil effect is just within you in Accra who are obsessed with those recycled sermons

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• Fox 9 years ago

  Said it all.

  Said it all.

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• Akua Mansa 9 years ago

  Ghana ND indeed Africa is reduced to thoughtless indignation with our daily lives exploited by politics.
  
  Everything is explained or understood in the context of politics. This has undermined any critical thinking. You ca ...
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  Ghana ND indeed Africa is reduced to thoughtless indignation with our daily lives exploited by politics.
  
  Everything is explained or understood in the context of politics. This has undermined any critical thinking. You can't breathe without it being interpreted in political terms
  
  It is withing this context to see the emergence of the likes of Otabil who adds a dimension of reasoning to the national discourse. Unfortunately his uterances are degraded by political interpretation
  
  Unless we develop a sense of introspection and critical thinking we shall perish as a people devoid by our myopic succumption to political mediocrity

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• Amen 9 years ago

  Excellent but very little in content

  Excellent but very little in content

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• kp 9 years ago

  A fantastic read. Thanks Bright. This will make a great scholarly article if you expand it further using Foucault's power analysis or Goffman's frame analysis. I really want to read a detailed work on the subject.

  A fantastic read. Thanks Bright. This will make a great scholarly article if you expand it further using Foucault's power analysis or Goffman's frame analysis. I really want to read a detailed work on the subject.

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