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Public Life 6 min read Jun 7, 2026

Sikaman Notes: No Do No Do — The Campaign That Lasts Exactly As Long As The Flood

Sikaman, the rains have come again, and so has the cure. And what a cure it is. You remember last week I told you about the Buz Stop Boys — six young men with brooms who clean our gutters for free, doing the work nobody pays them for. Well, this week the big people have […]

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Public Life 6 min read

Sikaman Notes: One-Four-Billion for Bitters — The Day Sikaman Found Its Money

Sikaman, make I sit you down this morning, because I have found something. I have been searching for it my…

Custom & Culture 6 min read

Sikaman Notes: The Ballistic Slipper — A Tribute to Ghanaian Mothers and Their Air Force

Sikaman, let me ask you a small question this morning, and I want you to answer honestly. When was the…

Public Life 7 min read

Sikaman Notes: June Is Coming — Prepare Ye the Buckets

Dear Accra, Mother of mosquitoes, damsel in ditches, capital of accidental swimming pools — I write to you not from…

Letters & Postcards 5 min read

Sikaman Notes: Letter to Kojo — The Republic of Small-Small

My dear Kojo, I trust this letter finds you well in your cold country, sitting under one of those heaters…

Public Life 8 min read

Sikaman Notes: The Hostel Wahala — How One Bed Became a Mortgage

Sikaman, let me tell you something. In this our country, there are three things you cannot escape: death, the cedi-dollar…

Custom & Culture 5 min read

Sikaman Notes: The Register of the Beloved Unpronounceables

Charley, there is a particular silence that falls in a Ghanaian classroom on the first day of term. It is…

Public Life 7 min read

Sikaman Notes: The Electric Tango

Ei Kojo, If you are reading this under a bulb that is actually on, then praise be to ECG and…

Letters & Postcards 7 min read

Sikaman Notes: A Letter to My Beloved Confused Country

My dear Sikaman, I write this letter not with pen and ink, but with the ink of unpaid bills and…