Author: Koya Nkrumah
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Don’t tell your daughters to find husbands!
Last week, I met up with a friend I had not seen in over twenty years – we had not seen each other since we left the boarding school we both attended in our teens. We had kept in touch over the years but it was great to see each other and catch up on…
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We all need and should learn empathy!
A few years ago, I was at a wedding and something happened that got a few people talking. Like a typical Ghanaian wedding, we had been waiting for the bride for almost two hours (I could not leave because I had promised to sing for the bride) – while we waited, the church tried to…
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When people offend and act shocked when you get offended!
Last week, on my usual perusal of social media, I came across a video of a young man who was being auditioned for the role of a radio/tv personality. The panel was made of three women in the media and this video caught my interest because, when the judges on the panel looked up this…
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Deconstructing my Faith – Rethinking my Religion!
Part 2 In 1997, Joshua Harris, authored the book I Kissed Dating Goodbye – many young evangelicals would purchase this book written by a young man under the age of 25 and proceed to choose their life partners based on this book. Fast forward a few years and this author, who was once one of…
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Deconstructing my faith – Revoking my church membership!
Part 1 I was born into a Presbyterian family and baptised as a baby – I would later choose to be baptised again in a non denominational church when I was 20, I felt I was old enough to choose my own path and not my parents decision to have me baptised as a baby.…
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So, what are you bringing to the relationship table?
There is a popular Ghanaian radio show I listen to whenever I get the chance – this show is on a radio station in the city I grew up in. The show has been going live on various social media platforms and this has given me the opportunity to listen for over a year now.…
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Forgive and Forget – but at what cost?
This post was originally published 24th January 2021 I have often heard people tell those that feel wronged that they should forgive and forget – always adding that forgiveness is useful to the one that forgives but I have never found it so easy to do. When it comes to forgiveness, it is very difficult…
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Be careful what you share and who you share with!
Last year, I wrote about friends falling out and then going on to reveal things that were shared in confidence when the friendship was good – and as bad as this behaviour is, what I fear most is people you trust sharing things communicated in confidence to your detriment! As I pondered what to write…
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Is it time to set some boundaries?
This post was originally published on 27/09/2020 and updated 03/10/2021. In a previous post about being truly happy, I shared that at the beginning of lockdown due to Covid-19, I started speaking to a psychologist; this was one of the best decisions I had made in a long time. This experience changed me immensely and…
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Is it time for growth?
Do you ever get the feeling that you have outgrown where you are and would like to step into a new chapter of your life; where you can do new things but in a different way to how you have always done things? If that is you then you are not alone – I have…
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