Monthly Archives: March 2023

Patrick French and the flawed genius of VS Naipaul

Ekow Nelson The death of the biographer and historian Patrick French cast my mind back to the subject of his most acclaimed work, V. S. Naipaul, who himself passed in 2018 and whose biography French published a decade earlier. French … Continue reading

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The man who revolutionised the high-jump at the games that changed world athletics

Ekow Nelson A little bit of history came to an end today – for track and field aficionados like yours truly anyway. The American athlete, Dick Fosbury passed. If you have ever wondered why high jumpers at the Olympics and … Continue reading

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Ghana – the road to independence

Ekow Nelson Sixty six years ago, Ghana became the first British colony in Africa to achieve independence. The clamour for independence intensified during the 1940s, particularly after the second world war and demobilisation when the colonial authorities shut down military … Continue reading

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