Akan broadcasters are not idiots - Adjoa Yeboah Agyei

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Francis - Obuasi 9 years ago

It is your choices of words that make people insult/describe you as such. How you people at times modify/explains some situations as if you there makes such remarks. If a young man of say 35 or 40 rapes/impregnates a teenager ...
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It is your choices of words that make people insult/describe you as such. How you people at times modify/explains some situations as if you there makes such remarks. If a young man of say 35 or 40 rapes/impregnates a teenager, the way your colleague by name Vim Lady of Adom FM will report this issues clearly tells how people will describe the Akan broadcasters.
Annorwuo 9 years ago

The problem with many Ghanaian Journalists is that they consciously or otherwise become the news,instead of reporting the story or event!
Look,if our Journalists would stick to this cardinal principle in journalism,especiall ...
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The problem with many Ghanaian Journalists is that they consciously or otherwise become the news,instead of reporting the story or event!
Look,if our Journalists would stick to this cardinal principle in journalism,especially the Akan variant,then everything should be fine. You see you cite the the example of Afia Pokuaah,who by every standard is a very intelligent and a versatile individual. Her problem stems from two angles: The first is her personal penchant[call it trait] to unnecessarily embellish the news; even the obvious. The second difficulty has to do with the media house she is affiliated with, namely Adom FM;which not unlike say the Daily Guide,or Kweku Baako`s New Crusading Guide,always approaches every news item with an "agenda", quite often political in nature,in mind. Thus stories and news items are reported through a particular prism,and this is what creates problems for those News Anchors who read the news! In this vein, if you believe our "Vim Lady" is a problem, take a closer look at Kofi Adoma,Kwaku Adu-Kumi,Obernpong,Naa Atwer,Obiri Yeboah also from the same Adom FM stable;and Kofi Asante Anning[the so-called "Asanteman Kofi"]from Nhyira FM,who all go out of their way to become the focal point of the news or story. There are numerous examples one can find from the other media outfits,but I believe any keen and dispassionate observer cannot fail to miss these points I have made.
Taking newscasters as a whole, I believe the likes of Adjoa Yeboah Agyei, Naa Yaa Konadu,Kwabena Marfo,Nana Agyie SikaPa,Kwadwo Dickson,Nana Yaw Kesse,Ohenenana Kwame Amo,all of PeaceFM, bring a much more refined and mature disposition to reading the news than their counterparts from the Multi-Media Group. It may very well be the case that Osei Kwame Despite,who by no means is politically neutral, together with his trusted lieutenants at PeaceFM,allows his Akan Journalists sufficient room within which to operate and broadcast the news,which should always remain immutable!
I will end my commentary by imploring all the journalsts,English as well as Akan,to be humble and guided by the truth,accuracy,fair and balanced approach in doing their work.
khirsten 9 years ago

I like listening to you and I pray that we ride over our inferiority complex as a people and embrace our own. keep it up Adjoa

I like listening to you and I pray that we ride over our inferiority complex as a people and embrace our own. keep it up Adjoa
jay Tee 9 years ago

YOU HAVE DONE WELL, ITS ONLY GHANAIAN WHO SPEAK THEIR LOCAL LANGUAGE THEY BORN WITH AS BARBARIC GO TO SOUTH AFRICA EVEN THE WHITES SPEAK THEIR LOCAL LANGUAGE. THE ENGLISH JOURNALIST ARE THOSE WHO ARE KURASIFO).IF GERMANY OR U ...
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YOU HAVE DONE WELL, ITS ONLY GHANAIAN WHO SPEAK THEIR LOCAL LANGUAGE THEY BORN WITH AS BARBARIC GO TO SOUTH AFRICA EVEN THE WHITES SPEAK THEIR LOCAL LANGUAGE. THE ENGLISH JOURNALIST ARE THOSE WHO ARE KURASIFO).IF GERMANY OR UK OR US HAVE LOCAL LANGUAGE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PROUD OF, ITS THE GERMAN WHO HAVE MADE THEIR LOCAL LANGUAGE THEIR NATIONAL PRIDE WHAT ABOUT US. BCOS OF TRIBAL DIFFERENCES AND POLITICS .GOD BLESS OUR HOMELAND GHANA
Bruda 9 years ago

I live in the Bahamas and I'm sorry that I don't get the chance to listen to you enough. I admire broadcasters like you who can speak Akan without diluting it with English words. Thanks for keeping our language pure and shame ...
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I live in the Bahamas and I'm sorry that I don't get the chance to listen to you enough. I admire broadcasters like you who can speak Akan without diluting it with English words. Thanks for keeping our language pure and shame on those who are criticizing you.
gyan 9 years ago

Its good in the local languages but my problem is not until we have a local language as an official one, then some people will not want the Akan.

Its good in the local languages but my problem is not until we have a local language as an official one, then some people will not want the Akan.
akosua ohenewaa yeboah 9 years ago

The picture is indeed nice. Adwoa am proud of you and i love listening to you on radio. keep it up

The picture is indeed nice. Adwoa am proud of you and i love listening to you on radio. keep it up
Tony (Katachiase) 9 years ago

Adwoa is a professional indeed.
God bless you and your efforts; and thanks for explaining culture at events. A real source of education for the youngsters.

Adwoa is a professional indeed.
God bless you and your efforts; and thanks for explaining culture at events. A real source of education for the youngsters.
Love Doctor. 9 years ago

with 4 children. Your husband is enjoying kraa!!

with 4 children. Your husband is enjoying kraa!!
Step Up 9 years ago

"She looks beautiful for a Ghanaian woman"
What is that supposed to mean?
You don't think Ghanaian women are beautiful?

I'm not sure if you are a Ghanaian but if you are, I think you have been living under a rock. Our w ...
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"She looks beautiful for a Ghanaian woman"
What is that supposed to mean?
You don't think Ghanaian women are beautiful?

I'm not sure if you are a Ghanaian but if you are, I think you have been living under a rock. Our women have always been beautiful and I don't mean the half breeds. I'm talking about our indegenous dark skinned women who are our mothers, aunts, sisters, nieces, wives and girlfriends.

I have been living and working in North America for over 30 years and there are beautiful women here too but none that can match the beautiful women I see whenever I go home to visit family and friends.

Having said that, remember that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
N.K GYEBI 9 years ago

For me Twi radio cool. My problem with them is that they shout too much,and most times they add comic to they news where it is not so, some of us too don't no figures in twi so if when they mention twi then give us the englis ...
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For me Twi radio cool. My problem with them is that they shout too much,and most times they add comic to they news where it is not so, some of us too don't no figures in twi so if when they mention twi then give us the english too.
kay de 9 years ago

well done ajoa. keep up the spirit. the picture is so nice.

well done ajoa. keep up the spirit. the picture is so nice.
Adjei Collins Maxwell 9 years ago

Adjoa is a very good and she should keep it up. Please how can i have Adjoa contact

Adjoa is a very good and she should keep it up. Please how can i have Adjoa contact
kwesi- Washington DC 9 years ago

wow am amused by how you answered your questions. you are a real journalist. keep it up. God bless you always.

wow am amused by how you answered your questions. you are a real journalist. keep it up. God bless you always.
Agyaku NYC 9 years ago

Hi Adjoa, you are doing great. Twi/akan is getting broader and wider just as Swahili and Diasporas love to hear it on the air better than the "deep voice" Ghana English which sometime one has to translate. Most Countries are ...
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Hi Adjoa, you are doing great. Twi/akan is getting broader and wider just as Swahili and Diasporas love to hear it on the air better than the "deep voice" Ghana English which sometime one has to translate. Most Countries are now transforming their national language from English to their local language. Those that are ridiculing you don`t know better.
Kwame Kumi 9 years ago

To the best of my knowledge the problem many people have listening to Twi programmes is not because of the language but rather the way you use it. Some of your male colleagues especially try to add so much unnecessary colour ...
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To the best of my knowledge the problem many people have listening to Twi programmes is not because of the language but rather the way you use it. Some of your male colleagues especially try to add so much unnecessary colour to their language that they end up boring listeners. They should be told to understand that especially news reading is neither drama ('concert') nor a contest in proverbs.
JACK ACCRA 9 years ago

ADJOA YOU ARE DOINIG WONDERFUL YOU SEE WE HAVE BRAINWASH TO SPEAK ENGLISH WHEN WE HAVE OUR OWN LANGUEGUAGE IS VERY SAD GHANAIANS HAVE LOST OUR OWN LANGUAGE PLS KEEP ON.

ADJOA YOU ARE DOINIG WONDERFUL YOU SEE WE HAVE BRAINWASH TO SPEAK ENGLISH WHEN WE HAVE OUR OWN LANGUEGUAGE IS VERY SAD GHANAIANS HAVE LOST OUR OWN LANGUAGE PLS KEEP ON.
C.O.D 9 years ago

Adjoa, remember that we as a nation is still struggling with the colonial mentality. Those who either call you idiots or villagers are the true idiots and uncivilized ones. Keep it up 1

Adjoa, remember that we as a nation is still struggling with the colonial mentality. Those who either call you idiots or villagers are the true idiots and uncivilized ones. Keep it up 1
apuuu 9 years ago

This is nonsense speaking someone language to make a living that's not make you better than the one who specializes in local language's who are this moron people need to be happy about their heritage and stop this bullshit st ...
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This is nonsense speaking someone language to make a living that's not make you better than the one who specializes in local language's who are this moron people need to be happy about their heritage and stop this bullshit stuff about white man's language apuuu
SUGAR 9 years ago

Am calling from Toronto to tell you to not worry at all. i love your show.Most ghanaians consider themselfs smart when they speak some ones language.idiots.

Am calling from Toronto to tell you to not worry at all. i love your show.Most ghanaians consider themselfs smart when they speak some ones language.idiots.
JK 9 years ago

A breath of fresh air, she is!
This woman expresses herself well.
I like her.

And she is beautiful too.

A breath of fresh air, she is!
This woman expresses herself well.
I like her.

And she is beautiful too.
sam. 9 years ago

Adwoa is right.is a perception especially in Accra if you speak a good twi or local lanquage.that is a pitty.people think ones you speak good english it makes you better than some one who speak good twi and this has brought a ...
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Adwoa is right.is a perception especially in Accra if you speak a good twi or local lanquage.that is a pitty.people think ones you speak good english it makes you better than some one who speak good twi and this has brought about an unknow accent by our musicians and can't even classify their accent if it is english,american or scottish accent,no one knows is only them who can tell.the same thing is gone down to our movie industry.those who act in twi think they are better than those who act in local lanquage.but just look at agya koo and kwadwo Nkansah and compare them to most of the so called english actors,who can you say is dynamic.We have come to hate almost every thing that's Ghanaian.God have mercy.
YOU AND I 9 years ago

TAKE THAT TWI TO THE BUSH.SPEAK ENGLISH

TAKE THAT TWI TO THE BUSH.SPEAK ENGLISH
peace 9 years ago

don't you know your are bunch of idiots

don't you know your are bunch of idiots
Amlima Jnr 9 years ago

Adjoa, go, fly & higher! Good to read about u.I'm not an akan, but i follow your works keenly.

Adjoa, go, fly & higher! Good to read about u.I'm not an akan, but i follow your works keenly.
K.Barimah G.USA 9 years ago

So glad to see you doing so well and having a blast at it.say thanks to your mum for all the good food and motherly love we received from her during the good old Garden City Radio days.

So glad to see you doing so well and having a blast at it.say thanks to your mum for all the good food and motherly love we received from her during the good old Garden City Radio days.
K.Barimah G.USA 9 years ago

So glad to see you doing so well and having a blast at it.say thanks to your wonderful mum for all the Good food and kind motherly love that she gave me during the good old Garden City Radio days.

So glad to see you doing so well and having a blast at it.say thanks to your wonderful mum for all the Good food and kind motherly love that she gave me during the good old Garden City Radio days.

Akan broadcasters are not idiots - Adjoa Yeboah Agyei

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