I suffered jealousy-driven vicious insults, backstabbing – Komla

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  • Marquis 11 years ago

    Why didn't you move on Ghent?

  • Chief Datone.. 11 years ago

    Komla, RIP...dead but alive..

  • GHANAIAN 11 years ago

    THANK YOU NKRUMAH FOR ALLOWING AN EWE MAN (KOMLA DUMOR GRANDFATHER) TO COMPOSE THE GHANA NATIONAL ANTHEM.

    TO SOME PEOPLE EWEs ARE NOT GHANAIANS.

  • FM 11 years ago

    So, who is a Ghanaian to you?

  • Obaa 11 years ago

    Mmmh. I'm very sad about Komla's death but I daresay reading this has shown me he wasn't very wise in his work dealings. He allowed himself to fall for the corporate brainwashing that killing yourself and putting your health ...
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  • Ghfuo, change ur thinking 11 years ago

    We need a cnn, BBC in gh. This guy komla could've spearheaded this. Rather than toiling at the BBC.

  • professor Reeves 11 years ago

    What is the mandate now of OAU?

  • African Tiger 11 years ago

    Yes i second your thinking! Going to work at a Western media concern, where they set you up for failure because you are black and working hard to prove them wrong is the bane of a lot of successful blacks in the Western world ...
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  • ankoma 11 years ago

    Obaa,you did the right thing.The rat race or human race is getting out of hand among ghanian immigrants.

  • Ghfuo, change ur thinking 11 years ago

    He read the fake stories so much that eventually. He begun to not only believe them, but failed to differentiate between real truths and lies. How can ur boss invite you for a 1 minute promotion? Nkwasias3m! Fake boss should ...
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  • AMA 11 years ago

    Did he say anything about a promotion? All he got was an additional assignment!

  • Ghfuo, change ur thinking 11 years ago

    If an Anchor coverage of the wcup in brasil is not a promotion then wat is? Look at war komla wqs doing at BBC? Picking up shifts here and there..

  • Concern 11 years ago

    What kind of promotion was it? He had a one minute meeting with his boss and was told what to do period.
    It was his right to refused those extra shifts when he noticed his health was deteorating. There would never has been ...
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  • obtt 11 years ago

    PROMOTION MY FOOT. IN OUR NURSING DEPARTMENT, THE AFRICAN WOULD HAVE TO MENTOR HIS NEWLY QUALIFIED COLLEAGUE FOR 6 MONTHS AND WOULD CONTINUE TO MARK TIME AS A STAFF NURSE WORKING UNDER THE PERSON YOU ONCE MENTORED AS CHARGE N ...
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  • Professor Nancy Reeves 11 years ago

    It is absolutely true. Talk about witch craft in Africa and jealousy and hypocrisy elsewhere that can equally kill you.
    A hint to the wise is enough

  • Kananawu 11 years ago

    witchcraft is one word you foolish professor

  • GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 11 years ago

    folks, its not corporate brain washing but oyinbo brain bleaching in full glow here. today, u walk around any major city in north america or the west and you see black ppl acting disoriented. their morals, their dignity is al ...
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  • ELINAM 11 years ago

    Dear sister you did well for seeing it for what it is.

  • anokwale 11 years ago

    Everyone has to know what their limit is. It is not an easy decision though. Everything happens for a reason though. God has used him as a vehicle to open doors for African journalist.

  • the truth 11 years ago

    Amen

  • Kananawu 11 years ago

    Are you sure?

  • Victor A. Young 11 years ago

    Don't bring this thing here too! Everyone who lives within the boundries of Ghana is a Ghanaian. But when Rawlings and his tribesmen like Kofi Awonoor, Tsikata & Co., make Akans and their allied family their target and tries ...
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  • Kwasi Mensah 11 years ago

    "Ghanaian", those who say Ewes are not Ghanaians are pathetically ignorant people. They don't know and understand Ghana's history. They demonstrate their deep ignorance because of the kind of poor education they've received. ...
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  • Yaa Nkosuo 11 years ago

    Now the cat is out of the bag. I suspected foul play but it is evident from reading this article his death was stress-induced.
    Why didn't he seek help ( psychotherapy; doesn't mean you are going insane)
    In Africa one has fa ...
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  • why? 11 years ago

    who expose these soft of komla last minute heart matter?

  • Kananawu 11 years ago

    your English is very bad. Are you Frafra or Fulani?

  • BRAVEBOY 11 years ago

    Hey, what will kill you, will kill you. God is the judge of all of us. My children will know of the great work you did and your resilience in the face of attacks.
    Hey, the devil and his comrades only attack what is good, bu ...
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  • C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

    This is my first post since the break out of the shocking and sad news of Komla's demise.

    Now, reading this made me felt the more that I should have looked for him to discuss with him the erroneous way he tried to tackle ...
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  • Kwame 11 years ago

    It is fair to say that what happened to Komlan, could happen to anyone of us working in an environment charged with hatred. How you respond to work place name-calling, insults and bullying, depends on the environment and cult ...
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  • C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

    Kwame, I'd have noticed your rejoinder even without your using my names.

    Yes, I live in London and I think I know quite a bit about the "smiling racism" here. It doesn't always come in direct name callings or insults but i ...
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  • Kananawu 11 years ago

    You are both talking nonsense. It wasn't the white,am that killed him.It was probably his life style that killed him. You should eat less of that rubbish you Ghanaians eat.
    Exercise more,
    eat more vegetables,
    cut out re ...
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  • C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

    I think you have just uttered some nonsense. Kwame and I did not say anywhere that the whiteman killed him. We're discussing his response or lack of it to what he claimed were jealousy driven attacks on him.

    Yes, his life ...
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  • Kananawu 11 years ago

    https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152133780395990&set=a.405505030989.200835.108007820989&type=1&theater

  • Ghanaba 11 years ago

    If only our leaders and everyone would think this way..Yen Ara Y'asase Ni. And make this land a happy place to work and live in and we will not have to take up jobs that will kill us outside overseas.

  • COCONUTHEAD 11 years ago

    Komla, it was good to seek professional help or at least confide in some close friends. Talking out problems and venting does a lot of wonders. When you keep stuff inside, you could implode. Rest In Peace, bro. Those jeal ...
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  • Concerned 11 years ago

    Marquis, the problem with moving on is you will surely meet more of the same or even worse.If you work in the UK and you don't encounter problems as a nigger then it means you are not doing well

  • Concern#2 11 years ago

    you are so damn right. The same for North America.

  • Yaa Nkosuo 11 years ago

    Moving on isn't the solution. Adopt coping strategies, take on hobbies to occupy your time. I bet his family was back home and he was "grinning and bearing" it inspite of his inner turmoil.
    This is what stress in the West an ...
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  • BBKING 11 years ago

    He was too driven and ambitious. Don't blame he BBC. that was his personality. What was he trying to prove?

  • you and i 11 years ago

    ..today my boss, the head of Television called me for a one minute meeting..he said komla we have decided to make you the anchor presenter for our coverage of the world cup in Brazil..we shook hands and I left.

  • Truth Razors 11 years ago

    May his soul rest in peace , we can learn something from Kwaben here , though we strive to be successful we most of the time forget whats mostly important and that's our family .

  • Great Ashanti 11 years ago

    Komla, my deepest and sincere condolences to you and your family. May the Great God have mercy on your soul. You inspired me and made me proud as a Ghanaian. Komla you were great man. R.I.P.

  • Senior citizen Br,weig Germany. 11 years ago

    Komla Dumor had over worked himself to please his employers but by doing so incured the wroth of his white work mates who are at some point in time do not want the blackman to rub shoulders with them.Iam saying this b,cos I h ...
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  • C.Y. ANDY-K 11 years ago

    Even fellow African workmates complain about we Ghanaians. It is clear Komla demonstrated the typical Ghanaian mentality of some, who always try to prove that they were supermen and best workers to their white bosses, thereby ...
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  • Concern 11 years ago

    This is called white Supremacy or Heteropatriachy of whiteness. When so many of us (visible mionrities) are given fewer loaves of bread, we fight and step over one another for every loaf and the fallen pieces.
    Africa and Afr ...
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  • YAA AHWENEPA 11 years ago

    IF ONLY WE CAN HAVE THE SAME WORK ETHICS IN GHANA.

  • Boy Alinko 11 years ago

    Andy, "Kormantin slaves" were desired not for their work ethic but for their "leadership". In fact they were the instigators of most slave uprisings.

  • Ghfuo, change ur thinking 11 years ago

    Komla should have left BBC long time ago to help start or bring a BBC,cnn version of news coverage to gh, africa for that matter. When will newsletter coverage for or told from the Africans perspective. The Jews mafia slipped ...
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  • Wazobia 11 years ago

    Oh ooh oooh Komla RIP

  • KT 11 years ago

    Have a relative at the BBC and guy thinks the world of himself but I have not even seen him on TV. I can imagine the envy and jelousy this guy would have seeing how successful Komla has become. Can you imagine how this guy ha ...
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  • Kyenky3hene 11 years ago

    "S3 asa;anyaa adwo;atanfuo,abofuo, ne p3s3menko nyafuo mmo hyire"!

  • abuzo 11 years ago

    THE MAN DID HIS JOB AND THEY BACKSTOB THE BROTHER

  • CARDINAL 11 years ago

    What he complained about exist in every organization and learning to deal with it without stressing himself to death would have been better. We all experience it even in Ghana. It is not right but when you have a group of peo ...
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  • Shabi 11 years ago

    Yes its everwhere with less viciousness but the 'nigger' has absolutely no chance when he is operating amongst racists and his oppressors.

    Any Black man who does well amongst his oppressors is usually about 100 times bett ...
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  • AMA 11 years ago

    Everybody gets stressed on the job. Why do you think white people commit so much suicide?

  • Kofi 11 years ago

    That is why some of us will never commit our future to working in the white man's country. Fame, yes but one can still be famous in Ghana. Komla was famous in Ghana and I don't think you need to have global fame to be success ...
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  • CARDINAL 11 years ago

    But it is the same people you are calling racists who gave him the job at BBC. Please let's stop playing the race card here because he is receiving sympathy from all over the world.

    Komla was an intelligent guy who would h ...
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  • AMA 11 years ago

    Jealousy is everywhere!! We should just strive to find what is more important.

  • Kananawu 11 years ago

    learn to write properly kwasea wonte brofo

  • Ayeboafo NkwantaBisa 11 years ago

    If this is true then is it not these strains of vicious insults, backstabbing from the BBC staff that kill Komla?

    is it not BBC that has kill Komla?

    Is it not a shame for BBC to allow such things to go on unditect?

    I ...
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  • Mea 11 years ago

    If you live in a Western country and engage in gainful employment, you will always experience these things as a black person and especially so if you live in Britain. I live in Canada, and I can tell you some British guy who ...
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  • Ayeboafo NkwantaBisa 11 years ago

    Mea, for how long should we allow such things to go on?
    cann't we do something about it?
    remember if Nkrumah didn't fight independence may be we may still be under british rule.
    mea, don't just accept it, expose it and re ...
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  • THERESA 11 years ago

    KOMLA SHOULD HAVE SOUGHT FOR LEAVE,IN ORDER FOR HIM TO REST.

  • oyinasky 11 years ago

    amazing

  • Patriot 11 years ago

    I am saddened by the death of Mr. Dumor, but I am surprised that he allowed his ambition to supersede him. Why would a man sacrifice his life for his ambition?

  • YAA AHWENEPA 11 years ago

    MY FRIEND I REALLY LIKE YOUR PIECE.THIS IS A SAD SAD DAY FOR ME, US AND GHANA. ABMBITON IS GETTING THERE, BUT ONCE YOU GET THERE, IT'S THE MONEY AND FAME.WHY DO RICH SOCCER PLAYERS WHO MAKE SO MUCH MONEY IN A SEASON THAN MOST ...
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  • Balawo President 11 years ago

    I lost a job in Kent as a young mech engineering student, fresh from Brunel University in west London, not because I did not perform well at the interview, but in the ensuing tete a tete with the interviewer I declared categ ...
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  • Kofi 11 years ago

    It has happens even right here in Ghana. We should be pretend we don't know about such instances in Ghana

  • Shabi 11 years ago

    Yes it also happens right here in Ghana too but if you havent traveled to, lived in and worked in Europe or America, Bro', you dont half know what we are talking about here. Its bad. Really bad. They reduce your self-esteem t ...
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  • PKA 11 years ago

    Make no mistake. This is not about the usual everyday squabbles and nit-picking that occur everyday in workplaces all over the world. This is about a West African striving to achieve success in the white man's world. That is ...
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  • NANA AMA 11 years ago

    My brother went through the same thing in Ghana at Tema CEPS, did not address it head on and suffered a massive stroke at the prime age of 38..
    Its real and must be addressed head on.. Komla, am very sorry you had to go thro ...
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  • Kwame 11 years ago

    What happened to our brother Komlan at the BBC, is not an isolated case and must serve a lesson for the Diaspora in Europe or America.

    It still is perceived as a criminal offense for a black man, no matter how well educat ...
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  • Shabi 11 years ago

    Nice one Kwame. I am happy when I come across instances that prove that some of our people, such as yourself, have also managed to break loose from the mental chains that we have been dominated with and oppressed with for man ...
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  • YAA AHWENEPA 11 years ago

    OR COME BACK TO GHANA LOOTED TO THE BONE BY OUR POLITICIANS?. OR COME BACK TO GHANA AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE HARDSHIPS ONLY TO BE TOLD TO PICK UP YOUR PASSPORT AND LEAVE ?. OR COME BACK TO GHANA WHERE YOU WILL HAVE TO HANG YOU ...
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  • wise one 11 years ago

    Komla u were a good person and meant well but u lacked wisdom. Have u not been replaced and forgotten as quickly as u died? You believed in that folly this world called success as preached by ignorant and spiritually bankrupt ...
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  • JAK The Ripper 11 years ago

    The irony is Komla was well educated enough to know how to effectively deal with the situation he faced.

    According tohis profile he studied Sociology and Psychology at Harvard. He should applied some of the theories he stu ...
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  • Shabi 11 years ago

    JAK, western education of any kind in any western institution is contrived for the benefit and advancement of western society which is founded on the misconception that the white man is a superior being.

    Any African who u ...
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  • edem 11 years ago

    Life, oh life, do,do,do....I fill really sad for such a fine guy who provided inspiration to so many young people like myself.
    to hear you're gone is shockingly unbelievable!!!! RIP, Great Guy...!!!!

  • Pateku 11 years ago

    From my experience Ghanaians born in Ghana are brought up not to question authority or challenge their superiors. I have to say there are exceptions to this rule which is a tiny minority. For Komla “May his soul rest in Per ...
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  • WACHAAKAH 11 years ago

    WOW!!I WAS BEAMING WITH PRIDE AND COULD NOT GO BACK TO SLEEP WHEN I FIRST SAW HIM ON BBC NEWS 24 AND EQUALLY, ALMOST CHOCKED ON MY TOAST WHEN I SWITCHED OVER AND SAW A PICTURE OF HIM AND THE INSCRIPTION 1972-2014.THE NEWSREAD ...
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  • JUSTICE 11 years ago

    This is in fact pitiful, may he rest in perfect peace.

  • THEY KILLED HIM 11 years ago

    RACISM AT BBC GAVE KOMLA DUMOR HYPERTENSION AND KILLED HIM. WAS KOMLA DUMOR A JOURNALIST? THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HARD PEOPLE LIKE UNCLE KWEKU BAAKO. TOO BAD. AFRICANS WORKING WITH BBC MUST TAKE NOTICE. THEY ARE STILL RACISTS ...
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  • Hate mongers 11 years ago

    If you are prepared to work in a white man's country, get ready for racism, pressure, hate, and all that Komla mentioned in his text message. You have no breathing space when it comes to working with a white man. They want pe ...
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  • Kyenky3hene 11 years ago

    Nowadays. Ex-spouses,fmr friends, and even family members often go at it,[the proverbial 'PHD']with a reckless abandon! We see it right here in this so-called Christian country of ours;so go easy on the BBC.

  • woman 11 years ago

    Komla sent this to his former colleague at joy, and he in turned shared this only yesterday. Radioxyz, why lie?

  • Ghfuo, change ur thinking 11 years ago

    Really, how do you know madam wide hips

  • woman 11 years ago

    i probably am not female so stop that wide hip thing; and to answer your question, peacefm also reported this

  • GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 11 years ago

    u cant even lie good. my kinda woman...get at me, wai

  • woman 11 years ago

    you made me laugh because you are so wrong. who are you by the way? i will disclose my identity if you send a mail. create a fake one for that purpose.

    What was the lie about what i said though? i am a man!

  • GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 11 years ago

    tuxman06@yahoo.ca

  • woman 11 years ago

    just wrote to you

  • CHARLES KOFI,AFRICA 11 years ago

    KOMLA,IT WAS GOD,S WAY OF TELLING YOU THAT YOU WERE IN THE WRONG PLACE DESPITE ALL THE DECEITFUL ACCOLADES SHOWERED ON YOU.THAT,S THE PRICE YOU PAID FOR THOSE ACCOLADES BUT WELL IT,S TOO LATE TO CRY OVER A SPILLED MILK.I WOUL ...
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  • Ewura Ama Soares 11 years ago

    Komla, you suffered in silence, a family to provide for. The pride to carry on in spite of all for Ghana, extended family and friends. Komla,, I was there and I decided to leave them to it in 2010. Death is not the end to yo ...
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  • Kananawu 11 years ago

    You are a fools. there is no god. All you ghanaians are fools. you always talk about god. "leave everything to god" when there is no god. you have all been brainwashed by the whiteman who brought his opium to Africa for you t ...
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  • Joe 11 years ago

    I think the best thing Komla should have done was to move on from BBC knowing very well that there were forces fighting against him over there. I am not sure where it was coming from referring to his colleagues but I figure ...
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  • Mr. tina 11 years ago

    Those who insult you, jealouse you can now take it all. I hope they will live forever! fools. RIP komla, we love you.

  • issaka futa cowlane boy in canada 11 years ago

    my condolences goes to the family of komla.you sacrificed your life for for a piece of shit.very sad really sad.the rest of ya rmember the illuminatti still scouting for sacrificial lamb.and they will promise you heaven on ea ...
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  • Egya Blay 11 years ago

    ''Weak People revenge, strong people forgive , intelligent people ignore'' Wole Soyinka. We all blaze through what Komla went through at BBC-an anarchy of ''prosperity''. As far as I am concerned,there are no obstacles to our ...
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  • MM 11 years ago

    You place your work above your health, Komla. No one indispensable at the work place and you should no that. U are gone but the work at BBC will continue. You had BP at this early age and kept working longer hours and travell ...
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  • ankoma 11 years ago

    Do not wear yourself out to get rich,have the wisdom to show restraint(proverbs 23;4)An african immigrant will do any work,work any shift and still think all will be well with his health.Pressure from employer,pressure from f ...
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  • Kyenky3hene 11 years ago

    Peaceful and calm at the very top,as many would have you believe!
    "Baako akohune,odansefuo ne whan"?
    Ohia nti na baabi dehyey3 koy3 baabi akoa;Philip Gbeho "nana,kose kose"!

  • judge 11 years ago

    they fucking killed that nigga.....lord knows they did. know too

  • Ibn Batuta 11 years ago

    The jealousy may have come from fellow African colleagues for all you know.

  • Ibn Batuta 11 years ago

    Do not be too quick in passing judgement.

  • Ras Kumar 11 years ago

    May he rest in peace. He did his best for his country, Continent and the world.

  • Ibn Batuta 11 years ago

    Let us all pay attention to our diets and keep our stress levels as low as possible.

  • Ghfuo, change ur thinking 11 years ago

    They spiked his drink. Th y will botch the autopsy report. I went to film school and trust me these Jews are killers who can't be trusted. But our brother komla didn't see this or his brains were so bleached he failed to conv ...
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  • NII LARTEY NARTEY 11 years ago

    Komla, May Your Soul Rest In Perfect Peace!

    You were so motivational and hugely inspiring to many sad homes and your generation and more to after.

    The BBC should open up as matter of urgency investigation into his all ...
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  • Tunabu 11 years ago

    Forget it mate. What investigations have they not done even on the many racially motivated murders of Black people in Britain?

    We all take risks in life and he took his. Any black man living or working in any white society ...
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  • Kananawu 11 years ago

    Which school do you go to? Do they teach you how to spell?

  • Alex London 11 years ago

    Reading Komla's uneditted message to the social media I can relate to what he was going through. I have led a successful career in the UK rising to Chief Executive or Executive Director. Positions I could not get in Ghana. W ...
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  • OWEN, NEW YORK. 11 years ago

    He killed him self for not paying prompt attention to his health after a mild stroke. High blood pressure is a silent killer disease. The wife could have advised him if the couple were living together. Just like Prof.Atta Mil ...
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  • So Be It 11 years ago

    I personally think Komla's job was somehow stressful according to what we are reading from here. A stressful job will end you up in severe BP, and then health complications. I was in the same situation when my Doc asked me to ...
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  • Yaw Adu-Asare 11 years ago

    Should this guy have continued to take the pain and insult? And for what?
    It looks like Komla jumped into a boiling pot of racism unprepared for the situation. God is with him, anyway.

  • Kwamina Andrews 11 years ago

    Sadly, from this, it is obvious that Komla Dumor has been another victim of Essential hypertension - the silent killer. This condition is extremely common among Africans. So while we mourn the very sad loss of such a young an ...
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  • Liz 11 years ago

    I agree 100% with Kwamina Andrews. While we mourn the irreplaceable loss of Komla Dumor, let us all learn from this and take preventive care very seriously. Let us make time to take care of our health because we need to be in ...
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  • Professor Nancy Reeves 11 years ago

    Rest in peace Komla. I loved hearing your voice on JoyFM in Ghana and was thrilled to see you on BBC Focus on Africa.
    May the Lord help your family in these trying times.
    God Bless
    Nancy, Ontario, Canada

  • GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 11 years ago

    HE PREFERRED THE goodlife, fame and so called tv success, doing shift work, taking ppl shifts in uk to being in gh and spearheading a cnn, bbc, al jazeera in gh. the price you pay for preferring to stay comfortable.

  • professor Reeves 11 years ago

    I cannot believe this young man had a minor stroke, high blood pressure was was working so hard.
    What was his boss thinking? They should be held accountable.

  • GOD LIVES 11 years ago

    Folks are funny , who says stress does nt exist in ghana, have you heard of the number of young persons dying in Ghana ?
    Jealousy , backbiting , tribal hatred
    is even worse in our Ghana and Africa!
    Add to that numerous en ...
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  • Paul Amuna 11 years ago

    It appears from this posting that Komla Dumor was 'crying for help' and did not seem to know where to turn. He made no excuses with his ailments buts it seems to me he was under a lot of stress which doesn't help when you hav ...
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  • Lawscotte 11 years ago

    Your achievement and sucess to work and host a sole programme on the world most powerful media house has really inspired me that ..i can be lky u koomla....my heart is full of sorrows my deepest condolence goes to his widow,c ...
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  • jahlove 11 years ago

    KOBLA, THIS JEALOUS DRIVEN VICIOUS ATTACKS THAT DEPRESSES AND KILLS IS NO HAPPEN TO YOU ALONE;
    IT IS EQUALLY WORSE AND DEADLY IN OUR DEAR NATION.
    PROF MILLS PAID THE ULTIMATE PRICE ON IT, IT IS CURRENTLY SAPPING THE ENERGY, ...
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  • L.Alhassan- France 11 years ago

    I was stunned and devastated about sudden death of
    Komla Dumor which tragically happened yesterday morning in london. The suddenness of such a loss is particularly upsetting, and the unfairness of losing one so young can ne ...
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  • obtt 11 years ago

    THAT IS THE PROBLEM YOU ENCOUNTER WORKING IN THE UK AS AN AFRICAN. YOUR VERY BEST IS NEVER GOOD IN THE EYES OF THE PEOPLE. MOST AFRICANS WORKING IN THE UK CONTINUE TO SUFFER IN SILENCE. MEANWHILE THE WHITE WORKING IN AFRICA A ...
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  • obtt 11 years ago

    BRITAIN OUTWARDLY PREACH EQUALITY AT WORK BUT WITHIN THE WORKING CLASS, THE BLACK MAN IS ALWAYS TREATED A SECOND CLASS INFIDEL WITH NO RESPECT. THIS IS A FACT. I HAVE SUFFERED IN SILENCE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE WORKING AS A NU ...
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  • mafiola 11 years ago

    May he rest in perfect peace! My heart-felt condolence to his wife, children, siblings and parent...God is still in the details.....very inexplicable painful loss.....

  • Konoreyawa 11 years ago

    Workplace politics is what some of us do not see. If you want to rise to the top in U.K think again because your life would be amde hellish. In my case an Ghanaian HR manager at my place of work rather ganged with managers at ...
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  • KWAA 11 years ago

    Why did Komla killed himself just to work for the BBC?
    Reading through what he wrote on the social network,things weren't all that rosy for him at BBC.
    We always lern when it is too late,Komla made his name already,why did ...
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  • Kananawu 11 years ago

    Sorry to disappoint all the Ashantis. He is not Kwabena Dwumoh. He is Komla Dumor!. Komla rest in perfect peace. I nearly crashed my car when I heard the news on radio!

  • Nashay 11 years ago

    rest in peace

  • Ghanaba 11 years ago

    In Akan we say, "wo ton wo yerea na wo Nya ano aduro"...literally meaning that "when you sell your ailment then you find your cure." It's never a good thing to keep quiet and suffer when help may be closeby.

  • Joel Nahum 11 years ago

    Sincere condolences to the family of the renowned Dumor. It is a pity that the gifted Dumor had to end up working for an organization like the BBC which nowadays promotes values which THE VAST MAJORITY OF AFRICANS FIND TRULY ...
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  • Abraham Teye 11 years ago

    ooh Dumor why?hmmmm R.I.P

  • NanaB 11 years ago

    Rest in perfect peace. You are my hero, even in death. May the angels be with you. Good-bye, Komla.

  • Ayelbassa 11 years ago

    We are all facing similar circumstances here in Europe. I have to work 300% harder than my colleagues just to survive. Yet its never enough - no job security, the gossips, backstabbing, pretends, segregation, just to mention ...
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  • lydia usa 11 years ago

    I am soooooo sad don't know what to
    say RIP Komla

  • ANTHONY 11 years ago

    KOMLA DUMOR WAS A FOOL , TRAITOR AND MORE THAN FAME PROSTITUTE. HE MUST HAVE BEEN A SYCHOPHANT , AN ENEMY TO HIMSELF , HIS NATION AND COLLEGUES. BBC DOES NOT PROMOTE GOOD PEOPLE. HE WAS ENCOURAGED AND PLACED HIGH BY BBC , TH ...
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  • Kananawu 11 years ago

    you have been smoking weed again. kwasea

  • KOFI 11 years ago

    EVIL MAN!!!

  • Alfred K 11 years ago

    Komla, May your dignified soul rest in perfect peace. I side with those who believe that it's too early for a very promising young man like you to leave this world for the unseen one. You were absolutely brilliant in every wo ...
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  • 2majestic 11 years ago

    I was in Ghana when I heard the news, infact I didn't like the idea but the question is how many people will turn down such an offer? This is the worlds most prestigious public broadcast network
    I think the pressure was ...
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  • joes 11 years ago

    EVERYWHERE AND THAT IS WHY LEADERS IN GHANA NEED TO STOP NONSE ANND BUILD THIS COUNTRY WELL. CREATE JOBS FOR GHANAIAN GRADUATE. TO MAKE SURE LOOTING CORRUPTION AND STEALING BY THESE RATS NO LONGER BECOMES NORM IN THE GHANA AN ...
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  • KnYc (USMC) 11 years ago

    RIP, but in this world nobody should kiss ASS. This is one thing I know of Ghanaians, always kissing ASS. I never kiss ASS, since I know my capabilities.

  • smilinglicy 11 years ago

    R.I.P

  • Nigerian 11 years ago

    Oh please, Komla always complained about back stabbers from Ghana days. Victim mentality

  • crorkz 11 years ago

    p57jZQ Awesome blog. Really Great.