GhanaBlogging.com » February 26, 2010 http://ghanablogging.com/ GhanaBlogging.com » February 26, 2010 Gregarius 0.6.0 en A Fork in the Road: Kathy Knowles Community Library http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YearInAmerica/~3/evZqCG2JNss/kathy-knowles-community-library.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:04:00 -0500 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YearInAmerica/~3/evZqCG2JNss/kathy-knowles-community-library.html Fiona Leonard Kathy Knowles Community Library in Accra, Ghana – “I want to be a doctor” she says. It’s early days yet – her favourite things to do are playing with the mouse, and playing games – but it is obvious she loves her time here. She arrives an hour early and is one of the more regular attendees.

Established in 1992, by Canadian, Kathy Knowles, the Library is an oasis for students of all ages looking for a place to learn to read and write. For over twenty years, Kathy has divided her time between her home in Winnipeg, and her libraries in Ghana. In between fundraising and administration, Kathy has also written a collection of children’s books that are proudly displayed in the library. A generous donation in 2009, saw Kathy realise a dream to build a computer laboratory alongside her downtown library.

We have been asked to come and photograph the new lab and write a piece on it that will be sent to the donors. At first the library staff assume we are from the donating foundation. But we reassure them we aren’t and they don’t need to be nice to us! They are nice though and incredibly patient, as we set up lights and rearranged furniture so that Nyani can take photos in the tiny spaces. The library and the computer lab are housed in two bright blue converted shipping containers.

In the library we meet students from the adult literacy class. Two are young apprentice tradesmen - a mechanic and a plumber – who need to be able to read in order to work. The other is a young woman who left school at grade five because she couldn’t afford to continue. She has spent the last year taking class at the library and now reads and writes and is hoping to go back to school.

Seated on a bench outside eating a cup of gari and ground nuts before class, a group of young boys laugh and joke for the camera. What do they think of the computer laboratory? For a moment they stop fooling around “It’s very beautiful,” one says seriously. Why do they come here? “We love to learn!”

Watching over proceedings is Joana Felif. She has been involved with the library for over twenty years and runs a tight but loving operation. Samuel Yeboah, who has come to train at the library, says Joana “is like a mother to me… she’s a good teacher and she wants me to be one of the best trainers so she doesn’t hide anything from me.” When he returns to his own library in Senchi Freery, he intends to ask that all new staff be allowed to come back and train with Joana.

As we get ready to leave we go in search of our shoes; it’s one of the things Joana is strict about. All shoes are left outside so the floor is always clean enough for children to sit on.

Under the verandah the latest arrivals are laughing, washing their hands and readying themselves for class. In the library, Beverlyn is waiting patiently, reading a book while the latecomers jostle about. After all, there’s no time to waste if you want to be a doctor. ]]> Accra books and things Weblog: Children’s reading in Ghana http://accrabooksandthings.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/childrens-reading-in-ghana/ Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:42:40 -0500 http://accrabooksandthings.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/childrens-reading-in-ghana/ accrabooksandthings ]]> Osabutey ANNY: Bloggers gossips! http://osabuteyanny.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggers-gossips.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:19:00 -0500 http://osabuteyanny.blogspot.com/2010/02/bloggers-gossips.html However on Thursday 25th February, 2010 I got an invitation from a Swedish friend of mine, Kajsa, who is a lecturer at Ashesi University to sit in a meeting of bloggers. Bloggers? Yeah bloggers.

I must say blogging is something alien to most people in this country. I’ve got friends who might be tempted to unleash a hefty slap on my solid cheeks if I’m to turn up in any of our old school’s meetings informing them I’ve taken up blogging as a full time job. Blogging for a living, what crap is that? It’s strange but that is the reality on the ground. Blogging is something alien to our system.

However, the trend appears to be changing. There are lot more young folks who are coming to appreciate the essence of blogging, even if nobody reads what they write. They just write and post anything at all that comes to mind: It could be John Mills expunging that stupid medallion Former President J. A. Kufour awarded to himself. I’m still not clear the heck that motivated him to go the 50 Cent style.

A bit of presidential foolishness, I guess. Thank God Mills has scrapped that crap off the national honours list. He could do us all a favour by asking Kufour to bring that stuff back. And what the heck was Mills talking about in parliament during his address.

That yeah he is going slowly but surely? That is absolutely rubbish. People are hungry and you are telling them slowly but surely? 2012 is just around the corner and unless he wants to be a term president, which I want to believe he doesn’t, he should sit there and pamper himself.

Things are not properly working right on the economic right, though inflation is said to have dropped. But who is going to eat inflation figures?
What the hell does inflation figure mean to the guy handing out newspapers at a public toilet? Or the commercial Trotro driver who is always on the road even during those odd hours when myself and others queued up to be carted home.

Back to my issue. Kajsa sent me an email and later met with the group. It was at Smoothy’s one of the eateries thrusting its name in the minds of the so-called upper and middle classes in Ghana.

The place is normally cold due to small giant air conditions stashed at the corners. However on the said Thursday, a blackout in some parts of Accra which affected Osu(and are we not getting tired of this erratic power supply in this country) rendered the air-cons useless. We just sat behind joint tables in the smouldering heat talking about ourselves, blogs and the topic ‘Citizen Journalism.’

One of the bloggers called Kofi,a brilliant photographer(hope I got your name right) set the tone. He told us about how they are training some inexperienced but determined guys to undertake some photojournalism job. His remarks set the stage for a debate. I really enjoyed the discussion. There were fertilised ideas from almost everyone and people made their point forcefully. It was Donald who brought up the issue of the chap who lost a finger at work and yet told by the supervisor to return to work. How inhumane could that be.

During the discussion, somebody raised the issue of the legal wranglings involved in our attempts to write.I have no knowledge in law, though I have always said I might end up someday as a lawyer, but I tend to have problems with the long arms of the law being used to cajole all of us into playing it safe.

Fuck the law! Fuck the law? Yeah fuck the law! That’s how most of us respond anytime the law is used to kind of, again, cajole all of us into dancing to a hiop-hop tune when it's that of reggae. It’s a dangerous thing to fall into the hands of the law. Your life will be be miserable.

Go ask editor of the Enquirer Raymond Archer. A court in Accra recently asked him to apologise and stop publishing materials in an on-going trial involving former foreign minister Akwasi Osei Agyei who stupidly forgot his diplomatic duties and rather chose to import rice. Sorry if I have erred on the side of the law by mentioning that.

I see the meeting as an opportunity to share ideas and discuss issues of national importance. I’ll be looking forward to learning from almost everyone. Just being a bit demonic but the issue of gender balance was clear. I’m not sure if it does matter to the women!

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I must say blogging is something alien to most people in this country. I’ve got friends who might be tempted to unleash a hefty slap on my solid cheeks if I’m to turn up in any of our old school’s meetings informing them I’ve taken up blogging as a full time job. Blogging for a living, what crap is that? It’s strange but that is the reality on the ground. Blogging is something alien to our system.

However, the trend appears to be changing. There are lot more young folks who are coming to appreciate the essence of blogging, even if nobody reads what they write. They just write and post anything at all that comes to mind: It could be John Mills expunging that stupid medallion awarded Former President J. A. Kufour awarded to himself. I’m still not clear the heck that motivated him to go the 50 Cent style.

A bit of presidential foolishness, I guess. Thank God Mills has scrapped that crap off the national honours list. He could do us all a favour by asking Kufour to bring that stuff back. But what the heck was Mills talking about in parliament during his address.

That yeah he is going slowly but surely? That is absolutely rubbish. People are hungry and you are telling them slowly but surely? 2012 is just around the corner and unless he wants to be a term president, which I want to believe he doesn’t, he should sit there and pamper himself. Things are not properly working right on the economic right, though inflation is said to have dropped. But who is going to eat inflation figures?

What the hell does inflation figure mean to the guy handing out newspapers at a public toilet? Or the commercial Trotro driver who is always on the road even during those odd hours when myself and others queued up to be carted home. Back to my issue. Kajsa sent me an email and later met with the group. It was at Smoothy’s one of the eateries thrusting its name in the minds of the so-called upper and middle classes in Ghana.

The place is normally cold due to small giant air conditions stashed at the corners. However on the said Thursday, a blackout in some parts of Accra which affected Osu(and are we not getting tired of this erratic power supply in this country) rendered the air-cons useless. We just sat behind joint tables in the smouldering heat talking about ourselves, blogs and the topic ‘Citizen Journalism.’

One of the bloggers a photographer called Kofi(hope I got your name right) set the tone. He told us about how they are training some inexperienced but determined guys to undertake some photojournalism job. His remarks set the stage for a debate. I really enjoyed the discussion. There were fertilised ideas from almost everyone and people made their point forcefully. It was Donald who brought up the issue of the chap who lost a finger at work and yet told by the supervisor to return to work. How inhumane could that be.

In the course of the discussion the issue of legality came in. I have no knowledge in law, though I have always said I might end up someday as a lawyer, but I tend to have problems with the long arms of the law being used to cajole all of us into playing it safe.

Fuck the law! Fuck the law? Yeah fuck the law! That’s how most of us respond anytime the law is used in such discussion but try and be caught on the wrong side of it. It’s a dangerous thing to fall into hands of the law. Life will be miserable.

Go ask editor of the Enquirer Raymond Archer. A court in Accra recently asked him to apologise and stop publishing materials in an on-going trial involving former foreign minister Akwasi Osei Agyei who stupidly forgot his diplomatic duties and rather chose to import rice. Sorry if I have erred on the side of the law by mentioning that.

I see the meeting as an opportunity to share ideas and discuss issues of national importance. I’ll be looking forward to learning from almost everyone. Just being a bit demonic but the issue of gender balance was clear. I’m not sure if it does matter to the women! ]]> my funny little frog: For et år siden forandret livet seg http://yngvild.weblogg.no/1267202268_for_et_r_siden_forand.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:37:48 -0500 http://yngvild.weblogg.no/1267202268_for_et_r_siden_forand.html DET HER skjedde. Tror nesten det må feires litt. Grunnen til at jeg ikke venter til i morra med å nevne det, er at jeg husker denne dagen så godt. Det var nemlig fakkelnatt i Levanger. Fakkelnatta er en del av en større festival kalt Marsimartnan (tidligere nevnt noen innlegg under, dog med et negativt fortegn...). Da skrus alle lys i sentrum av, og Levangeringene samles i sentrum med fakler. Så begynner en mars gjennom byen, og langs ruta er det mange små happeninger; musikk, dans, teater, kunst, alle typer kreativ utfoldelse kan være med under Fakkelnatta, og de som går i toget, kan stoppe og høre på musikk eller se på hva det enn er som vises på de forskjellige punktene langs veien. Uansett...
Det var den dagen i fjor jeg fikk brevet fra UDI i posten. Jeg hadde gledet meg til å oppleve denne fakkelnatta alle snakket om, men det snødde så kraftig da jeg gikk hjem fra jobb, at jeg var redd det kom til å bli avlyst. Husker jeg tenkte: Please Gud, la det slutte å snø. Og jammen slutta det ikke like etter. Men jeg ble ikke frelst da. Jeg kom hjem, åpnet postkassa, og der lå et tjukt brev fra UDI. Det siste jeg hadde hørt fra UDI før denne dagen, var følgende beskjed: Saken din ligger til behandling hos UDI. Det er ikke satt en saksbehandler på saken enda. Saksbehandlingstiden på slike søknader er på 6-12 måneder.

Jeg var sikker på at dette brevet inneholdt et avslag. Jeg skjønte ikke helt hva det stod da jeg åpnet det, på trappa, foran Coop Mega. Men skjelvende gikk det opp for meg. Eddy har fått opphold i Norge! Jeg hylte, og gråt, og ringte mamma. Fortsatt ute på trappa.

Det var i fjor. Mye har skjedd siden den tid. MYE. Så idag skal jeg slepe Eddy gjennom fakkelnatta, om han vil eller ikke. Og se om jeg kan få minnene tilbake fra den dagen i fjor, da jeg var så hyper og ekstatisk at jeg synes alt var helt fantastisk! Får håpe Fakkelnatta 2010 ikke skuffer! ]]> The English version of it all: A night of a thousand torches http://amabroni.blogspot.com/2010/02/night-of-thousand-torches.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:37:00 -0500 http://amabroni.blogspot.com/2010/02/night-of-thousand-torches.html I am sorry. Again I have sinned. But I think I have been boring you guys as well. I'm already thinking about a new plan if I ever get through the alphabet with these songs.

Today it is ONE year exactly since I got a letter in the mail saying that my now husband was given a residence and work permit in Norway. I was standing outside by the mailbox screaming and crying. I didn't even enter the house, I called my mom first. It was a crazy day. The day happen to fall on the day of a special night in Levanger called Torch Night. It is part of a 4 day long festival/fair in town. The Torch Night is special. Everyone in town is asked to turn off all electrical light, and people gather on the town square, everyone carrying torches, and then a march through town begins. Thousands of people walk through the city, and along the road sides there are small shows - music bands, drama, artwork, dance, all kinds of cultural small shows. In the dark, only lit by thousands of torches. Magical. I hope my hubby will be impressed, considering he is only joining me cos of heavy convincing from my side.

In the mean time, enjoy Ohene. It's a Ghanaian Gospel, by No Tribe. I love this gospel. Usually, Ghanaian gospel songs are very upbeat and jolly, but I fell in love with this one cos it is so somber and ... majestetic. When we started planning the music for our wedding, I knew I wanted this song played in the background during the communion. How I wish I could be there and hear this song live...

Happy weekend!

]]> The Trials & Tribulations of a Freshly-Arrived Denizen...of Ghana: As the Week Draws to a Close in Accra: TTofaFADINGHA Gets Noticed!; Gear Up For Gold Cab! http://ekbensahinghana.blogspot.com/2010/02/as-week-draws-to-close-in-accra-t-gets.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:29:00 -0500 http://ekbensahinghana.blogspot.com/2010/02/as-week-draws-to-close-in-accra-t-gets.html
The week has ended with some degree of sanity on the Spintex Road. I have not received the proverbial call from the NRSC for the past few days, but I rest assured that the MTTU is doing their job, so I'm quite satisfied.

That said, satisfaction is far from my mind as the country went political again, what with the President reading the State of the Nation, and incurring the wrath of the hapless opposition who should, frankly, be booed out of the august house of Parliament for the time-wasting that they practice there!

But to the point:

There I was minding my business on a Friday lunchtime, checking the latest entries on ghanablogging.com, when I notice a blog entry by Global Voices Online co-"author" for GhanaGayle Pescud and now author of An Insider's Guide to Ghana. Her entry was on "Ghana Blogs I like".

Now I know this humble site--though five years and some 369 posts old --is not as popular as some of the newer ones who have been around for only a year, so I far from expected that it would top her list--but it did. She wrote:



Another top Ghanaian writer is E.K. Bensah and his blog The Trials and Tribulations of a Freshly Arrived Denizen of Ghana, with a fantastic view of Akosombo Bridge as the main header. If you want to know what it's like to get caught in Accra traffic, read  The Unbearable Lightness of Being in Spintex Road Traffic. (Great title, crappy situation.)




She also praises another ghanablogging colleague Mac Jordan, who does have a great site. I exhort you to go check it out.

Now, while we're in the self-congratulatory mood(;-), allow me to direct your attention to one of my first posts of 2005 and here on this blog, which you can click here: [ekbensahinghana.blogspot.com] !!

Gear up for Gold Cab!
For the past almost-four years, I have been patronising the services of "Gold Cab", located in the centre of town (Kokomlemle). Though I have never been to their head offices, they have always been a phone call away. They are useful because they can go where commercial vehicles are unable to go, because they have WHITE number plates, which are the preserve of private cars (unlike yellow ones that dominate the taxi landscape).

Only this week, their fares per hour went up from GHC10.00 to GHC12.00, which is, respectively, US$6.66 to US$8.00. Not bad per hour, considering normal taxis have now gravitated towards that amount.

What makes them even more special is the fact that the cars are all new, or fairly new (roughly 1-2 years old) and are all air-conditioned. They first started with this fiat in the captured picture in this post, went to TOYOTA YARIS (no funny thoughts, pls!!) some 12 months ago...and will now go to...the Black Cabs of the UK.

Two GOLD CAB drivers have confirmed independently that the British Black Cabs will not be as big as in the UK, and will be converted from right hand- to left-hand drive. Another driver told me yesterday that they are currently at the ports.

I seriously look forward to seeing a slice of British cabbies here in Ghana very soon! If you're ever tempted to patronise Gold Cab's services, let me know and I'll pass you the info. Frankly, their communication strategies are poor. Despite the fact that they have a fleet of some 25 cars (painted in inimitable GOLD), they do NOT have a website!

In the 21st century?!

This free ad, I hope, ought to get them some patronage;-)

Just in case you missed what the GOLD CAB TAXI SERVICE CAR looked like in 2006 before it was painted a gold colour, here it is:

]]> Holli's ramblings: Recalling How Toyota Has Let Us Down http://hollisramblings.blogspot.com/2010/02/recalling-how-toyota-has-let-us-down_26.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:19:00 -0500 http://hollisramblings.blogspot.com/2010/02/recalling-how-toyota-has-let-us-down_26.html The pale observer
Early last year we picked up our brand new shiny white Toyota Fortuner from the dealership in Accra. Buying a car new and from the dealer is at once a luxury as well as a necessity if you want a reliable car in Ghana. There are a lot of what is called ‘home used’ cars on the market- that have been used abroad and sent to Ghana in various stages of disrepair, with no guarantees of any sort.

So it was great to pull off the lot in the new smelling 4x4, once we’d convinced them to remove the plastic wrappers from all the seats (apparently in Ghana many new car buyers like to keep it on as a status thing…) ANYWAY – it was certainly a step down from the shiny new model Land Cruisers bought in bulk by the NGOs in town, but it was a Toyota – a brand I’ve always trusted.

My very first car as an independent woman was a modest little gold painted, Toyota Corolla. It was used and unassuming, but it represented an important phase in my life – my first days as a newly single mother and business owner, and that little car was so reliable! I washed it every weekend myself in the summer and treated it to car washes in the winter. It carried my most important human cargo every day – my little boy – and it served me without a hitch for years. Since then I’ve always had the naïve appreciation and trust in Toyota as a company. Made in Japan meant quality, reliability, longevity…

But something has changed with Toyota. Something dangerous and far reaching. It threatens to damage a solid reputation.



Back in Ghana, on the road, the first hour out of the dealership we were on the pseudo-highway, headed down the coast. As soon as we hit 95km, the car made a strange noise. JW, unlike me, is quite in tune with cars. He knew immediately something was wrong. This problem persisted and a vibration happened any time we went above this speed.

It had to be sent back for wheel realignment. It never got better.

Then one day, on a Sunday drive to the beach, a car in front of us lost it’s bumper at full speed – it just fell/flew off and it was up to JW to react fast, which he did. But our Fortuner had it’s own ideas. As soon as he swerved, the car felt unsteady, unbalanced and as if it would tip right over. It was quite scary.

Another Sunday soon after, a goat wandered into the road, as they are apt to do – in fact on the roads of Ghana, one must be ready for random animals, children and stray car parts to float into your path without warning, oblivious to your presence or speed. JW swerved again and the car wobbled precariously, seeming for that split second that it would overturn, before righting itself. It was frightening.

We did some research and found out these models are assembled in South Africa. They have been banned in many Western countries for being too top heavy, too dangerous.

SO – it seems Toyota have been trying to send the junk models into Africa.

We gave the car into the work pool and bought a Mitsubishi…



With all the recent recalls of Toyota cars in the west, I now believe they have cut corners in all their markets. The president of the company, (Mr. Toyota!) actually made a public statement last week that the company had grown too fast and priorities had become confused.

Once a company with a long held reputation for quality starts endangering people’s lives around the world to save a few pennies and sell bulk vehicles, it’s time to lose the loyalty. Time to turn somewhere else. I think our next car will be a German one… ]]> Holli's ramblings: Recalling How Toyota Has Let Us Down http://hollisramblings.blogspot.com/2010/02/recalling-how-toyota-has-let-us-down.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:19:00 -0500 http://hollisramblings.blogspot.com/2010/02/recalling-how-toyota-has-let-us-down.html The pale observer WELCOME TO KUMASI, THE GARDEN CITY OF AFRICA: KMA demolish unlawful buildings on OKESS lands http://enochdarfahfrimpong.blogspot.com/2010/02/kma-demolish-unlawful-buildings-on.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:49:00 -0500 http://enochdarfahfrimpong.blogspot.com/2010/02/kma-demolish-unlawful-buildings-on.html The move formed part of an attempt to salvage parts of the school land said to have been unlawfully taken over by encroachers.
About 40 residential buildings worth thousands of Ghana cedis many of which were in their final stages of construction were razed to the grounds.
The demolished structures also included four buildings belonging to four separate one-man churches in the area.
In all about 250 buildings many of which were yet to be completed were said to have been unlawfully constructed on the school lands.
The KMA officials could not readily tell the exact number of buildings they intended to demolish in the area but they said the plan was to try and salvage parts of the land for the school.
There has been a long standing dispute over the encroached land between the authorities of the school and the property owners.
Whilst the school authorities claimed two thirds of the 143 acre land belonging to the school had been taken over by the encroachers, the property owners also insisted they legally acquired the lands from the chief of Busumuru, whom they said have oversight responsibility over the lands in the area.
The school authorities claimed the property owners have ignored several warnings over the years for them to discontinue with the construction and that the only option left was to demolish the buildings.
Mr Samuel Sarpong, the Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive personally supervised the demolishing exercise which commenced early Friday morning.
Mr Sarpong last week visited the school and after inspecting the encroached areas warned to demolish all the unauthorised structures.
The Kumasi Mayor insisted he was not going to allow school lands in the Kumasi metropolis to be taken over by private developers.





It was such a pathetic sight as the buldozers shoveled through the buildings. Many of the property owners, especially the women, wept uncontrollably as the bulldozer shoveled their buildings, which they claimed had been constructed with money earned from many years of toil.
Some of them who had already occupied the buildings pleaded with the authorities to grant them a grace period to look for alternative accommodation. Some of them had to hurriedly pack their personal belongings out of the buildings to make way for the demolishing exercise.
Policemen were present to prevent any possible clash between the authorities and the residents who might have sought to stop the demolition exercise.
The exercise was carried out peacefully, even though some of the property owners attempted to organise their colleagues to violently oppose the demolishing exercise.
They were held at bay by the security operatives and only resorted to casting of insinuations and aspersions.
Some of people that gathered at the place to witness the demolishing exercise also cast aspersions, insinuations and curses on the KMA officials for embarking on the demolishing exercise.
Some also chastised the chiefs of the area for selling the lands to them.
Whilst some property owners pleaded for leniency, others offered to donate their property to the school free of charge and others called for a negotiation for them to sell the property to the school to be used as staff quarters.
Their reason was that, they could not bear the sight of their toil being razed to the grounds.
Some of the buildings have been sited anyhow with some of them very close to a new dormitory block which was under construction as well as a new administration block which was also under construction.
Many schools in the Kumasi metropolis including Osei Kyeretwie and Kumasi Girls have had its share of an increasing rate of encroachment of its school lands by private developers.
The Headmaster of the OKESS, Mr Samuel Agyapong said the authorities sometime in the past constructed a fence wall in the area to forestall future encroachments but said the encroachers pulled down the fence wall and decided to construct behind the wall.
The Kumasi Metropolitan Development Control Officer, Mr Amoako Asiamah, told the Daily Graphic that the KMA would protect school lands and expressed the hope that the exercise would serve as a deterrent to other people who would want to flout the assembly's bye-laws. ]]> Tagoe Blogger: The 4 most unfortnate cheating men of 2010.....so far! http://tagoeblogger.blogspot.com/2010/02/4-most-unfortnate-cheating-men-of.html Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:01:00 -0500 http://tagoeblogger.blogspot.com/2010/02/4-most-unfortnate-cheating-men-of.html

A view of Tiger Woods as he walks off the 8th ...

Tiger Woods, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Bill Clinton, David Letterman, what do all these men have in common? Looks like the question about why men cheat has come up again. This year has seen superstars crumble in the media circles because they were not able to keep their wedding vows. A couple of weeks a ago I tried to answer the question about why men cheat? Sex got them into trouble, others were more fortunate than others. Below are the four most unfortunate men so far in 2010.

John Terry
John Terry, England football captain lost his captainship in the national team after it was discovered he had had an affair with his former team mate Wayne Bridge's girl. As if that was not enough, some companies terminated their sponsorship contracts with him.

Ashley Cole
A fellow team mate at Chelsea FC, Ashley Cole is alleged to have been divorced by his wife Cheryl Cole via SMS not too long ago. The split followed an allegations that the singer's husband, had been unfaithful.

Tiger Woods
The hottest story of infidelity is that of the most successful gulf player of all time, Tiger Woods. At least one Australian politician suggested Tiger be banned from entering Australia. Several companies that had sponsorship deals with Tiger such as Accenture terminated their sponsorship contracts to avoid the worse.

The unfortunate Ghanaian polygamist
Locally in Ghana, a man from Obuasi met his untimely death after he lied to his two wives (a polygamist already!!) to spend some time with his mistress in a hotel. Prior to the meeting the man had been advised by his doctor to stay away from sex because of his heart condition. He however ignored this counsel and went in for fun. This caused him his dear life.
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