Ghana’s boxer and Bronze Medalist at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Prince Amartey, has passed on at age 78. He died on Friday 23, September 2022 in Ho, the Volta Regional Capital. He’s been bedridden for some time now before his sudden demise. Amartey represented Ghana at the 1968 …
Read More »The story behind the giant bronze Amazon statue in Benin
The strength of the Beninese woman in modern history was reasserted this week in the West African nation when the President of Benin, Patrice Talon, unveiled a giant Amazon statue. It’s a 30-meter statue made of bronze and situated in Benin’s capital of Cotonou. It’s christened ‘Esplanade des Amazones’. For …
Read More »Akufo-Addo gifts bronze medalist Samuel Takyi $30K and a car
Akufo Ghana’s bronze medalist at the just-ended Tokyo Olympics, Samuel Takyi, has earned a car and cash reward of $30,000 from President Nana Akufo-Addo.The president announced on Friday, 20 August 2021 at the Jubilee House when the Olympics delegation visited him, that Takyi will get a cash sum of $10,000 …
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