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Appiah’s father was a Ghanaian independence leader; his mother, Peggy Cripps, was the daughter of a British knight. Of his own many identities—a U.S. citizen, an African-American, a gay man—Appiah refuses to prioritize any one in particular. Echoing his argument in “The Ethics of Identity,” Appiah told me he believes no identity should be “determinative of absolutely every choice” one has to make...
Appiah’s father was a Ghanaian independence leader; his mother, Peggy Cripps, was the daughter of a British knight. Of his own many identities—a U.S. citizen, an African-American, a gay man—Appiah refuses to prioritize any one in particular. Echoing his argument in “The Ethics of Identity,” Appiah told me he believes no identity should be “determinative of absolutely every choice” one has to make...
MUSIC | Solo Concert of Ghanaian highlife music
...years? Hmmmm…married, maybe, and teaching in a Ghanaian secondary school during the summers, teaching sex ed and doing education policy in Washington, D.C. during the year, or working as a doctor somewhere exciting. Or even college counseling or still deciding what I want to do with my life! Who knows? I have a hard enough time planning a semester...
...Forceful Ghanaian Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the U.N., is once again the focus of news since the U.S. has approached the U.N. requesting a larger measure of involvement in Iraq [INTERVIEW, Sept. 15]. We reported on Annan's background and style shortly after he brokered an agreement with Iraq on arms-control inspections [March 9, 1998]: "ANNAN WAS BORN IN KUMASI, GHANA, THE SON OF A HEREDITARY CHIEF OF THE FANTE PEOPLE, A TRIBE FAMOUS FOR ITS GENTILITY ... He was a track star at the University of Science and Technology at Kumasi before transferring to Macalester College...