Conversations That Matter

Instead of ruthlessly cutting the bottom two candidates, the interview panel sat back, amazed by the sheer caliber of the young men sitting before them. In an act of radical foresight, the panel threw out the rigid quota.

By Roberta Gayode Modin

Like many people born in the Gold Coast before independence, his legal identity was tied to Britain’s colonial rule. When he arrived in the United Kingdom, he did so not as a foreign student, but as a citizen of the British Empire.

By Roberta Gayode Modin

“I called the nurse and said, ‘Where is Sister?’” The nurse’s answer instantly transformed his fear into overwhelming relief. “Oh,” she replied, “she’s sitting down eating her Akple for breakfast.”