Tag: Feature

TED Talk: Try Something New for 30 Days

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Its been said that you can break a habit in 30 days; its also been said that you can form a habit in the same period of time. Why not challenge yourself to improve certain parts of your life, giving

100 Simple Nutrition Tips

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Don’t substitute fruit juices for whole fruits. Eat whole, fresh, unprocessed foods. When buying packaged foods, read the nutrition labels carefully. Never cut any food group out of your diet, including carbohydrates. Don’t eat too much or until you’re stuffed.

No joke: African teens create urine-fueled generator.

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The days where people could say there was no innovation coming out of Africa is truly a time of the past. Not only is Africa pioneering some of the most impressive mobile banking systems in the world, but now it

10 Relationship Words that aren’t Translatable into English

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With Ghana’s ‘Wedding Season’ quickly approaching, we at DUST have been wondering about how other cultures use words to express the idea and experiences of love. This lead us to a site that had a list of relationship words that

Vodafone sponsors latest Bond film at Silverbird Cinema

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Tonight is the exclusive premiere of the latest instalment (the 23rd, for those counting) in the James Bond franchise, Skyfall. Skyfall is directed by Sam Mendes and the plot centres around Bond’s loyalty to M as her past comes back

Opinion: Humanists Unite in Ghana

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By Graham Knight for the Humanist Association of Ghana Our country, Ghana, has been listed as the most religious country out of 57 countries polled; 96% of people say they are religious and apparently 0% are convinced atheists. The poll, the

Random: Plutchik’s Wheel of Emotions

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From Wikipedia: Robert Plutchik also created a wheel of emotions. This wheel is used to illustrate different emotions compelling and nuanced. Plutchik first proposed his cone-shaped model (3D) or the wheel model (2D) in 1980 to describe how emotions were

Rollaball: the movie (Ghana)

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By Crystal Svanikier At Dust, we’re pretty tuned into what’s going on creatively. We received notice of many films, festivals and events created by, or about, Ghana and her people. One such project, Rollaball, is a creative work on the

A Billion Reasons to Believe in Africa: A Rethink

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“There are a billion reasons to believe in Africa,” states Coca-Cola’s new commercial that attempts to capture the spirit of “new” Africa. Africa-optimism has in the recent past gained massive hype. Ernst & Young in its May report on Africa’s

The Origin of Pidgin

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By Tosin Abraham Carons and Amaka M. Onyioha A pidgin or pidgin language is a simplified language that develops as a means of communication between two or more groups that do not have a common language. It is mostly employed