{"id":1227,"date":"2017-12-05T03:13:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T03:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.wordpress.com\/?p=1227"},"modified":"2017-12-05T03:13:25","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T03:13:25","slug":"neglecting-culture-running-into-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/05\/neglecting-culture-running-into-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Neglecting culture: Running into trouble?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">Nana Abena Pokuaa Ankamu I<\/span> who was queen mother of Nsawkaw Traditional Council in the Tain District passed on 22 May about 8 years ago. She was a lovely woman that people found difficult to have their way with. No Way!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">In growing up and living with her, I saw traditions that I see we are missing these days. It is very refreshing to note that the act of traditional heads using linguists\u00a0to speak to the public was general. It helped to usually correct errors that leaders make since they are usually not the ones who are heard directly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">It would have been good to adopt this strategy as we move into the technology world. Most national leaders are now using direct social communication channels and my worry is whether they have the opportunity to go correcting some errs that might be found with their posts especially when what they communicate\u00a0might not be what they intended.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Leaders always found speaking on positions without using their spokespersons must know the risk they are exposing themselves to. Our traditions and cultures that promote respect and reverence must be upheld except the barbaric ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nana Abena Pokuaa Ankamu I who was queen mother of Nsawkaw Traditional Council in the Tain District passed on 22 May about 8 years ago. She was a lovely woman that people found difficult to have their way with. No Way! In growing up and living with her, I saw traditions that I see we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adugyasidennis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}