‘Morality: Origins, Evolution, Conceptions and the Extent of Its Attachment To, Or Detachment from Law.’ by Fuseini Basit
‘Is the pious being loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is being loved by the gods?’
“Do refugee and migration law affect poverty and economic development? by Mawunya Etsa Kudu.”
The raging winds buffeted the rickety boat, as all the refugees huddled under thread bare blankets in a desperate attempt to keep warm. The rain began to fall steadily and the cold wind whipped their faces, searing their skins with uncommon fierceness. Their gaunt pale faces were absolute Picassos of misery while the chattering teeth sounded more like the gourd rattles they made merry with in the idyllic days before the civil war had ruined everything.
“Mors Voluntaria Dulcis :Et Amorem Carminum //Sweet Suicide : Fortheloveofpoetry by Berachah Quame.”
In a thousand incarnation of pain,
I churn the poison of soul.
I relive the matrix borne in ancestry,
Issuing its harmony through my ebbing heart.
I pluck my arteries to resound the finest quality
And blow through pipes to unsaddle my deepest anxiety.
“Checkmate” by Ama Boakyewaa Adjei
We are wholly taken – reason and sanity –
placed under leash in obscurity’s lair. We are
wholly bound by the cords of vanity and
forever thrust into deception’s fair.
“A Girl, Sleeping” by Ama Boakyewaa Adjei.
A girl, sleeping. She longs to leave
her world of grey to walk on gold
and bask with kings
“Language” by Fuseini Basit.
When a diplomat says yes, he means ‘perhaps’;
When he says perhaps, he means ‘no’;
When he says no, he is not a diplomat.
Voltaire
“The Canons Of Statutory Interpretation: A Tale of Duelling Factions” by Abdul Hafez Mahamah.
A number of special rules have been adopted to govern the interpretation of statutes. These rules are intended to aid both lawyers and court to interpret
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“Catharsis” by Jamal Al-Fiend.
Ever felt the angel of death whisper deep in your ear?
Well welcome to my every single day of the year
“Blackburn’s Silent Victory” by Kafui Quashigah.
Years passed and a considerable portion of the British Community gradually tilted towards the thoughts of Blackburn.