The 2024 Ghana National Debate Team trials list has been released. About 96 students from high schools across Ghana will compete for coveted positions on the Ghana National Debate Team, which represents Ghana in prestigious international debate competitions like the World Schools Debate Championship and the National Speech and Debate Tournament in the USA. In […]
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Alpha Beta Christian College won the debate category at the 2nd edition of the Inter – School Girls Debate Championship 2023. The championship which was held at the University of Ghana’s Balme Library on the 8th of March which also marked the celebration of International Women’s Day on the theme, “Think Equal, Build Inclusively &
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Accra is undoubtedly one of the leading cities in Africa. It is the birth place of sub-Saharan Africa’s independence struggle and with a population of over 5 million inhabitants, the city is home to a diverse group of people and has a fast growing foreign population. The city which is also the seat of the
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“This House believes that African States should extend dual citizenship to members of the African Diaspora including the right to vote and contest public office, regardless of the ability to satisfactorily trace their roots.” After a heated intellectual display of ideas, Elisha Owusu Akyaw from University of Ghana and Macharia Njuguna from Strathmore University, Kenya
Since its inception in 2015, Accra Open, the premier West African open debate competition, is arguably the most competitive debate tournament in Africa. It has been a tournament that all African debaters look forward to each year. This is not only due to its excellent organization. High quality debating and convivial social events are some
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The entire 2020 saw the world come to an abrupt halt in some dramatic fashion. The outbreak and surge of the COVID -19 pandemic necessitated the abrogation of activities that required convergence of a large number of people. For the debate community, this meant a resort to the use of online platforms to facilitate meetings
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The UDS Debate and Civic Education Society was formed in the year 2013 with Master Emmanuel Kwateng as the first president and Prof. Israel Dzomeku as the first patron of the club. The total membership stood at eight (8) at the time of formation. The society now boast of over sixty(60) active members. The vision
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Panic attacks, fear, disappointment, laughter, confidence, happiness. As you go up and down a rollercoaster, you likely seesaw between these very strong emotions. This is exactly what we experienced during our first Worlds Schools Debate Championship. Charity Apreku, Nana Yaa Obeng-Nkansah and Isabel Prempeh (all from Tema International School) and Andrew Kattah and Nyankpani Abdul-Quddus
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The now University of Energy and Natural Resource Forensics Society started out as the UENR Writer’s and Debaters Club in 2013 with a founding membership of five. The traditional style of debate with two teams was the format practiced at the time. The society’s first encounter with the British parliamentary style of debating was in
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The Word-Smiths (TWS) is the general name for the the University of Lagos Debating Society (ULDS) which was inaugurated in 2015 as the official debating society of the University of Lagos. It was then solely for undergraduates of the university. Over time, the society grew and there was a need to widen the membership structure
