Serious commentary on Ghana, the stories behind the films and songs, the Daily Brief — one true story from the continent's history every morning — and new music from Jollof Beats.https://jollofbeats.com/https://jollofbeats.com/stories/the-fante-story/https://jollofbeats.com/stories/the-fante-story/The written companion to the Fante documentary: how the Akan's seafaring half walked south from the forest, built a commonwealth of free towns on the coast, stood between the empires and the gold — and in 1868 wrote a constitution of their own.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jollofbeats.com/stories/the-ga-story/https://jollofbeats.com/stories/the-ga-story/The written companion to the Ga documentary: the long march from the east, six towns and their stools on the Accra plains, Homowo's hoot at hunger, three forts on one shore — and the day Ghana was born on Ga soil.Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jollofbeats.com/editorial/ghana-grows-the-cocoa-the-world-keeps-the-chocolate/https://jollofbeats.com/editorial/ghana-grows-the-cocoa-the-world-keeps-the-chocolate/Ghana is the world's second-largest cocoa grower, yet the farmer keeps roughly 6 per cent of the chocolate bar, most cocoa exports leave raw, and the country imports more chocolate than it sells. This is not a farming problem. It is a finishing problem.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jollofbeats.com/daily/zambia-independence/https://jollofbeats.com/daily/zambia-independence/On October 24, 1964, Northern Rhodesia became the Republic of Zambia, with Kenneth Kaunda sworn in as its first president after a long nonviolent independence struggle.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jollofbeats.com/editorial/ghana-most-religious-country-cannot-trust-its-own/https://jollofbeats.com/editorial/ghana-most-religious-country-cannot-trust-its-own/Ghana scores 42 out of 100 on the Corruption Perceptions Index, and the score has not moved in a decade. Corruption is not a crime problem. It is a worship problem.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://jollofbeats.com/stories/https://jollofbeats.com/stories/The story behind the song at the top of the Jollof Beats catalogue — the lyric, the meaning, and the making. In preparation.Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hwMeaN3Jnohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hwMeaN3JnoThe boy who could not walk, who rose to found an empire. Episode one of the Sundiata season — 'The Buffalo of Do.' Written companion in preparation.Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT