Nkrumah declared that we faced neither East nor West, but we faced forward. But, see, we can face forward and just look at the horizon. Sometimes, as I think of Ghana, I am tempted to believe that we kept looking East and West and never made up our minds, so we just stood still.

— Nana Awere Damoah

Oral tradition is practiced in most African cultures: ideals, family histories and legacies are handed down from one generation to the other physically or verbally. However, this system is flawed in the sense that a lot of African innovation, experience and culture have been lost, undocumented.

— Nana Awere Damoah

Our beliefs about our abilities and the capabilities we have are usually the limiting reactants in the chain reaction of our lives.

— Nana Awere Damoah

Our mental blocks are more formidable than the physical ones. Bob Marley said it when he asked us to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery. You first think what you become. The physical starts from the mental and the spiritual.

— Nana Awere Damoah

People will doubt you, but do you doubt your own self? People will insult your integrity, but do you trust yourself? If you are at peace with yourself and with God, you can be at peace with the world.

— Nana Awere Damoah

Rome was not built in a day, but it was built every day.

— Nana Awere Damoah

Social media has helped make the world flatter and reduced the degrees of separation, leading to the situation where many can interact with people who, but for this platform, they may never have had the privilege to meet or speak with. That is the opportunity social media brings. But it does come with responsibilities. Not to take this opportunity for granted and not to throw decorum to the dogs. The line between virtual and real life is getting thinner and is lately made of morning dew. Manners matter on social media.

— Nana Awere Damoah

Stupidity, once it overcomes its initial state of inertia, is sustained by its own momentum.

— Nana Awere Damoah

The politicians will reduce effusions with Bessie-inspired confidence on political platforms if there are no cheering crowds.

— Nana Awere Damoah

The youth. The youth of Africa. The youth of this world. Are we harnessing the potential of the youth enough? Are the young ones… giving off their best to the continent, the nation, the universe that is giving us so much? Why do we think we can only contribute something after age forty? Are we not causing wealth loss to our generation?

— Nana Awere Damoah