{"id":657000,"date":"2019-07-15T15:53:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T15:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Dr. Litetia Eva Obeng at the launch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Dr. Litetia Eva Obeng, described as\nthe grandmother of female scientists in Ghana, has launched a book on what she\nterms the \u2018Silent Heritage\u2019.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The boo"},"modified":"2019-07-15T15:53:36","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T15:53:36","slug":"anthology-of-a-lifetime-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/15\/anthology-of-a-lifetime-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Anthology Of A Lifetime\u2019 Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Dr. Litetia Eva Obeng at the launch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Dr. Litetia Eva Obeng, described as<br \/>\nthe grandmother of female scientists in Ghana, has launched a book on what she<br \/>\nterms the \u2018Silent Heritage\u2019.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The book,<strong> \u2018Anthology Of A Life Time\u2019<\/strong>,talks about natural resources, especially those unobtrusive factors and<br \/>\nfeatures which do not meet the accepted definition of \u2018natural resources\u2019 although<br \/>\nthey are a part of the abundant resources of our environment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The book which comes in four different<br \/>\ncolours<\/em><em> <\/em><em>\u2012<\/em><em> <\/em><em>purple, red, blue and green, delves<\/em><em>\u2012<\/em><em> <\/em><em>\u00a0into other aspects of our environment drawn<br \/>\nfrom her collection of lectures and publication during the last 60 years.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It underscores that \u201ca country<br \/>\nwithout a culture is nothing\u201d, as well as makes provision for polices that will<br \/>\nhelp sustain water bodies, parasitology and the environment at large.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo, in his speech as the guest of honour, commended Dr.<br \/>\nObeng for her collection of literary works in broad diverse topics compiled<br \/>\ninto a single book.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cYou must have really organised<br \/>\nyourself to bring out this impressive piece of work,\u201d he said. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mr. Osafo-Maafo stated that the<br \/>\nwriter combined idiomatic expressions and proverbs in a very sophisticated<br \/>\nmanner to communicate clearly the diverse environmental issues in the country. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Reading excerpts of the book to the<br \/>\naudience at the book launch held at the Academy of Arts &amp; Sciences where<br \/>\nshe was the first female president, Dr. Obeng said, \u201cOur Silent Heritage gives<br \/>\nus also, other precious resources which we do not seem to recognise or<br \/>\nacknowledge as resources.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>She made reference to the sun, moon<br \/>\nand stars, singing birds, humming bees, whistling winds and rustling leaves as<br \/>\nexamples of silent natural resources people often fail to pay attention to their<br \/>\nexistence.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWithout some of them, in many ways,<br \/>\nour lives on this planet would, indeed, be dreary and grey! <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The start of the day, gives us a sun<br \/>\nwhich lights up our earth, instills its warmth deep into the living, energises<br \/>\nthe environment and sparkles sparkling gems on dew-tinged grass lawns! <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Yet we hardly acknowledge this amazing<br \/>\nevent as a precious resource,\u201d she added.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Minister for Environment<br \/>\nScience, Technology &amp; Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, chairperson<br \/>\nfor the event, recommended the book for all to have a renewed commitment<br \/>\ntowards protecting the environment.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A total of GH\u00a256,000 was generated from the sale of the book, with the first copies going to Mr. Osafo-Maafo for GH\u00a210,000.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Jamila Akweley Okertchiri &amp; Nadia Nimako<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Litetia Eva Obeng at the launch Dr. Litetia Eva Obeng, described as the grandmother of female scientists in Ghana, has launched a book on what she terms the \u2018Silent Heritage\u2019.\u00a0 The book, \u2018Anthology Of A Life Time\u2019,talks about natural resources, especially those unobtrusive factors and features which do not meet the accepted definition of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":657001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-657000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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