The Reason

                                         To my Creator alone be the glory.
I pray no human takes credit for who I am or what I do. I give all the glory to God who  fashions and guides my steps. I will not claim piety nor infallibility. I am human just like you.
I am equally flesh and blood. I have my dislikes and likes. I like to do certain things but then it is not everything that I still do. Judge me not for I will not judge you. The past can be used as a yardstick but never hold it as leverage.
I write this piece purposely to answer one question. The why and what do I write.
I write as a medium of expression. I write to communicate my thoughts. I write to encourage. I write to help others understand certain things. I write because I love to write. I would give anything to just write and write and write. Initially both parents were against me writing. Then Mummy converted and encouraged . Daddy was the last to convert. He simply loved my unconventional style. His son dared to be different. I would not be ruled by the norms of literary devices. I created my own rhythm . He understood me to the extent that he was my co-author on a couple of projects. Then he departed. Had he been alive……
I have been beaten down for what I write. Some claim it is full of controversy. Yet still others claim it lacks direction. I laugh. I am open to criticism but then, my style of writing is different. If we don’t rewire our attitudinal thinking, we will forever be stuck. We will never move forward. To be precise, I think outside the box.
I write differently. I write for the common man. I write for the underdog. I write for the downtrodden. I write with an aim to correct the ills of society. I do not write using the conventional style of writing. I write using The Ntem-Mensah style. My style.
On the #THERUDEAWAKENING, a radio show in Atlanta, Georgia hosted by my good friend Ras Poku, I was encouraged to keep writing and doing what I do by my co-panelist Guy Foxx and him.  So far as I am not encouraging laziness or anything untoward, and I am only out to cause some critical thinking, then they believe it is a good thing I do.
Yes, I write to cause people to think. I advocate for a rewiring of our attitudinal thinking. I believe that what was good yesterday will not suffice today moreso tomorrow. It will have to be improved. Society is dynamic.
To my followers, I say thank you. Don’t stop reading. The change is YOU.