Same Love
During my first week in Ghana Same Love by Macklemore came onto my iPhone shuffle. I listened, staring out the…
During my first week in Ghana Same Love by Macklemore came onto my iPhone shuffle. I listened, staring out the…
Today, hundreds of students graduated from the University of Ghana, Legon. Two colleagues and I went to the ceremony to…
Sales people at the markets in Ghana are very persistent. So much so that they grab my arms and pull…
I am riding home from the tro tro after a slow day at work. The commute is long and tedious,…
“We are more alike than we are different.” This was the topic of my senior year English essay. Of course…
This morning I sat in the middle front seat of a tro tro and contemplated life and death…in a very…
We watch as the investigator circles the room and stops at the tall window behind the couch. The gate that…
This is the true story… of sixteen students… picked to live in a house… work in Ghana and step out…
It was Friday June 21st when I was on my way to the airport in Portland, OR to begin the…
On the day we moved into our sprawling, barbed-wire fenced East Legon home, Kelly Vigil unpacked his Canon 60D camera…
When I first heard of the robbery, I didn’t believe it. Nonetheless I jumped out bed and went into the…
It’s easy to believe our lives reside within our electronic devices, and especially if we fail to back them up…
Note: the following is my article published in the Daily Guide, the newspaper here in Accra for which I am…
Living in Ghana is an adventure to say the least. I can honestly say that many of the stories I’ll…
Before I came to Ghana, I was told Ghanaians were very religious. Previous students warned us that our coworkers will…