It only seems proper that the first time I went to church was in Ghana. I grew up in a multifaith house, but religion was never a large part of my life. My dad is Jewish, but I never had a Bat Mitzvah. And while my mom was raised Protestant, the only Christian things that Read More …
While radio journalist Nana Ama is used to the deluge of hateful comments she receives daily from Twitter, WhatsApp and even from coworkers, she was still surprised when an angry listener called her ex-boyfriend asking him to take her off air. In a country where 98% of people believe homosexuality is morally unacceptable, Ama, who Read More …
When Ghanaian DJ and entrepreneur Sonny Louis — who has performed with many of Ghana’s top artists, including Sarkodie, Shatta Wale and Jay Soul — had to DJ a child’s christening, he was nervous. The child’s grandmother had told him that if he didn’t play good music, she wouldn’t pay him, and he knew the Read More …
In Ghana, I’m interning for Today Newspaper, an independent daily whose slogan is “We Blend Our Vision With Truth & Enlightenment,” and so far, this has proven true. Sitting near the door, I hear the constant hustle of reporters coming in and out of the office. There is always laughter, or arguing, and definitely no Read More …
There’s this episode of the Nickelodeon kids show SpongeBob SquarePants in which SpongeBob, on the way back from visiting a glove-themed amusement park, gets lost in an unfamiliar town called Rock Bottom and has to try to find his way back home to Bikini Bottom. Finding the right bus proves to be next to impossible, Read More …
Going through immigration in Ghana was the first time I considered bribery. After a short kerfuffle over my visa, which was accidently issued for 2018, I thought I was good to go until the officer looked at my immigration form. As there are no addresses in Ghana, I had simply written “University of Ghana” for Read More …