It’s been over a week since I got off the plane at PDX and took a big, deep breath of clean Pacific Northwest air. I’m happy to be home, but the transition back to “normal” life hasn’t been as easy as I’d imagined. It’s hard to reconcile all of my Ghanaian experiences with my life Read More …
At the 27th Summit of the African Union, Ghana was awarded the 2016 African Gender Award. This award recognizes Ghana as leader in promoting the economic and social rights of women. Reading headlines about this surprised me at first, and inspired me to finally blog about my observations of gender in this country. I was Read More …
This Sunday, I marked two decades on this planet and one month in this fantastic country. Yep — I will forever tell anyone who will listen that I celebrated my twentieth birthday in Ghana! I was a little bit nervous about my first birthday away from home, but thanks to my amazing “fam” here, I Read More …
Life as a StarrFM intern is nothing if not interesting! Every day is something completely new, but if I were to give a theme to this last week, it might be “Twitter-Famous.” The other day, several of my coworkers asked for my Twitter handle. I “followed back,” of course, and quickly learned that the social Read More …
“Obruni! What are you doing?” I turn my head and wave, my peaceful lunchtime walk interrupted. This is not unusual; strangers stop me and my fellow American students on the street regularly. At worst, they might bestow an uncomfortable compliment or ask for a visa endorsement. At best, they say “good afternoon” and ask how Read More …
This is an update post, and I’ll keep it short and sweet. In my last blog post, I discussed my somewhat unorthodox and disappointing first day of work. I’m happy to report that by the end of the week, I had a different story to tell. I came into the office on Friday feeling optimistic Read More …
If there’s one thing that Ghana has taught me so far, it’s that things almost never go as planned — and sometimes, that’s okay. I woke up 15 minutes before my alarm this morning and couldn’t go back to sleep. It was the day I’d been anticipating since my plane touched down here in Ghana: Read More …
A few things to know about a bus tour of Accra, Ghana: This city is huge. I quickly realized that there was no way we’d be able to get a sense of the whole place in one day. It sprawls into neighborhood after neighborhood, each with a slightly different “feel.” This isn’t your average bus Read More …