There are a number of people we interact with daily that I truly believe don’t get the proper expression of gratitude often enough. So, I think I’ll use this post to really take a chance to thank the people who seem to be doing the most but getting the least amount of credit for it. The Read More …
I can’t believe we’ve been here a month! While I’m not homesick, I miss conveniences. I also miss being clean. Aside from the physical challenges, I am learning an important lesson in visibility. Everywhere I go, people feel the need to shout at me, walk and talk with me, or just point and stare. The Read More …
I didn’t bring my camera along very often during the first two weeks of my internship. There were a couple of reasons for this. Firstly, I consider myself to be more inclined as a writer or an audio person than a photographer, which is why I requested to be placed at a radio station for Read More …
Yesterday Ryan and I got the privilege to take part in a Ghanaian press conference at my work at the Ghana Football Association. With both of us having played college football, we have interacted with the media and taken part in press conferences plenty of times before, so we figured we understood what we were Read More …
Why are you vegetarian? What?! How do you survive?! I couldn’t live without meat! Aren’t you deficient in protein? Don’t you love animals?? I do, they’re so tasty! I tried once for a few years! What do you even eat?! How come you’re not skin and bones? These are the most typical responses I get Read More …
Picture a traditional American wedding. The bride walks gracefully down the aisle with her father to join her husband-to-be at the altar. Close family and friends watch silently with joyful tears in their eyes, waiting for the couple to say, “I do.” After the kiss, the 100 or so guests applaud and the couple leaves together, Read More …
Along with exploring the beautiful country of Ghana, I am interning at Emerge, an advertisement agency. The stern Michelle Attoh heads the agency. A fun fact is that she used to be a popular actress a few decades ago on the Ghanaian version of Days of Our Lives. The office is located in Osu, which Read More …
When I am not working with Asante Kotoko Publications, I am at the Ghana Football Association helping out any way I can. One of the projects they have Alex and me working on is helping brand the Ghana National Women’s League. Unlike the Premier League here in Ghana, the women’s league does not get much Read More …
Roars of laughter echoed the hall as the bride and groom awaited their holy matrimony. The minister spoke of love, but not of the couple to be wed. Instead, he gently spoke of the mental illness known as “homosexuality.” Eruptions of applause followed each bashful sentence about the family values and lifestyle choices of Americans. Read More …
I have the wonderful opportunity to partake in two internships while I am in Ghana for the summer. One of which is at the University of Ghana’s radio station called Radio Univers. Side note: I noticed all Ghanaian radio DJs repeat songs over and over again. By cutting out the song at the end, saying Read More …
For the past three weeks, have been interning at an advertising agency called Orakle Multimedia Ltd. I hoped to learn a lot and acquire new skills in the advertising and design world. Rather, I was taught more valuable lessons than learning to design my own font and mastering the Adobe programs. There was one coworker that I Read More …
One of the funniest things I’ve noticed since coming to Ghana is the way that barber shops sell themselves to the public. Though the ads aren’t large scale, they all have something in common: various African-American rap artists. The most common of those displayed is definitely Ludacris. Though he’s seemingly out-of-date in America, he doesn’t Read More …
One of our visits this past weekend was to Kumasi, the capital city of Ghana’s Ashanti Region. One of the villages there specializes in Kente cloth weaving. I was so excited to see how they made Kente cloth, because I can’t believe how beautiful some of them are. They are so detailed too. After we got Read More …
Since I have been in Ghana, my diet has mainly consisted of chicken and chips (French fries) or chicken and rice, which seem to be the most common dishes. However, I have managed to try some new types of food as well as some Ghanaian dishes. Since arriving in Ghana, almost everyone I have talked Read More …
I showed up to my internship today and I thought my day was going to be filled designing and finishing my e-mail templates and creating invitations and flyers for an event that Penplusbytes (my internship company) is hosting in August. However, shortly after I arrived and showed my progress to my boss, he quickly sent Read More …