On July 19, 2019, the two best national soccer teams in Africa will go head-to-head in Egypt’s Cairo International Stadium in the final match in the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon). Last week, on July 8, I got to see firsthand the importance of soccer to the Ghanaians I work with and in the surrounding Read More …
As I walked up the stairs to enter the second floor office of The Chronicle, I looked out nervously at what appeared to be a construction site below me. The day had not started off on a positive note. I spent the better part of the morning on a bus, and when it was my Read More …
As soon as I came into the office last Thursday morning, my coworker said, “I’m leaving and you’re coming with me!” I had absolutely no idea where I was going but I was excited to find out. About 30 minutes later, my coworker and I arrived at a conference called World Population Day 2019–an international Read More …
Last Monday morning, in the middle of the first monsoon since we arrived, I got dropped off at my internship for the summer. Another girl from the program and I walked through the front door of Innova DDB, one of the 5 marketing organizations within the Ninnani group. She would be working for their PR Read More …
As we conclude week two in Ghana and our first official week at work, it has been quite the journey to say the least. Last weekend, we were fortunate to have a weekend trip to Elmina before the start of our internships. As we departed our house in East Legon bright and early venturing out Read More …
There should be a special word for that feeling you have when you walk into a situation with no expectations. It’s a mix of thrill and excitement with anxiousness on the side– and lots of contemplation of different scenarios in an effort to prepare for what’s to come. Whatever that word is, it is Read More …
Growing up, I was extremely shy – to the point where I couldn’t even order food at restaurants for most of my childhood. Thankfully I outgrew my shyness for the most part. When I first began my internship at Metro TV, I was assigned the position of a broadcast journalist. As my coworker described my Read More …
My first week and a half in Ghana felt a bit like a fever dream. Exhausted, dazed, and exceptionally sweaty, it was like I’d been dropped on another planet. Part of it is the heat. There is a sweltering dampness that rises from the ground and sticks. It may also be the lack of sleep. Read More …
While on a trip out of Accra to Cape Coast we had the wonderful opportunity to eat at a non-profit, NGO-run, vegetarian restaurant which used only organic and locally sourced food. The Baobab School for Trades and Traditional Arts was founded in 2001 and focuses on implementing development projects in Ghana. The Moringa Restaurant, where Read More …
Visiting the forts along Cape Coast was one of the more powerful and haunting experiences of my life. There’s only so much you can learn about the transatlantic slave trade through reading books and watching documentaries. Seeing the forts in person and hearing about the experiences of the people who were kept there on site Read More …
Today was definitely a day of firsts. I began my very first media internship, and it occurred at Radio Univers located on the campus of the University of Ghana. Or shall I say I was scheduled to begin. Before I touch on that, let me talk about another first. For the first time since I Read More …
The nerves were at an all-time high that first day of work. Everyone woke up at the crack of dawn to get ready. None of us really knew what to expect. All spring term was meant to prepare us for the moment that we walked through those office doors, but until it actually happened, we Read More …
“The past Is but the cinders Of the present; The future The smoke That escaped Into the cloud-bound sky.” – Kwesi Brew When French explorer and slave trader Jean Barbot visited Elmina Castle in 1682, he described the high stone walls as strong, beautiful and cannon-proof. He detailed the surrounding warehouses as being “stately and Read More …
This past weekend our group took a weekend trip to the lovely Cape Coast region, located along the central coast of Ghana about three hours west of Accra. This portion of Ghana was known as the Gold Coast during British colonial rule; however, the Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in 1471 and built Read More …
As I stepped out of the air-conditioned Kotoka International Airport, the first thing that hit me was the overwhelming heat and humidity of Accra. I searched anxiously for the bus that would take me to my new home for the summer, noticing that everybody had a friendly smile on their faces. The positive attitude of Read More …