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Category: Blog 2011

Prof Karikari named South Africa Press Freedom Commission member (Public Agenda)

By: Megan Russell (Published 7/15) Professor Kwame Karikari, executive director of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) based in…

This past weekend I met with a deaf woman named Lydia and her husband Samuel at a small cafe in…

My internship is at a bi-weekly newspaper called Ghana Sports. I have written a few articles and generally have one…

He tapped on my shoulder and handed me a small black bag. I stared back at him with big…

By Ama A. Amankwah Baafi & Megan Russell (Published 7/11) A senior fellow at the Institute of Statistical Social and…

By: Megan Russell (Published 7/11) Oburoni vs. The Fufu You would think that after a week in Ghana I would already…

By: Megan Russell (Published 7/11) Ghana has recently made headlines as the fourth African nation, after South Africa, Egypt and Kenya,…

“You are welcome,” said an elderly woman. Wrinkles folded up around her eyes as she smiled at me. As I…

The New Crusading Guide By Ariane Kunze Yesterday, at the Engagement meeting on Tobacco Control Bye-Laws, Poverty and Development at…

“How was your day?” my roommates asked when I arrived home one day this week. As usual, it was hard…

By now you faithful readers have learned about the terrors of the trotro. The good news is that all 14…

By: Megan Russell (Published 7/8) Oburoni vs. Accra There are 14 of us journalism students from the United States living…

The University of Ghana launched a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme in economics for post-graduate students and cut the sod…

A week before I left for Ghana my mother came to Oregon to pay me a visit and help me…

By Michael Ciaglo and Jamela Akweley THE MINISTER of Health, Joseph Yieleh Chireh, has inaugurated the allied health committee and…