When I visited Agbogbloshie
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Category: Blog 12
Kofi, the boy with the round head.
Two weeks after arriving back in America, I had to go to summer school. :(. That’s right, go ahead and feel sorry for me. However, one of the courses I took turned out to be pretty cool. It was Comparing Comics (COLT 370). For my final project, I had to create a 3-page comic of Read More …
NPP fired up: launches critical manifesto
The black and white image ran front cover on the Daily Guide August 30th, 2012. The rest of the photographs are from the rally but have not been published yet. The NPP, New Patriotic Party, released its manifesto ‘Transforming Lives, Transforming Ghana’ during a media event at the International Press Center in Accra.
Ghana Journalist Association Awards
These images ran with a series of articles and in a center page photo montage in the Daily Guide from August 27-August 29. Images in black and white where published in the paper. The Daily Guide won several awards and a free lance journalist, Awuni Azure Manasseh, won Journalist of the Year.
New GHC 50 Out
These photos were from a story on the release of the new GHC 50 note at the national bank. The black and white image was the image that ran with the story. Photograph appeared on: August 22nd, Daily Guide page 8
Calls for increased transparency & funding for basic education
Originally published in Public Agenda on August 27, 2012. By Schuyler Durham The Institute for Fiscal Policy (IFP) hosted a workshop on Thursday, August 23, 2012 to provoke discussion about money mismanagement and increasing the quality of basic education resources throughout Ghana. The workshop was chaired by Prof. Jerome Djangmah, former head of Zoology Department Read More …
A Week in Accra
This past week it seems our media companies have laid on the work as we only have one week left. Looking into personal research Enya and I visited Agbogbloshie. On the first day of our trip we drove through this market. It was an overwhelming experience for me because I we were basically in a tour Read More …
The Ultimate Tro-Tro Playlist
Wherever you live, getting to and from work can sometimes be more exhausting than work itself. Here in Ghana, taking the tro-tro, the main source of public transportation, IS work. If you are not already aware of what a tro tro is, I’ll give you a brief overview. Tro-tros are large rickety vans that can Read More …
Agbogbloshie
KUMASI
All This Weird Beauty, Thrown Right at Me
Looking out the window of the Obruni bus during our adventure through the Volta region this past weekend I had a moment of clarity. I opened the window and watched the lush jungle vegetation dance past me as the crimson sunset was illuminated behind silhouetted trees. As I watched, I noticed a particular lyric in Read More …
Simply Sublime Volta
Our trip to the Volta Region this past weekend was by far my favorite side trip. It was an amazing experience involving a huge waterfall, monkeys and a boat ride on one of Volta Lake’s tributaries. For me, the sublime nature of the waterfall was tops. The combination of its ability to overpower me and Read More …
Emerging Fashion
By Elora Overbey and Myray Reames Published on Emerge Magazine’s Blog
Preach Brother!
“Blessed are peaceful! Blessed are merciful!” I hardly flinched as the man sitting next to me on the tro tro stood up and started preaching. I should have, it wasn’t like I had ever seen anything of the sort before. But now, 4 weeks into my stay in Ghana, little surprises me anymore. Most of Read More …
Participating, Rather Than Observing
This last weekend, the whole group got to go on a trip to Kumasi, the most populated city in Ghana. After a long night at the club the night before, we woke up at 5:30 a.m., inhaled breakfast, and hopped aboard our Obruni bus 6 hours to Kumasi. Because we were all very “tired” from Read More …