For the first time since June 28, when I left for my internship in Ghana, I have the place to myself. My 19 former housemates and I have all dispersed. Now, I’m sitting in my apartment’s dining room, trying to come up with some way to summarize six weeks in 500 words or less. During Read More …
During the Media in Ghana trip, I took an insane amount of photos (I’d say too many, but no amount of photos is too many). Throughout the trip, I would quickly skip through the photos I had taken that day and choose a few of my favorite to edit, as while there I didn’t have Read More …
I have always been intrigued by street portrait photography. Street portraits give the photographer the opportunity to capture the originality and uniqueness of each moment. Ghana is unlike any other place I’ve been, and I was immediately drawn to photographing the simple, beautiful everyday experiences that occur along the streets of Ghana from the moment Read More …
This is the captain of our boat on Lake Bosumtwi, the only natural lake in Ghana. The water sits in an impact crater made from earthbound meteor hundreds of years ago. It’s located just southeast of Kumasi, with a population of around 70,000 Ashanti people, comprised of roughly 30 villages. The Ashanti people consider Bosumtwi Read More …
Photo 1: On our last weekend trip, we visited the third largest open-air market in the world, located in Kumasi. I chose to not pull out my camera inside the market, as I wanted to take in all the vibrant sights, smells and sounds without having to focus on taking photos. It then started pouring Read More …
When I first decided to come to Ghana for a six-week internship at the Chronicle, my grandmother became very excited. “I have an old friend who grew up in Ghana in the 60s! She absolutely loved it,” she told me. That is how I came to know Frances Longman, a British citizen whose family moved Read More …
Emily and I were frustrated. The map had led us to the exact spot where the bookstore was supposed to be and yet, even as we traipsed from corner to corner of the intersection, we could not find it. We attempted to ask fellow pedestrians, but everybody was in too much of a hurry to Read More …
Being in a group with so many amazing photographers, I chose to leave my camera at home in hopes that the more camera savvy people in the group would be able to adequately capture the feeling of our trip. I did, however, bring my trusty iPhone 5 (complete with a cracked screen and outdated camera Read More …
Trekking through the humid jungle with ferocious-biting ants, we had the opportunity to come face to face with those monkeys at Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary and Cultural Village. It was such an extraordinary experience!
The metal bars that adorned the windows of the Anani Memorial school in the Nima neighborhood of Accra, Ghana, reminded me of old American jails—black, rusted, perfectly spaced for confinement. Except for this time, it was those on the outside of the building who were left looking almost like prisoners, gripping the bars and staring Read More …
As a group, we visited Anani Memorial International School on July 4. As we made our way through the narrow alleys in Nima, we were warmly greeted by the students. Within this video, you will have a glimpse of what we experienced.
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 …
Today we had the amazing opportunity to visit the Anani Memorial International School in Nima, a town that is known to be a little bit poorer compared to other towns and cities in Ghana. Nima is also famous for its huge market, Nima Market, where I hope to visit again to purchase crafts and goods Read More …
Today, after touring the city of Accra and the University of Ghana campus, we all went to AMC mall for grocery shopping. It is just so interesting to see our students looking around and trying to find groceries for themselves. It feels like we are settling down here:-) More adventures are coming, Go Ducks!!!