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 …
Originally published in Public Agenda on August 24, 2012 By Schuyler Durham I don’t know if there is a place in the world that is more densely populated than the streets of Kumasi. I certainly have not been to one, and coming into the city with my fellow University of Oregon students, I could not Read More …
Originally published in Public Agenda on August 24, 2012 By Schuyler Durham On Thursday, 16 August, a meeting, entitled Community Dissemination and Engagement Forum on Advocacy Efforts in the Songhor Lagoon, was conducted in a schoolyard in Ada to further the discussion about how to maximise local benefit from the nearby Songhor Lagoon, rich with salt. Read More …
Originally Published on Emerge Magazine’s Blog on August 21st 2012 A Dollop of Inka By Myray Reames Picture this: you are at a fashion bazaar looking at bracelets. One bracelet with bright green beads catches your eye so you put it on and take it to the mirror looking at it from right to left. It Read More …
After a beautiful weekend in the Volta region I am relaxed and recharged for the city again. The monkeys, lake, and waterfall are all adventures I will never forget. The people I met I won’t forget either. The first polaroid portrait is of Mercy and her son Keline, five months, outside of the monkey sanctuary. Read More …
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 …
Because Sung Park saved the day and brought another polaroid land camera for me to barrow I can now put to use my five packs of film I brought on our trip. This is belatedly the first in my polaroid portrait series of people I meet in Ghana. David works in the Adinkra village, producing Read More …
A small dirt path to walk on with children, women with object balanced on their head, trash, and acrid meat smells as obstacles. As a snake winding through a rocky stream I charge through the market, keeping one eye out for the group member in front of me like I am hunting a white mouse. Read More …
Two photos from the balcony of our house at night. African nights in Accra usually have a sunset feel from light pollution, but this night was especially clear. The clouds parted to reveal a half moon and let fresh air in to the city.
Here are a handful of images from the funeral. I will try to post some more later.
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Many people think that slavery is a thing of the past, yet it is still happening around the world today. The past weekend was a somber reminder of what used to happen at slave forts in Ghana. Both of the forts we visited, Cape Coast and Elmina, had this feeling of uneasiness, like the ghosts Read More …