Already Reminiscing
During the last week of the trip I have reflected on what I will miss most about Ghanaian culture. Without…
Monday Jams
I have been in traffic jams before, but no amount of traffic in Los Angeles or New York could have…
A Poem
Being in Ghana for this amount of time forces you to understand things that you never questioned before. Here’s a…
Portraits of Kejetia
My favorite thing to hear over my shoulder as I walk away from a Ghanaian that I just met is…
Adinkra Symbols
From the stained glass windows of our bus, we could see that we were approaching a modest house-like structure surrounded…
Two Weeks in the Citi
Today marks the end of the second week of my internship at Citi FM. Although it has only been two…
My First Experience on a Tro-Tro
When my boss at Today newspaper offered that the company driver take me home after my first day, I said…
44 Days in Ghana
I am compiling pages for a book on my day to day activities in Ghana. Each of the images is…
A Friday to Remember
This is an update post, and I’ll keep it short and sweet. In my last blog post, I discussed my…
First Few Days
Alright, I have nearly survived my first full day in Accra, and I’ve come out relatively unscathed, save for a…
Toward Justice
It’s hard to talk about touring the slave castles along Ghana’s coast without resorting to clichés. The unspeakable horror of these…
First Day of Work?
If there’s one thing that Ghana has taught me so far, it’s that things almost never go as planned —…
The Beginning
Through research I was unable to prepare for what I was intended to encounter at the Cape Coast Castle, and…