Cape Coast Crevices
Category: Photo
The Youth of Accra
A Journey Through the Streets
Volta Region
Mole National Park
Tamale
Kumasi
Trip to Elmina
The Slave Castles
We had a very sobering trip to two of the oldest slave castles in Western Africa, Elmina Castle and the Cape Coast Castle, this weekend. These 500-year-old castles saw the worst of human behavior. The dungeons that we went in to were too dark, too hot and too small to hold the 70,000 men and Read More …
If You Give a Child a Sticker…
…they’ll probably ask you for more. Ever since that fateful moment when I first found out I would be living in Accra this summer I made a mental list of things to look forward to. Said list ranged from a canopy walk through the Elmina jungle, to attending “reggae night” at the local beach, to Read More …
Botanical Gardens and More
American House Road
We had some free time after our lectures today so Jake and I decided to go on an adventure. After cutting across a soccer field and down an extremely overgrown path we arrived at the American House Road Market. It’s amazing how popular you can be just from the color of your skin. We were Read More …
Our Humble Abode
So our house is located in a middle-upper scale neighborhood in a section of Accra called East Legon. Since there are hardly any formal names for streets here, the locals have appropriately named the street we live on American House Road. Our “villa” is surprisingly large and spacious, especially compared to the majority of Ghanaian Read More …
Monday Night Stars
Our day was filled with lectures, walks and crazy Ghanaian soccer (football) games. Tipped off by some locals yesterday, we heard about the “Monday Night Stars” football game that would be played by some of the members of the national Black Stars team at a local school yard. When we arrived today, we realized just Read More …
Campus Nature Walk
Today we listened to two lectures from very distinguished journalism professors at the University of Ghana. Professor Amokaohene, a PR specialist and former ambassador to Canada, spoke to us first and was followed by Dr. Gadzekpo, a journalist who has taught all over the world including at Northwestern University. While this doesn’t have much to Read More …