Originally published in Public Agenda on August 31, 2012 By Schuyler Durham After many laughs, dozens of adventures and countless new friends, my six-week stay in Ghana is winding down to a close. With a heavy heart, I look back on my time spent in this beautiful country and attempt to derive an overall assessment Read More …
Originally published in Public Agenda on August 31, 2012 By Schuyler Durham After nearly five weeks of assimilating myself to the hustle and bustle of cities like Accra and Kumasi, brimming with commotion and activity, my weekend trip to the Volta Region was a welcome break from my Ghanaian routine. As I watched the urban Read More …
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.
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.
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
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 …
Preview: Jared Kaufer The 2012 London Olympics have come and gone, and the Ghanaian contingency has absolutely nothing to show upon their arrival back in Accra. Going into the 2012 Olympics, the nine Ghanaian athletes who qualified weren’t given much of an opportunity to come home with a medal in hand. Each Ghanaian athlete was Read More …
Preview: Jared Kaufer The India High Commission (IHC) in Ghana announced that they will sponsor an Invitational T20 Top 4 Cricket tournament taking place from 19 August 20120 to 9 September 2012 at the Achimota Cricket Oval. The IHC has stated that they expect the tournament to be held annually going forward. The Invitational has 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 in Public Agenda on August 24, 2012. By Schuyler Durham The Legal Resources Centre, an NGO focusing on human rights in the legal sphere, sponsored a meeting on legal fee waivers for indigents during the 2012 elections on Wednesday, August 22, 2012. The meeting was headed by the Director of Legal Aid, Mr 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 …
It can be difficult to find a bead producer in the Ashanti Region; in fact, there is only one known place that produces beads, which is the village of Asuofie. The process starts with the village buying empty glass bottles from various breweries around the country. After that, the bottles are crushed into a fine Read More …
By Elora Overbey and Myray Reames Published on Emerge Magazine’s Blog
Open markets are on almost every street corner in Ghana; in fact, the country plays host to what is commonly known as the second largest open market in West Africa, which is in Kumasi. Depending on the location, a salesperson on a market street could come across hundreds of people every day. However, many people Read More …