Along with exploring the beautiful country of Ghana, I am interning at Emerge, an advertisement agency. The stern Michelle Attoh heads the agency. A fun fact is that she used to be a popular actress a few decades ago on the Ghanaian version of Days of Our Lives. The office is located in Osu, which Read More …
This is it. Six weeks spent in Ghana have come and gone. I return home on Sunday, tired, filthy (haven’t had the best time with laundry and cleaning habits), excited, and even a bit sad. I’ve fallen in love with this country in my short time here. It’s a vastly underrated African territory and has so Read More …
I’ve been in Ghana for one month now. It’s so funny because I never, ever in a million years expected to visit Africa, much less, live in a West African country for six weeks. We aren’t here on a vacation because let me tell you, we are living here. We take care of ourselves by Read More …
Well, finally time to discuss my reason (partially) for coming to Ghana – INTERNSHIPS! Internships started Monday the 30th of June, so this post will discuss all that and more about my first week at LOWE (Tuesday was a Ghanaian Holiday, which is why Day 12 will have its own separate post). The group awoke early Monday Read More …
Time spent away from home has a way of stretching itself. It’s a consistent theme here in Ghana no matter what it applies to. The mere three and a half weeks I’ve spent here have felt more like months. This most likely has to do with the my ability to quickly adapt to the country’s Read More …
1. I started work – My internship with the Daily Guide has been very rewarding so far. I’ve written stories about the Ghana Aids Commission’s use of social media to help prevent new cases of HIV/AIDS amongst LGBT youth; the Social Security and Insurance Trust’s donation to the National Pensioner’s Association; the Ghana Statistics Development Read More …