By Jose Carrillo This past weekend our group was able to visit the Volta Region, a place my co-workers told me is (like Kumasi) entirely different from Accra. While I expected this “difference” to be related to the people, it was more in relation to the environment. The Volta Region is much more nature-filled, something Read More …
By Jose Carrillo As a preface to the quality of photos used in these blogs, they come from a camcorder. Before departing from the United States I decided to film with one in order to; 1) document my time here, 2) use footage to create personal projects, and 3) have the grainy/VHS look of a Read More …
By Jose Carrillo This week our group was given the privilege of visiting Kumasi, the second-largest city in Ghana. Prior to leaving, coworkers prepared me for a change in people and way of life, when compared to Accra. Of course, like a naive traveler, I believed this change wasn’t going to be noticeable, at least Read More …
By Jose Carrillo Since my goal is to work as a Creative in an advertising agency, I’ve been allowed to tag along on production shoots learning from the “Head of Production” and “Art Director” on set. Every week (so far) there has been a shoot and every shoot has gone past closing time at the Read More …
By Jose Carrillo The first week of our stay in Ghana revolved around getting accustomed to the city of Accra through lectures at the university, botanical garden tours, attending a children’s school, and even road-tripping to the Cape Coast to visit the slave castles. I absolutely loved all these excursions, but the trip’s main goal Read More …
By Jose Carrillo For the trip, we were required to purchase our plane tickets very early into the spring term. So, like a naïve traveler, I assumed that there weren’t going to be any drastic flight delays on route to Ghana and pushed the summer departure date of June 23 to the back of my Read More …