Ghana’s next elections are coming up next year.
I’m getting old
Two ways I know this:
Nathan Nelson
Adapt
On visits to communities, we often notice that people store things in their toilets. Like toilet paper. Sometimes used, kept in a basket, and occasionally tipped out behind the toilet and burnt. This despite us telling people to throw the paper down the toilet when they’ve used it. Sometimes people store other things. Timber. Medicine. Food. One …
Improv coffee
Italian coffee – 16 Cedis. Cannibalised plastic funnel – 1 Cedi. Handkerchief bought from roadside vendor – 50 Pesewas. A cup of real coffee at home – priceless.
Kejetia Market
This and some other fantastic photos from Kejetia Market now on Stacie’s blog.
The stuff we don’t want
Mongabay highlights the appalling situation in the Agbogbloshie slum outside Accra, which has become a massive toxic dumping ground for electronic waste. Agbogbloshie understandably gets a lot of attention, but it has been interesting to see some of the wider picture here. The e-waste in Agbogbloshie is the stuff that can’t be fixed any more – has reached …