Posts from when Harriet and Nathan spent six months in Ghana in 2011 working on separate development projects in the Ashanti region.
I took a brief trip this morning with Chris, the proprietor of Four Villages Inn, to the Alliance Français to see an exhibition by Ghanaian artist Joel K. Acheampong, who paints with his mouth. We’d just missed the exhibition but there were still paintings on the walls, despite his apparently having sold several. There are …
Fran Osseo-Asare, founder of Betumi, champions African food. Fran’s Betumi Blog has masses of info on African food and you can follow @Betumi on Twitter. I want some of that palmnut soup. Betumi discovered via Ethan Zuckerman.
This is the best thing I’ve seen today. No, this week.
Alex, a 9 year old boy from Tanzania, describes Arnold Schwarzenegger’s ludicrous action move Commando.
More info on Mama Hope’s campaign to stop the pity and unlock the potential of Africa here.
I went to my local medical practice today, to get vaccinations for the trip. I had a pretty good idea what I needed, but was advised to go to the pharmacy around the corner from the surgery to check. “I’d like to check what vaccinations I need to go to Ghana, please”, I said to …
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