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The Door of No Return
The sign affixed above the large double doors is a recent addition at the UNESCO recognized Cape Coast Castle. As are the large double doors, which replaced the rather smaller oppressive single door...
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Africa Overland
My travels, or wanderings, have begun in Africa with a stint volunteering in Kwahu Asaka, Eastern Province in Ghana. To say that Africa has captured my heart would be an understatement. As one of my...
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The best day of your life*
The chance to show off your best black and red clothes, eat spicy kyinkyinga kebabs, enjoy unlimited free drinks and perhaps meet the love of your life – welcome to funerals, Ghana style. Traditional...
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Fantasy Coffins
The business of coffin making in Ghana is taken to an art form. Coffins are still built by hand to order, by joiners in their rickety workshops. These can be found on the outskirts of all towns and...
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A Thousand Words…
Volunteering in Ghana 2013 – The Video. Pilfered from top man Andy HartFiled under: Ghana, Volunteer Experiences Tagged: Ghana, Volunteer Experience, Volunteer Social Life, Volunteering Abroad,...
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The sadist and the scissors.
£2.99 Scissors I’d left some cheap scissors on my nightstand, the type you buy in a high street stationery store for £2.99, they came in handy for the times when I wanted to cut out shapes as part of...
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Devine Signs
Among my first impressions of Ghana was how deeply religious the country is. In fact the question I got asked most frequently by Ghanaian’s was, “do you have faith?” With a religious mix comprising...
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A dispossessed people make a home and a brighter future: The Fulani community
Part of my heart will forever live in Fulani, a settlement, not a village, strung out over many acres, that is home to a semi-nomadic community. These people have it hard, even by the standards of...
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Return to Africa
My return to Ghana finds me sat in the shady side balcony of the Agoo Hostel in the sweltering heat and humidity of the midday sun. Today is an in-between time, my second full day here, later I begin...
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Up North Road Trip Wander
One or two of the many things that Africa teaches you is patience and the need to be flexible with plans. I began arranging my trip back to Fulani four weeks prior to my return to Ghana, but messages I...
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