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Category Archives: culture

Searching for the lost treasures of the Gold Coast

May 6, 2015by Chris 3 Comments

Yesterday some friends and I drove out of Accra and into the fertile, intensely green valley to the north. Our destination was the large town of Nsawam and we were […]

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culture, Driving adventures, places to visit in Ghana

Sodom and Gomorrah: a day trip to hell

February 13, 2015by Chris 26 Comments

Over the last three years in Ghana I have seen desperately poor, tiny villages. I have seen the hopelessness of mentally ill, homeless people. I have seen simple, heart-breaking poverty. […]

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Accra, Africa, culture, expat, places to visit in Ghana

Bloody Hell! Ebola.

July 9, 2014by Chris 11 Comments

Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Formerly known as Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF). Currently enjoying its worst season ever (for people, not the virus) in West Africa, with over 800 infections and […]

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Africa, culture, ebola, Ghana, West Africa

Lest we forget

April 25, 2014by Chris 3 Comments

We woke in the darkness before dawn and drove through the rarely quiet streets of Accra this morning to Christiansborg War Cemetery to attend an ANZAC day dawn service. Like […]

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Accra, Australia, culture

Lessons learnt

April 15, 2014by Chris 14 Comments

Over the last few weeks I have been learning some important lessons, both from my recent university enrollment, and from the greatest teacher of them all…life. University has started and […]

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Accra, Africa, culture

TGIA – Thank God it’s Africa

January 24, 2014by Chris 1 Comment

{TGIA is my weekly look at the weird and wonderful things that happen when you’re living in Africa.  Sometimes they’re funny, sometimes they’re a little dangerous, sometimes they’re a heady combination […]

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Africa, culture, TGIA

TGIA – Thank God it’s Africa

November 15, 2013by Chris 7 Comments

This week’s TGIA is brought to you by all the colour, chaos and retail opportunities of Kejetia Market and a puppeteer I met there. Yesterday I was on one of […]

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culture, TGIA

It’s beginning to look at lot like….BRAZIL!

October 23, 2013by Chris 3 Comments

It was with great excitement that we headed back to Baba Yara Stadium in Kumasi for the Black Stars of Ghana vs Pharaohs of Egypt game last week. (How awesome are […]

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culture, expat, games, Ghana, places to visit in Ghana

TGIA – Thank God it’s Africa

October 11, 2013by Chris 8 Comments

I thought I’d start a little series along the lines of TGIF – Thank God It’s Friday. Nutty things happen here all the time. Sometimes they’re funny, sometimes they’re a […]

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culture, expat, Ghana, Travel

another trip to Kejetia market – the fabrics

October 3, 2013by Chris 37 Comments

I’ve had a rough few weeks of lets call it, cultural re-awakening. When you thought you had life in your foreign country under control, then the old culture shock creeps […]

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craft, culture, Markets, places to visit in Ghana, Travel

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