Kente cloth…the fabric of kings
Kente cloth is the cloth of West African kings, although it is now used by many at any important occaision. It is made by the Akan people of Ghana and […]
Category Archives: Ghana
We’re back…
Konongo home, not Newcastle home, as Jock defines it. The sea container arrived the day before we did, and it was such a lovely surprise. After a great week away, […]
A normal day?
I dropped off the children at school this morning and did a spot of grocery shopping on my way home. It felt almost normal…. …until I went to pick […]
A Sunday drive…Lake Bosomtwe
Hi there. Each Sunday Bill manages to not work, well, you know, he can’t help himself, so he pops in for an hour, and then we have a family day. […]
Salves for the body and mind
Hi there. We are nearing our first month in Konongo, and the last week has been challenging. It is all part of the adjustment to our new lives, but in […]
Another top 10 travel destination
Frommer’s travel guides have placed Ghana in their top 10 destinations to visit in 2012! Reminds me of another fabulous place who made in into Lonely Planet’s Top 10 for […]
Let’s meet…Stephen and Sly
{inspired by our friends Jen, Tessa and Ella, we have been looking at time lines, significant periods through history, and our own place in history. Part of our history are […]
Independance day.
Hi there. Yesterday, 6 March, was Ghana’s Independance Day. Before we moved to Ghana, whenever someone expressed concerns about moving to Africa, I would, like a broken record, repeat that […]
trips to the big smoke…Kumasi
Hi there, It’s been a while since I’ve written, not that we haven’t been up to things, we have, but I’ve been taking such rubbish photos that it’s put me […]
19 Ashanti chiefs :: all in one night
Last friday night we had an extraordinary evening. An Australian man, who was part of the senior management of the mine is leaving. He has done a lot of work […]
six degrees north 