Photo of the week
Well, It has been a long week, but I’ve enjoyed my stint at the helm of Konongos premiere Australian-Ghanaian blog while chrissie mooches around Paris with the kids (arguably a […]
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The Mbongo tree
This is Mbongo and Jock. Mbongo is Jocks brother from another mother. They’re pretty close. You can tell because they’ve even got similar hair. Mbongo is from Zimbabwe – we […]
Twi Change
Hello! Bill here. A celebrity post to Chrissies blog 6 degrees north (datum: WGS84). I think the technical term for what we’ve done is jumped. That’s the easy part. Landing […]
A back breaking labour
One of the most challenging aspects of living in Ghana, and I imagine in any developing country, is the massive gap between the rich and the poor. Where we live, […]
And the rains will come.
Throughout the day the sky blackens, then thunder rolls through each corner of the sky And the rains come. Water pouring from the sky, you wonder, how can the clouds […]
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 […]
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, […]
Oh, the places we went…
Can you guess where we’ve been? We went to visit the Queen. Such a shame she wasn’t home. Wandered around Westminster. Welcome to Hogwarts. Went bear spotting at Paddington Station. […]
London calling
Still stunned that London is only 6 hours from Accra, the children and I have slipped away for a week of school holidays. Look at that glorious blue spring sky! […]
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 […]
six degrees north 