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Tag Archives: Accra

Looking to go out in style? Ghana’s fantasy coffins.

April 19, 2015by Chris 6 Comments

From the country that brought you Azonto music and kente cloth, today let’s enjoy the exuberance of a fantasy coffin! To say that funerals are a big deal in Ghana, […]

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Accra, 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

Simple pleasures and small mercies.

January 15, 2015by Chris 8 Comments

This morning I am sitting in my new office, a little space tucked off my bedroom, with windows on each side which allows the breeze (and no doubt the harmattan […]

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January…breaking the drought.

January 9, 2015by Chris 24 Comments

January is upon us with another season of Harmattan cloaking us in a grey blanket of dust. In my rapidly dwindling romantic notions of Africa, I am still surprised that […]

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Accra, life

TGIA – let’s take a drive

February 7, 2014by Chris 12 Comments

{TGIA – Thank God it’s Africa, 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, […]

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Accra, Africa, driving, Driving adventures, expat, Ghana, Kumasi, places to visit in Ghana, TGIA

Life in Accra – Lost on Tettah Quarshie

February 5, 2014by Chris 8 Comments

It’s amazing the difference 200kms can make. We’ve been living in Accra now for three weeks. School has started. I am no longer terrified of Tettah Quarshrie interchange. We have […]

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Accra, Africa, expat, Ghana, new home

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