To the Book-Mobile: Ghana’s Library on Wheels
For many rural children in Ghana, a community library seems like a far away dream. However, a mobile library is giving rural children access to books and computer lessons by delivering them right to...
View ArticleAncestors believe dirty pond is blessed in Kejebril
“The river is like a mother to us,” says one woman in the Kejebril Market. Residents of Kejebril, a small farming community in the Ahanta West District, believe their local pond is from their...
View ArticleRight to safe drinking water: a challenge in rural Ghana
[pullquote]“When it rains like this, it gets into the well and then the colour changes, it’s just like mud and it’s very difficult to take your bath with muddy water.”[/pullquote] Western Region has...
View ArticleChild labour on the streets of Ghana: the issue with underaged street vendors
We go to malls for shopping convenience. A hundred stores within walking distance of each other; you can spend a day at the mall and walk out with virtually anything you want. The Ghanaian mall is...
View ArticleHomosexual rights in Ghana a work in regress?
I’ve been doing this thing on Twitter called the Ghana Heat Check, where I attempt to come up with clever ways of letting my followers know how warm I am finding the Ghanaian weather. It started out...
View ArticlePreferential treatment v. currying favours
[pullquote]There was about twenty people ahead of me. I took out my book and settled down to wait. One hour passed. Then two hours. Then three. The queue hadn’t moved by a single patient.[/pullquote] I...
View ArticleBody kept in parking lot at Kumasi Police HQ
The corpse of a suspected car thief lies in the parking lot of the Ashanti Regional Police Headquarters, a car mat with a pool of blood just feet away. What I learned from initial whisperings around...
View ArticleThe obruni tries to speak Twi
Recorded clips of Chris and I attempting to learn Twi became a great source of amusement for the staff at Kapital Radio. During our “lessons” trying to learn the language, our colleagues began...
View ArticleOne little voice – a journalist defends the environment, champions human rights
Christian Baidoo was still a student when villagers from his community, Assorku Essaman, decided to chop down an ancient Brokofi tree, believing it harboured witches, incarnate in owls that were...
View ArticleMalaria: not just a disease, but a way of life
It’s the most dangerous killer in West Africa, the top issue on Ghana’s health priority list, and carries a whopping price tag of up to US$ 60 million a year. Yet for all the apparent hazards...
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