Ghana
In and around Ghana
I will be in Accra, Ghana for the next three months (june-sept). I will be working/organizing the AGOA Forum with USAID, among other activities for my internship, which will be an amazing experience.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler nena
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A Week Before I Depart
I am in West Hartford,a week before my flight to Ghana (via Italia) which I only purchased last night. I am looking forward to the trip (obviously) bu... Continue reading » -
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International Phone Card
Hello all.
I am in the milan airport and bought an international phone card that gives me free internet access so here i am. its fun to hang... Continue reading »
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Akwaaaba!
So, I have made it to Accra, after a 1/3 full plane ride from Milan to Lagos and then to Accra. Right before the flight boarded in Milan I was woke... Continue reading »
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Day 2 of Work
So, since arriving Friday night I felt like I was part of Africanized version of the Victorian novel, with the house metaphor – me creeping up the... Continue reading »
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A-yay PAPAPAA
So, its been over a week since i last wrote (as my grandmother has daily reminded me), so I will give a recap on the past week or so. After day 2 o... Continue reading »
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The New Ghana Cedi
This weekend is the AU forum in Ghana, where there is a lot of push for a continent-wide union, either political or economic. My new intern/temp wo... Continue reading »
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Police and the Private
I have just come back from a great weekend in the town of Keta, where my friend grew up and returned home for the long weekend and invited me to co... Continue reading »
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July 4
So, this is just a short entry with pics to come shortly, probably tomorrow. Yesterday was a holiday – July 4th – so we got a day off wo... Continue reading »
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You're Not Black
An American-Ghanaian friend of a friend who I met here asked me what it was like to be here, and be a minority, automatically recognized as a forei... Continue reading »
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