Ghana

We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming with excerpts from my research.

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

Man: The way you look at polygamy is the way we think when we look at your culture on television and see two women or two men getting married. It’s scandalous! We don’t understand!
Woman: We intellectual women fight for the liberation of women, but in our homes our husbands still try to maintain their authority. [...]

¿Mam yuurla la ka gringa ye?

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Maybe traveling to two very different regions in one summer is a bad idea. Maybe it’s a great one. (This is the second time I am doing so, first West Africa / Jordan and now West Africa / Central America.) The feeling of moving from place to very different place, being transient and virtually free, [...]

“Sex Tourism” and Obruni-hunters

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

While it might not be my favourite place I’ve traveled, Accra is without a doubt an interesting city. This might sound strange, but one of the interesting things I’ve been observing is the relations between the large foreign population and the locals.
Okay, so I’m probably going to offend someone by saying this, but… Ghana [...]

My Triumphant Return to West Africa

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

After not writing anything here for half a year, I am finally doing something noteworthy enough to start writing again. I got to Accra four days ago, and will be heading back to Burkina via Togo in a few days. At the risk of being horribly cliche, the last few days have confirmed the following: [...]