Background: Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the constitution in 1981 and a ban on political parties. A new constitution, restoring multiparty politics, was approved in 1992. Lt. Jerry RAWLINGS, head of state since 1981, won presidential elections in 1992 and 1996, but was constitutionally prevented from running for a third term in 2000. John KUFUOR, who defeated former Vice President Atta MILLS in a free and fair election, succeeded him.
October 30th 2009Africa » Ghana » Ashanti » Akrokerri 10/30/09
I know it’s been a while since I posted on the blog, and I have a lot to tell you about so I’ll be as concise as possible. For starters, I still haven’t begun teachin ... [full story]
October 10th 2009Africa » Ghana » Ashanti » Akrokerri 10/9/09
How’s it going everybody? I’m doing great incase you were wondering. This past week has been pretty relaxed. As I mentioned last time, I’m teaching the form 1 studen ... [full story]
October 1st 2009Africa » Ghana » Ashanti » Akrokerri 9/30/09
Hello again everybody. I know it’s been a long time since I last posted anything on the blog, but I’ll fill you in on everything important that has happened. As most of you ... [full story]
August 15th 2009Africa » Ghana » Ashanti » Akrokerri 8/14/09
Hey everybody. I hope it hasn’t been too long since I wrote last, but there hasn’t really been any breaking news from my end of the world lately. When I wrote last, I was i ... [full story]
July 26th 2009Africa » Ghana » Ashanti » Akrokerri 7/25/09
Alright, I know it’s been a long time since I posted on the blog, but I’ve been busy shaking hands with the President so you’ll have to excuse me. I guess I’ll s ... [full story]
July 6th 2009Africa » Ghana » Ashanti » Akrokerri 7/6/09
Last week was fairly uneventful for the most part. We were on midterm break until Thursday so the school campus was empty. With no classes it gave me plenty of time to mark my midterm e ... [full story]
June 29th 2009Africa » Ghana » Ashanti » Akrokerri 6/29/09
I’d have to say that this was a pretty amazing week. There are two things in particular that made this week so great. The first thing was a successful STARS Conference with minim ... [full story]
June 20th 2009Africa » Ghana » Ashanti » Akrokerri 6/5/09
It was just another busy week at school. On Tuesday the girls’ soccer team had an inter-school tournament in Obuasi. The day before the competition, the sports master asked me if ... [full story]
June 12th 2009Africa » Ghana » Ashanti Woo Hoo!
It has been a several months since my last posting. The main reason being, I had no news, nothing to say. As I mentioned before, I’m not teaching this term due to our US trip. Time h ... [full story]
May 30th 2009Africa » Ghana » Ashanti » Akrokerri 5/29/09
Busy… That pretty much sums up my last two weeks. So far, it hasn’t been as difficult to keep all my classes on the same page as I thought it would be. Since all four o ... [full story]