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Home on the Hill

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October 20th 2007
We were at a security checkpoint now, for which our white skin seemed to be the pass - the guards waving us through on sight, adding, with smiles and salutes, a sense of ceremony to my first glimpse of our new home. Ahead was a series of green roofed houses, all spouting red satellite dishes and planted on the ledges of an almighty hill as if it were one large terraced garden. Ours, the boyo ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Western » Tarkwa

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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 ... ... read more