Scene from a Ghanaian Roadblock

First glimpse of Africa

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January 9th 2006
Hello. I am writing from Africa. Right now - I'm writing by hand and then e-transposing - I am surrounded by banana and plantain trees riffling in the breeze; the smell of goat is in my nostrils; there is sun on my face and mud on my shoes; and free-range chickens are ranging pretty freely. (But before I continue: thanks to everyone who has written me since my first journal posting: famil ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Eastern » Mpraeso

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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