Dog Sitting in Accra

Backyard Menagerie

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June 12th 2005
Greetings From Buswa The Parrot So in my first entry I mentioned the host of characters we have in the backyard and their supposed identity crises. Well I’m happy to report that at this moment they’ve all resumed their roles as proper parrot, goat and dog. Buswa, the parrot, can now speak more languages than I can. He speaks a mix of Fante, English (American and British mind you!), Dutch ... read more

Africa » Ghana

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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