Kente cloth

Cool weather, green grass, and English...definitely not Senegal!!

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August 23rd 2006
I just returned home from dropping my mother among the mass of people at the airport here in Dakar and decided it may just be time for another update. I am thinking she is breathing a big sigh of relief as I fear West Africa (especially the heat) may have a bit more shocking than she expected. I will keep this blog free of boring stories of work or life here with our guards, etc…but instead I ... 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