Kwame Nkrumah Monument, Accra

I Awake in Accra

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August 21st 2006
August 21: I arrived on a cool Tuesday night and was promptly plunged, wild eyed, into the hive of activity immediately outside Kotoka airport. Pushing through the touts, I was packed into a waiting van and shuttled to the University, where I was handed a key to my room, a cold dinner of rice and chicken in a styrofoam box, and a roll of toilet paper. It seemed like such a dream. The p ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Greater Accra » Accra

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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