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There and Back Again: Northern Ghana

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September 21st 2006
September 14: Began the trip with a visit to Kumasi, the capital and heart of the Ashanti people and the site of the largest market in West Africa. I did my buying elsewhere, however, and with my growing grasp of the Twi language, bargained for cloth in the touristy village of Bonwire. I couldn't discern whether they asked me to repeat "wobegye sen?" (roughly translated as "how much do yo ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Northern » Tamale

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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