After helping me crack palm nuts

Gone to Ghana: My African Adventures

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August 26th 2014
August 25, 2014 I spent an interesting afternoon at the orphanage. When I got there I found most of the children behind the orphanage cracking palm nuts. I found out that they have two different uses for them. The first is cooking them to make palm nut soup and the second is to get the oil to add to salve which they use after they bathe. I then asked if I could help them with the nuts. I s ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Greater Accra » Teshie

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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