Out of Africa

During our taxi ride back to Accra, we listened to radio coverage of the 60th anniversary of Ghana’s independence celebrations. Journalists, professors and politicians expressed disappointment about the lack of progress during the last 60 years as a nation. But they also spoke with pride about their home and the Ghanaian people. Once back at…

Acclimating to Accra

We crossed the border from Togo into Ghana the most authentic way possible: on foot. Strapped into hefty backpacks, coated in dust and glistening with sweat, our band of bedraggled Midwesterners shuffled through the sand. The ocean wasn’t far from Sean’s apartment and then we followed the coast a short distance to the border. As…