Marta and I lived in Ghana from September 2006 until May 2007, and we recorded much of the trip on this blog. We still post things here, occasionally, such as these two articles I wrote on the experience that were published after returning home, and Marta's report on the trip for the University of Calgary.

Feel free to peruse the whole site. For a quick taste of what the experience was like for us, here is a selection of our favourite posts:

September 10th - "Mr. Barfy" (Our first day/night)
September 11th - "I don't want to live a fufu life" (Marta's first day of work)
September 23rd - "Clap for Jesus Enterprises" (My first game of basketball)
October 8th - "Before Before Shopping Centre" (After a visit to Nkrumah's Mausoleum)
October 17th - "(Boyz-Boyz) Blue Cheese Rice Restaurant" (Featuring: The debut of the Obruni Factor [O.F.])
October 25th - "Happy Yourself Tailoring Shop" (Featuring: Bees)
November 11th - "Powerful Jesus Ventures Video Rental + Comm." (Crash Course on all things Ghanaian)
November 21st - "Untitled" (Thanksgiving and football)
December 23rd - "Happy Holidays!" (Our Christmas Card)
January 10th - "The Confident Urge (Final Version?)" (Visa fun)
February 13th - "Don't Mind Your Wife Chop Bar" (Mosquito hunting)
February 19th - "Tamale Update" (Marta's report from the north)
March 6th - "Happy 50th Anniversary Ghana!" (Marta's photo collage of the celebrations)

If we can't go back to Ghana...

Ghana will come to us!


Go Snow Leopard, go!

Finally Canadian documentaries get the kick in the butt they need

Nollywood style. Sharp-sharp, let's go-let's go!

The Greatest Ad (and Catchiest Jingle) in Ghanaian History

Glossy Tourism Ad

Dwarf - 1,000 years

We have a scanner now - what a great opportunity to bring an aforementioned gem of tro-tro lit straight to you. From the back pages of "Biography of Ghana Leaders" (click on it to expand it):

"We'll work and work and work and by the time we are Ghana @ Diamond we will just be a country"

KSM, Ghana's top comedian, gave this performance in Accra while we were in town - though we weren't about to throw around the money needed to attend...

You can listen to it free here - it's good stuff:

BBC World Service Posting on KSM
Just the Audio

U of C Article

As you may recall, the whole reason Rob and I were in Ghana was because I was doing a CIDA funded internship that was coordinated by the University of Calgary, my implementing organization. The U of C has recently added an article that I wrote for them to their website. The article summarizes some of my thoughts and reflections on the whole professional and personal experience of being in Ghana. If you'd like to read it, you can find it here!

Stop, Collaborate and Listen!

King Ayisoba at Labadi Pleasure Beach