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The main boulevard at the University of Ghana
Funeral of a well known professor and composer, the late Professor Willie Anku, in Gbadzeme-Avatime, Volta Region.
Fishing village along the coast to the west of Takoradi
Butre beach... will definitely be back here at some point!
The longtime headquarters of the Ghana National Symphony Orchestra, one segment of the National Theatre of Ghana. I just discovered this short but interesting article written about the orchestra during my time in Ghana. We can only hope that the government begins to appreciate what this orchestra has contributed to Ghana (and Africa, as one of the only orchestras in Africa) over the past few decades. Without more funding an organization such as this does not stand a chance in Ghana. Educational programs, run by the orchestra, key to the next generation of instrumentalists, have been cut in recent years due to lack of funds. Of course this is a tremendously complicated issue in a developing country where seemingly more pressing issues demand attention. However, to the best of my knowledge other segments of the National Theatre have not had such tremendous financial difficulties in recent years. I hope that someday soon those in power in Ghana will realize what the GNSO can contribute in their country.
Music department at the University of Ghana, Legon.
The music department at the University of Ghana, Legon, just outside of Accra.
Eating dinner on the beach in Cape Coast not too far from the slave castle. Kind of an eery sight in such a beautiful place.
View from the slave castle down the beach.
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This is the E.P. Trinity Parish Church, Madina, where I spent a lot of time with the Good News Choir and attended worship on most Sundays.
Mills is the current president of Ghana. I don't care who you supported in the last US election... I think we can all laugh at the bizarre ways that people perceive politics in the world. It's almost comical driving down the highway and seeing all of the local Ghanaian political billboards with the word "change." However, maybe there's something to it?? Either way, sorry for this.
Only in Ghana will you find a sign pointing towards an evangelical church right next to a sign advertising grasscutter (lower right corner), a type of cane rat often eaten for lunch or dinner. I will try just about any food, but I will say without a doubt that I will never eat grasscutter again! It does not taste like chicken.
Ghana's cheap alternative to water bottles... "purified" water in plastic bags. An interesting article on these bags and the environment.
Madina, a suburb of Accra and a major Islamic centre in Southern Ghana. This was my home base during my trip. Often times I would be woken up in the middle of the night by the call to prayer. In many instances the power was out due to a thunderstorm from the previous evening leaving the entire town in complete silence aside from the amplified singing coming from the 4 or 5 mosques nearby.
"Papa"owns a large compound where he rents dirt cheap rooms to foreigners such as myself.
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