One of the memorable moments of our visit to Nzema was a day trip to our father’s farm in Sowodademu, near the border with Côte d’Ivoire. He has had the land there and farmed it for quite a while. When we used to live in Accra in the early 1990s, he would return from his […]
Guest Post:The Cure All Malam
I saw this on our travels and thought K’Chie would appreciate it. We were in Nzema on our way to our father’s farm. We stopped along the way for a few supplies. It was market day in that village and I was walking around taking in the sights. Then I come across this. He’s a […]
Guest Post: Ghana – A few sights
Approaching Accra Nzema greetings at Fort Appolonia Pictorial of Nzema festival “Kundum/Abissa” Nzema beach Nzema beach – Daddy walked along here to get from village to village as a child The river Daddy learnt to swim in decades ago, Bonyere Another view of the river…just across from the sea Cape Coast Castle Cape Coast Castle […]
Atadwe (tiger nuts): The Next Superfood?
It humours me the “newly discovered” diet and nutritional claims made on food products foreign to the American taste. The current farro and quinoa elitism aside, I can’t help but scratch my head at the fancy $20 bottles of African mango (Irvingia gabonesis) pills on the shelves, touted on Dr. Oz as a miracle […]
Alasa fruit (African star apple) Revisited
It’s been a while since I had an alasa fruit. In the process of acquiring one, I have learnt that my mother has no clue what it is let alone how to eat one; and that my sister, M’sa, who claims to have loved it as a child had never cherished it to the point […]
Guest Post: Ghana and I Reunited
Two weeks ago, I told my sister K’Chie that upon my arrival to Ghana, I will give her an all access viewing to my experiences by blogging in real-time. My father had assured the family that we would have Wi-Fi — plus internet — so everything was all set. Two weeks later, here I am […]
Abandoned in the US
Tomorrow, my mother and sisters are going to board a plane to Ghana and leave me all alone in the United States of America. Abandoned seems to be the perfect word to describe what I feel. True enough, I was extended the invite as well months ago but for several reasons, none of which I […]
Censored by Al Jazeera America
When we arrived in the United States twenty years ago, it did not take long for my father, a diplomat who can watch the news from morning to night with an occasional break for a sporting event and sometimes a movie, to find PBS. We would watch the garbage of network news fooled by their […]
Brunch with the Mother
It’s my sister M’sa’s birthday. The plan is for brunch in the city (NYC) and ice-skating. It’s frigidly cold and if the meteorologists are correct, it will be the first significant snow day of the year. I have just driven a few hours from my home to join the birthday party prior to departure. To […]
Exploring De Oude Kerk in Amsterdam
The Oude Kerk (Old Church) is the oldest surviving building in Amsterdam. Part of my fascination with it is that it’s right next to De Wallen, home to the Red Light District. It seems to me that that area has always been derelict. The church was consecrated in 1306 as Saint Nicholas Church, with Saint […]
A lover of mangoes. A woman - smart, without pretense, lefthanded, Afropolitan - navigating this thing called life. An unapologetic believer in social justice and karma. Choosing to radiate positive energy and be true to myself. Here, my musings.