So while scouring the internet for more information regarding the African prostitutes of Europe I learned that some of the Ghanaian prostitutes are not actually Ghanaian but Nigerian women who have secured Ghanaian passports and that a lot of the Nigerian women involved in this trade in general come from Benin City, Edo State. I […]
When kelewele trumped mangoes
You know, despite the fact that a lot of young childhood pictures of myself that included food had me chomping down on a mango, I wasn’t always obsessed with them. In the back of my head, they have probably always been my favourite fruit, but my favourite thing to eat? I don’t think so. That […]
Little Bee: A Novel by Chris Cleave
Barnes & Noble link I requested this book from PaperBackSwap at the suggestion of a friend who had begun to read it this summer. Nothing else. I’m one of those who likes to read the back of a book to prepare myself for what is in store or to decide if a book is worth […]
Samba kings trample the elephants
I wasn’t able to get tickets for the Brazil – Ivory Coast game on the FIFA website. But back in March I had arranged to buy two tickets from a Finnish man I contacted online. He was arriving today, the day of the game, and I was to go to his guesthouse to make the […]
Return to Accra By Way of Noe-Elubo
So after all our talk about flying, we decided to return to Accra from the Ivory Coast by road by way of Elubo. The border had re-opened 4 days after the skirmish and we thought we would be fine. The trip to Noe, the border town on the Ivorian side, in the local trotro was […]
Grand Bassam & Abidjan
Grand Bassam! What a ghost town! The last time I was here, I was a toddler so I don’t remember anything. But from what I hear, it used to be the place to be. From what I see, the place is dead, the buildings dilapidated. Grand Bassam is east of Abidjan. Lots of Ivorian Nzema […]
From Half Assini to the Ivory Coast
We are going to Ivorian Nzema to visit other family. The plan was to leave early so that we could make it to Grand Bassam before dusk. We needed a new taxi since the other one was damaged by the goat. We had discussed with Old Man and his family the possible complications we could face […]
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.