I haven’t been a stranger to the big D…. Depression. For those of you thinking about the other “Big D,” I appreciate your perverted mind 🙂 For the past year, I have been a witness to how Ghanaian’s deal with trauma, loss, disappointment and depression. For the most part, they don’t deal with it at …
Relocating to Tema a few months ago has proven to me that as much as I loved travelling, often as travelers we don’t get to see the real nature of a place until we reside there. Ghana is the realest place I have ever lived. By real, I mean it is so visceral, vivacious and …
“Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course.” ― Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book I watched the village women wailing and pulling at their hair in response to my grandfather’s arrival at his ancestral home. They called his name over and over again to let him know he had arrived. …