Yesterday some friends and I drove out of Accra and into the fertile, intensely green valley to the north. Our destination was the large town of Nsawam and we were
https://sixdegreesnorth.me/2015/05/06/searching-for-the-lost-treasures-of-the-gold-coast/
From the country that brought you Azonto music and kente cloth, today let’s enjoy the exuberance of a fantasy coffin! To say that funerals are a big deal in Ghana,
https://sixdegreesnorth.me/2015/04/19/looking-to-go-out-in-style-ghanas-fantasy-coffins/
Over the last three years in Ghana I have seen desperately poor, tiny villages. I have seen the hopelessness of mentally ill, homeless people. I have seen simple, heart-breaking poverty.
https://sixdegreesnorth.me/2015/02/13/sodom-and-gomorrah-a-day-trip-to-hell/
This morning I am sitting in my new office, a little space tucked off my bedroom, with windows on each side which allows the breeze (and no doubt the harmattan
https://sixdegreesnorth.me/2015/01/15/simple-pleasures-and-small-mercies/
This month, most of the avoidable and unnecessary setbacks in the fight to stop Ebola can be linked to stupidity. Unfortunately, history shows that stupidity is a pandemic, and, like
https://sixdegreesnorth.me/2014/09/18/ebola-heartbreak-stupidity-bravery/
Hi there, It’s been a while since I have posted some Friday fun through TGIA – Thank God it’s Africa. TGIA is my look at the weird and wonderful things
https://sixdegreesnorth.me/2014/09/12/tgia-thank-god-its-africa-6/
In Australia, mid year was that difficuilt time, nothing special going on, a wintery greyness punctuated by days of cold, clear sunshine. But there was no event to be marked
https://sixdegreesnorth.me/2014/09/08/home-is-where-the-internet-connects-automatically/
It’s been three weeks since I wrote about Ebola in West Africa. In this time infections and deaths have increased steadily (see the revised graph below), and the disease has
If you’re not Ghanaian, and want to drive in Ghana, you have to get your Ghanaian licence. A reliable supplier of Novocain (for the town traffic) and more traditional styles of nose candy (...
https://sixdegreesnorth.me/2014/07/27/ghanaian-road-signs-simplified/
Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). Formerly known as Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever (EHF). Currently enjoying its worst season ever (for people, not the virus) in West Africa, with over 800 infections and