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The topless insanity of itchy appreciation

I’m a woman on the brink of insanity with itchiness. It’s a painful, prickling itchy. But mostly I’m worried about reverse culture shock, adapting to a culture of affluence and forgetting to appreciate the simple, but precious things in life, like running water. . . . → Read More: The topless insanity of itchy appreciation

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Facing up to an Arms Dealer: Part II

This story continues on from Part I on Wednesday. Read Facing up to an Arms Dealer in the Ivory Coast, Part 1 before continuing on to this second half of the story.
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The vehicle left the station in The Ivory Coast around 6 am. We arrived in Ghana in a border town in the western region that . . . → Read More: Facing up to an Arms Dealer: Part II

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Facing up to an arms dealer in the Ivory Coast—an education with a difference.

By Godwin. This is a story of something that happened to me almost 10 years ago now.

In 2001, after graduating from senior high school, I decided to travel to the Ivory Coast with a friend to look for a job so I could raise some money towards my university education. I went with this . . . → Read More: Facing up to an arms dealer in the Ivory Coast—an education with a difference.

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Are you MaD?: Micro-finance

This is the second post in our series about making a difference. If you want to read the all, head over to our page Are you MaD?

There has been a lot of buzz about micro-finance in the past few years, not without reason. That statistic about living on a dollar or two dollars a day in . . . → Read More: Are you MaD?: Micro-finance

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Are you MaD?: Education for change

Make a difference through education in the developing world . . . → Read More: Are you MaD?: Education for change

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Godwin Talks: If Ghanaians’ enthusiasm for football touched other aspects of life we might be truly great.

We have a new site www.g-lish.org where you can read all articles from This is Ghana in a much more organised fashion. Read Godwin Talks: If Ghanaians’ enthusiasm for football touched other aspects of life we might be truly great there.“There is nothing that unifies Ghanaians like soccer. I don’t know if I told you this . . . → Read More: Godwin Talks: If Ghanaians’ enthusiasm for football touched other aspects of life we might be truly great.

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“Northern Ghana”

We have a new site www.g-lish.org where you can read all articles from This is Ghana in a much more organised fashion. Read “Northern Ghana” there.

I was inspired by an interesting blog, Ghana Rising, and its reference to FT Magazine’s story, The Human Tsunami, focusing on climate change triggering human migration–in particular from the northern regions . . . → Read More: “Northern Ghana”

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