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 Local Kids there.

“Snap me” is a phrase that will follow you wherever children and your camera intersect. Usually I have a hard time photographing people up close; I feel like I’m invading their space and privacy, particularly knowing many Ghanaians don’t like to be photographed. So, I don’t hide my camera when I’m out to take photos and I wait to be invited to photograph people. If I’m not invited, I don’t zoom in, but rather stick to scenes of an impersonal nature. Some people I know have no qualms photographing people but after asking permission to do so. So, while I was watching the local Barca versus Chelsea match, when the kids asked to be “snapped” I snapped away. I’ll print them for the kids and give the photos as gifts–Ghanaians love to have their own photos. Here are some wonderful photos from the kids around home this week…have you ever seen a cooler kid than the one in the hat at the top? Way too cool for this town!