FOR A WHILE NOW I HAVE TRIED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT AFRICAN LITERATURE, a far from simple exploration for a European dominated by the…
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Trip to Ghana (6 of 7) – What do you need a knife and fork for?
THE WATERFALL DROPS SPECTACULARLY ONTO THE LAKE and can be observed from two wooden hammocks that almost enter the water as if they were airbeds.…
TRIP TO GHANA (5 of 7) – BATS AROUND A WATERFALL
THE TELEPHONE IN MY BEDROOM RINGS AT HALF PAST SIX IN THE MORNING. Irritated, I place the receiver to my ear, and the receptionist tells…
TRIP TO GHANA (4 of 7) – ELMINA AND THE RAT-LIKE SCREAMS
HERE IN CAPE COAST, GHANA, ALONGSIDE THE CANYONS, WITH THE WAVES BREAKING BEFORE ME, I circle around a bit thinking that in this precise spot…
TRIP TO GHANA (3 of 7) – SLAVERY BEGINS AT CAPE COAST
IN GHANA, RELIGIOUS CONCENTRATIONS HAVE A POWERFUL STRONGHOLD. ‘Empowerment’, as the phenomenon is called, is full of clergymen whose faces are shown on many street…
TRIP TO GHANA (2) of (7) – A RAVE-UP OF A NIGHT AND A HECTIC DAY IN ACCRA
I KNOW RIGHT FROM THE START THAT JOKERS IS NOT MY KIND OF BAR. The moment I step foot out of the taxi, I can…
TRIP TO GHANA (1 of 7) – A SORDID AND GHASTLY PLACE
I AM WRITING FROM ACCRA, GHANA, AND I CAN SCARCELY BELIEVE THAT I AM FINALLY HERE. I am writing with bloodshot eyes, with several days’…