Travel Impressions & Photography – Page 2

And This Is How I Fell In Love . . .

Stories about love always start with the moment lovers meet. Mine will be somewhat different and somewhat the same. If that is a contradiction, then so is love. Recently, I found a new African song to add to my Afrobeats collection, accept, this song is not Afrobeats. It’s in the form of a traditional Zambian…

#AfriCapitalism: Does African Currency Matter?

Waiting to pay my bill in Ghana, I rummaged through my purse and my pockets. Oh, no! I hadn’t any more Ghana Cedis. I was in the West African nation of Ghana, and I had run out of Cedis (the national currency). All I had were dollars and at present there was no place to…

Part 5: The Music That Moves

Music is probably the only thing you can take from a moment in time apart from a memory. It leaves indelible prints on the heart and mind. From my trip to Accra I brought back Afrobeats . . . not as though I did not know about it or enjoy it in the past. I’m…

Part 4 : The African Entrepreneur

The economics of business and social policy always happen to creep into my mind whenever I visit a new place. It was no different in Ghana. I had a great opportunity to talk with everyday folks to find out their take on government, politics, money and business. Most Ghanaians I met, seemed fairly settled on the…

Part 3: Far from Kapiti Plain

The first day in Adabraka, Accra Ghana, I had a tour guide. He took me around the city to a few notable places. He pointed them out and he was kind. He had a fascination with America that I thought was cute. He was absolutely sure that America was a beautiful place and he would like…

Part 2: Pieces of an Unfinished Diary

While I was in Accra, I attempted to write my thoughts in a diary. Collecting pieces and impressions just moments or hours after the interaction helped me to capture them in more vivid terms than even a recollection from today. So, I’ve pieced together little pieces of my Diary–those events I can share! “Ghana is…