Accra is a growing, dynamic and increasingly diverse city, and the wealth of excellent places to see, spend free time and explore are testimony to that. In addition, these all make the city incredibly attractive to foreigners such as myself, and great spots to learn more about the city — and the country’s history and… Continue reading Tourist in the City: Accra (in Pictures)
wiki wiki wiki!
So I just stumbled across this fabulous resource – a wiki on water issues in Sub-Saharan African countries, can you imagine! The IWA Water Wiki is a “An information resource and hub for the global water community.” They have in-depth water and sanitation analyses on cities like…Lagos, Nigeria; Accra, Ghana; Nairobi, Kenya; Dakar, Senegal, etc. … Continue reading wiki wiki wiki!
The City of Accra gets a Logo: New Face, New Attitude?
It’s official, the Mayor of Ghana, Dr. Alfred Vanderpuije, in collaboration with the Accra Metro Assembly has unveiled the city’s new logo: According to the Adom Online article linked above, the logo symbolizes the “engagement of citizens towards a new city philosophy that includes making Accra a better city forever.” This is part of the… Continue reading The City of Accra gets a Logo: New Face, New Attitude?
Celebrating Ghana’s Win, Accra-style
Ghana recently played (and defeated) the United States 2-1 to progress through the semifinals for the FIFA World Cup, currently taking place in South Africa. I rooted for Ghana, of course! (As they say, “when in Rome, do as Romans do,” right?) Photos below show some of the after-win celebrations in the streets of Accra… Continue reading Celebrating Ghana’s Win, Accra-style
A Message to MTN
MTN, you have great advertisements and commercials (England v. Germany commercial for example), but sometimes the phone service is a bit lacking. Perhaps you should take some money from your advertising budget and send it over to your communications infrastructure section…I’m sick of my text messages not going through and dropped calls!
An awesome new find: Nka, Journal of Contemporary African Art
My fav supervisor pointed me in the direction of this fabulous scholarly journal on contemporary Africa art, appropriately titled Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art. Nka is published three times a year out of Duke University, and it’s been around since 1994, but I’ve just discovered it, and I’m glad I did! The journal’s mission,… Continue reading An awesome new find: Nka, Journal of Contemporary African Art
Things I should have done in school…
Setting up design challenges for myself, to keep my skills up! Currently fiddling around with Google Sketchup trying to replicate this, a house in Warri, Nigeria: Here’s what I came up. At least it resembles the house, although it needs a bit of work. Not too bad for a first try…