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Travel guide to Accra, Ghana
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Visiting Ussher Fort, an old slave-trading post in Ghana
On our way to Makola Market
In Accra, Ghana you can get your clothes measured to fit and made by a tailor with materials you select from Makola Market.
Continue reading On our way to Makola MarketA guided tour through Kwame Nkrumah park
Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum and Memorial Park in downtown Accra is home to bronze statues, tree-lined fountains, colourful peacocks, rare birds and a monumental marble mausoleum memorializing Ghana’s first president Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Overflowing with nature, the park is a quiet retreat right in the heart of downtown Accra.
Continue reading A guided tour through Kwame Nkrumah parkNational Museum of Ghana sculpture garden
The garden outside the National Museum of Ghana is full of sculptures that showcase the region’s local culture and history.
Continue reading National Museum of Ghana sculpture gardenWhere to eat in Accra
In Canada people are quick to warn you that when you travel abroad you have to be careful what you eat. They will profess with a warning not to eat street meat because of what happened to them or a friend of a friend when they did. We listened to their advice but once we arrived in Ghana, it was a different story we headed directly to a spot down the road from our hostel to try the local food.
Continue reading Where to eat in AccraDalai Lama releasing album on his 85th birthday?
What if I told you that Tibetan spiritual leader, His Holiness, the Dalai Lama was dropping an album on his birthday next month? My initial reaction was “Fake news,” but then I thought what if it’s true?
Continue reading Dalai Lama releasing album on his 85th birthday?Black Summers Night Live Party Stream
In 1989 a police officer pressed a gun to my nose in a routine traffic stop
Reflections on how I learned from that experience and have applied diversity to my businesses ever since
Seeing the horrific George Floyd incident and the related protests, mayhem, and looting is bringing back a flood of emotions and memories.
Continue reading In 1989 a police officer pressed a gun to my nose in a routine traffic stop
Hito Steyerl shapes a future out of free plots instead of free ports
In Hito Steyerl: This is the Future, the first major solo exhibition in Canada for German filmmaker and writer Hito Steyerl, she actively confronts viewers with her critique of the world. She localizes the global and makes the political personal. And she articulates her message so that it is too loud, too bright, and too exciting to ignore.
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