Category Archives: Ghana

Kumasi, Accra; Ghana

By pertorkelson | Published: May 11, 2007

Rainy season is here! It’s raining several times a week, and I enjoy this weather, because of the coolness after the raindrops have fallen.
At work the past 2-3 weeks; loads of administrational (office) work and visits to various institutions, departments etc. We have also paid a visit to a home for mentally retarded children outside [...]

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Tamale, Yendi, Ho, Kumasi, Elmina, Accra; Ghana

By pertorkelson | Published: April 1, 2007

Trip to the north (16th-22nd March)
16th of March – This day we stayed in Tamale, we visited an aunt of Mr Abu and Issah and were roaming around the city. There aren’t any really big tourist attractions in the city, but we liked it very much anyway and also our accommodation was very nice; Gariba [...]

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Kumasi, Accra, Tamale; Ghana

By pertorkelson | Published: March 16, 2007

24th of February – It was just after 03 am, I had been hearing the sirens from the fire service for 10-15 minutes. I looked out of my window and I saw some orange, yellow and red light; there was a fire not far away from our apartment building. I went to wake up Mohammed [...]

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Kumasi, Ghana

By pertorkelson | Published: February 22, 2007

On the 8th of February it rained a lot in the evening here in Kumasi and it was very windy too. It rained to an extent that my room was like Lake Volta. The whole evening Issah and Maimunatu helped me with drying the floors in the rooms.
At work: I have contacted several diplomatic missions [...]

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Kumasi, Ghana

By pertorkelson | Published: February 6, 2007

On Wednesday the 24th of January, Mr Abu and I had discussions with a politician in Aboabo. We wanted to see him to promote SYDD (Solidarity for Youth and Disabled Development) and to discuss the problems within the Zongo community. The Muslim community in Kumasi consists of more than 250 000 people, and the majority [...]

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Kumasi, Ghana

By pertorkelson | Published: January 22, 2007

I’m very glad for the TV I bought three weeks ago, because every weekday I watch international news from DW-TV (Deutsche Welle) which is broadcasted on GTV and TV Africa. We have three channels which are free of charge; GTV, TV Africa and TV3. TV3 broadcasts programmes from MTV (Music Television) a few times every [...]

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Kumasi, Ghana

By pertorkelson | Published: January 10, 2007

Eid Ul Adha, the Islamic holiday which took place between 30 Dec-1 Jan, was something special for me to experience. I watched Muslims here and there walking around with cows and sheep. During those three days I saw meet everywhere. Within the premises where Mr Abu lives, I watched Malam and his relatives slaughter the [...]

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