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Gayle Pescud

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About Gayle Pescud

6 posts · joined 2009-04-19

I live and work in Ghana. Previously I volunteered and worked for Global Mamas and Women in Progress in Cape Coast. In between, I spent a year working in Cambodia and Vietnam for Traidcraft (UK). My blog tells a lot of the story: http://gisforghana.blogspot.com I am passionate about telling Ghanaian stories to the world. My main interests include fair trade, sustainable development, women in development, peace and conflict, writing, and youth issues.

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October 9th, 2009

Ghana: We Still Remember Kwame Nkrumah

A small portrait of the translator Gayle Pescud · 15:48, October 9th, 2009 · Sub-Saharan Africa
"In a dusty, browning album belonging to my late father, I found the above photograph of the first President of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah..," writes Ghanaian blogger, Abena. 4 comments  · read »

September 5th, 2009

Ghanaian food goes global and “You are invited”

A small portrait of the translator Gayle Pescud · 13:45 · Sub-Saharan Africa
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Mushy, gooey, fragrant, grainy, tasty, starchy, spicy, creamy, rotund, freaking amazing—these are just some of the adjectives bloggers use to describe Ghanaian cuisine. From Seoul to London, Guangzhou to Tamale, people are blogging about Ghanaian food. 3 comments  · read »

July 15th, 2009

Ghana: Global discussion of Obama's visit to Ghana

A small portrait of the translator Gayle Pescud · 14:56 · Sub-Saharan Africa
The diversity of voices participating in the global discussion concerning President Obama’s visit to Ghana and the speech made on Saturday 11th of July in Accra almost universally share a common thread irrespective of the arguments, views and opinions otherwise expressed: sincere hope for Africa and Africans. And bloggers have been asking: Why Ghana? Why not Kenya, the President’s ancestral home, or Nigeria, the self-professed “super-power”? And why now? Is it about oil or democracy? 1 comment  · read »

July 6th, 2009

Ghana: Bloggers Discuss Business Process Outsourcing

A small portrait of the translator Gayle Pescud · 16:34 · Ghana
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Few know that A.T.Kearney rated Ghana as sub-Saharan Africa's number one Business Process Outsourcing destination in 2005 and, as of June 2009, the nation’s achievements in this field look set to continue. Several bloggers reported on an agreement signed in early June between two leading ICT organisations that will provide unprecedented opportunities for ICT students, create thousands of jobs, and underpin the growth of this nascent industry. 0 comments  · read »

June 29th, 2009

Ghana: New Media in the Hands of Young Ghanaians

A small portrait of the translator Gayle Pescud · 17:01, June 29th, 2009 · Sub-Saharan Africa
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Operated by young people, for young people, YPWC exploits new media to create links with like-minded individuals and organisations around the world to enhance opportunities for young people here in Ghana. 1 comment  · read »

June 5th, 2009

Ghana: Speculation, excitement and hopes over Obama's visit

A small portrait of the translator Gayle Pescud · 18:12 · Sub-Saharan Africa
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Bloggers around the world speculate about President Obama's choice to visit Ghana first in sub-Saharan Africa. Across the continent Africans have been asking, “Why Ghana?” Many commentators are suggesting that the choice to visit Ghana first is an explicit endorsement of the nation's recent peaceful elections and that the USA values peace and democracy above personal affiliations and more powerful nations. 4 comments  · read »