Stories about Ghana from August, 2005
Ghana: Why do we blog?
Ghanian blogger David Mends–who just started blogging yesterday–asks why do we blog?
The BBC sponsors African blogs
The BBC has a long tradition of encouraging readers and listeners of their Africa service to talk about their views of the continent, running features like “Why I Love Africa”, where Africans and afrophiles are invited to share their positive visions of the continent. They've recently gone a step farther...
Ghana: Kente Weavers of Ashanti
Last night, I put together a short video about traditional kente weaving in Ghana's Ashanti region. Kente, perhaps the most famous West African textile, is brightly colored, coming in a variety of patterns, some reserved for use by Ashanti royalty. The video was shot in the historic kente weaving village of Bonwire, about an hour south of Kumasi. Three weavers are featured, each using a traditional loom to make the cloth. The video also contains music performed by Ghanaian drummer Obo Addy, used with permission from Alula Records. There are two versions of the video: high resolution (13 megs) and low resolution (two megs).
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Ghana: Sex in the City, or Lack Thereof
Emmanuel.K.Bensah blogs from Ghana's capital city about an adults-only radio promo that accidentally ran all weekend, exposing it to families and children.
Flickr Pick from Ghana
Photograph by Andy Carvin
