Accra is the capital of the small, West African country of Ghana, which achieved its independence in 1957 from its colonial master, the United Kingdom. It celebrates 50 years in 2007, and is projecting itself fast and furiously as "gateway to West Africa". It's an exciting city, with its unique problems, but with it close to the Atlantic ocean, and many beaches, who can resist coming here? Come along...
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"...bringing Accra to life one entry at a time!" |
With Sulley Muntari saving Ghana from disgrace at the 90th minute, we get newspaper headlines like these...
...and patriotism like this taxi flying a flag. This craze is something many, many Ghanaians have caught on. My flag flutters in my heart!!;-)Labels: ghana can 2008, ghana guinea, ghana taxi
posted by Emmanuel.K.Bensah II @ Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Brought up in Brussels, Belgium (1981-2004), it took me a while to grow up. The sudden passing of my late brother in early nineties forced me to do just that. I love Brussels, but I had to come back to my home of Accra, Ghana in Aug 2004 to work professionally. My journal-writing since 1989 only goes to underscore how the blogosphere is good country for me: it complements my various writings—including since Oct 2007, those for Ghana’s only Sunday newspaper Sunday World as ICT/Technology columnist, which position was seconded by a former boss.
4 Comments:
At 2:50 AM,
peculiar VIrtue said…
Ghana-ooooooo! I could only imagine the electricity in the air over there! From the pics I've seen, it's almost as festive as the Ghana@50 celebrations.
One of my regrets is not bringing back a Ghana flag with me to show my 'pride' here at home. I did manage to get a S. Appiah Black Stars jersey, though. :o)
At 12:40 PM,
Paz said…
Very cool!
Paz
At 5:44 PM,
Emmanuel.K.Bensah II said…
pv--that's too bad!! Many thanks for your support -- I can feel it here!!;-)
Paz--thanks!
At 6:13 AM,
sam said…
hehe, I see football fever is at full pitch! Being a South African, the less said about Bafana Bafanas dismal performance the better!
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