Happy Independence Day, Ghana (for 6 March)

What can I say? Slowly getting back into the rhythm of blogging.

Ghana turns 51 tomorrow, 6 March, and as such, it is declared a statutory national holiday. People get back to work on Friday.

Happy Birthday!

More new buildings in East Legon

Last year, this building was not erected in East Legon. A year later, follwing the trend of many other buildings being established by individuals for Ghana's Golden Jubilee celebrations, and the increasing number of tourists trouping into the country for those celebrations, as well as Ghana's hosting of CAN 2008, or the Africa Cup of Nations in Jan 2008, many buildings are set up to respond to the needs of consumers.

This one includes a bookshop (Christian), and an eaterie. That's to the right, where you can see the two red parasols;-)

Images of Ghana President John A Kufuor in the UK on State Visit

Well, these are not exactly pictures as I wasn't in London myself, but pictures captured by my digital camera of TV images from Ghana's state television GTV. Sue me!;-) This is Westminster, UK, as you might have surmised, and you can see one of the quintessential landmark that typifies the UK: the Big Ben. I fyou look closely enough at the image capture, you can see the ticker scrolling from righ to left with the words :you are watching a live coverage of..."
this image, regrettably, is not as clear as I would've wanted it to be, but let me just say that it provides a vignette--of sorts--of Ghanaians in the UK watching the Queen of England move graciously, albeit geriatrically, with the Ghanaian president.
Finally, this image shows both UK and Ghana flags (can you see the red-gold-green of the Ghana flag?)lined up one after the other on both sides of that famous road near the Palace, and ,with a motoracade I could only describe as UK-protocol-engineered-yet-formidable. The road is so famous I forget the name...;-)

Apologies--yet again--for the lack of posting, but the sporadic nature of the Net has been so bad it's not funny. Please bear with me, and have a great weekend in the meantime!!

A Snapshot of Ghana, Three Days after Jubilee!

This is just opposite where I work, where we find, it is a hotel--fully-booked--for the next month or so, on account of the Jubilee celebrations.

The flags flying are: Kenyan; Ghanaian; Nigerian; Ghana@50 flag; Cote d'Ivoire; British (not in that order)

Have a great weekend! I have set up a blog for those who might want to check out some of the videos I captured on my digital camera of the celebrations. There are three there already, including that of the Duke of Kent addressing the Parliament of Ghana. Check it out here: http://myghanaat50videos.blogspot.com

Toodle pip!!

Happy Birthday, Ghana!: You are 50(Fifty)!!!

The front of Monday 5 March, 2007's Daily Graphic's cover...


...certainly a cover/an edition to keep for posterity!

Happy Birthday, Mother Ghana!! You are 50 (Fifty)!

As I won't be in tomorrow, given it being a statutory holiday, as well as the subsequent day, I am posting this for 6 March.

Happy Jubilee!!! This is a cover of the latest edition of New African. The cover is, well, not surprising. It dedicates a good 45 pages, including the odd advert, but almost fifty anyway(!!) to Ghana!

Enjoy!!

PS Just one thing: Nkrumah, in fact, said "Ghana, our beloved country is free forever" Now, unless, New African did not have that in quotes, it could be accepted; otherwise it appears the "Greatest African" who ever lived might have said that...

Ghana's Electricity Crisis: Some Relief?

Many apologies for not having been able to post on Friday, but -- yet again -- we got a case of sporadic reception of broadband internet:-(

Either way, I'll definitely do my best to provide some more pictures throughout the day to make up for those two days.

This picture here is nothing exotic: a mere capture of the front of country's Daily Graphic of last week's edition, when the nation was informed that the country will experience no black-outs on the scale of this, when the load management programme for the nation to conserev energy began, back in August 2006.

So far, apart from a short "brownout" yesterday where I live, it's been pretty consistent. Fingers crossed!

Countdown is less than 24hours for our Jubilee!!!