Harmattan Redux!

This morning, it was unusually cold. Little did Ghanaians know that they were going to wake up to another "round" of the Harmattan--those dusty winds that blow through Western Africa. My sources tell me Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Burkina were also plagued by this kind of weather this morning.

Between you and me, bar the dust, I quite like the coolness!

Spintex Road into Accra

Spintex Road, near Regimanuel Estates

Tetteh-Quarshie GPRTU Bus Terminal

Ghana's Winter of Discontent...

...is not just about the global recession hitting the economy, but the harmattan evening causing some bodily discontent, read as dry lips, mostly.

In the evening, as one can imagine, the haze as you can see here goes away, to be replaced by very cool air.

Harmattan Morning--or Ghana's Winter Morning

As if to presage that there is a new dawn in the world, with the inauguration of President Barack Obama, the strong winds coming from the Sub-Sahara have manifested themselves in the form of what Ghana typically knows as the harmattan season.

Quite a number of Ghanaians wear sweaters and jackets in this period, because the chill wind is very much like the icy wind that blows against one's face in Europe!

In this picture, which I took around 7.15am this morning, you could see that even the sun was covered by the dust(y winds)! It was actually a haze...