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Author Biography: Leah Wong

Leah Wong is entering into her fourth-year of Ryerson's journalism program, and has completed her minor in Politics and Governance. She was recently elected President of Ryerson's jhr chapter, and served as the Editor-in-Chief of the 2011 issue of Speak Magazine. She was an editoral intern for Global News Online's "Days of Remembrance" micro-site, and contributes regularly to CollegeCandy.com. Leah aspires to work for either a magazine or an online publication after graduation.

The obruni tries to speak Twi

In Blog, By Country, Ghana, Job Type, Uncategorized, University Internship, University Internships,
by Leah Wong September 19, 2011

Recorded clips of Chris and I attempting to learn Twi became a great source of amusement for the staff at Kapital Radio. During our “lessons” trying to learn the language, our colleagues began recording us struggling to repeat the words. Why, you might ask? Well, it was to make fun of us later on Fansu, [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, Kapital Radio, Language Lesson, Obruni, PEF, Twi

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Body kept in parking lot at Kumasi Police HQ

In Blog, By Country, Ghana, Job Type, Uncategorized, University Internship, University Internships,
by Leah Wong September 19, 2011

The corpse of a suspected car thief lies in the parking lot of the Ashanti Regional Police Headquarters, a car mat with a pool of blood just feet away. What I learned from initial whisperings around the police station was that three car snatchers were caught in Kumasi, having stolen a taxi in Accra. The [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, Ghana, PEF, police

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KNUST Graduation and a brush with royalty

In Blog, By Country, Ghana, Job Type, Uncategorized, University Internship, University Internships,
by Leah Wong July 26, 2011
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Just like students graduating from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology I shook the hand of the Ashanti King. A week after our tour of the school, I attended the first day of graduation, held in the school’s great hall. Unlike the week before when exams were in session, the grounds were filled with [...]

Tagged as: Ashanti King, CIDA, education, Graduation, KNUST, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, PEF

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Know Your Rights takes on gender and politics

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by Leah Wong July 25, 2011

Though the recent contest between the current president, John Evan Atta Mills, and the former first lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, to take the flagbearership of the National Democratic Congress just ended, talk of the battle has yet to cease. One of the key subjects of discussion throughout the race was the ability of women [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, Dr. Charlotte Abakah, Ghana gender, ghana politics, John Evan Atta Mills, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, National Democratic Congress, PEF

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Stay Jay and E.Fine visit Kapital Radio

In By Country, Ghana, Job Type, Uncategorized, University Internship, University Internships, Videos,
by Leah Wong July 21, 2011

Kapital Radio — The Heart of Music My coworkers have developed a habit of calling me up to the studio when Ghanaian celebrities come in, whether it’s a Black Star’s player or a musician. Most recently two West-African musicians, one from Ghana and one from Nigeria, came into the studio to talk to NY DJ [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, E.Fine, hiplife, Kapital Radio, music, PEF, Stay Jay

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jhr interns make their news debut

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by Leah Wong July 20, 2011

In celebration of Kapital Radio’s 14th Anniversary on July 1, some of the off-air staff at the station were asked to read hourly news bulletins. For the 1 p.m. news bulletin, Chris and I were invited to read the news. In an attempt to impress our many Twi (the local dialect) teachers, we even learned [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, Football, Kapital Radio, PEF, Republic Day

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Operation Hand in Hand – caring for mentally disabled children

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by Leah Wong June 30, 2011

A Dutch doctor has lent a hand to care for children with mental disabilities in the government’s failure to make mental health a priority. In Nkoranza, behind the St. Theresa’s Hospital, lies the community Operation Hand in Hand. The group cares for mentally disabled children who have been abandoned by their parents, often the director [...]

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Welcome to KNUST

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by Leah Wong June 27, 2011

We were fortunate enough to get a tour of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) after my dad got in touch with one of his classmates from his days at University of British Columbia. After finding out I was going to Ghana, my dad told me about his former classmate, who he had [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, KNUST, PEF

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Remembering a Revolution

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by Leah Wong June 22, 2011

Though Ghana is now one of the most democratic countries in Africa, a bloody coup d’état was one of the steps to this success. On June 4, 1979 the now celebrated coup d’état led by Jerry John Rawlings overthrew Supreme Military Council, replacing it with the Armed Forces Revolutionary. After leading the country under military [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, PEF, Revolution

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Ghanaian Football

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by Leah Wong May 30, 2011

My first weekend in Ghana the IYIP interns directed myself and some of the other university interns out to Teshie to watch their friend play football.  Teshie is located in Greater Accra and due to the traffic we only made it for the second half of the game. The game was fast paced, and the [...]

Tagged as: CIDA, Football, Ghana, PEF

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