“When there is a fire, we follow our nose and we find it.” That’s how firefighter Sam Sowah Oblejumah explains how Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) firefighters respond to emergency calls in Accra. I’m shocked. I grew up in a household with a fireman father. A father who grounded me if I burnt candles in [...]

Josephine is the queen of her compound. She carries a stick in one hand that serves as her scepter, with her other hand, she grabs for me. I have a mild tummy ache and am off to find instant coffee that I know won’t help me, but I want it bad. Swarms of children run [...]

Here I am writing blog number three on a broken Mac keyboard. The “g,” “h,”t,” “y”, “n” and “?” keys don’t work so I’ve made a makeshift keyboard by typing the entire alphabet into a Microsoft Word document and rely on Word’s spellcheck to insert my missing letters. I then have to paste in missing letters [...]

“If you just slow down, you’ll get where you’re going,” wise words from 28-year old Makafui Agbotta, the IT king of Critical TV here in Accra. In my haste to try and assemble a camera kit which contained one broken PD-150 Sony Cam (with no playback), a broken tripod (compliments of the tro-tros of Accra), [...]