Mental illness in Ghana has many faces. Demonic possession, witchcraft and curses are all widely believed to cause many forms of mental illness in this country.This leaves professionals like Dr. Akwasi Osei, the director of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, frustrated by the general acceptance of false information. Curious to learn more about mental illness, I meet [...]

Having already done stories on domestic violence, widow rights and gender inequality in Ghana’s north, I have quickly become  aware of the outdated and sometimes blatantly offensive treatment of women in the Northern Region. Last Monday, parliamentary leaders were in Tamale for a regional hearing to talk about updating the country’s Intestate Succession Bill. In [...]

During the fist couple of weeks of my placement at Diamond FM in Tamale, I was questioned on more than one occasion about why it was so important for rights media to be an part of the news at the station. Although some wanted to debate me on the significance of the work I was [...]

Late last week over lunch, a few colleagues and I were discussing the various challenges small villages in Ghana’s Northern Region face on a daily basis. Before coming to Ghana I had read about these communities and I was fascinated that many of them exist for the most part “off the grid.” Luxuries such as [...]