Day 1 of filming Ya wa odze oye went well considering the circumstances (the name is Fante and roughly translates to "something good"). We started off an hour late, of course. All the streetlights were out, which is why the host of the show was an hour late. Too bad I've only seen 3 lights in Cape Coast and no one follows the rules of the road anyway. The Anaafo community boasts a market and fishery where they make their own fishing nets because fishing is th...

Well, there was no flood. I think Fati was just messing with us because the water actually receded overnight. Since my stuff wasn't floating away I started my internship today at Coastal TV with a walking tour of Cape Coast. I'm paired with a Ghanaian named Edwin to produce a show about the positive qualities of communities around the city. One of the producers mentioned that they are too quick to point out the negatives, so they want a show to celebrate wh...

There was still a good amount of water outside of our house, and I looked at my nearly 60lb suitcase trying to decide how I was going to get it across the small river. It was deja vu from the first day I arrived. My sister had joked that I would need a suitcase that could turn into a backpack because I'd probably have to wade through a river with my belongings at some point. The joke wasn't funny anymore. I said my goodbyes, rolled up my pant legs, and hauled...

I've been in Cape Coast for 3 days now and I'm just starting to get acclimated. We "obrunis" or white tourists get around by taxi for the most part. To get to where I'm working I'll take two taxis there and two back. The price, although small, will definitely start to add up over 6 weeks of doing this everyday. The rules of the road in Ghana are still a bit unclear to me though. Apparently honking the horn can mean a lot of things. For example, honking can ...

So after a 10 hour flight and a harrowing 4 hour ride through the streets of Africa I finally made it to Cape Coast. A taxi, blaring African hip-life music with a God Rules sticker on the dash, took me to my new home for 6 weeks. Kwaprow village is situated on the top of a hill and houses all the volunteers for the Abusua foundation in one house. The torrential rain of the previous days had washed out most of the dirt roads, or at least made them impassible wi...