Plastic Farm Animals
While anticipating Amy’s visit to Kumasi, one of the things I looked forward to the most was introducing her to the fine art of shopping in Africa. I couldn’t wait to bring her to the markets overflowing with produce and the little shops we’ve come to love for their selection of Obroni offerings. At the […]
We finally took the plunge and went downtown to experience the legendary Kejetia Market, a shopping phenomenon referred to locally as the Central Market. We’d been in Kumasi for for six weeks and felt it was time we saw, smelled and felt the market for ourselves. Lauren was going one last time before she leaves […]
The holy grail, after weeks of opening canned tomatoes with a Swiss Army knife, was a can opener, spotted on a table of wares in downtown Kumasi.
I find it interesting and a little perplexing that you can buy canned goods but not a can opener and bottled wine but no cork screw. We’ve been here in Adiebeba for three weeks now and are getting a feel for where to buy most things. We know where to buy drinking water, fresh fruit, […]
Freegan is a new word being used to describe dumpster diving environmentalists who have found a way to live in a wasteful society without compromising their values. According a recent Denver news story: “Those subscribing to freeganism range from people who don’t believe in buying food at all to people like Meuser, who say they’re […]