So, this is it.  I’m going home tonight. What have I learned from my trip?  Quite a lot about fiber arts, for one, but also a bit about Ghanaians.  My experience has been that Ghanaians are quite friendly and welcoming – even someone passing by is likely to call out “You’re welcome!” (meaning, you are [...]

Yesterday was a tough travel day from Bolgatanga back to Kumasi – we got to the bus station around 8am, and didn’t get in to Kumasi until around 9pm, for a total of 13 miserable hours on the road.  I staggered into the guesthouse and slept for 10 hours, punctuated by coughing fits from this [...]

http://www.travelingtiger.com/travelingtiger/africa/ghana/ghana.html Added a section on adinkra, brassmaking, and indigo dyeing and cotton spinning.  I may update the “Around Ghana” section if I have time.

This morning we went to Sirigu, home of SWOPA – Sirigu Women’s Organization of Pottery and Art.  This co-op sells, well, pottery and art – superb potters’ work and canvas paintings reminiscent of the painted houses here.  I had decided to come here for a potters’ workshop, despite having little to no knowledge of pottery. [...]

Today we went to the market in Bolga (really Bolgatanga, but everyone calls it Bolga).  Chuku started by taking me to the fugu vendors, just to look around – they showed me a couple of fugu, and I was thinking of buying one in my size – the one I bought two days ago is [...]