Adventures of an Oburoni: Chapter Baker’s Dozen
The educational tour is a lot of field trips punctuated by several-hour-long bumpy bus rides at very high speeds down half-paved roads (and often unpaved roads). We have a lot of bonding time as a...
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It’s good to be back home in Asokore Mampong. I called Maa Esther the day before I arrived and she was so excited I was coming, I’m pretty sure she got up and danced a little bit. “My daughter is...
View ArticleAdventures of an Oburoni: Chapter 15
The air was thick with perfume. I could almost taste it. I suppose that was to cover the smell of the well-dressed body in the bed at the center of the room. I didn’t like to look at her face. Her...
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Adventures of an Oburoni: Chapter 15 amendment Here are the pictures from the last entry: A picture of the Paramoutn Chief of Asokore Mampong at one of the funerals: Me, Papa D. C., and some of his old...
View ArticleAdventures of an Oburoni: Chapter 16
Life in Ghana has been a life of improvisation. And the first rule of improvisation is, never say “no.” That’s been my rule of thumb here: never say “no” to an adventure. So, when Maa Grace told me...
View ArticleAdventures of an Oburoni: Chapter 17
First, let me describe the state of Maa Esther’s fridge: It hadn’t worked in years, and despite her impeccable hygiene in other matters, she hadn’t cleaned this fridge in a very long time. It was a...
View ArticleAdventures of an Oburoni: Chapter 18
Adventures of an Oburoni: Chapter 18 Malaria and Holy Week Holy Week in Asokore Mampong was wonderful; because of the retreat, I have many more friends than before in church — and a significant portion...
View ArticleAdventures of an Oburoni: Chapter 19
“Kiki, you are becoming fat.” That’s what Priscilla keeps saying. “Your stomach, it is becoming big.” It does wonders to one’s self esteem to live in a place where it’s considered attractive to be a...
View ArticleAdventures of an Oburoni: Chapter 20
Adventures of an Oburoni: Chapter 20 And my hard work has finally come to its conclusion. The paper written, I returned to Accra, where I bound it and handed it to Dr. Yemi and my advisor Dr. Saah....
View ArticleAdventures of an Oburoni: Chapter 22 and Epilogue
There is an elephant trainer who works at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire—his name is Thomas—and he told me, “If you ever have a chance to go somewhere you can see elephants in the wild, do it...
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