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Ghana

September 15th, 2017|Africa, Ghana|

Ghana has huge challenges in basic sanitation and education. Only one in seven homes has an indoor toilet. Twenty percent of people defecate outside. Clean drinking water is scarce. Education is free through age 11, [...]

Slaves in West Africa

September 14th, 2017|Africa, Benin, Ghana|

For over 400 years, there was a massive population shift from Africa to the Americas. The lowest estimated loss for the African population through the transatlantic slave trade is 20 million people.

Food and Drink in West Africa

September 12th, 2017|Africa, Benin, Ghana, Togo|

We were warned that the cuisine in West Africa would be "unexceptional". We packed lots of protein bars and hoped for the best. They were right, but the countries are so poor you feel grateful [...]