Help girls go to school in Northern Ghana

October 27th, 2007 | By Joshua | 1 Comment »

Last year, Tay and I met Peace Corps Volunteer Carl “Ka” Allen in Northern Ghana, in the village of Nakpanduri where Carl was living and where Tay and I were... [Read this entry]

Ghana Black Stars Goal against the USA sparks mass happiness

September 16th, 2007 | By Joshua | No Comments »

This is video of Ghanaians watching the 2006 World Cup. I was in Accra and every single goal the Black Stars scored throughout the tournament was celebrated like this —... [Read this entry]

Domodah in the Afternoon

October 20th, 2006 | By Joshua | No Comments »

Nothin’ like a rich, cayenne-warmin’ bowl of groundnut stew when one is writing a story about The Gambia. There are as many ways to cook domodah (as the Mandinka call... [Read this entry]

Meanwhile, somewhere over the Rock of Gibraltar…

August 14th, 2006 | By Joshua | No Comments »

Casablanca: Day Two

August 13th, 2006 | By Joshua | No Comments »

Today’s mission is the Palais Royale and the souk in the Habous Quarter, an old, clean, pleasant market of Moroccan clothes and wares. Though there is nothing we need, we... [Read this entry]

Casablanca: Day One

August 11th, 2006 | By Joshua | 1 Comment »

Expanding our originally scheduled two-hour layover in Casablanca to two days was a no-brainer. We’ve both always wanted to go to Morocco and even... [Read this entry]

Going to The Gambia?

August 10th, 2006 | By Joshua | No Comments »

The most thorough and up-to-date guidebook that I’ve seen is The Bradt Guide to The Gambia by Craig Emms, Linda Barnett & Richard Human (June 2006). It is a comprehensive... [Read this entry]

Crocodile Love

August 9th, 2006 | By Joshua | 2 Comments »

What do you do with one day to kill in The Gambia? That’s easy: If you’re a European sugar momma lookin’ for love, you... [Read this entry]

Sara Kunda to Kombo: Traveling in The Gambia

August 7th, 2006 | By Joshua | 1 Comment »

The journey from Sara Kunda to Kombo, as the area around The Gambia’s capital is known, allows us to experience nearly every challenge encountered in upcountry African travel. (Okay, perhaps... [Read this entry]

Sara Kunda: A Gambian Homecoming Part II

August 6th, 2006 | By Joshua | 4 Comments »

Tay’s Toma is little Sutay, the child she helped pull from her friend and sister, Fatou, 10 years ago on a fateful moonlit night. Tay, Fatou, and their mother, who... [Read this entry]