Tag: Accra
Only the Bad Die Old: a short story by TIMOTHY J...
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I love Ghana, but why must they call me ‘obroni’?
THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE SHOUTED “Obroni!” at me in the street, I assumed it was a friendly greeting. “Yes, good morning!” I replied.
When it happened again...
White Guilt For Beginners
THE ACCRA SCHOOL RUN has been a little intense of late. What began as a routine collection three months ago has gradually turned into...
Shoeless and scared, we fled the deadly ‘Atomic’ explosion
A series of massive explosions in a suburb of Accra, Ghana, devastated an LPG gas depot and sparked a fireball which killed eight people,...
Doing a deal with the Bad Guys
TIMOTHY BANKS, a British ex-pat living in Accra, documents some of the difficulties of living with a different set of moral judgments
CORRUPTION IS NOT...
News from North Legon: when the cash trail goes cold
The first clue that something is awry when my wife arrives home from her weekly banking and shopping trip is the absence of bulging...
