This is a song kids are taught in Ghanaian primary schools to help them learn English.
KJ’s First Birthday Party
KJ’s first birthday has come and gone and as is with all children, it happened really fast! We invited some of the local kids that play with Trey and KJ over to celebrate the milestone. We broke out the sidewalk chalk and she got lots of congratulatory messages. My favorite? “Happy Bathday!” We setup the mini-pool […]
Trey & Friends’ Treehouse & Trampoline
Trey and some of his friends have formed a club called the “Gaz Group” and they have a new treehouse base. We also got a new trampoline that they’ve been spending lots of time on. Here some some video clips Trey and his pals shot while playing:
Field Trip to a Fishing Village
As part of my ongoing Mampruli visual dictionary project, Trey and I took a field trip to the village of Nasia on the Nasia River. The village is on the southern edge of Mamprugu, the Mamprusi Kingdom, and its chief happens to be my language tutor Jangdoo’s uncle. Jangdoo let his uncle know of our […]
This Big Piggy Cried “Wee Wee Wee”
On my way home from market I ran across this fella who had just bought two big hogs from a lady. He was putting the pigs in baskets and strapping them to the back of his motorcycle to go home. His home is about 1.5hrs away on bad roads! I do not envy him… or […]
Kusaal Songs at a Courtyard Pounding
I’ve been working on a video project about the courtyard poundings the women in our community do together. Here are two songs one awesome lady sang yesterday at the one I attended. They are in Kusaal but a friend helped me translate:The first has some lyrics along the lines of: “A living being? Fear him.”“Is […]
KJ Starts Walking
KJ has been taking a few steps for a couple weeks now. However this past week she has really been stepping up her game. It’s been really hard to catch her on video walking. However, here are a few short clips: