Kyabobo has to be Ghana’s best kept national park secret. Unfortunately, the 222 square kilometer natural beauty is only a secret because of the abysmal conditions of the Eastern Corridor roads. Getting to Nkwanta, Ghana where the park headquarters are found is not for the faint of heart. When I checked into the park in […]
Illegal Logging on Lake Volta
William visits Lake Volta to take in the scenery and stumbles across shocking evidence of Ghana’s tragic illegal logging issues.
Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary
A sanctuary in Ghana’s Volta Region for monkeys that are believed to be messengers for the spirit world.
A Weekend at Mole National Park
See some wildlife images from our Constitution Day weekend at Ghana’s famous Mole National Park.
Gwollu Slave Defense Wall
In a small community near the Ghana-Burkina Faso border stands one of the only two remaining slave defense walls in Ghana. This historical monument in the Ghana’s town of Gwollu is a reminder of the dark history and dangers of the slave trade in the remote northern “hinterlands.”
Ghana’s Historic Mosques: The Lost Ones
Only six historic Sudano-Sahelian mud mosques remain in Ghana today. Here I look at historic images of the now extinct monuments and some of the ruins of those still barely standing.
Ghana’s Historic Mosques: Larabanga
The history of Ghana’s most famous mud mosque is shrouded in mystery and myth. Not only is the Larabanga mosque a popular architectural monument in West Africa but a revered spiritual site.
Ghana’s Historic Mosques: Banda Nkwanta
A historic Sudano-Sahelian mud mosque stands tall at a heavily trafficked junction in Banda Nkwanta in Ghana’s Northern Region.
Ghana’s Historic Mosques: Wuriyanga
Ghana’s only Sudano-Sahelian historic mud mosque in the Djenne style lies in the small Mossi village of Wuriyanga in the Upper East Region near Garu. Probably over a century old, it is still in active use today and well-maintained by the local community.