Why are two economists talking about babies? That’s the question we often hear when we discuss our book Pregnancy and Motherhood: Perspectives from Two Afropolitan Women. Our answer? Because when we had our babies, we realized that we were not prepared to become mothers – but who is though? We did not find…
There are an estimated 49,000 children living and working on Lake Volta, Ghana. According to International Justice Mission, approximately 60% of these children were trafficked there illegally to work as child slaves. The work is hazardous, their living conditions deplorable, their nutrition inadequate and health care nonexistent. Needless to say,…
I’m currently reading Elif Shafak’s “The Forty Rules of Love” which imagines the meeting between poet Rumi and his companion, the dervish, mystical Shams. I love so much about it, but this really stuck out to me – the first time the two met face to face. I think it…
Today was a blog waiting to happen. Only, it’s not going to be about the Ghanaian and African Embassies in the West as I’d intended – don’t worry, it will have its time too – but rather about contemporary books, libraries and reading in major African cities like Accra, Lusaka,…
Summer, summer, summer time! And by that, I’m not just referencing Will Smith’s Summertime. No, no, no. Where I come from, summer time means leisure reading and resuming my certified bookworm status. Woot, woot! Anyway, I figured it would be nice to share on what my 2013 summer reads and…
I am so excited to present Myne Whitman to you guys! Not only is she a fellow blogger, she’s an active Circumspector! Plus, she just came out with her first book A Heart to Mend, which she self-published! Yep, that’s right! Self-published! So if you’re interested in finding out how to…
Hi people, hope everything is going well with all of you. I know I haven’t written on here in a while, I’m thinking about restructuring the blog layout to make it easier for you to access what you want, so please bear with me. In the meantime. I decided to…