GHexpat

In 2012, I co-founded an NGO called Bak2Afrika (officially registered as "Bak2Afrika Organization") with a friend named Kwabena Yeboah.  I lost contact with Kwabena shortly after, but he did his best to keep the brand alive . Recently, circa mid-2025, I unexpectedly crossed paths with him in Accra.  We both saw that chance meeting as a sign to get back on the grind with B2A.  And to kick off this new, we're embarking on what has been dubbed the Apetewusu Water Project . ABOUT APETEWUSU Apetewusu is a remote village in the Eastern Region.  I've been around Ghana, and in this case I'm not using the word "remote" loosely.  Apetewusu is really out of the way, about 15 minutes, through the bush on motorcycle, from the nearest paved road. In a country like Ghana, these kinds of places lack access to amenities.  The Gateway to Africa has modernized in recent years, but there are still forgotten communities out here. The residents of farming villages located dee...

I just wanted to upload the following clip before deleting it from my device.  It isn't really anything spectacular if you're used to ducklings.  If not, then the clip is kinda cute LIVING WITH DUCKS The above video was shot in Somanya, where I lived on a farm - alongside ducks - for a couple of months.  Ducks can make a real loud quacking sound but aren't particularly inclined to do so.  The only time I remember them going off is when they felt threatened or if a mother thought her nest was in danger or couldn't get access to it.  There was this one particular duck that was really fond of laying eggs in the hall leading to my bedroom.  And whenever I tried to lock her out, she would go wild. Ducks are probably the most peaceful creatures I ever lived with.  I don't think they're dispositioned towards eating other animals.  I remember once seeing a duck getting into a fight with a chicken, and the former totally getting its ass kicked.  That'...

I had known Natural Langdon almost my entire life.  His mom and my mom were colleagues and furthermore besties.  Due to that relationship, even though we weren't neighbors, we did spend a lot of time together.  I even stayed with his family for a couple of weeks back in my early teens but had pretty much lost contact with him throughout the entire 1990s and aughts. Then, circa 2013, Nat reached out to me on Facebook.  By then, both of our lives had changed significantly.  I was now living in Ghana.  And Natural, though still based in Brooklyn, had become a globetrotter.  Furthermore, he had also, surprisingly to me, transitioned into something like a Rastafarianism, though he didn't smoke trees or anything like that, nor was he overly religious. Nat expressed a desire to come and visit me in Ghana.  I was all for the idea, considering that encouraging other people to come and see the Gateway to Africa was one of my inspirations for expatriating....

The titular conflict is a good example of how what's relayed in the mainstream media between the two hemispheres - or let's say between the First World and the Third World - isn't always an accurate or holistic understanding of what's happening on the ground.  A blunter way of putting it, from the outside looking in, is that the American public tends to take a defensive, politically-correct stance when choosing sides in emotionally-charged, consequential debates.  And this is despite the fact that they may only have a cursory understanding of the matter at hand, without knowing or particularly caring for facts outside of their immediate observation. WHY DOES IT MATTER? No matter what part of the world you live in, people have opinions, and how we feel about certain subjects doesn't always agree.  But why it tends to matter more when it comes to Americans is due to the way they dominate the (international) media.  Furthermore, public opinion stateside can and sometim...