GHexpat

I've been working for a globetrotting Ghanaian homey named  Kojo Enoch for a couple of years now.  He's an internet-based entrepreneur who has embarked on a number of projects, including a YouTube channel called Explore With Kojo .  I recently began assisting him in terms of creating content for that initiative.  And I wanted to use this post as an opportunity to share a short interview video from his channel that I recently starred in, since it in large part encapsulates the mission of GHexpat . That video is titled  "Why I Left America for Africa: What They Don't Tell You About Living in Africa" .  The interview questions were provided by Kojo himself.  I don't want to go into too much detail but rather encourage readers to check out the clip themselves.  What I will say is that it offers some practical advice - based on my hard-earned experiences - for expatriates and others who may be considering an extended stay in Africa: Also, especially i...

I had written before about how one of the most difficult adjustments to living in Ghana has been in terms of dietary changes.  More specifically, the foods I grew up enjoying in the United States tend to be either difficult to find, uncomfortably expensive or outright unavailable in this part of the world. And I know, from chatting with a couple of friends, that Ghanaians face similar challenges stateside.  For instance, one homey from Ghana told me how when he's in the States, he makes groundnut soup from peanut butter. Normally, groundnut soup is made from groundnut (aka peanut) paste, which itself is produced naturally.  Meanwhile, peanut butter is a processed supermarket food, besides being sweetened, thus meaning it's not an ideal alternative for groundnut paste when it comes to making soup.  But you do what you have to do when you're living in a part of the globe you're not accustomed to. PROLIERATION OF WESTERN-LIKE SNACKS IN GHANA When I first came to Ghana,...