AIDS talk at the Talent Show

Had to be a different post because the other post was getting fairly lengthy.
In the evening today, my new German friends took me along to a talent show arranged by the American Peace Corps. While there, I realized to my shock that I have a real strong distaste towards liberal American attitudes and behaviour… Can’t [...]

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Cultural Centre (again) and the Talent show

Woke up bright and early today to take a walk to Kejitya Market and the Cultural Centre… Yes I know, Ive already been there but these German people seemed to be a pretty solid bunch. Not to mention that one of them resembled a certain German girl back in Canada. I was kinda regretting not [...]

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Radio Show/ The first interns arrive

The radio show was AWESOME today! The radio host, Kukuu, of ‘Legal Digests’ is amazing… very jovial (he started talking about his adventures in the pool) but then starts to discuss legal issues in a very focused way. Today, Ernest was over half an hour late, leaving me to discuss the intricacies of adoption in [...]

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One Week in Ghana

Technically this post should have been done on Saturday, but blogging over the weekend is not really my priority..
So one week in, what is Ghana to me?
1. TAXIS
Too many. Apparently each person can own ten taxis to earn money. Though how one person makes profit from operating ten taxis is beyond me. Notwithstanding the difficulty [...]

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1st Day of Work plus Religion, Society and Women

So though I had till Friday to go explore the city, my birthday blues forced me to ask Ernst (my boss) to start working earlier… Hes actually got a pretty cool idea using contacts that I had made before arriving. In short, he wants to create a regional coalition to help combat the immense violations [...]

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Initial Thoughts

So Here I am in Ghana… I am in Labonee Coffee shop, immersed in this incredible panoply of colour and smells, disconcertingly with Western Country music blaring in the background. That last thing is incredibly strange, as the last thing I expected was to be at the Ranch or some other country bar in W. [...]

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Home… and back to work.

So got home a couple of days ago… Needless to say a little bit of an adjustment: from living independently to four other people with a completely different set of expectations and lifestyles… But it is absolutely awesome to finally eat some dhal and homemade beef curry… Spice = good. Mix that up with [...]

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The Vaccination Saga Continues…

So after my Contracts exam, off I went to the Windsor Essex Health Clinic to get my yellow fever shot.
For any one who has never had it, it is honestly a ghastly shot an experience which was not helped in the slightest by the expressionless nurse. Sidenote: Are nurses really in that bad a [...]

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Choice = t x privilege

Its so weird… this time last year I was in a major doldrum. Those student elections had really taken a harsh toll on me and I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. Moving on seemed to be the last thing I wanted and law school was just an afterthought…
Now [...]

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First JHR Meeting after receiving internship

So I had my first meeting with the Journalists for Human Rights Windsor Chapter yesterday. All I can say is that they are all incredibly passionate to see this program and this internship be a success, giving me advice from what Ghana is like to how painful the yellow fever shot is. Though I dont [...]

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