We got to create our own batik "2 yard" in an workshop organized by Global Mamas, a women's organization who produce fair trade products locally.
It's really hot, hard work: that's the boiling wax in the foreground.
A "2 yard" is a piece of fabric that people use to cover up quickly and coolly, or to make other clothes from. I wished I'd had one earlier, my clothes were too sticky!
just down the beach is one of humanity’s most evil places, Cape Coast Castle
Kwame Nkrumah led Ghana to independence in 1957, first African nation to get out from under colonial rule.
simple and yummy
murals are used to spread information. this one was outside the terrace of a little restaurant, touting the benefits of moringa.