On Thursday 14th February we were visited by the IS
“chief”, sub-chiefs and elders (I'm not saying who is who!) Martin, Rosie, Patience and Chrys – lovely visit for Valentine’s Day! As
their last call on their whistle stop tour of Ghana, we felt it only right to
show them the sights of Sandema, 5 minutes later we went for lunch. I joke, I
joke – Sandema has lots to offer in; sights, things to do and people to meet!
Talking with Rosie and Martin and telling them about
Sandema, our project and life in Ghana really made us realise how lucky we are.
We’re past our half-way point and I can’t believe how fast the time is going
and how many things we still have left to do! A lot of our questions were
answered and we are now in a position to make the most out of our final weeks
in Ghana (please don’t make me go home!). In honour of our guests we learnt to
make groundnut soup, my favourite Ghanaian dish – especially when made under
Maxwell’s wife’s supervision! We stewed our guinea fowl and rolled our own rice
balls, all on an open fire. Chrys is originally from Kanjarga (a community very
close to Sandema) so we found a new person to practice our Buli on. So, now we
have had our half way meeting I am starting to realise how close our trip home is.
I am excited to see family, of course, and I was very excited for cheese (but
we’ve now found that in Bolga) but I think I will hit the Ghana blues hard very
quickly once I'm home.
- Poppy
No comments:
Post a Comment