Wa is the capital of the Upper west region of Ghana and i've been there a number of times. I can't resist taking shots of places or things that interest me anytime am there. Although part of a democratic Ghana, the town of Wa has a traditional ruler who is known as the "Wa-Na". Upper west is the youngest region in Ghana this makes Wa Ghana's youngest capital town therefore it still looks like a growing city and there's not much to see . I particularly like the way the town is well laid out and the streets are tarred. Over the months, i've taken scores of pictures of this nice town, from the numerous motorbikes that you find on the street to the popular breakfast meal "parkyeremah" to the heavenly smells of khebabs (barbecue) on sale whiles drinking jugs upon jugs of pito (locally brewed beer) not forgetting a lively market scene. Wa is definitely worth a visit...
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Saturday, 7 June 2014
Wa: A Photo Essay
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Monday, 2 June 2014
A beautiful day by a beautiful dam
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One of the places i have lots of pictures on is the beautiful dam 15, i cannot really tell why its called dam 15 though and when i inquired from the locals no one could really tell me. Dam 15 can be found near Lassia in the Wa west district of the Upper west region of Ghana, there is no day i pass by without taking a picture of it. On a normal day, you will find kids swimming whiles young ladies wash their clothes and fetch some of the water into pots to take home.You will also find a young guy trying to catch some fish which is usually little pieces of tilapia and mud fish. The tilapia goes down really well when fried. The dam has made surrounding landscape very lush and green, it is just very pleasing to look at.
| Lovely images of the dam |
| Kid taking a swim after doing her laundry, can you spot the fisherman trying to catch some fish? |
| Sunset by the dam |
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Ghana
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Lassia-tuolu
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tourism
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travel
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Wa West
Friday, 30 May 2014
Fruit Lovin'
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Where have you been all my life
My tongue unsweetened without you
My adrenalin unpumping without you
My stomach empty without you
Can we stay together for the rest of our lives
Dear shea tree say yes
Say yes and let me share the rest of my life with you
Hiding inside your porous bossom
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Well there goes my sad attempt at ever being a poet. This love poem is dedicated to the shea tree. Which you can find many here in the Upper west region. I have always know shea butter because its quite common in Ghana but i didnt know it was produced from shea fruit . The fruit is delicious now i'm hating on the people living in the north from for hiding such a nice fruit from me but anyway i am happy to have a nice experience eating it.
| Shea trees are everywhere |
| A goat stuck on a shea tree guess what it was looking for? |
| Went fruit picking myself |
| Kids enjoying the fruit "after school snack" |
| "Yellow berry" |
| Love the rich golden colour |
Do you know the actual name of this fruit?
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Lassia-tuolu
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tourism
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Upper west
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Wa West
Wednesday, 28 May 2014
Hunter Satisfaction or Animal Cruelty...
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Well this is what led up to it. On a warm day whiles sitting under a shea tree (so many of them here) i was approached by a young man wearing shorts and a shirt with a locally made gun hanging behind him. We exchanged pleasantries as usual and that is where my knowledge of the local dialect ends ( called "birifo" by the way). I therefore called a fellow teacher to explain to me whats he's saying. Apparently he's a hunter who's shot something, would we like to see it and may be buy it? Yeah sure i said, he opened his sack and LO!!!
Sad case of animal cruelty i said. 'not at all' hunter and teacher say in unison. Hunter says 'you don't know how wicked monkeys are they destroy the planted crops during planting season and eat a lot of farm crops during harvesting'
Disclaimer: I didn't buy the monkey though i have heard it is a delicacy...
So question is will you buy a dead monkey?
Well this is what led up to it. On a warm day whiles sitting under a shea tree (so many of them here) i was approached by a young man wearing shorts and a shirt with a locally made gun hanging behind him. We exchanged pleasantries as usual and that is where my knowledge of the local dialect ends ( called "birifo" by the way). I therefore called a fellow teacher to explain to me whats he's saying. Apparently he's a hunter who's shot something, would we like to see it and may be buy it? Yeah sure i said, he opened his sack and LO!!!
Sad case of animal cruelty i said. 'not at all' hunter and teacher say in unison. Hunter says 'you don't know how wicked monkeys are they destroy the planted crops during planting season and eat a lot of farm crops during harvesting'
Disclaimer: I didn't buy the monkey though i have heard it is a delicacy...
So question is will you buy a dead monkey?
Monday, 26 May 2014
The Perfect Smock
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Anytime i go to Wa (Wa is the regional capital of the Upper West a post on the town coming soon) i see a lot of shops which sell smocks of all kinds. Smocks for men, women and children and honestly i have always wanted to get one because it looks good on people especially when we go to church on Sunday. So i went to town to find the perfect smock. A smock is made by weaving threads on a loom to form the cloth then sold to the designers who in turn cut and create them into nice pieces of wearable art.
| One of my personal favourites |
| These are photos of a few shops i visited, most smocks had two-tone colour design. |
| Weavers weaving the threads to make the cloth |
| A craftsman busy at work |
| This is the perfect fit for me... |
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culture
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tourism
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Upper west
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Wa
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Ghana
Saturday, 24 May 2014
A Market Day
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I have previously talked about Wechiaw, the district capital of the Wa west district of the Upper west region. Being the district capital it has quite a vibrant market on market days. Market days are days set aside for various communities and towns to bring their goods to a specific market to trade. The influx of traders from other villages and even some regions especially the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana makes the market day a spectacle.
How do you know today is a market day? Well simple, there is a market day every week but it is not fixed at a specific day say Monday or Saturday but rather it happens in reversing order as in if today say Friday is a market day then the following market day will be next week thursday, therefore Wednesday of the following week is another market day. It reverses backwards till we get to the original day Friday.
Checked out the market
I have previously talked about Wechiaw, the district capital of the Wa west district of the Upper west region. Being the district capital it has quite a vibrant market on market days. Market days are days set aside for various communities and towns to bring their goods to a specific market to trade. The influx of traders from other villages and even some regions especially the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana makes the market day a spectacle.
How do you know today is a market day? Well simple, there is a market day every week but it is not fixed at a specific day say Monday or Saturday but rather it happens in reversing order as in if today say Friday is a market day then the following market day will be next week thursday, therefore Wednesday of the following week is another market day. It reverses backwards till we get to the original day Friday.
Checked out the market
| Market overview |
| Thatched roof, wooden supported structure serve as shed |
| The butchers |
| Pounding 'fufu' the Upper West way |
| Fufu with meat |
| Time to eat,. don't be deceived this is not groundnut soup its called 'nneri' |
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