Sakawa Boys: Ghana’s Cyber-Juju Email Scam Gangs
What do you get when you combine identity theft and email fraud with black magic, spells, and shape shifting? The explosively popular West African subculture known as Sakawa. Via Motherboard, who...
View ArticleThe Fantastical Burials Of Ghana Coffin
In our new age, how does one leave the realm of Earth with style and flair? In contrast to the traditional staid wooden box, the Accra-based Ghana Coffin carpentry collective carves custom coffins in...
View ArticleInside Ghana’s Witch Camps
Imagine life in a remote town comprised entirely of “witches.” The BBC explains: When misfortune hits a village, there is a tendency in some countries to suspect a “witch” of casting a spell. In Ghana,...
View ArticleWitness the Horror of One of Ghana’s Mental Hospitals
A prolonged stay in any hospital is unlikely to be pleasant, but there are certainly degrees of discomfort, and this psych hospital in Ghana has to be very near the bottom of the list. Watch this...
View ArticleBiometric Identity Verification Fails In Presidential Election – Loser Claims...
John Dramani Mahama The twist to this increasingly common headline is that it doesn’t refer to the United States, but to Ghana, perhaps the most democratic of African nations when it comes to...
View ArticleFantasy Coffins Make Death Seem…Fun!
Hen coffin by Kudjoe Affutu (CC) If you’ve ever had to pick out a coffin, you know that the choices are all pretty bland and boring. Unless you live in Ghana, West Africa, that is, where Atlas...
View ArticleFreaky Black Magic Music From Ghana: Azizaa
Saw this on Facebook, thought it was worth sharing. Something a bit different, and a bit freaky. Got to give her props for being bold enough to use the same song name as Carlos Santana’s smash hit. I’m...
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