I guess there’s two or three Ghanaian dishes that I’ve really come to like. Red red is definitely number one, a delicious black eyed peas mix served with fried plantain (banana-potato-things). Another one is groundnut (peanut) soup that is usually served with fufu (made of yam, almost like a african way of mashed potatoes). Both of these together with some other dishes was made at the cooking class. It’s all very easy to prepare and instead of describing it here you can have a look at the pictures below. The best part of the night was that everyone was wearing their Ghanaian clothes that we’ve had made here. Such a colourful night!

 

Last week we also had our last field trip. We went to Obuasi to visit a community that’s located next to a big mining industry. It was a really emotional experience seeing how the mining has effected the community. Some of the women’s husbands had died because of TBC and they were now left without any ways to provide their families with money. The few crops that’s survived the degradation of the soil contains unhealthy chemicals but the people has no other choice than eating it. We also visited some small-scale miners who showed us how the procedure goes. Very interesting day which left at least me with many new thoughts and perspectives.