Ghana, People, Political

Frontline 2012 with Hassan Ayariga, PNC

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On Friday, the first program in the Frontline 2012 series was broadcast.

The program is a one hour political interview aiming to clarify the issues for the Ghanaian voter in the 2012 elections. Mr Hassan Ayariga of the PNC was my first guest and, save for a technical problem during the first minutes of our transmission, it went well.

I am hoping to be a ble to share a clip with you sometime soon, but for now you have to make do with these pics from the set.

Next show, Fri 28 Sept 2012 at 8.30 PM on TV3.

What questions do you have for this election’s presidential candidates?

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Personal

My Ghanaian Name: Ewurama

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It was the first gift I received from my in-laws. I believe my mother-in-law had it all ready weeks before the very first time I arrived on the tarmac of Kotoka International airport and was taken aback by the hot, dusty darkness that is Ghana at night. The following morning, backlit by sunshine she presented the gift to me, my Ghanaian name.

You are Ewurama, she explained. You are a lady, that is Ewura in Fante and you are a Saturday born, Ama. We will call you Ewurama. And it quickly caught on.  I use it when I introduce myself  here in Ghana, many of my relatives have me stored in their phones as Ewurama, children in the neighborhood calls me Mama Ewurama and even my Swedish parents use it!

A Colombian friend of 10 years recently saw my Ghanaian name on my blog and sent me a message asking what it meant. “Is it a title”, she wrote, “like Mrs.”?

“Almost”, I replied. “I am Lady Saturday, I am Ewurama”.

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Ghana, Political, Promoting

New Career: TV Host for Frontline 2012 on TV3

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As I am writing this, I am seated in the busy newsroom of TV3, a news printer is scrieching in the back, assignments are given out “Kweku, take a camera and go to…” and stories about parties, school girls and social media are debated. This week, a new and exciting chapter in my professional life starts as a TV host of TV3’s new political program, Frontline 2012.

It is a one-on-one show with prominent personalities, predominantely politicians, in this year’s Ghanaian election. It airs every Friday at 8.30 pm and lasts for an hour, with breaks for commercials.

I decided to do this as I have been following the election closely through BloggingGhana’s flagship project GhanaDecides and see this as an opportunity to ask the questions Ghanaians care about to the people who can answer them and provide a steady focus on understanding the issues at hand.

Come Friday, I hope you will watch Frontline 2012!

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Blogging

Hacked Website

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Dear reader!

Yesterday late my website was hacked into. I am trying to recuperate, but as the hacker this time decided to go into the themes and put malware there, delete my pictures and headers, it will take me some days to get things looking good here again.

Promise to pop back soon, ok?

And maybe this unplanned “fall cleaning” of sorts can in the end be for the better…

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Ghana, Parenting, Personal, Photo

Back in Ghana

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Our daughter is now 13,5 months and everyday with her is like a month. She learns a lot, she is so funny and also runs around with a speed that makes me feel tired after just a few minutes. I have been asked how she dealt with the travel this summer.

The answer is that she took it very well even though we visited many new places and people. We were on the road for a month, and upon our return to Ghana she needed just a couple of days before she was fully reintegrated into Ghanaian everyday life, see below!

Click on pic to see it in full!

Edited with Pixlr.

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Ghana

An African Election – A Documentary on the 2008 Ghanaian Elections

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On Friday, Jarreth Mertz came to show his documentary An African Election to a sizable crowd in Accra. I have been wanting to see the film on the 2008 elections since I first heard about it and only watching the trailer (see below) made me want to show it to my students. So how was it?

The film was funnier than I had expected, the crowd actually soared with laughter many times during the 89 minutes of the film, but also more serious. The unrest was so close to the surface and the filmmakers were in the midst of all the drama, the mega crowds, the closed rooms, it seemed. Finally, the film was also more beautiful than I had imagined. It was filled with interesting angles, sharp, sharp images and our dusty, sometimes ragged, country came out as a piece of unrefined gold.

Ayekoo Mertz brothers!

Next the film will tour Ghana under the Political Safari flag.  I hope it will make a stop at Ashesi! Updates to come!

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Kajsa HA's Social Media, Personal, Photo

New Semester, New Look, New Gravatar

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Here I am again (after a splendid summer, but that is another post).  As I am returning to this space, I decided to renew the look slightly on the blog. How I did it?

1. I opened Pixlr Express.

2.Played around with the photo I took of my recent passport photos.

3. To match the new look on my blog, I also changed my gravatar.

Now it is left with the small avatar called favicon that sits on the URL line, I just can’t remember how I got it there!

I guess that means I really have relaxed my brain during the summer…

 

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Parenting, Personal

Fante + Swedish = Fandish

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Our Swedish Ghanaian child is soon one year old. Time flies when you are having fun! She has now uttered her first word of what we call “Fandish” – that is combination of her father’s Fante, one of the Ghanian Akan dialects/languages and her mother’s Swedish, a Germanic language from north of Europe.

What was her first combo word? I am proud to say my child is polite. I believe she pronounced a mixture of the Swedish and Fante words for thank you.

“tack” (Swedish) +

“meda woase” (Fante)

= “ta’ssi” (Fandish)

Ta'ssi for the cereal!

 

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Personal, Photo

Passport Photos in Ghana

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In Ghana, you always need passport photos. You need them at the bank, at your workplace, to get your health insurance, for all educational applications and of course at Immigration.  

Often you need two photos, or sometimes three. So when you go do passport photos at the photographer, the normal deal is no less than eight photos!

Can you believe my 11 month-old daughter already have a pile of her own photos? Anyways, I recently ran out of my own passport photos and went to do another bunch. Yep, eight little Kajsa’s (for 6GHC or 3 USD) are now in my pocket (and illustrating this post).

Oh, no wait! Already, the photos are down to seven!

 

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