I created the banner in Photoshop Elements™, using primarily a photo I took in Kumasi in 2002. I like the photo because it represents the vibrant activity that is such a huge part of Kumasi. Representations of Africa can be tricky, but I’m pleased with this picture. Of course, plastering a me-focused heroic theme overtop kinda brings us right back to discussions of imperialism and exoticism, but what can I say? I like adventures. I started using the term with reference to my consistent ability to find ‘alternative routes’ on my ways to places. Who wants to be lost? Adventures are much more fun.

And this website is about me, hence the me-theme. Anthropological methods require a certain amount of self reflection, but academic writing is not a place to foreground one’s own experience of change, learning, and growth. I do not want to suggest that this website is about Ghana, rather, it is about my encounter with Ghana and with anthropology.

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