'I was duped into leaving London for school in Ghana - but it saved me'
Going to school in Ghana was like prison for Londoner Mark Wilberforce, but he feels it kept him from jail.
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EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Why the new Commonwealth secretary general could be a multi-billion-pound headache for Keir Starmer
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Ghana's Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the incoming Commonwealth secretary general, could provide a multi-billion-pound headache for Keir Starmer with her support for slave trade reparations.
67 days ago
‘People cry, get angry’: remembering the enslaved in Ghana’s remarkable sculpture park
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Kwame Akoto-Bamfo started by shaping one clay head in 2009. Now thousands are displayed at the Nykyinkyim Museum, each representing an African who was lost to slavery
• Photographs by Keelson Studio
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70 days ago
Teenager who claimed his parents 'tricked' him into moving from London to Ghana to go to boarding school over fears he was in gang loses High Court bid to return to UK
The teenager was 13 when he travelled to the West African country on the pretense of seeing a sick relative only to find his parents had enrolled him in a private school.
71 days ago
British boy loses case against parents over being sent to school in Ghana
The 14-year-old from London brought a case against his parents after being sent to school in Ghana.
74 days ago
‘Dead white person’s clothes’ mount up as Ghana’s Kantamanto market struggles to rebuild after fire
Six weeks after a devastating blaze in Accra ripped through one of the world’s biggest secondhand markets, many stalls remain unfinished and thousands still have no income
It was a blaze that left tw…
75 days ago
‘An ode to Altadena’: LA arts community bands together to support fire-ravaged neighborhood
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The eclectic neighborhood was devastated by the wildfire last month; galleries and artists are now working to protect its legacy
A charred baby Slinky, a handful of book ash, blackened cowrie shells f…
81 days ago
What about your housebuilding drive, Angela? Rayner is accused of ignoring her domestic duties in favour of 'swanning around the world' as Deputy PM jets off for a tour of Africa
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The Deputy Prime Minister said she was 'delighted' to be travelling to Ethiopia to meet with the African country's leaders, while she is also due to visit Ghana later this week.
87 days ago
From escaped child bride to artist: why one Ghanaian painter puts women at the centre of her work
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Hawa Awanle Ayiboro’s solo exhibition opens this month in Accra with paintings that explore a difficult period in her childhood and the emancipation of other women
Whether self-portraits saturated in …
Dirty water and endless wars: why cholera outbreaks are on the rise again
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The number of cases globally has surged since 2021, as war and the climate crisis pile pressure on vaccine supplies
Cholera, the scourge of the Victorian era, is staging a comeback fuelled by conflict…
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