The Elegant Pen in Ghana

Hello all,

So for the past week the "Elegant Pen" has been in Ghana. To all of my ESL students at the East Brunswick library and all others, feel free to comment and add your own contributions. As soon as I figure how to make it so everyone can post an entry, I'll email all of you.

Let me give you a quick "rundown" [summary] of all the things that I've learned about Ghana so far:
Ghana is a small country in West Africa, with the countries the Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast in English) to the west and Togo to the east. The capital is Accra, a hustling and bustling city on the coast to the south of the country. Right next to Accra, to th east, is Tema, the center of shipping and industry in Ghana. Accra is a mixture of New York City and Washington DC since it has big business and government and Tema would be like Port Elizabeth in New Jersey. In Elizabeth, millions of containers come in from around the world on ships to be unloaded and put onto trucks. The same happens in Tema.

It just so happens that my grandmother lives in Tema so I'm spending much of my time in that area. As soon as I am able, I will upload photos of my house and the area that way you can have an idea of what everything looks like.

Stay tuned for an update.