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Made for leaving
I think I always knew it, but my friend and the person who has overseen most of my work in Ghana, Paul Opoku-Mensah, clarified it for me: Missionaries are temporary Or as I like to say, missionaries...
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Who wears what?
Overflow seating at Korle Bu I attended the 50th anniversary of the Korle Bu Community church in Accra. This church that has contributed to many different Christian ministries and churches in Ghana. At...
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Western Christmas in Africa
One of my Ghana colleagues and friends tells of Christmas in his village when he was a child. It was a big celebration. Most of the year people didn’t eat meat. It was a luxury. But at Christmas, my...
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For granted
Title page of first Twi Bible The Bible was first translated into the most widely spoken language of Ghana, Twi, in 1871. So when I arrived in Ghana in 2011, those people already had the Bible for 140...
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The ideal body in Ghana
Typically, African painting is highly stylized. (Image courtesy of MaxPixel) I was stopped at a stoplight in Accra where hawkers were selling things to the motorists. Two men were carrying...
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Beyond mere understanding
I was intrigued by one story I got recently from Ghana. It was about an older man who followed his traditional religion. He offered sacrifices to his gods on a daily basis and had no interest in...
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Elections Ghana style
This year is an election year in Ghana. There will be general and presidential elections on December 7. In recent years, Ghana has had several peaceful elections followed by peaceful changes of...
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Blessings spill out
Students who learned to read The approximately 30 different people groups of northern Ghana are faced with real difficulties. Their land is semi-arid, they have few economic opportunities, and their...
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God’s agent(s)
The big religious question in the West is whether God exists. But that is not the issue in Africa. Everyone knows that God exists. An Akan proverb says that you do not need to show God to a child. By...
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Revitalized
I have written several times that translation committees are key to the success of translation in Africa. Have good translators is also important, of course. A translation committee is a group of...
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