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Patrick Awuah is one of this year's MacArthur "genius" grant winners. The former Microsoft engineer was honored for establishing a new kind of school in his native Ghana.

Setting Up Ghana's First Liberal Arts College Makes Him A 'Genius'

10:12pm October 14, 2015

by Vicky Hallett

Patrick Awuah left his job as a Microsoft engineer to establish a new kind of school for his country. That accomplishment has now earned him a "genius grant" of $625,000 from the MacArthur Foundation.

President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana has goats on his mind.

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Why The President Of Ghana Said He Was Like A Dead Goat

5:07pm September 21, 2015

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

We're not making this up. President Mahama said he was like a dead goat. He later issued a correction: He's actually like a living goat.

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Need A Hand? Don't Worry, The Ghanaians Got Your Back

8:24pm July 07, 2015

by Kiley Shields

They laughed, they jeered, and no one helped when she had to haul her belonging up a hill in New York. But in Ghana, people are more than eager to lend a hand.

A carb ball shares the bowl with a chunk of meat.

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House Of Carbs: A Big Ball O' Carbohydrates Is Good Eating In Ghana

4:36pm February 25, 2015

by Kiley Shields

Our Peace Corps correspondent meets the giant ball of carbs that floats in many a Ghanaian stew. She takes a pinch (using her right hand only). And she learns to almost love it.

You've got to get down — literally — when greeting someone in Northern Ghana.

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Hello, I Must Be Squatting

12:48pm January 23, 2015

by Kiley Shields

You're a new Peace Corps volunteer in Northern Ghana. A villager comes by. Do you a) give a high-five, b) nod your head respectfully, or c) squat and say "n naa."

Kwesi Bido, 14, (right) stops to fix 13-year-old Inusa Mohammed's flip flop. Both spend evenings and weekends searching for scrap at Agbogbloshie, an electronic waste dump in Accra, Ghana.

A Shadow Economy Lurks In An Electronics Graveyard

3:53pm January 07, 2015

by NPR Staff

Two decades ago, the region of Agbogbloshie in Ghana was a lush mangrove swamp. Now, reporter and photographer Yepoka Yeebo explains, it's a vast dump full of electronic waste and young scavengers.

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Farmer Issiaka Ouedraogo lays cocoa beans out to dry on reed mats, on a farm outside the village of Fangolo, Ivory Coast.

Should You Stock Up On Chocolate Bars Because Of Ebola?

10:16am October 20, 2014

by Gregory Warner

The virus has already caused one spike in chocolate prices, because cocoa is grown in countries that border Ebola-stricken Liberia and Guinea. Prices went back down — for the moment.

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