Friday, October 23, 2009

I promised I would get them water. They walk hours before school every day hauling it home.


The ceremony for Nana Kwesi's enstoolment as Peggy's regent


My interpreter, 22-year-old Elijah


Peggy Opening the first bank account in Otuam and depositing fishing fees


Peggy's nephew Ekow


The handsome king


My little friend Janet with the 1000 watt smile


The little girlburst into tears when she saw me, the big white scary monster. Her brother is protecting her.


Fisherpeople







Kids Playing with a Broken Down Wheelchair


My neighbor, who loves to lounge


Peggy's Gazetting Ceremony











Breakfast in a Pineapple Field with the Farmer




School Kids







1: The beautiful 16-tear-old queen mother 2) Cape Coast Slave Castle was built over an ancient ancestral shrine. Today a tsiami pours libations







My friends at the school


The two kids I am sending to school, Kweku 5, and Esi, 6. Below, Kweku. Bottom, Tsiami the Priest and me







Little Boys Wear Ladies Panty Hose with Shoulders Cut Out


King Peggy and her Soul at her Gazetting Ceremony


Pumping Water to Carry on Their Heads