Ruminations from Tamale (Part 2)

Actually as I write this, I’m no longer in Tamale. My trip was cut short by, most simply put, an employer stabbing me in the back. The workforce in Ghana is dominated by small-scale scale entrepreneurs, which makes it more readily possible for workers to be treated unfairly as opposed to being employed in a corporate-like system. But that’s a discussion for another day. For the most part, I enjoyed my time in Tamale though fell really sick upon departing, and it took me a good week to get over that illness. The best thing about the city, as opposed to those in in the south of country (including Accra), is the low cost of living. The caveat though is that Tamale is generally dirty, which logically would contribute to sickness if your body isn’t used to the environment. And what it feels like is that I caught a case of malaria, very weakening though thankfully not completely debilitating. SOME VILLAGES CLEANER THAN THE CITY Some of the villages o...