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The End Of The Story

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#31. The Rest Of The Story

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#30. Memories of Nigeria and Nigerians

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#29. Scaling The Language Barrier

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#28. Beyond The Frontiers of Ghana

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December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 sdbraimah

PART 1: BACKGROUND           CHAPTER 1: The Concept of Seasons in Northern Ghana      CHAPTER 2: Manga – Where It All Started…  CHAPTER 3: Famous Practises of Manga to Remember CHAPTER 4: The Foundation of My Education           CHAPTER 5: My First Turbulent … Continue reading Table Of Contents

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The End Of The Story

December 20, 2021December 20, 2021 sdbraimah

By the grace of the Almighty God, I am glad to announce the completion and publishing of my autobiography entitled ’GOLDEN FOOTPRINTS: Memoirs of an African Development worker’. Although the book evolved from this blog the material from here has … Continue reading The End Of The Story

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#31. The Rest Of The Story

December 10, 2020 sdbraimah

For the last seven months, starting on the 1st of May 2020, I have narrated my story through posts on this blog “Memoirs of a Development Worker in Africa”. In these posts, I have also included contemporary development issues. There is … Continue reading #31. The Rest Of The Story

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#30. Memories of Nigeria and Nigerians

November 29, 2020December 10, 2020 sdbraimah

One of the least busy times of the year in a typical northern Ghanaian community is the end of the second part of the rainy season (that is about August/September). At this time, almost all the labour-intensive part of farm … Continue reading #30. Memories of Nigeria and Nigerians

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#29. Scaling The Language Barrier

November 22, 2020November 24, 2020 sdbraimah

This blog is complementary to #28 providing an elaboration that was not done. The enthusiasm with which I arrived in the Republic of Niger to do development work for World Vision International could easily be likened to that of a … Continue reading #29. Scaling The Language Barrier

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#28. Beyond The Frontiers of Ghana

November 15, 2020 sdbraimah

The Ghana Airways DC-9 Aircraft lifted off the tarmac at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, flew over the coastline and the Atlantic Ocean and turned right. I’ve never stopped admiring the landscape of Accra from the air and I … Continue reading #28. Beyond The Frontiers of Ghana

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#27. The Other Side

November 9, 2020November 10, 2020 sdbraimah

This narrative starts in the first week of March 1994. I was sitting in the chair of the National Director for World Vision International, Ghana, with my back to the door and the time was a few minutes to 10:00 … Continue reading #27. The Other Side

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#26. Dancing To Save Lives

November 1, 2020November 1, 2020 sdbraimah

I had arrived in New Zealand with two drummers; Premier Kumedzro, Kwasi Futukpor and four dancers; Joseph Mireku, Seth Asomanin, Ritna Otoo and Akweley. If I thought that preparing to bring these six young people from Ghana to New Zealand … Continue reading #26. Dancing To Save Lives

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#25. En Route To The Commonwealth Games

October 25, 2020October 29, 2020 sdbraimah

The dates 24th January to the 3rd of February 1990 will remain in my memory as the period when I was part of the Commonwealth Games held in Auckland, New Zealand. This is amazing because I have never done any … Continue reading #25. En Route To The Commonwealth Games

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#24. Growing Through Music

October 18, 2020October 22, 2020 sdbraimah

Music has played a major role in my development as a child, throughout my education, in my life as a Christian and in my development work across Africa. My early memories of music go back as far as when I … Continue reading #24. Growing Through Music

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