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In search of a paying ‘Mugu’
May 30, 20180Ashia is three hours into his time at an Internet Cafe, south of Accra. It is 11:58 pm – in time for Curtis, the attendant, to change shift. Ashia dozes off his remaining energy; the snooze... -
‘Akpɛtɛshie seller give me quarter’… For the love of one tot: Alcohol consumption in Ghana
November 8, 2017Under a shade at the Dansoman-Glefe lorry station in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, a group of middle-aged men sit slothfully as they inch closer to settling on an available diversion to validate their week-day nothingness. It... -
Moans and orgasms that pay – Transactional sex: ‘One-night stand’ with Ghana’s human Stress Balls
October 25, 2017Accra is done for the day – dead and deep into its beauty: woes, glory, good, bad, better, and worse. Only a handful of the city’s creatures are awake. The night’s precipitation is littered – accurately...