Accra:
I am ashamed to admit that today we went to Dez Amis Cafe across from the French Embassy for the third time! The fact is that as a matter of course Ghanaian food, although farm fresh and relatively free from genetic modification, is a bit lacking on the greens side. I had the same thing I had two days ago: sauteed seasonal vegetables and a half an avocado. It was delicious! Tim had beef kabob with fried rice and the seasoning called shito. Shito is a wonderfully smoky, spicy, fish based seasoning.
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| My sauteed vegetables and avocado |
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| Tim's kabob with rice and shito |
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| The National Theater designed in cooperation with the Chinese Government |
We walked almost all the way to the National Archives. The staff greeted us like we were old friends. There was a National Archives Day event, whereby we learned even more of Ghana's history and I got some ideas for how to proceed with research there.
While researching food, we learned some about the relatively peaceful transition Ghana had to independence that started almost right after WWII. Although we found some information about the logistics of catering the Independence Day events back in 1957, we have been unable to get our hands on a menu. We even went to the Ambassador (now Movenpick Ambassador) hotel after we finished at the Archives where the State Dinner for the Queen's 1960 visit was held to find out if they have any information. No luck as of yet.
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| National Archives Work Room |
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| The famous Ambassador Movenpick Hotel |
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