Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Dressing for Ghana

Wednesdays are free time, given to us to use for our projects. I was running low on supplies and money, meaning that I needed ot go to the atm and to the supermarket. My friend Suzanne and I took a taxi to Osu "Oxford" Street (named after the street in London because every tourist tends to congregate here).

We went to Koala supermarket for lunch food and decided to buy single servings of ice cream. We walked down Osu eating our ice cream in the warm Ghanaian climate before heading back to the dorms to get work done.

That evening, a local seamstress named Marjorie came by to see if anyone wanted to commission some clothing. After being measured and choosing between the brightly-colored fabrics, I commissioned two dresses. She finished them overnight, and they are absolutely beautiful!

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