Photo credit: Bob Pixel Some of you saw a sneak peak of the new 'Adventures' website when it went up for a couple of hours over the weekend. This website is radically different from what we have had to date. For a start it a very visual site. Over the years this has been one of the requests I have heard over and over again from readers of Adventures. "You need to put some images on the site". I have struggled with this for many reasons. The ...  [Read more]

We're having our very first 'Adventures' event as part of AccraAlt's Talk Party series this Friday, 29th March at the Passions Cafe in Osu, Accra. A couple of writer friends and poets who may or may not have contributed to Adventures - Kuukua Dzigbordi Yomekpe, Nana Nyarko Boateng, Famia Nkansa and Nana Akosua Hanson have agreed to join me for a series of readings, performances and conversation about 'Surviving Sexual Abuse'. This will include ...  [Read more]

A couple of days ago I had a fun skype session with Nosa of MyAfricaIs and voila, there is now a video for you to check out. Thank you Nosa for the video feature, and thanks to all the wonderful contributors, readers and 'commenters' (even the lurkers) who make Adventures the vibrant space it is. To watch the video click ...  [Read more]

On Sunday, 8th January I popped into my local Shell Shop to buy some plantain chips, and saw that the latest edition of BBC Focus on Africa magazine was out. I had been recently featured in the October edition of the magazine so felt inclined to browse through the magazine and decide whether it was worth buying.   I stopped short on page 54, the ‘Inbox’ section of the magazine. There was a screen shot of the page that had featured ...  [Read more]

Abena and I are answering some questions about this blog for an interview and I would like to share some of the questions with you in the hope that you will be willing to provide some answers. In the past I have had people email me to say how grateful they are for the website, it enables them to hold difficult discussions with their husbands, partners, etc...so it is in that vein that I'm posing the questions below:   Do you think ...  [Read more]

Wow! In a few days time it will be Adventures's 2nd anniversary and what an exciting two years this has been. I have had so many positive experiences with Adventures -  which has included meeting new people, growing more confident in my own sexuality and writing for the likes of Dust Magazine and Dream Weddings. Its been a wonderful 2 year journey and I thank all of you for being on this journey with us. I especially want to thank all our ...  [Read more]