Still Wintery
Danielle’s sister Erin brings a bleak Tennessee landscape into sharp focus with her Hot Pink Trapeze Top. So striking!
Birthday party!
Cheers and love to Momma Gillian and Poppa Kwadwo – new parents yesterday to Baby Ani.
Possible name; Ebenezer Nketia Yao Ani?
Welcome to the world little man!!!
Painting: Kwadwo Ani
football time
Ghana is always just a little bit more fun, more electrified, when there is some football championship on, preferably one that the Black Stars stands a strong chance of placing in. And such a one has just begun! The Africa Cup of Nations started yesterday with 2 memorable games – hosts Equatorial Guinea beat the physically larger team from Libya, and then little Zambia shocked everyone by dominating Senegal, one of the top teams in Africa. So exciting already! So much more to come! Ghana, in Group D, plays its first match against Botswana on Tuesday…
Children Selling Pharmaceuticals
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Images and text:
http://www.nytimes.
Ghana vs Ghana
New and Beautiful
We are proud to announce the opening of Joinery, a beautiful store in Brooklyn, and the the first store in NYC to carry Osei-Duro. Well done Angela! Please, stop in and say hi to her if you are close by.
Joinery NYC
263 S. 1st st (@ Havemeyer), Brooklyn, NY 11211
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News around here
Happy the xmas!
Osei-Duro has been keeping busy, lots in development here. New stain removing techniques! Stone beads! A second apartment! We are busy every day, but managing to enjoy at the same time. We will take a break soon, and spend a few days at the beach to see the new year in.
Ahhh.
Meanwhile, news this week from the region is not so positive…
Shell spills 40,000 barrels in Nigeria
Boko Haram escalates bombings on Christmas day
Dutch company fined millions more for illegal toxic dumping in Cote D’Ivoire
Aki Marries
I have just learned the breaking news that Aki (Chinedu Ikedieze) married his long term girlfriend, Nneoma Hope Nwajah on Nov 26th. The Nigerian actor is famous throughout West Africa as half of the comedy duo Aki and Pawpaw (played by Osita Iheme). The two men are in their mid – 30s, but as little people they appear much younger, and usually play mischevious children. They are hilarious and talented actors! We enjoy their film Baby Police especially, and of course, the classic and required viewing Charge and Bail.
Naysayers are doubting the veracity of the marriage, given that the man is not traditionally handsome, and also so successful. Could this woman truely love him? Well, we at Osei – Duro certainly hope so. We would like to send them our support and wish them both the best!
You can read an older, but interesting interview with Ikedieze and Iheme here: