Kumasi is not a beach town. It is a city and is larger than Accra. The drive here was rough - 5 hours of jostling around. We are staying at the Macoba Suites and Apartments. I will post about that later.
Everything looks similar to Accra. You can buy anything you want almost anywhere. Shoes on the corner.
Traffic conditions are about the same. Again - lots of it.
Signs like this are every where.
I don't know what these little vehicles are called - They carry people for shorter distances in popular areas.
In Kumasi we parked the car by the side of the road to walk back to see a mosque. We were clearly the only white folk around. These three girls were intrigued with us.
Selling food on the street corner
Walking to the mosque
We walked up all those steps to see this. That is our driver standing in the back. No one was around - so Nas kept knocking on doors - until finally someone opened one.
You can buy these mats - made in Ghana.
We met the administrator of the mosque - who Nas knew! Nas' grandfather was/is a highly influential man in these parts. He had a major influence on this guy - so we have an in at the Kumasi Central Mosque.
He was showing us the vision and mission of the mosque. Michael jumped all over it - the values matched what his Rotary Club to End Human Trafficking. Soon contact information was being exchanged.
Then he leads us into the prayer room.
See the glassed in part way in the back - that's were the women are put. Right behind me is the pulpit the Imam speaks from
We each get a photo op standing on the lower steps.
The two doors underneath open into a small room that is for the Imam only. No one else is allowed in there, we are told. Our driver asks, what about the cleaners? Yes the cleaners are allowed in there!
The school on the Mosque grounds.
the mosque looks very well tended and cared for. Sad about the glass menagerie for the women in the back though!
ReplyDeleteI agree, the mosque is beautiful. It's funny (and great) that Uncle de-I was able to make a new connection there.
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