It's late Saturday afternoon when I thought Jim and I would be enjoying a bit of relaxation combined with stopping in at a "naming of the baby" celebration to which we were invited by one of Jim's colleagues from the hospital. The Muslim naming of a new baby is a joyous occasion which traditionally begins at dawn, consists of the local imam coming to give his blessing and continues throughout the day with food and socialization.
Instead, Jim phoned a while ago from the hospital where he has been since early this morning, primarily having gone in to check on a small child who had been admitted yesterday. However, an all too common scene of chaos took place there soon after his arrival, resulting from a head-on collision between two buses a short distance north of Tamale. Several persons were killed and many others injured. It is yet another example of the frequency of traffic accidents in Ghana. Contributing factors include fatigue of drivers on the long trips between cities, combined with poorly maintained vehicles and roads.
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