The community of Bogu is comprised of a couple of small villages, located approximately 30 Km northwest of Tamale. The people are mainly farmers. My friend Barbara's husband, Sam, happens to be Chief and visiting him there in his chieftan role made for a most interesting day. Sam is a Dagomba who studied and worked as a teacher in the U.S. for several years before returning to the Northern Region to re-work his father's land. While he is busy farming and overseeing the inhabitants of Bogu, Barbara is an impressive director of a local private primary school. Both have my admiration for straddling two very different cultures between Ghana and the U.S. All told, I admit that I enjoyed the drum roll announcing our arrival into the village and the offering of the traditional koala nut as the Chief sat with the elders.
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