Jesse:
Getting ready to head back to Accra after a somewhat good time in Bonwire and Ntonso. Above is a great pic of Caryl with the "oldest master Kente weaver" at Bonwire. I'm sorry but I didn't get the Elder's name. I also met an English woman at a Bonwire fabric shop who claimed to be shopping for "famous African Americans" including Spike Lee.There was too much begging and crude attempts at scamming us with junk in Bonwire--the whole experience reminded me of "backshesh" in Egypt.

In Ntonso, we met some master Adinkra printers and Kente weavers. Caryl will be collaborating with them on her return next week. Here are pictures of the work area:



The bus ride from Cape coast to Kumasi long, difficult, and characteristically late--in fact, it almost didn't happen at all. First the 5:30 pm bus didn't show until 8 pm; then when we got aboard it wouldn't start. We waited around for about 2 more hours until another clean, new bus showed up and off-loaded. This new bus was about to leave and go out of service when a perturbed mob from our bus commandeered it! With the help of an STC bus official that had returned to the station after her shift ended, we were on our way to Kumasi.