Little Ghanaian girl surprised by the tall westerner pointing his camera at her.
In
1989 Church of God World Missions sent me to Africa to document their
work in three countries -- Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia. I spent about a
week in each country making photographs and gathering information.
My first stop was in Ghana, where, because of an error by the World Missions Department I waited in the airport hotel for two days before the National Overseer (equivalent to a bishop) showed up and took me to his home in Kumasi. The next morning we loaded into his Toyota Land Cruiser and set out to see what the church was doing in his country.
Nurse Victoria Bade-Boakye examines a baby in the Church of God Clinic at Essianimpong as the mother looks on.
The Republic of Ghana is a smallish country in west Africa. Its area of 92,497 square miles stretches from the beaches of the Atlantic Ocean to tropical rainforests in the north. With more than 35 million inhabitants, it is the 13th most populous country in Africa. The largest city is Accra, which is also the capitol.
Women carrying their burdens the traditional way. It's great for the posture!
Ghana is a country of diverse ethnic and religious groups. Those claiming Christianity constitute 71 percent of the population, while Islam claims 20 percent.
Mosque at Kumasi. In Africa, the dark shadow of Islam is always a threat.
Ghana was a British Colony known as The Gold Coast for many years. In 1957, under the leadership of Kwame Nkruma, Ghana became the first colony in sub-Saharan Africa to achieve independence. It became a leader in the de-colonization movement.
The features of this Ghanaian boy bear a striking resemblance to those of Kwame Nkruma, the first president of Ghana.
All photos were made with Olympus OM film cameras on Fujichrome 100D film and scanned with a Konica-Minolta 5400 scanner.
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Text and photographs copyright David B. Jenkins 2026.
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