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Ghana Travel Podcast with Ama Boateng

Ama Boateng

Each series follows one resident's way of living in Ghana, moving from a new base to the places connected to it. Travel here means reading the terrain: low plains, the dissected plateau in the south-central area, and a coast that is warmer and drier than the humid southwest.

The host covers Accra's coastal density, Kumasi's Asante markets, Sekondi Takoradi's twin-port Atlantic edge, and the Bono region, where the gold trade once shaped Akan power. Each place shows a different Ghana: the capital, the inland commercial city, the western coastline, and a historical interior.

The show unfolds by returning. She settles in one place, learns it, then moves somewhere connected to it, and later comes back after the dry season has shifted into rain. The slow accumulation of that routine is the point: knowing one corner of Ghana properly before following its links.

Ama Boateng lives in Ghana and stays for two years, moving between cities, coastlines and smaller towns on a route that follows the seasons. Not a week-long visit — Ama is there in every kind of weather, working out where to eat on an ordinary Tuesday, which train to take, what a festival actually feels like from the pavement.

A new episode arrives every day. Each one is short and specific: one neighbourhood, one journey, one meal, one museum worth the detour — with the practical detail that matters. What it costs. When it closes. Whether the queue is worth it. What to do when it rains. Every episode carries a full transcript and chapter markers.

Part of Paris2Tokyo — one show for each of the world's hundred most-visited countries. Made for travelers, wherever you are going next.

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  • 5 episodes
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Episodes5

  • Yesterday · 8 min

    The FIMS Card, a Pricey Bottle, and Dance Practice

    Day five in Accra: Ama runs the Foreigners Identification Management System gauntlet for her Non-Citizen Ghana Card, discovers the true cost of a 'negotiable' taxi, and accidentally steps into the middle of a Homowo dance rehearsal. A practical look at t…

  • Tuesday · 8 min

    Bar Week, Black Stars, and the Price of Jollof

    Day four in Accra: Ama taps into the city's cocktail energy during Bar Week, weighs the cost of living against a pot of jollof, and maps out the road ahead—from Cape Coast to the Volta—while dodging the politics of an upcoming protest.

  • Monday · 11 min

    Power Cuts, Pre-Festival Streets, and the NHIS Wait

    Day three in Accra: Ama tackles the National Health Insurance registration, feels the city's rhythm during a planned power cut, and watches Jamestown transform ahead of the Chale Wote street art festival and the Homowo celebrations. Practical tips on tra…

  • Sunday · 8 min

    Makola Mayhem and the Rhythm of the City

    Ama hits Accra's pulse, from the chaos of Makola Market to the rhythm of Homowo drumming. We talk costs, the Black Star Gate, a new bank account, and the best street jollof. Plus a plan for the next coastal moves.

  • Saturday · 8 min

    Landing in Accra, August Rain and Jollof

    Ama Boateng touches down at Kotoka International Airport and dives straight into the chaos and thrill of making Accra home. From wrangling a Non-Citizen Ghana Card and opening a bank account to navigating trotros, haggling in Makola Market, and eating he…