JoLoman A blend of culture 2024

On How to Be Beautiful, A Lesson from Her Excellency Alima Mahama

By Lori Nsaman March 10, 2022Culture1 Comment

As a woman, sometimes it's hard to balance being beautiful and powerful. I've thought about my own role as a woman at work as I take on leadership roles, and how that affects my perceived authority. I don't want to be too polite and underwrite my own power. Nor do I want to be too harsh and…

Farm Life: An Adventure of the Interracial Couple

By Lori Nsaman October 10, 2021Interracial Adventure3 Comments

I don't know why I've always been drawn to the idea of farm life. Perhaps it's my heritage, being the granddaughter of an Arkansas chicken farmer. Perhaps it's the cowboy movies I watched as a kid, where the idea of good honest ranch living and wild frontiers were shown against a stage backdrop of a Western sunset,…

Kitchen, The Unisex Salon That Every Man Should Visit.

By John Nsaman September 12, 2021Culture, Interracial Adventure6 Comments

It all started in 2007 when my parents left Abossey-Okai to live in Olebu-Ablekuma in Ga Central in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. I was in my final year at Wesley Grammar Senior School, Dansoman, also in Accra. I refused to relocate with them, with the excuse that staying at Abossey-Okai would enable me to wake up…

Culturally Confused Donuts, or An African, an American, and a Mexican Walk into a Brunch

By Lori Nsaman September 4, 2021Culture, Interracial Adventure11 Comments

It started with the wedding presents. My sister bought us some donut pans, pre-planning bucolic mornings of baking and tending children and generally having an idyllic American morning. I saw this challenge and I accepted. When the opportunity arose, I texted my sister and asked for a recipe. She replied and I checked that I had the…