Call for Commentary from Ghanaians Abroad

The Statesman newspaper in Ghana (www.thestatesmanonline.com) is calling for written commentary from non-resident Ghanaians. We want to read true stories about your experiences abroad, with details of:

Why you chose to leave Ghana
How you have been accepted (or rejected) in your destination country What have been the costs (financially, physically, personally, psychologically) of your journey?
What have you gained for your experience abroad?
What have been the most difficult challenges for you?
What disappointments have you encountered?
What have been your greatest successes or triumphs in your new place of residence?
Where do you consider home; Ghana, your new residence, or both, or neither?
What are your overall impressions of the country you now live in?
What have been the costs and benefits to your family (immediate and extended), community, clan, village etc. of your journey?
Do you plan to return and if so, when, and what will you do when you return to Ghana?
Would you advise other Ghanaians to travel and work or study abroad?
What advice would you give those Ghanaians who choose to live abroad?
Any personal anecdotes that you think will interest Ghanaian readers.

Entries should be written in first-person and can take the form of a letter to a friend or loved one back home.

We will publish well-written entries of one thousand words or less in the Saturday edition of The Statesman as part of a running feature on the Ghanaian Diaspora.

Please email your submissions to Chris Benjamin, Development Correspondent, at benjibopper@hotmail.com.