Welcome to Bolga
Commercial Street, Bolgatanga. Roots Art Gallery to the right After completing our three-day training session in Tamale we finally headed up north to Bolgatanga, the capital of the Upper East Region, and our new home for the next three months. Bolgantanga, a sprawling desert metropolis of 729 sq km, plays home to around 133,550 people (2010). Make that 133,562. The bustling environment, populated by a plethora of roadside stalls, “yellow-yellows” and roaming animals has been a novel sight for the majority of our team. Upon alighting from our bus another nuance of our new surroundings became apparent – “it’s hot up here, really hot.” With highs of the 42-43 degrees Bolgatanga quickly made us yearn for the relative cool of Tamale. Learning to cope with the heat will be a testing challenge for the coming months. Fortunately the team was also welcomed not just by the scorching northern sun but also by the cheery TradeAid team. Founding director Nicolas Apokerah and the programme man...