I decided to take some pictures( well, a lot actually) to enable anyone who might be wondering how a university in Ghana/Africa looks like.
Akuafo Hall
The university of Ghana has 5 traditional halls of residencies, with Akuafo Hall being one of them. The hall houses both males and females and has a population of over 2000
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| Inside Akuafo Hall |
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| Outside the Akuafo Hall |
The Balme Library
Known as the largest university library in West Africa,(well as we were told in school), the library contains over 100,000 books. I spent a lot of time over in my undergrad years
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| Front View of the Blame library |
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| Economics Department- Where I earned my degree |
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| The streets of Legon |
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| Faculty of Arts |
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| Legon Hall |
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| The symbol of Legon hall |
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| Inside Legon Hall |
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| That Student Life! |
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| Mensah Sarbah Hall- My affilliated hall |
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| Inside the Mensah Sarbah Hall |
All the halls of residences except the all boys hall-commonwealth,have annexes to make up for the then shortage in accommodation
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| In sight-Akuafo Hall Annexe B,C & D |
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| Sarbah hall Annexes A, C & D |
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| The walking paths need a lot of work |
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| The guys leisurely use this as a football field sometimes |
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| Jubilee Hall/hostel |
This hostel was built to accommodate all international students including exchange students. If you are looking to school at the university of Ghana from another country you are most likely to be offered a place of accommodation here. The rooms are generally larger than those of the traditional halls. There are 2 buildings that make up the international students hostels also popularly known as ISH 1 and ISH 2
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| ISH 1 |
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| Jubilee Hall located in between the 2 international hostels |
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| ISH 2 |
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| ISH 1 |
Recently a series of hostels were built by the university to house an extra 7000 students.
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| In sight - 3 of the 4 buildings of project 7000 |
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| University Swimming pool |
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| The Uncompleted Stadium |
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| Inside the stadium |
I have been to Legon when i visited Accra in 2011 and loved it. There shouldn't have different hostel for international students though that just breeds segregation.
ReplyDeleteLooks good actually, love the uniform white. But they need to finish the walkways...
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DeleteAshawo kobo
beautiful, but still needs some work
ReplyDeleteThe University is really beautiful! I have heard a lot about it but never seen what it looked like
ReplyDeleteWow, TAC, you made me nostalgic with these pictures. I miss home!!! I have been to Ghana once and it was a really interesting visit. The US would miss you! lol. Have fun dear
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful campus with wonderful architecture, the library is a divine sight. Once they complete the walkways and perhaps plant some more greenery and flowers it really will be something to behold.
ReplyDeleteThis is by far the most amazing experience ever. I grew up briefly in Ghana and spent most of my university days in London. These pictures and captions are setting my imagination on a long trip wow. Thank you for sharing am made up tonight!
ReplyDeleteHow far? I really miss your updates. Guess you're enjoying ur marriage and too busy to write. Take care.
ReplyDeleteI just read an article about some of the private universities in Ghana HERE , but i really enjoyed reading your post, and would recommend this university to my friends
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