The Cocoa tree

A termite mound

Amoafi also talked about the insects and the termites which are white ants that build very strong mounds, like concrete, that must be broken with axes (see picture above right).

Ghana has over 500 kilometres of coastline. The beaches have fine white sand and are usually lined with coconut trees.

The Mango tree

The Coconut tree

Adesaa dua

The Flamboyant tree

The Flamboyant tree above is called dua in Twi. means seed pod and it is used as a musical instrument when dried. If you go to the Songs and Games page in Project 8 from Brent knoll School you can hear the sound the makes at the end of the GOREI IYE song.

Amoafi talked about the Ghanaian schools, trees (see pictures above) and houses (some old and new like here).

She also described what day to day life was like in Ghana for children and how the African children all help to look after each other.

Ghanian Secondary School

A day-in-the-life of a Ghanian child was then typed up and e-mailed to the class teacher so that the children could practice enacting it for their assembly (see the Songs, stories, drama section).

During the project Amoafi also brought in some objects and musical instruments from her own home. She talked about each musical instrument and how it was played, these included: gourd shaker, rattle, talking drum, cow bells.

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Photos were taken of the objects which included games, statues, pots and fans, and these are shown below.