A family break in Spain, a lovely way to relax and think
about the things most important to you… and that’s exactly what I have been
doing. The Larabanga Life Project has been on my mind the whole time and
keeping in contact with people back home, exciting ideas have been flowing.
Nathalie, a member of our UK team who was in Larabanga with me is taking a trip
to Ghana within the next few weeks, she will be taking essential supplies for
the community, including medical kits and clothes for the children.
My main interests here have been reading African Literature,
painting for the Larabanga Life Project and finding African themed goodies at
the local market (La Mata, Torrevieja). There is something about reading
African Literature that gets me, the way it is written and the way it leaves me
thinking, regardless of the different story lines. I picked up these two books
whilst searching a second hand book shop back home, and what fabulous finds
they have turned out to be, such gripping holiday reads! Beat Jackie Collins
any day of the week… Sorry! 
The books are: Spears in the Sun by JAMES EDWIN BAUM, it was
published in New York in 1928 and the other is titled The Flame Trees of Thika-
memories of an African childhood by ELSPETH HUXLEY published in 1959. Although
I still have a way to go with finishing them both, they are definitely my kind
of read, I will write an update on the books next time.
Spreading the word of The Larabanga Life Project has been a
great tool here too, talking to different people from different places, with
different thought processes… Even a fabulous guy at the market from Senegal, I can thank him for the fabulous dress I got from the market!
Bye for now sunny Spain...
