Egusi Soup II

ever eaten egusi soup cooked with sausage, chicken and beef? i have and it ain't half bad. just that i am not very keen on sausage. i’m not very keen on oyibo food in general, except for rice. well rice isn’t oyibo food. anyway, for all those who can cook (not microwave chefs mind you) , try the combo above , you will certainly like it. a word of advice, avoid having too many ‘obstacles’ in the egusi. it drives away the pleasure of dishing out the soup. its supposed to be a soup ie the obstacles should be the islands not the other way round. enough about egusi , at least now i have justified the heading.

i was at the famous akosombo dam the other weekend. went with four other friends and we had a guided tour of the dam structure. got a bit of history and how the dam was built. for the first time in my life, i got to appreciate and understand the ee lectures on power generation. turbines, emf, shafts , generators, rotors all those things now made practical sense. i pause to wonder how many of my lecturers have actually seen a dam. yeah, those mean people , who made the learning experience miserable for everyone. i know there were some good ones but majority where whack. for the first time , i can voice out this opinion without fear. those men who held our life in a balance and knew it. the should see me now, typing a blog to post on the internet.

once more i will mention the radio programs here. either i get too bored by the order that i listen to more radio on my way to work, than worry about traffic. well in home country i lived three minutes walk from work, in the same estate as the office and i still worried about traffic. i heard this sad but intriguing tale about a young man who committed suicide under suspicious circumstances. he jumped off a three story building to his death and left a note saying he was depressed by the break up with his ex-girlfriend. the guy from the unfolding story had a history of depression, he had left home declared missing for a while and then show up again in another part of town. he had been on radio talking about the loss of his girlfriend and how it made him feel bad like a year before his death.

the program took investigative journalism to its limits in our african context. the ex girlfriend who was now in the us studying was called up to be asked about the situation. she said though they had broken up over a year ago, they were back as friends and were in constant touch with each other. she had spoken with him three weeks before the incident that seem to have clearly debunked the idea that the suicide was because of her. as it happens the guy had a roommate who was absent as at the time it happened. he was on his way to meet with a lecturer who was particular about timing so that sort of was his alibi. anyway the story unfolds , i hope i get to hear the end of it. here radio presenters call up anyone to get firsthand info. i haven’t heard them calling up the president or vice but ministers, parliamentarians are always called up smack in the middle of the news about them to hear their own side. i am trying to picture calling up a minister to contribute to a radio program in home country. well maybe it happens, didn’t listen to much radio back home, and the few times i did , dan foster was more inclined towards prank calls.

yeah lest i forget there’s this program called sister sister. a bunch of women sit around to discuss ‘what’s on a woman’s mind’. its quite interesting and educative. i recommend it anytime you are on your way back from work around 7 pm. the only condition is that you have to be in ghana.