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MY WAHALA IN GERMANY

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A Taste of German Cinema Only five of us course participants opted to see a film at a German film theatre on Friday November 13 at the cost of 3 Euros when we were offered that opportunity. So although we were all very tired we just decided to take advantage of the opportunity to savour German cinema. At the end of the day we were not disappointed, although we nearly got bored with the many adverts that preceded the film titled “The Informant”. The interior and exterior of the theatre hall were all nice but there were not many patrons to watch the movie, although it was a new one, which made me realise it was not only in Ghana that the appetite for movies had gone down. Please do not ask me for the cast of the film because I am not very good at that since I am not really a movie person although I enjoy good movies and can easily tell a good one from a bad one. Suffice me though, to say that the major star in the movie titled “The Informant” is the same person that starred in the

My Experience in Germany

MY WAHALA IN GERMANY ABROKYIRE ABRABO WITH EDMUND SMITH-ASANTE MY WAHALA IN GERMANY I must first say I never planned writing on my intriguing experiences in Germany . The idea popped into my head (or is it out of my head?) after my first night in the German capital of Berlin, where I am attending a two-week course in Newspaper Management organised by the International Institute of Journalism (IIJ) of InWEnt – Capacity Building International. The urge to write might also be because I had a good night’s rest or rather because I find what I have experienced so far in abrokyire too exciting that they should not pass without comment. Now, sit well as I recount my life as it unfolds in the heart of Europe – Germany . My Trip From Ghana : Starting off from Ghana was not as exciting as when I arrived in the Schengener Staaten (in English, the Schengen State ) but I will begin from there, nonetheless. I arrived for check-in at 6pm but couldn’t go back home, as I sta