'BUT OUR COMMITMENT IS TO STAND AND TAKE THE NEXT PUNCH'
Someone asked me some time back why I do what I do and what keeps me fulfilled in what I do. I answered by telling them this story: In October of 2010, I volunteered to be shipped to Axim in the Western region of Ghana. It is a popular fishing community that is home to all the fishing gears in Ghana’s artisanal and semi-industrial fishing industry. It was also popular during the pre-independence days of Ghana; it’s where Pa Grant hails from! His grave sits just behind a ‘drinking spot’! I opted for Axim not because I was familiar with the community. In fact, I had never lived anywhere in the Western Region before. I chose Axim because I followed my untamed sense of adventure. I think it’s the same primordial sense that made the Fante fishermen so audacious on the sea! My job was simple: profile the community. How hard can this simple task be right? Well, it wasn’t difficult save for days my friend and I had to walk 4 hours from far away communities because transportation wasn’t a