Desmond from Ghana : From rural life to academia

Ghana is a country rich in resources - it's the world's 9th largest producer of gold and producer a big proportion of the world's cocoa beans. But as with some other similar African countries, the wealth from these resources, has been slow to trickle down to the people.   In this episode, Desmond talks about what it was like in growing up in a rural area in northern Ghana.  Although his village had better facilities than many others, school was not so well-resourced as might be expected in the developed world. Despite the challenges, Desmond was able to become the first from his school to gain entrance into university in Ghana, and this would lead him on the path to come to Australia, first to do his Ph.D, and then to take up a lecturer position in the School of Management at the University of Tasmania.In this episode we also talk about a number of interesting aspects of Ghanaian culture, most notably the unique way the funerals are celebrated, not mourned.