Workshops

Learn traditional arts and crafts that make Ghana special. A few ideas:

• Drumming and Cultural Dance
  
  Learn to play traditional rhythms and cultural dances at a local drumming center.
  
  
• Ghanaian Cuisine
  
  Learn to cook popular Ghanaian dishes including fufu, red red, fried yam, and palava.
  
  
• Batiking Fabric
  
  Use traditional techniques to design your own fabric to take home.

Night Clubs

While all of the night clubs listed are generally safe, it is best to travel in groups and even better to take a guide with you. The following clubs are open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.

• OOPS
  
  Located in Bubuashie, West Accra. They play music from the 90's and the early part of this decade. They also do "shout outs" for guests if you give them your name. Opens at 10:00pm.
  
  
• Boomerang
  
  Located near Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra. They play a mixture of modern Western and local music. Opens at 9:00pm, but it's best to go at 10:30 pm. It closes at about 4 am.
  
  
• Vanity
  
  Located at Osu in Accra. This is a new club and plays modern music. Opens at 10:00 pm and closes at about 4 am.
  
  
• Afrodesia - Recommended *
  
  Located in the airport residential area near the Airside Hotel in Accra. The most expensive of them all. Plays all types of music. Opens at 10:00 pm and stays open until day break.

Restaurants

• Busua Inn
  
  Continental, French, and Ghanaian food.
  
  
• Tante Marie
  
  Continental as well as Ghanian dishes.
  
  
• Buka
  
  Serves Continental and Ghanaian dishes. * Tennis players Venus and Serena Williams dined here when they visited Ghana.
  
  
• Le Magellon
  
  Serves Ghanaian and continental foods.