By Efam Dovi
The Africa Report - 11 May 2015
In Prampram, a town just an hour's drive east of Ghana's capital
Accra, many holiday houses line the shores of the South Atlantic Ocean.
One of them belongs to Jerome Thompson.
Located only 500 metres from the water, Thompson's house is resilient
to the effects of the salt and wind. The floors, windows and doors are
made of hard wood. His self-designed furniture is made from quality
Ghanaian timber and hand-carved by local artisans.
"The ocean helps me fall asleep and wakes me up in the morning," says
Thompson, an African-American retiree taking a stroll on the beach
where palm trees shade hand-carved canoes.
"Where else can I live this close to the ocean? It would cost me millions of dollars!"
Thompson, a native of Maryland in the United States, retired to Ghana
11 years ago. He first visited the West African country on a tour in
2000.
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