Welcome to my tailor shop in Kokrobite, a village 40km west of Accra, the capital city of Ghana. Kokrobite is a fishing village and also a tourist destination because of the beach. My shop is on the main road to the beach, just before the turnoff to Big Millys Backyard, a local hotel and restaurant.
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Before moving to Kokrobite in 2004 I had a shared shop with several other artists. We rented a workshop together in Accra and each person made their own items: drums, wood carvings, clothing and jewelry. I opened my own shop in 2006. My friend Maputo Mensah, a master drummer and dancer, brought a group from the States to Kokrobite, to teach dancing and drumming at the African Arts and Music Academy. I had so many customers that one month that I was able to open a shop rather than working at home. I built that first shop with bamboo slats for the walls and roof. The summer of 2007 Maputo brought another large group to the village and I was able to save money to rebuild my shop in plywood and install a metal roof.