Drew Hinshaw

GlobalPost

Drew Hinshaw is a former Fulbright scholar who studied media and political journalism and has worked extensively with the West African press.

He covers Ghana and its neighbors for GlobalPost. He speaks Twi with emerging fluency. Previously, Hinshaw worked as a reporter in New Orleans at a community paper in the Bayou.

His first love as a journalist is music, which is why he majored in The Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music at New York University before working for a few years as a critic. In Africa, his favorite music is Coupé Decalé, from Cote D'Ivoire.


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Ghana’s illicit trade in discarded electronics

Politics

Migrant workers harvest parts to sell internationally amid concerns about the environmental impact.

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Africa banks on cell phones

The World

Plenty of fishermen, not so many fish

The World

Ghanaians welcome Obama

Agence France-Presse
The World

Obama tells Africa: “Yes, you can”

Agence France-Presse
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UN food program cuts back aid

Agence France-Presse

There likely won’t be enough money to feed everyone who qualifies for food aid in many African countries.

The World

Nigeria’s banking crisis

Problems from big loans with little collateral. Sound familiar?

The World

Senegal’s Taxi Sisters break new ground

Dakar’s female taxi drivers shatter taboos and open up transport field for women.

The World

US trains Mali army to fight Al Qaeda

Agence France-Presse

Annual military exercises designed to combat spread of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.

The World

Teaching Senegal’s girl house servants

Lifestyle

Innovative project educates girls in literacy and entrepreneurial skills.