• Community Life,  Social Issues

    The Silent Teachers: Grandparents Raising the Next Generation

    By Kuuku Tamale, Ghana — In a modest compound house near Kalpohin, 64-year-old Madam Akosua Yeboah is braiding her 10-year-old granddaughter’s hair while stirring a pot of light soup. It’s a rhythm she’s mastered — switching between grandmother and parent, caregiver and counselor, cook and companion. Her daughter left for Saudi Arabia in search of better pay as a domestic worker four years ago. Since then, Akosua has become more than just “Nana.” She is now the mother figure in her grandchild’s life. “I thought I was done raising children,” she laughs softly, “but God gave me another round.” A Growing but Quiet Trend Across Ghana, more and more grandparents…