Building Bridges between East and West through Education and Cultural Exchange
Adisadel College (1969-71), Cape Coast, Ghana
These photos have been scanned from 35mm transparency slides taken during our family’s stay in Ghana from 1969-71. I was appointed a math teacher at Adisadel College, one of the best secondary schools in Ghana at the time, on contract with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
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I was a Math teacher at Adisadel College in Cape Coast Ghana (located mid-way along the coast).
One of the top secondary schools in Ghana, Adisadel College. I was a teacher here, 1969-71.
Founded in 1910 as St. Nicholas College, it was relocated to this beautiful hilltop location in 1936.
In the late 60s, we had 650 boys at the school. Fifty years later, 2000 are enrolled here.
Boys returning from the dining hall following the noon meal.
Student dorms down the hillside from the main classrooms and administrative buildings.
St Nicholas Chapel has a statue of the saint over the entrance. Graduates are known as “The Santaclausians.”
Traditional dress of Ghana, simply known as “the cloth,” is famous worldwide.
My Fourth Form homeroom Math class.
Sixth Form students in their Physics Lab.
A Biology Class.
The Boys Choir performing at an assembly.
The student body in assembly.
Teaching and administrative buildings are on the far hillside; our personal residence is in the foreground.
A lovely view of the Atlantic Ocean from the halls of one of the classroom buildings. LAST IN SERIES
First published: 2015/04/29
Latest revision: 2017/10/21
