TASTE-MAKERS • SELORM ERNEST SOSU
Discovering Ghana’s Great Outdoors One Adventure At A Time Ghanaian born Selorm Ernest Sosu has always loved showcasing his country to the outside world. He does more of discovery through exploration and adventure, mostly daring to go solo backpacking. Today, he marvels at how a decision to journey across more of West Africa’s “Land of Gold” has taken him around Ghana more than 70 times. He has climbed mountains, sailed waters to far away villages, trekked hidden pathways that can only be reached on foot and revealing villages unknown to most, camped in nature, and biked near streams and rivers, and today, carries many a story to tell on Ghana’s great outdoors.
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elorm is a passionate freelance traveling photographer with years of rich history soaked in about Ghana from his many adventures. From the Ancestral sites of great Kings and Queens to the caves of mystical evil forests often described in Ghanaian folklore, Selorm stands ready to take adventurers willing to travel with him on a historical and traditional landmark tour that may have been long forgotten. He is confident of this: that an experience off Ghana’s beaten track will awaken the African Spirit in you.
The curious call to photojournalism
“The sights and sounds of Ghana will answer many unanswered questions of your roots and quest to uncover the truth about our past,” he says, when asked why one must consider an adventure across Ghana’s wilder terrains, before addressing how he got started
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in photography. “The quest to venture into the adventure photojournalism scene dates back to more than 10 years ago, when I sought to understand how people in the rural areas live their lives,” add Serlom. “Camping is one unique experience that you need bravery to do, especially if you are camping alone or even in a group and the group have no camping experience. In my case, I’m privileged to have now gone camping all over Ghana, and each time is as fun and exciting as the one before. I get to enjoy leaving the stressful city life behind to take in nature and peaceful environments out in the middle of nowhere,” he asserts. But living the adventurous life as a solo backpacker means that one has to know or at least try to learn a little about survival skills. A conversation with Serlom on what makes him tick became a window to understand what fascinates him about the world of exploring Ghana. travelessencemag.com
