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How surfing is challenging tradition in a Ghanaian town

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A smiling Vanessa Turkson walks out of the surf carrying a board on her headImage source, Ben Lalande

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It started with a magazine cutting.

Appearing in Surfer, the article was titled 'Africa - Home of Surfing">