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.

It's thrilling: the rise of Africa's amusement parks

What Africa's booming middle class really wants is a roller coaster.

It's thrilling: the rise of Africa's amusement parks

Senegal's shoe capital faces competition from China

Senegal's shoe capital faces competition from China

Photos: Gaddafi's female bodyguards

Photos: Gaddafi's female bodyguards
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Iran fails to win new African allies

Iran fails to win new African allies
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In Senegal, swimming an old slave route

In Senegal, swimming an old slave route
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Nigeria's economy: headed for the G20?

Africa's economic powerhouse is booming, but serious problems persist.

Nigeria's economy: headed for the G20?

Senegal's Dakar to Goree swimming race

Senegal's Dakar to Goree swimming race
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Senegal project aims to educate 10,000 girls

Tutoring lessons become a booming export business run by young women.

Senegal project aims to educate 10,000 girls
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Senegal's wrestlers hit the big time

Traditional Laamb wrestling competitions entertain large crowds.

Senegal's wrestlers hit the big time

Senegal wrestling

Senegal wrestling
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Teaching Senegal's girl house servants

Innovative project educates girls in literacy and entrepreneurial skills.

Teaching Senegal's girl house servants
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US trains Mali army to fight Al Qaeda

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

US trains Mali army to fight Al Qaeda
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Senegal's Taxi Sisters break new ground

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

Senegal's Taxi Sisters break new ground
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Nigeria's banking crisis

Problems from big loans with little collateral. Sound familiar?

Nigeria's banking crisis
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UN food program cuts back aid

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

UN food program cuts back aid