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Shifa Amankwah-Gabbey, 12, of Accra, Ghana, participates in the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on May 30th, 2018, in National Harbor, Maryland. More than 500 spellers from across the country and around the world competed in the bee.

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Viewfinder: Students Compete in the Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee

Shifa Amankwah-Gabbey, 12, of Accra, Ghana, participates in the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on May 30th, 2018.

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

Field Notes: Agbogbloshie, Ghana

Two teenagers burn the plastic and rubber off of copper wiring in a vast e-waste dump. The slum…

Pacific Standard Staff

Economics

Is Censoring eCommerce as Bad as Censoring Speech?

A busy, Ghanaian internet cafe. MIT’s Ethan Zuckerman notes the work of sociologist Jenna Burrell, who spent several…

Marc Herman