We at IPA in Tamale, Ghana moved into our new house/office a few weeks ago, and our arrival has caused quite a stir in the local community.  Unlike many foreign non-governmental organizations, we aren’t working in a plush air-conditioned compound on the outskirts of town. Instead, ours is a fairly modest (though perfectly comfortable) house in a real urban community. We are surrounded by traditional round clay-walled houses, by goats and guinea fowl roaming in the streets, by calls to prayer from numerous local mosques, and by crowds of excitable children 18 hours a day.