African Cocoa Letters
Benjamin Setor GbadagoExperience cocoa culture through the lens of a cocoa storyteller.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 36 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 4 days ago |
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This is Cocoa Harvest - pt. 2
…series begins here. | …previously.
👋Tip: This is to be experienced, not read. So, please pause, take your time and, slowly, immerse yourself in it.
8:35 AM
Ah, there you are! It took you quite a while.
Look at you, all geared...
This is Cocoa Harvest - pt. 1
This series is dedicated to , a friend who loves cocoa and photography as much as I do, and thinks of chocolate more often than I do.
I hope you learn something new.
12 September 2025.
That Friday morning I picked up my Pixel 6a...
Chocolate PenPals #5
(A writer’s silent prayer: ‘Dear Lord, please let there be no funny errors in this piece. You know I’ve tried. Amen.’)
Welcome back to Chocolate PenPals - a cultural exchange with Lilla Toth-Tatai, Vienna-based chocolate educator, j...
Announcement: Paulina Boah
At exactly 10:38:43 on 19 November 2023, I clicked the shutter to capture this smile:
The following week, I sat with her on her veranda, my ears erect with excitement as she narrated her cocoa story.
Paulina Boah… was…
Paulina Boah was...
A Father is Like a Frog
One morning in 2021, I told my dad: “Mr. Gbadago, I don’t know you. Sure, I know you’ve paid for our education all these years, and bought us stuff, but that’s about it. I don’t know exactly how you grew up to become the father we have toda...
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