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Black Studies 381 / History 381: Diasporic Connections: Ghana and West Africa
Sociology 383: Globalization & Social Change in Ghana
Students will visit college and university libraries, history museums, the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Center and other educational and cultural institutions. Students will also attend lectures and seminars given by local academic and community leaders and meet local university students. From life in traditional villages to modern business and technology, Ghana- bound travelers will experience the multi-faceted flavor of this fascinating West African country.
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1/21/2008
| | Creating Friendships |
| As the trip progresses, our group becomes more of a family. By group, I mean all the students, faculty, and our guide along with his assistants.
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1/19/2008
| | Life as a Wife and Celebrity |
| I never thought I'd be a wife at 19, but today was my lucky day. Not a moment passed as I stepped off the mothership (bus) to the woodcarving village, when my hand was grasped by a Ghanaian man speaking promises of his work.
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1/18/2008
| | Estes Sounds Good Now! |
| (For those who don't know, Estes is the name of our cafeteria)
Everyday for lunch and dinner, repetition of food persists.
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1/29/2008
| | Returning Home Was Never This Shocking |
| Shock spread through me entirely as we sped back to Randy-Mac, something that I had least expected. Going through customs in New York and then the domestic flight to Baltimore did nothing to prepare me for the drive back home.
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1/21/2008
| | Taking Chances With Ho |
| If in the future I need to move to Ghana, I have found the region with my name on it. Ho is the easternmost region in Ghana and contains the Akosombo Dam and Lake Volta.
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1/20/2008
| | Hello, my name is Suzie. |
| Yesterday, we made our way through Kumasi, a city closer to something we are accustomed to in the states than the other places we've visited so far in our journey.
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1/17/2008
| | Akwaaba folks!! |
| Akwaaba folks,
I don't even know where to start. It is my fourth day
here in Ghana and I have loved every bit of it.
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1/31/2008
| | Changes in Latitude |
 | Geographically speaking, Ghana is known as the center of the world. The Prime Meridian and the Equator intersect on its southern coast, giving Ghana its distinctive topographical position.
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1/27/2008
| | Connectivity |
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We call it service-learning.
R-MC students often participate in activities that connect them with the community.
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1/27/2008
| | Expect the Unexpected |
| I mentioned the other day that we'd be attending a funeral on Saturday. We did--but it wasn't the funeral we had planned on attending.
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