To breathe in Ghana is to breathe the air of sisterhood. Everywhere you travel you are greeted by female youth,…
‘Round The Girdled Earth…’
Yes, you can find Dartmouth affiliated folks literally around the globe, Ghana is no exception. Ghana has the world’s fastest…
Food, Glorious Food
“Food, Glorious food…what’s next is the question.” These words from the musical Oliver, rang through my head throughout my sojourn…
Fashion Is The Thing
A highlight of my trip to Ghana was being able to take in three days of MBFW, formerly Mercedes Benz…
Aburi Botanical Gardens
45 minutes outside of Accra is the oasis known as the Aburi Botanical Gardens. As you drive up into the…
Market Bliss
They say you will know it when you see it…the one! While I always wondered if that was true about…
W.E.B. DuBois – He Rests Where We Gather
The imminent scholar W.E.B. Dubois left giant shoes to fill all over the world. Whether in his birthplace of Massachusetts…
A Moment In Time
The excitement was palpable as I approached the gates of Parliament knowing that in short order, for the first time,…
Is There A Speaker In The House??
In a typical year, Ghana has 195,000 visitors. In this Year of Return 500,000 have made plans to sojourn to…
MADE IT MA! TOP OF THE WORLD.
I grew up watching James Cagney movies with my dad. One of our favorite lines from one of his favorite…
AKWAABA – Welcome Home
Waking up just in time for breakfast (brunch), I open the window shade and there she is, Mother Africa/Mother Ghana…
African Birthright Trip: The Year of Return
When our elders, in this case the President of our Wakanda, calls the children of the African Diaspora home, we…
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