Rarely has a day in my life contained so much experience, so much learning, so much pain and so much joy. Here’s the first stop on our day’s journey. We began the day at the crack of dawn. Up at five a.m., departing our hotel at six. Traveling in Ghana is quite the adventure. ForContinue reading “5. Nancy’s African Blog: The Naming Ceremony”
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4. Nancy’s African Blog: City Tour
On the second day of our Black and Abroad Ghana Tour, we woke refreshed at the Hotel Motenpick in the center of Ghana’s capital, Accra. We stepped into the breakfast buffet by 7 a.m., feasting on an amazing spread that included almost everything you could imagine for the first meal of the day. I selectedContinue reading “4. Nancy’s African Blog: City Tour”
3. Nancy’s African Blog: Welcome to Ghana!
3 Nancy’s African Blog: Welcome to Ghana! From Dayton to Atlanta, from Atlanta to New York, from New York to Accra, Ghana. A smooth whirlwind, with on time aircrafts, comfortable seating and voila! we arrived halfway around the world in Africa, in less than 24 hours. Our final ten-hour flight held mostly Ghanaian nationals headingContinue reading “3. Nancy’s African Blog: Welcome to Ghana!”
1. Let’s Go to Africa: Nancy’s African Blog
Listen to a short version on YouTube at: Come Along! Let’s Go to Africa! I am going to Africa, and I want to invite you to come along. I planned this trip to learn about Ghana and the slave trade. I want to learn about the heritage of the Gullah people, about these people whoContinue reading “1. Let’s Go to Africa: Nancy’s African Blog”