I have packed what I think I will need for the trip to Ghana. Of course who travels without an extension cord, a a few ziploc bags, a battery charger, a sfork, and flashlight, and a power outlet converter for electricity. Hmmm, well, maybe most people who don't go through that checklist of how to travel with one carry-on luggage. I've had my carry on suitcases sitting in the living room since Saturday night. When I think of something, I make sure I check thin...

I'm looking forward to visiting Accra and recording images, meeting people, and connecting with the land. Relying on media images and history books is a dangerous way of viewing the world. It is a painful reality, but our history books and our media have purposes that are not always portraying African countries as having both wealth, poverty, success, resilience, pride, and disappointment--all combined as a complex picture of many countries. We tend to see on...

Accra has around 3 million people in Accra; this is a much larger city than I had imagined--more than three times as large as Metro Tulsa. The statue is Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park KNMP is a National Park in, Accra, Ghana named after Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, the founding father of Ghana. The Mausoleum is a magnificent Marble Monument and the last resting place of the first President of Ghana, a famous Pan-Africanist.

A common question people ask me is where is the Republic of Ghana, so I suppose I should get used to addressing the location. So far, my best explanation is along the African West Coast on the bottom side of the part of the continent that stretches out to the left into the Atlantic Ocean. When I explain it this way, people tend to visualize it based on their memories of the seeing the Continent of Africa. Anyway, following are a few things from a website abou...

Ten days before traveling to Ghana, I am starting to consider all of the planning that has happened over the last year in preparation for the trip: (1) Making contacts in Ghana (Beatrice and David have been wonderful) (2) Collaborating with our Dean of Global Education (Doug Price has had great ideas and made the planning much richer) (3) Securing funding (TCC Faculty Innovation Grant - supported through the TCC Foundation - has made this possible) (4) Planni...