"We are all one people. We all have the same color blood." For some reason, I've recently come to enjoy beginning with a quote of some sort. They serve as a great foundation, and really seem to get me thinking. Even though I've always been for equality, integration, justice, and everything else, that particular notion has never entered my mind- we really do all have the same color blood. Although the above is, as far as we know, completely true, h...

IN EVERLASTING MEMORY "Of the anguish of our ancestors. May those who died rest in peace. May those who return find their roots. May humanity never again perpetrate such injustice against humanity. We, the living, vow to uphold this." This weekend our group took a trip to Cape Coast, about three hours away from the University. We left early Saturday, and returned late Sunday. I'll attempt to convey the array of feelings that were present t...

IN EVERLASTING MEMORY "Of the anguish of our ancestors. May those who died rest in peace. May those who return find their roots. May humanity never again perpetrate such injustice against humanity. We, the living, vow to uphold this." This weekend our group took a trip to Cape Coast, about three hours away from the University. We left early Saturday, and returned late Sunday. I'll attempt to convey the array of feelings that were present t...

Part 3 of 3 (with no relation to part 1 or 2) GMT. Ghana is in the GMT time zone. Greenwich Mountain Time, right? Wrong. It's actually "Ghana Maybe Time." From the moment we got here, we realized the concept of time was just a little different that what we're accustomed to in the United States. Classes don't start on time, and classes don't end on time. The buses don't have schedules, and if they did, they wouldn't stick to them. Restaurants open...

Part 2 of 3. Oboruni. All foreigners here are referred to as "oborunis," (pronounced oh-bru-ni), and you can't go far without hearing it shouted at you. Literally translated, it means "white man," or "foreigner." Nothing offensive really, but I know it will be something we'll hear until the day we leave. It does become frustrating at times though, as you hear it more times than you can count, day in and day out. Whether it's the...