It is our last day in Ghana. After we checked out the hotel we went to visit Ghana's National TV Station. We had a chance to meet one of their sports anchors and watch a live sports show from back in the control room. I just hate to seem like I am harping on a particular issue, but it is so refreshing to see young African men in roles of leadership and looking so professional. I think because this type of thing stands out to me, it is a testimonial of where w...

Hello...Day 5 in Ghana. Today we had the opportunity to visit the Elimina Slave Trade Castle. Visiting this castle gave us another view of a slave castle in which our brothers and sisters had to endure. The guide spoke stated that there were 43 of these slave castles located in Ghana and how majority of the Africans which were sent to America came through one of the Ghana Castles. The fact that most African Americans came from this area reiterates the point tha...

Day 4. Another exciting day in Ghana. We got to experience a day at Ghana's technical college, Takoradi Polytechnic. We met with the Faculty and Administrators early in the day to let them know about our plans for our students. After they understood what we wanted to do, the idea was embraced with open arms and we have begun the process of establishing a exchange program between our two schools. It was nice to see and hear that they were not only willing to...

Hello there...Day 3 in beautiful Africa. As you can tell by my blog entry photo that we had the chance to visit Cape Coast Castle, this is where the black slaves were stored before they were put onto the slave ships heading for America. The condition of the dungeons was horrendous and many slaves not only died on the journey to the Cape Coast Castle, but many died right there in the dungeons because of the miserable conditions that had to endure. The tour guid...

Could my Ghana experience get any better? I did not think so, but it did. Ghana is amazing and we are having a great time learning about our peoples history and culture. Today we went to the Ancestral River Park and we learned about the journey that our brothers and sisters took when they were bought, washed in the slave river and made to walk to the coast towards the slave ships. We walked the trail that they did and it was awesome to feel their spirit still...