Summer in Ghana Maymester 2010

• Take  two or three courses for college credit (undergraduate or graduate)
• Work side by side with Ghanaians on community projects
• Participate in community service projects
• Try your hand at Kente cloth weaving, sculpture or batik dying or adinkra duro printing
• Travel the country from the Capital City Accra to the Norther region, Mole and Tamale.

Ghana, West Africa, is a peaceful, harmonious nation, home to the famous Ashanti, Fanti, Ga, Ewe, Dagomba, as well as other peoples. Ghana is a developing country, working to improve self-sufficiency in food, improve health and education, carry out urban redevelopment and historic preservation, stabilize their currency, and reform the legal code. This Summer-in-Ghana program will introduce you to how they are doing these things, and provide an opportunity for you to learn through hands-on involvement.
We will also trace the history of West Africa – homeland of many Africa Americans – its nations and cultures. The history of the slave trade will be discussed as well as Ghana’s colonial past, the country’s struggle for independence, and its great leaders, including Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and former UN Secretary Kofi Annan.

Reading More:
The African Studies Institute newsletter has captured the program's annual journey in their fall 2006, 2007, and 2008 issues through series of articles, narratives, and reports.