It is raining now, and when I say “rain” I am not joking.  Nothing like this is found in my home in upstate New York. We are in the rainy season of West Africa that runs roughly from April to August.  Though it rains frequently, it doesn’t rain constantly.  This season offers a wide menu…

We drove about an hour and half outside Kumasi today to the rural town of Agogo. The last kilometer brought us up over the top of a ring of small mountains that embrace this beautiful, tropical town. The hand-painted sign that welcomed us read “Akwaaba! Agogo-The Naturally Walled Town.”  No doubt that these natural walls have…

Sankofa-Go Back to Your RootsThe trip begins. Here in Ghana, you find a graphic language called “Adinkra.” Each symbol carries a complex meaning. The Adinkra symbol of a large bird walking forward while turning its long neck and head toward the path behind it reminds us to “go back to your roots.” Every time I…

Here in Ghana, internet service can work one day but then be washed out by a heavy rain the next.  Also, we often travel to locations that struggle with access to clean running water, so you can imagine that electric lines and internet connections fall a couple notches down on the priority level. I mention…

Introduction to June blog entries… I am traveling in Ghana during this month of June 2011. I join Dr. Susan Bandoni, a group of 13 undergraduate students from the State University of New York at Geneseo and 6 Ghanaian students from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (from here on I will use the…