Ghana is going to need two blog entries. We have seen from the very top of the pile (kings, chiefs, hyper-educated businessmen and politicians) to the very bottom (individuals seemingly stuck in abject poverty). But throughout we have all been struck by the overwhelming kindness of the people, and the warm, generous reception we have received everywhere. I'll save the king for the next entry.
Takoradi is an industrial port (major exporter of cocoa beans) with a vibrant street life, but we took off east along the coast past fishing villages until we reached the two major castles, Cape Coast and Elmina, from which several million people were dispatched to the New World, as part of the notorious Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Ghana is a country in need, and I think that this visit has opened many students' eyes to the disparities of world economics. They have done a lot of service projects (Habitat, orphanages, home stays, schools, a water-purification project) and I hear them talking animatedly of figuring out ways to sustain the contacts they have made. Let's hope they do; the Archbishop believes they will, and I'm betting he's right.
Ghana is going to need two blog entries. We have seen from the very top of the pile (kings, chiefs, hyper-educated businessmen and politicians) to the very bottom (individuals seemingly stuck in abject poverty). But throughout we have all been struck by the overwhelming kindness of the people, and the warm, generous reception we have received everywhere. I'll save the king for the next entry.
Takoradi is an industrial port (major exporter of cocoa beans) with a vibrant street life, but we took off east along the coast past fishing villages until we reached the two major castles, Cape Coast and Elmina, from which several million people were dispatched to the New World, as part of the notorious Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Ghana is a country in need, and I think that this visit has opened many students' eyes to the disparities of world economics. They have done a lot of service projects (Habitat, orphanages, home stays, schools, a water-purification project) and I hear them talking animatedly of figuring out ways to sustain the contacts they have made. Let's hope they do; the Archbishop believes they will, and I'm betting he's right.
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