Books

Though we have not read all of these yet, these books have been recommended as good literature about Africa. A suggested must read is Changes by Ama Ata Aidoo (who teaches at Brown) which is about Ghana specifically. Also Half A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Joys of Motherhood by Buchi Emecheta (warning, very bleak apparently) Nervous Condition by Tsitsi Dangarembga, and a few others Sister Killjoy, Mother to Mother, Woman of the Airplanes by Kojo Laing, The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born, (look up other authors), and the Famished Road by Ben Okri.

Of course this is not mandatory reading, but just for your information.

angela chun

angie lee

george hoffman

emily robbins

carolyn bubel

ha yun jun

begum cemiloglu

malvika vaswani

soaib grewal

colette bazirgan

tiffany lynn

nick corti

kyle norris

kamal kamal

jake zien

jacob wasserman

sina sohrab

eliot park

queenie fan

kathryn tedesco

cait miller

patrice payne

books for ghana

There are two books that we would like you all to read. One is a Bradt guide book, simply titled "Ghana" by Philip Briggs.
The other is part of a Culture Smart series called "Ghana: Customs and Culture" by Ian Utley. Both are available on Amazon.
In addition, if any of you have other interesting writings to share...websites, travel blogs, etc, please be sure to post them here so that we can all read them.

Lonely Planet has a great travel site on the web as well...worth checking out

fearless leaders

top: rosanne somerson

below: eck follen

Welcome!

Hello fellow Ghana course participants. Here is a communication tool that we can use to post our thoughts, questions, observations and experiences for our course in Ghana. In our first meeting this evening at 6:30 pm we will discuss best ways to use this tool, but for now I just wanted to get it up and running. See you all Thursday evening.