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2007 Trip Abroad to Ghana
Reynolds and John Tyler students travel to Ghana
History Professor Joseph Appiah is just back from Ghana where he traveled with students from the Greater Richmond area to share his home country
in May 2007. Grace, a 2006 student said, “Ghana is a wonderful
country. The people are warm and welcoming. With a ‘come, sit, eat,
relax’ attitude that Americans cannot begin to understand.”
Students enrolled in History 203 to examine major social, economic, political, and religious developments in Africa from earliest times to the present. The course provided students with a survey of the historical developments on the African Continent from pre-historic times to the present. Students traced the origins and development of the continent’s many societies, while studying the themes of ethnicity, relations with other Peoples, the Atlantic slave trade, colonialism, and the challenges and opportunities in the Post- colonial period.
Students were immersed in Ghanaian Society where they focused on the nation of Ghana as a center of the Atlantic slave trade. They also examined Ghana’s role as a leader in the post-colonial African independence movement. The group traveled to Accra, Kumasi, Sunyani, Mole Park and the Cape Coast, visiting the slave castle, the Nkrumah Memorial, a university, a game park, a monkey sanctuary and the Ashanti King’s museum. They also provided service to Ghana, painting Thomas Jefferson Elementary School and donating books and learning materials to the young students.
Grace summed up her feelings of the trip by saying, “I’ll carry the love of the Ghanaian people in my mind and heart and share it with everyone who crosses my path, so I can keep the memories alive until I return again someday soon.” For more information about the Ghana education program for Summer ’09 contact Dr Joseph Appiah 523-5504 or Jappiah@jsr.vccs.edu or Ms Sharon Burnham at 804-706-5136 or SBurnham@jtcc.edu.
Trip Archives:
2005 TRIP ABROAD TO GHANA
2006 TRIP ABROAD TO GHANA
Trip Photos:
Reynolds and John Tyler students travel to Ghana
History Professor Joseph Appiah is just back from Ghana where he traveled with students from the Greater Richmond area to share his home country
in May 2007. Grace, a 2006 student said, “Ghana is a wonderful
country. The people are warm and welcoming. With a ‘come, sit, eat,
relax’ attitude that Americans cannot begin to understand.” Students enrolled in History 203 to examine major social, economic, political, and religious developments in Africa from earliest times to the present. The course provided students with a survey of the historical developments on the African Continent from pre-historic times to the present. Students traced the origins and development of the continent’s many societies, while studying the themes of ethnicity, relations with other Peoples, the Atlantic slave trade, colonialism, and the challenges and opportunities in the Post- colonial period.
Students were immersed in Ghanaian Society where they focused on the nation of Ghana as a center of the Atlantic slave trade. They also examined Ghana’s role as a leader in the post-colonial African independence movement. The group traveled to Accra, Kumasi, Sunyani, Mole Park and the Cape Coast, visiting the slave castle, the Nkrumah Memorial, a university, a game park, a monkey sanctuary and the Ashanti King’s museum. They also provided service to Ghana, painting Thomas Jefferson Elementary School and donating books and learning materials to the young students.
Grace summed up her feelings of the trip by saying, “I’ll carry the love of the Ghanaian people in my mind and heart and share it with everyone who crosses my path, so I can keep the memories alive until I return again someday soon.” For more information about the Ghana education program for Summer ’09 contact Dr Joseph Appiah 523-5504 or Jappiah@jsr.vccs.edu or Ms Sharon Burnham at 804-706-5136 or SBurnham@jtcc.edu.
Trip Archives:
2005 TRIP ABROAD TO GHANA
2006 TRIP ABROAD TO GHANA
Trip Photos:
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Travel Companions |
Balme Library |
Deputy Regional Minister |
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Traditional Palace |
Larabanga Mosque 1421 |
Kakum National Park |
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Kintanpo Falls |
Lecture |
Elders |
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Polytechnic Institute |
Queen Mother |
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School |
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Thomas Jefferson Elementary School |
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School |