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Gearing up for Ghana!

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May 27th 2006
I'm getting ready for Ghana and am super excited! In less than 2 weeks I will go from Iowa to Amsterdam to Accra, Ghana....it is hard to believe the time is almost here---I have been talking about this for so long that it's almost surreal that it is right around the corner finally! This cultural experience and my time with the AIDS patients of Accra will inevitably be the hardest thing I ha ... read more

Africa » Ghana » Greater Accra » Accra

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Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the ... ... read more