Ghana welcomes Obama

Orientation

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August 11th 2009
We began orientation the next day. We ended up sitting in a room listening to different speakers talk about everything from safety tips to life on campus with a Ghanaian roommate. Overall, it was pretty good, but a little long. We did get to take a break and go on a “scavenger hunt” through the city in groups. We had to locate different places all over the city and figure out how to get oursel ... 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