My friend, Greta, and I will be leaving on January 8th and driving to Chicago O'Hare International Airport. From there we will fly to London then to Accra, the capitol of Ghana. I will be studying at the University of Ghana in Legon, Ghana. There are about 25,000 students at the university, HUGE compared to the 1,800 in Morris! I will be taking all my classes with Ghanaian students, except for Twi. Twi is the native language, but English is the national language. All classes will be taught in English. I am hoping to take the following courses: Ghana's Foreign Policy, Africa and the Global System and Islam and Christianity in Africa. As for my living situation ... we won't know until we get there. My first choice is to stay with a host family and my second to stay in the dorms.
Everyone I have told I am going to Africa responds: "Why Africa?" As a Political Science and International Relations major I want to experience a completely different culture and understand the political system that makes Ghana the most stable and the first democratic country in Africa. I think so many people stereotype Africa with genocide, orphans and AIDS. I think Africa has so much more to offer than most people give it credit for. I want to go and experience the culture and community that makes Africa what it is.
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