Second semester has been underway now for the last two weeks. I managed to wade through another frustrating time of academic registeration. I actually had to completely re-register for this semester, running all overcampus to fill out forms, sign paperwork, take pictures, etc. etc. It'squite the ordeal because the campus here is huge (the biggest campus I'veever seen in fact) and it's always hot and humid. At least I had the benefit of knowing the process and knowing my way around campus. Currently I'm signed up for 5 classes although I may end up juggling some classes around. I'm taking 3 political science classes, 1 history, and 1music class. They are as follows: "Regionalism and Ethnicity in Ghana","US Policy toward Africa", "Africa and the Global System", "Colonialismand the African Response: WWI to Independence", and "Traditional AfricanDrumming". I am really enjoying the drumming class right now even though my musical ability is severely lacking. It helps though that I'm taking the class with my roommate who is from Germany and is a Musicology major. I've also enrolled in 6 hours of French class at the Alliance Franciase. The Alliance is toward downtown Accra so I take a bus three times a week in the morning and go to class. I was really convinced of the need to keep up on my French after travelling through Burkina Faso and Mali over the Christmas Break. The classes have been top-notch and I've met a lot of Ghanaian students through it. In fact I'm the only "obruni" in the class.
I've been in contact with my host counselor since I've gotten back from my trip and she is helping me to arrange some more presentations. She should be contacting me soon to let me know what the schedule will look like for me for the next few months.There are obviously many new faces around here with the new batch of study abroad groups arriving. I've gotten to know many new friends thanks to the fact that I've kind of played the unnofficial tour guide around here. I've led a number of forays into the city to help all the newcomers do some shopping and get acquianted with their new home. On the 20th many of us students from the States went to the W.E.B DuBois center to watch the Presidential inaguaration. There were many Ghanaians there and it was pretty powerful to witness the Africans so filled with joy about something taking place in the US. It's a good reminder of how much influence we hold all over the world.
That is all I have to report for now
I've been in contact with my host counselor since I've gotten back from my trip and she is helping me to arrange some more presentations. She should be contacting me soon to let me know what the schedule will look like for me for the next few months.There are obviously many new faces around here with the new batch of study abroad groups arriving. I've gotten to know many new friends thanks to the fact that I've kind of played the unnofficial tour guide around here. I've led a number of forays into the city to help all the newcomers do some shopping and get acquianted with their new home. On the 20th many of us students from the States went to the W.E.B DuBois center to watch the Presidential inaguaration. There were many Ghanaians there and it was pretty powerful to witness the Africans so filled with joy about something taking place in the US. It's a good reminder of how much influence we hold all over the world.
That is all I have to report for now
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