Today was another great day,
very busy. I’m very tired this evening. We had a wonderful breakfast here at
the hotel where we’re staying (which is owned by the college we’ll be visiting
in Kumasai, ‘koo-ma-see’)
After breakfast we headed off
to the Ghana’s National Museum. That was very interesting. Although it was
small, we saw everything from very, very old kpanlogo (Ghana’s traditional
drum) to pottery and historical items unearthed at the slave castle in Cape
Coast.
Next was the museum dedicated
to Kwame Nkrumah, a very important figure in Ghana’s history concerning its independence.
The museum has very beautiful grounds, which include a huge mausoleum where his
body is contained. This is a BIG deal since he was buried three times! First in
Romania (he went there for cancer treatment and died in the hospital), then in
Guinea, (he was welcomed there and made co-president after a Coup d'état threw him from power and sent
him into exile), and now Ghana brought his body home for it’s final resting
place.
Anyway…
then we headed out to dinner with the Registrar from the university at a very
posh resort… we had sea food and boy was it good :) And the resort was amazing.
The hardest part was seeing this beautiful, secluded, and security protected
“wonderland” for the rich, while on the other side of the road there were homes
that are smaller and built worse than our storage shed. The Lord is going to need to show me what to do with that one.
Oh, and about that chicken... the traffic is SO crazy here, we decided that at least in Accra, we knew the answer! lol
I will post a few pics tonight, and add more when I can :)
Traditional drum of Ghana, the Kpanlogo (k is silent)... stunning. Below is a close up of some of the carving
A wooden xylophone! Africa is, and always has been, full of music
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