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Welcome to America
""Welcome home! You look happy to be back." The White Immigration officer said to me, beaming. "I am. I've been gone for a while!" And I really was at that moment. The new "scan your passport and adjust your weave for a picture" system was impressive to me. No more long lines. I was digging … Continue reading Welcome to America
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Farewell to My Summer Abroad
I just returned from taking a walk on Meads Bay. Next to Shoal Bay East, Meads Bay is my next favorite stretch of beach. It’s about two miles long and borders the island’s largest cluster of hotels and guest houses. From Viceroy to Malliouhana. I like this beach also because it’s pure sand. Some of … Continue reading Farewell to My Summer Abroad
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Sankofa Guide
I went to the Heritage Museum the second week I was here, and literally everything in the museum bore resemblance to things back home. Some things like the “coal pot” and “grinding stone” are still being used in some places in Ghana in this present day. As I walked through, I wished for some miracle that people here would know how strong the connection is. How we really are one people no matter what the Colonizer would have us believe. Sigh. Sadly, I think this perspective is only gained by traveling and perhaps reading and talking to actual real-live Africans 🙂 (to an extent) and I’ve decided I am more than happy to be the guinea pig and tour guide.
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Yemaya Be Praised
So what felt like a long vacation is now ⅔ of the way over. I am two weeks away from returning to NY and then making my way to the Berkshires. I’ve always been a woman who sees the glass as “half empty” so I’m a bit panicky about this idea that the vacation is … Continue reading Yemaya Be Praised
Musings of An African Woman 