This class and faculty led experience aims to introduce students to the history, culture, economy, and society of Ghana with a focus on the connections Ghana has had and continues to have with the U.S. Ghana is an ideal country for study in order to better understand how African countries connected historically with the U.S. This connection is important due to the trans-Atlantic slave trade and because of its centrality to the Pan-Africanist movement that linked Africans and the African Diaspora in the mid-20th century. Ghana's cultural tradition of kente cloth design resonates strongly with Black communities in the U.S., and some of its exports, including chocolate and shea butter, also offer important points of connection. While we will highlight these cultural, social, and material connections, this program will also allow ISU students to meet with university students at Ghanaian institutions so that they can also discover what connects them to their Ghanaian counterparts today.

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