Ghana was the first Sub-Saharan nation to claim independence from Britian, and is the oldest post-colonial state, dating back from 1957. Within Ghana, there is a plethora of history: ancient, colonial, and modern. From Kumasi, long ago capital of the Asante Empire, to the dozen or so forts that dot the coastline, to the mausoleom of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s historical monuments tell a fascinating story usually unheard.
Over the summer, as I was riding my bicycle around my small suburb of Minneapolis, I began to wonder if other people imagined my ‘suburban lifestyle’ as looking like this. Wide open spaces, lots of Read more…
Lake Superior: Updated 2011 Lake Superior has a very near and dear place in my heart. Ice cold and lingering up there in the north, it seems like the haunted gateway to a different world. Read more…
India: October 3, 2010 – November 17, 2010 After completing my contract in Korea, I flew to India to teach English at a school in the slums of Mumbai. Although I worked for most of Read more…