Ten Reasons to Visit Ghana

By: Sojourner Walker Williams I have always been firm believer in responsible, sustainable, local travel. I see travel as one of the best ways to uplift struggling communities and stimulate…

Finding home: A return (again)

Author’s note: My previous posts give this post a bit of context – take a look! I spent a lot of the last year terrified that the next time I…

Finding home: Settling In

I’m not gonna lie – when I first got to Ghana, I felt like a fish out of water. I think a bit of travel hubris had me expecting I’d…

Finding Home: A Return

When I left Kenya a year ago, I thought I’d be back shortly after the New Year. I envisioned going home to California for the fall, catching up with friends…

Finding Home: Paia, Part 2

Continued from Part 1 here. On my fourth morning in Maui, I woke up to a flurry of emails and phone calls. I’d applied for a fellowship with a growing…

Learning to Teach in Ghana, part 2

The Tuskegee International School, where I would be teaching for the duration of my stay, seemed to be barely a school at all. Surrounded by tall walls painted with murals…

Learning to Teach in Ghana, part 1

Photo by: Jeremy Kotin Four years after my initial trip to Ghana, West Africa, I found myself standing on the runway of the Kotoka International Airport in Accra hit with…