I have never been so enveloped by religion as I have been in Ghana (and Uganda). I say this having spent time in Lhasa; Varanasi, India; Jerusalem; and Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Before you ask, … [Read more...]
Month: November 2013
Silly Obruni
Ghana is blue. I don’t mean it is sad, I mean it is tinted blue. So many light bulbs here are blue. I’m not talking in bars and clubs other places that are trying to achieve a certain atmosphere. … [Read more...]
Encountering Racism as a Tourist
In Uganda I am shackled by my outsiderness. I cannot be totally myself, because I am not just me. I am America. With so much animosity toward Americans around the world, whether I like it or not, … [Read more...]