Weekend

This past weekend, Leticia and I went to a fund raiser that was put on by the African-American Association of Ghana. Most of the proceeds were given to a local Children's Home. There was a beautiful dance performed by a former student from the University of Ghana and a young man from a local dance company. A comic from the UK also performed. The main event was a play entitled "The Saga of the Returnee." It was about a man that leaves Ghana and goes to the U.S. to attend college and who ultimately returns to live in Ghana. It was so funny!!!! He had the entire audience laughing throughout. Many of us who are from the U.S. and now live here could really relate to the differences in cultures and the adjustments one must make when they leave the country they were raised in from birth to live elsewhere. He had me on the floor when he described an African-American minister giving a sermon in a Black church.

Afterwards, we tried to catch a taxi and, of course, he tried to jack up the rates. We started talking with a Ghanaian couple and we all walked a bit to a street where we would be able to get a taxi and the Brother negotiated a good rate for us. It was so nice walking and talking with them and we were pleased to learn that the Brother was a recent graduate from the University.