Description

The Duke University Department of Cultural Anthropology, the African and African American Studies department and the Global Education Office for Undergraduates (GEO-U) offer a six-week, two-course summer program on culture and life in Ghana.

The program is based at the University of Ghana at Legon, just outside the capital city, Accra. Courses are taught by the program director and Ghanaian faculty and focus on Ghanaian politics, history, social life, dance, music and art. Field trips complement course work. Students travel as a group through various parts of the country, crossing from rainforest to dry savannah, visiting cities, coastal fishing towns, and rural farming villages.

Highlights

Students tour and learn about the former slave forts at Cape Coast and Elmina, as well as the museums and craft villages in and around Kumasi, capital of the former Ashanti Empire. Depending upon their interests, students likewise have opportunities to attend a traditional festival or visit markets, schools, museums, waterfalls, a prayer mountain, a traditional herbalist, a chief's palace, cocoa and textile factories, clinics and other social services, a game reserve, and more. As part of their coursework, students engage in individual, field-based research on topics pertaining to cultural expression in Ghana.

Students stay in Ghanaian homes at the beginning of the program. For the remainder of the program, they live in a well-appointed hotel near the university and convenient to public transportation. While traveling outside of Accra, students stay in hotels or guesthouses.

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Degree Level

Bachelors Degree (Undergraduate)

Subject Areas

• African Studies
• African-american Studies
• Anthropology

Cost in US$:

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Program Fees Include:

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Experience Required

no

This Program is open to

American Participants.

Typical Living Arrangements

• Home-stays
• Other

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

in Groups

Application Process Involves

• Letters of Reference
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Transcript
• Essay