A short update

When I wrote my last major blog update, it was the day before Independence Day (which is March 6). So I'll just quickly update you all on the things that have happened since then. I went to the Independence Day parade, which was just members of the armed forces, police, and schoolchildren marching around Independence Square. That weekend I went to Kpong on Saturday and we went to a bead/metalworking factory and they showed us the process of bead making and metalworking. Then on Sunday, we went to Shai Hills (named for the Shai people who used to inhabit the hills) to hike. We hiked for about six hours on two trails, the first to a small cave and the second to a larger bat cave. The rest of the week, I visited my (possible) internship, went out for two CIEE-ers birthdays, hung out with the Nigerian kids in my dorm, and went to classes. Then this past weekend our program had a trip to the various museums around Accra, the Du Bois Center, the Nkrumah Masoleum, and the National Museum.