Ghana: African Diaspora Studies

  Ghana

Cape Coast

Term: Fall, Spring 
Dates: September to December/February to May

Description: The School for International Training's Study Abroad programs offer field-based study in over 57 countries. Students earn 16 semester credits on a 15-week experience designed to encourage a global awareness that enables people to live and act in an interdependent world. Groups of seven to 25 students are led by one or two academic directors.

The history of West Africa is intimately linked with the history of humanity. Millions of people of African descent originated in West Africa and migrated--voluntarily and involuntarily--to points around the globe. Understanding the history and cultures of the African Diaspora begins with understanding
the history and cultures of West Africa. On this program you will explore these themes in Ghana and Benin to deepen your understanding of West Africa's links to the world.

Ghana's history includes powerful empires, highly developed forms of cultural expression, and its role as a nexus of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Cape Coast, home to one of the oldest slave forts in West Africa, provides an ideal location for your study of the complex history and cultures of this human migration. As you explore Ghanaian culture, politics, economics, and society, you receive a thorough introduction to African views of Pan-Africanism and the global African Diaspora.

Highlights: Five-week homestay in Cape Coast and a one-week rural visit in Komenda. Educational excursions to Accra, the central region, and the ancient capital, Kumasi, and to Benin, site of West Africa's largest slave trade.

Cost in US$: contact sponsor

Experience Required: no

Scholarships are Available.

Application Process Involves:

• Letters of Reference
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Transcript
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Exit DebriefingAbroad
• Alumni Network
• Job and Internship Network

SIT Study Abroad's Mission Statement: SIT Study Abroad is the accredited higher education institution of World Learning, a private, nonprofit international organization promoting international and intercultural understanding, social justice, and economic development through education, training, and field projects around the globe. SIT prepares students to be interculturally effective leaders, professionals, and citizens through SIT Study Abroad, undergraduate, field-based academic programs operating in more than 50 countries worldwide, and thorough short-term professional training and graduate degrees in language teaching, conflict transformation, international education, social justice in intercultural relations, management, and sustainable development.

Year Founded: 1932