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Afro-American Studies: Ghana
Historical and Contemporary Links to Africa

Not Offered in Summer 2008

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The Ghana Program has been postponed until 2009

Celebrating 50 years of independence from colonial rule in 2007, Ghana offers its visitors both breathtaking landscapes and powerful historical narrative. Ghana played an important role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the various sites along the trade route remain testaments to the strength and resilience of African people. Learning about the country’s historical, political, and economic significance is important to understanding the present state of Africans in America and throughout the Diaspora. Ghana is also an excellent point of departure for discovery of the rest of Africa. It remains a model of political and economic recovery.

This six-week program, offered in Afro-American Studies, is entitled "Reaching Back and Moving Forward: Historic and Contemporary Links between African Americans and Ghana." Through a study of precolonial and postcolonial history, participants will learn to make connections between Ghanaian culture and their own identity. The course offers eight units of undergraduate credit. It will be led by Dr. Brenda Stevenson, chair of the Afro-American Studies IDP.

Directed by Brenda Stevenson, Afro-American Studies, UCLA.

For more program information, please click on the links at the top of this page.

Financial aid is available to qualified UCLA students. All other students should inquire about financial aid at their home institution.