
Students Explore Ghana, Learn Drumming & Dance
While in Ghana, students trekked in the Kakum National Park, visited the Cape Coast Castle, and toured the Ghanaian capital of Accra. They even participated in a funeral, which hosted hundreds of people as a celebration of communities.
"The funeral was probably one of my favorite memories," said Sithara Vincent, a senior with a self-designed major in dance movement therapy and double minors in biology and anthropology and sociology. Vincent said that the openness the group experienced was something she hopes to bring to her future patients.
"There were hundreds of people celebrating life. We went around to the circles of dancers and danced with them. It was great," Vincent added. "I want to be able to help my patients feel the way that I felt there, that feeling of being capable of doing things, giving people that confidence to build themselves up."
For Morgan Tonner, a senior from Macau, China, who is majoring in psychology and minoring in studio art and dance, learning from the Ghanaian people was the most important part of the trip.
"Just connecting with the people meant the most to me personally," said Tonner. "They wanted to hear about our lives here, to understand where we were coming from. On our trip, everyone loved being there with the people, learning new things every day."
Photos by Paul Amankwaah, Courtesy of ThisWorldMusic®
Published on January 20, 2016