A fulfilling week of teaching and an interesting aside about a naming ceremony
Week of Oct 2 This past week was a pretty fulfilling week of teaching with the students. It was my last week of teaching the senior class...
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SABBATICAL DISCOVERIES
aspears120
Oct 7, 20221 min read
Elmina Castle and the Fish Market
I had two great experiences this past weekend! The first was a tour of Elmina Castle. It was built in 1482 by the Portuguese originally...
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aspears120
Oct 2, 20224 min read
High points for the week
Week of Sept 26-30 Mondays are such fulfilling days. I start my week by going to have a private drum lesson with Antoinette. This week...
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aspears120
Sep 27, 20225 min read
Guest Lecturing and Interviewing Members of DrumGhana
Highlights for the week of September 19 Thursday night I got to speak to the class that I am supposed to be taking as a student. It’s a...
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aspears120
Sep 21, 20227 min read
Weekend trip to Kumasi: Drumming, kente, and traffic!
Sept 16-18 This weekend I got to take a trip to Kumasi with my colleagues and friends Eric and Medina and their spouses, Harriet and...
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Sep 15, 20223 min read
Highlights from the week of Sept 7 (about week 3 of school, I think…)
This has felt like a normal week. I have a routine. There are some things I really like and some things that are not my favorite. My...
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aspears120
Sep 8, 20224 min read
The Afahye Festival and listening to live music
So I’ve had the opportunity to go to one of the days of the Oguaa Fetu Afahye Festival (people say “A-fa-shay”). This is a week-long...
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aspears120
Sep 4, 20225 min read
Week 2 of school - LOTS of musical experiences!
It was another week of ups and downs. It started with a couple of amazing experiences. I had my first private lesson on drums with...
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aspears120
Sep 3, 20222 min read
Musings about the first week of school
So last week (starting on Aug 22) we started classes, for the most part. It felt very chaotic to me because I thought we were starting on...
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aspears120
Sep 2, 20222 min read
Saturday's DrumGhana Performance
Saturday I was in my first performance with DrumGhana! There was a final celebration for the 40th anniversary of the Twerammpon...
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aspears120
Sep 1, 20222 min read
My Official Initiation into DrumGhana
I have gone to all of DrumGhana’s practices this week which were Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. And we have a performance...
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aspears120
Aug 27, 20221 min read
A Concert at Cape Coast Castle
This also happened this past week. After practice on Monday evening, Antoinette invited me to go to a concert that was being held at Cape...
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aspears120
Aug 27, 20222 min read
Drumming by the beach with DrumGhana!
Friday August 26 This week has been filled with lots of experiences again! I went to my first drum Ghana drumming practice with...
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aspears120
Aug 21, 20224 min read
Coming home from Accra
Friday morning, August 19 Wow, yesterday was a roller coaster. After I lounged around in my hotel room for a bit, I texted Michelle and...
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aspears120
Aug 21, 20223 min read
A Day in Accra
Thursday morning August 18 Yesterday was a great day! John and I left Cape Coast at 3:30am to come to Accra. The goal of today was to...
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aspears120
Aug 19, 20222 min read
Meetings, drums, and new friends
Wednesday morning August 17 Monday I got to go to the first music faculty meeting of the year and meet my colleagues! That was pretty...
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aspears120
Aug 16, 20224 min read
The second weekend: ups and downs
This is a bit out of order due to the way I took notes, so bear with me. Sunday morning Aug 14 Well I woke up this morning and my power...
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aspears120
Aug 12, 20222 min read
This week: getting into a routine
I have gone into the office every day this week for probably about four hours each day. I really enjoy it. It allows me to get out of my...
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Aug 11, 20223 min read
Aug 6: Cape Coast Castle and errands and fun times
Today I went to Cape Coast Castle which is one of the main castles where Africans brought other Africans to sell to Europeans to take to...
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aspears120
Aug 10, 20222 min read
Saturday morning August 6
My days go between very exciting outings and boredom/anxiety while sitting at home by myself. Yesterday was probably the highlight of my...
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