Preparing for the Ghana program
Map
Here's a map on which you can find Accra, Cape Coast, Kumasi, and Keta (not far from Dagbamete); Ho is the capital of the Volta Region. Kokrobite is around 80 kilos west of Accra. Elmina and Kakum are short drives from Cape Coast.
Things to buy
Guidebooks
I strongly suggest that you purchase a travelers' guide book for Ghana or West Africa. Such books contain excellent advice regarding what to bring, so I further suggest that you review it prior to packing.
Here are a few possibilities:
Lonely Planet West Africa Travel Guide
Ghana: the Bradt Travel Guide, the only guidebook dedicated to Ghana, though reviews vary, as you can see.
(By the way, it is easy to withdraw cash from Ghana using bank machines, so you don't have to bring it all with you. More advice of this kind to follow...)
Textbooks
To reduce cost and weight we'll rely as much as possible on electronic documents, and articles or books available in Ghana. There are just 3 textbooks I'd like you to purchase before leaving. For your convenience I'm providing links to Amazon.com, but feel free to pick them up anywhere; the important thing is that you purchase the latest editions.
John Collins - West African Pop Roots
John Chernoff - African Music, African Sensibility
Kevin Shillington, History of Africa (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)
Electronics
- MP3 player.
Things to download
- Ewe textbook
- Ewe oral examples
- Music tracks
