I had a great year! I've had some medical challenges, but everythings ok. Kofi, I did show my students the dvd of the Durba. They were surprised at how similar we are. They thought it was funny when the older man got up to dance for the king. They compared him to some of their older relatives who get up and dance at family reunions. I told them "Yeah, that's where we get our ways from." That's why Black people over here dance and sing and act the way we do, because of our ancestry. They asked me why I didn't dance when everybody got up. I'm not much of a dancer, but I guess I could have done something. We watched the King's speech from the Durba and message was just as powerful. I think that watching the Durba and seeing the King helped my students to understand how much of their history and culture was denied to them.
I don't know when I'm going to go back to Ghana. I hope within the next year or two. Jeanette may make it back over with her family before I get there, but I do plan to return soon.
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