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Ghana: Urban Ethnomusicology
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Study the influence, impact, and evolution of musical forms in Ghana. Music plays a central role in traditional and contemporary cultural expression in Ghana, where it often has a multi-dimensional meaning, and includes dance, song and drama.
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University Studies Abroad Consortium
African Studies in Accra, Ghana
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The summer Ghana program offers one 6 week session for students who wish to combine formal coursework with an unsurpassed opportunity to visit Ghana's most important historical landmarks and to live in a rich cultural environment. Students will also have the opportunity to visit Kumasi, Ghana's second largest city and home of the Ashanti kingdom. Field trips to sites of cultural significance, including a rain forest, slave castles, beaches, and the largest man-made lake in the world.
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Temple University, International Programs
Temple University in Ghana: West African Civilization & Aesthetics
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This 6-week program is intended to investigate aspects of the historical, literary and artistic bases of West African civilization. It offers students the opportunity to learn about African history, politics, literature, music, dance and theater through academics and personal cultural experiences.
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Youth For Understanding USA
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Change Your Life, Change Your World. Gap Year Program. Year and Semester Academic Program involves weekly community service program where students volunteer at local organizations.
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CIEE Summer Ghanaian Studies in Legon, Ghana
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Spend a summer exploring one of the most vibrant countries in West Africa; Take innovative courses in Ghanaian history, politics, music, and dance taught by faculty from the premier institute of higher learning in Ghana; Learn firsthand about Ghanaian society through volunteer opportunities at local NGOs, schools, and other service organizations; Explore Ghana�s rich history and culture through a series of CIEE excursions to such places as Aburi, Cape Coast, Elmina, and Kumasi
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Cooperative Center for Study Abroad
CCSA Ghana Program
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The Ghana Program will be based in Accra, Cape Coast and Kumasi, with excursions to sites such as Akosombo and Ashanti Gold Mines.
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University of Alabama
Alabama in Ghana
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The course explores how cultural norms and values in African societies shape and influence environmental discourses. It is based on the assumption that culture is intimately bound up with the basic social, economic, and institutional processes that give rise to environmental problems in any society. It is open to all majors.
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North Carolina State University
Ghana Art + Design & Landscape Architecture
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Studios are taught by NC State College of Design faculty, in collaboration with a distinguished group of faculty from the College of Art and College of Architecture at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.
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Cross Cultural Collaborative, Inc.
Summer Programs in African Arts
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CCC,Inc. is an educational non-profit that places people from different life experiences in an environment where they can exchange ideas and find universal connections. We offer summer programs in African textiles, ceramics, etc. combined with visits to museums and places of cultural interest.
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UMass Boston
West Africa Today: History, Culture and Society
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Guest lecturers from Ghanian and Beninois universities will discuss the complexities of the culture. Participants will engage in service-learning projects on English literacy and Early Childhood Education, as well as study and learn about the rich culture, history, spiritual traditions and complex society of these two West African countries.
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Duke Summer Program: Ghana: Accra
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This is a six-week, two-course program on history, culture and everyday life in Ghana.
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San Jose State University
Photojournalism in Ghana
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- Explore Real World multimedia journalism with editor from National Geographic Magazine
- Produce compelling multimedia stories in the field and on deadline
- Learn the importance of discipline with time, shooting, and gathering information necessary to advance the story
- Learn the importance of research, organization, adjusting, adapting and patience
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North Carolina State University
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This program is based at the University of Ghana in Legon, with field trips to Cape Coast, Kumasi, Lake Volta/Akosomba, Kakum National Forest.
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University of Alberta
West Afrcian Ethnomusicology, Dance, Language and Linguistics
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The University of Alberta is hosting a Summer Abroad Program in West African music, dance, language and linguistics taught at the University of Ghana. The program also includes a two-week ethnomusicological field school in the village of Dagbamete.
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The University of Georgia
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Duration - 4 to 8 weeks
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Experiential Learning International
Summer Program at the University of Ghana
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This is an ideal program for students looking for a distinctive experience in a short term study program lasting from 4-8 weeks. University of Ghana is one of the most prestigious universities in West Africa. Students will receive an excellent educational and cultural experience. This unique program combines classroom lectures and field studies in the appropriate subject matter. This program is best for students interested in African or international studies.
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American Jewish World Service
Volunteer Summer
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The program begins with a summer-long international volunteer experience. Participants work for seven weeks with an AJWS partner organization in a rural area in the developing world.
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Davidson College
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During a period of six-weeks, participants in the Davidson Summer Program at the University of Cape Coast will be immersed in modern and traditional Ghanaian life. The program includes a one-credit course, a performing arts course, a service project, and excursions into other regions of the country. Ghanaian professors and artists will teach all classes.
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Culture and Development in an African Nation
University of California, Davis Summer Abroad
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This program examines cultural issues, history, and challenges to development in Africa with special emphasis on the country of Ghana in West Africa. Using field trips, classroom discussions, and hands-on activities, the course will focus on the history and culture of the largest ethnic group in Ghana, the Asante and Akan-speaking peoples.
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Summer Sessions - University of California, Davis
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Ghana offers many opportunities for experiencing the unique features of West African culture. This course focuses on cultural issues, history and challenges to development in West Africa with special emphasis on the nation of Ghana. Through field trips, discussions, and guest lecturers, students will study topics relating to various aspects of Ghanaian culture, significant moments in Ghanaian history, and contemporary development in Ghana.
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University of Memphis
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This program includes field trips within Accra and also to Cape-Coast, Elmina, Akosombo, Kumasi
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Amizade Global Service-Learning
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This program pairs academic work in literature with service work. The academic work for the program focuses on 'Non-Western' literature, proposing a number of critical contexts in which the literature can be brought into dialogue with contemporary theories of international development and globalization.
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North Carolina State University
Ghana Art + Design & Landscape Architecture
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The Art + Design and Landscape Architecture Studios provide an intellectually challenging
academic experience that focuses on traditional and contemporary African art, design, and landscapes.
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Giet Cultural Academy
Exchange Programs
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University of Cape Coast
Study Abroad Summer and Fall Programmes
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All courses are taught in English, with the exception of the Twi Language course.Some courses offered are Ghana Arts and Culture, Africa in Dispersion, Pan-Africanism and Nationalist Movements in Africa, Women and Development in Africa, Introduction to Oral Literature and the Twi Language interspersed with local excursions to historical areas including the Cape Coast and Elimina Castles.
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Kennesaw State University
University of Cape Coast
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Cultural Anthropology: Global Perspective
World Literature
Prerequisite: ENGL 1102
Survey of African Literatures
Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa
Internship*
Arts in Society: Music
Internship*
*Internships available in Development Work, Slavery and Related Histories.
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Amizade Global Service-Learning
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Throughout the course we will partake in service opportunities working with the Voluntary Workcamps Association of Ghana (VOLU) as well as cultural immersion activities including community discussions, Ghanaian dances, games and African singing.
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Rust College
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Program is designed provide participants with the opportunity to live and study many cultures of West Africa (Ghana, The Gambia and Senegal).
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Projects Abroad
Teaching in Ghana
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We offer voluntary placements overseas in areas such as teaching, conservation, care, business and journalism in Bolivia, Chile, China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Romania, Russia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Togo and Ukraine
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University of South Florida
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Join USF Professor Kofi Glover on a two-week study tour to his native Ghana. The program features a broad range of activities and field trips to include organized sightseeing and excursions to museums, palaces, rural villages and other sites of historical and cultural importance.
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Loyola Marymount University
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This program offers students the personal and spiritual experience of a lifetime while visiting historic sites and monuments, sacred shrines, festivals and ceremonies, traditional medical practitioners and research centers, kente weavers, stool carving villages and enjoy excellent Afrikan cuisine.
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