Life as a Ghanaian Foreigner in Ghana
By Cleo Blacke Humanist Service Corps Volunteer I came to the Northern Region of Ghana with a group of Americans to volunteer for the Humanist Service Corps. Our program is unique […]
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American Privilege in Ghana
By Naduah Wheeler Humanist Service Corps Volunteer I’ve never really liked the United States. Growing up in a Native household gave me a weird relationship with the United States, as I think […]
A Place on Earth: Ritual, Grief, & Mourning as an Atheist, Part 5
Part V: A Place Apart “Tomorrow’s our last day,” Kristi said as she sat smoking on the balcony the night after our foray to Typhoon Lagoon. I wrapped my hair in […]
Audio Hawk – Finding Ghana and Myself
By Christian Hayden Humanist Service Corps Volunteer If the homes I have known sung hymns to me that unraveled with time, engendering me with reasons to be, how might I further use […]
In Ghana I’m White
By Naduah Wheeler Humanist Service Corps Volunteer I was always the only brown kid in my class. Growing up in a town of fewer than four thousand that counted demographics by person […]
Cooking in Bimbilla, Ghana
By Rebecca Czekalski Humanist Service Corps Volunteer As a daughter of patriarchy, I have logged more than my share of hours in the kitchen. I helped out with 400-person banquets to […]
A Place on Earth: Ritual, Grief, & Mourning as an Atheist, Part IV
Part IV: The Waters That Divide Us When I was five, my father—no doubt exhausted from days of dragging a small child around over-stimulating amusement parks—introduced what he called “hotel days,” […]
