Will In Africa

I started Class today. My professor began the lecture 20 minutes excusing his tardyness with a story about how he was in the hospital and escaped because their was no toilet paper there. I believe his tardyness was more just an excuse to be Vulgar. It was politcal sociology, the class is going to discuss the reasoning behind why some countries entered the "modern world" with democratic governments while other entered with Dictatorships. Should be interesting from a west african perspective considering the political instability in many of Ghana's neighboring countries.

Liberia just recently got a democratically elected governernment. I know this because I spent saturday at a Liberian refugee camp. It was horrific listening to people's stories about the civil wars in liberia during the last 15 years. The camp houses approx. 50,000 people. Even though liberia is now fairly stable, many of these ex-patriots consider the camp in Ghana their new home. Many of them gave birth and raised kids in the camp, and although their "homeland" is safe, they have a new home...

I went to a Wedding Yesterday. My friend Peter brought me there and we both played in the church band during the service. It was nice, although i definitly felt out of place because I didn't know the people getting married. Peter is a great guy. He is the leader of one of Ghana's most famous bands "The Ramblers". He picked me up from the airport when I got here and has been showing me around a lot. Very well respected musician. This has without a doubt been the longest I've been out of the country. I have to say it's been comforting seeing other children of Silicon Valley such as "Google", "Mozzila", "HP" . Knowing that this Global technology spurred out of my local culture is a fantastic feeling .