The founding members of "Anansi" are all residents of West Africa. Three of them are Ghanaian, two are Ivoirian and one is an American. They are all dedicated to helping you enjoy the best possible holiday or extended time in Ghana and/or neighboring countries. All of these people were instrumental in the success of the Whatcom Community College African Project during the fall of 2000. They are all experienced West African travelers with knowledge and love of the tradition and culture of this part of Africa.
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I, Kwaku Antwi Albert, am a Ghanaian resident of Kumasi. I'm a practicing Christian who has spent ten years in Côte d'Ivoire selling second hand clothing. Twi is my first language, and I also speak English and French. I look forward to helping visitors in West Africa. I was in charge of the student's travel in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana during the WCC study in 2000. While the students were here I functioned as the guide for a weeklong journey to Ghana with three students and the Ivoiran Sculptor, Ahmed Diallo. I have also traveled extensively in Cote d'Ivoire and most recently to Burkina Faso. Patricia Mitchell, who lived in Ghana for nearly four years with the US Peace Corps, wanted to travel from Ghana to Côte d'Ivoire in 1998. Patty wrote about Albert: "A Character Reference Regarding Albert Antwi. I am writing on behalf of Albert Antwi who I employed to help me as a guide and entrepreneur while I was in Côte d'Ivoire. I was extremely impressed with Mr. Antwi's work. He was very knowledgeable, reliable, considerate and helpful. I found him to be completely honest and I could rely and depend on him regarding all matters." |
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My name is Richard Nii Amo Solomon. I was born on October 16, 1963 in Acca, Ghana. I speak four languages: English, French, Ga (my traditional language) and Twi. Now residing in Accra, I was serving as the General Secretary to the Community of Ghanaians in Grand Bassam where I lived for ten years. While the Whatcom students were here in the fall of 2000, I helped to take care of them during the presidential election. I moved with them in Grand Bassam, Abidjan and Grand Lahou, and they seemed to see and learn what they wanted. I am prepared to devote as much of my time as is needed to make a success of Anansi Travel. So, anyone who would like to join with Anansi is welcome to come to West Africa. Akwaaba Efei (Welcome Home) |
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I, Amponsah Epouse N’Guessan Alice Dorothy, am a native of Ghana, now an Ivoirian as I married an Ivoirian man. I had one girl in Ghana, and have had eight children with my husband in Grand Bassam. I'm the sixth in a family of seven. As a child I liked cooking, so I know now different kind of cooking African diet. Ghana is close to Togo, and also I have some friends from Togo, so I know how to cook different kinds of Togolise food. I know how to cook different kinds of Ghanaian foods, too, because as you know there are many tribes in Ghana and we don't eat the same foods, so we have many different ways to prepare food. Because I have lived in Côte d'Ivoire now since 1975, I have also learned to cook Ivorian dishes.
I have been traveling to the United States five times including trips to New York, Philadelphia, and Bellingham, Washington. I know how you live and how to help you learn most easily. I will be happy even to take you to the shops for your shopping. |
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I am Stephen Antwi from Ghana living in Côte d'Ivoire, Grand Bassam. I am obviously a native of West Africa, and I love the traditions, art and culture of this area where I have lived for the past ten years. I am capable of and interested in sharing them with anyone who wishes to learn about this part of the world . I speak three languages: Twi, English, and French. Twi is my first language. I'm an experienced guide who has taken tourists and students to Ghana and to different parts of Côte d'Ivoire. In April of 2000 I was assigned as the personal guide to the president of Whatcom Community College, Harold Heiner. |
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My name is Beugré Dogny François. I am an Ivoirian, Assistant Curator at the Musée National du Costume in Grand-Bassam. Besides French, I speak English, Italian, Spanish and four Ivoirian languages. Very interested in Art and culture, I have written many books on the Ivoirian culture (Knowing how to play Awoaley:seven variations on the game; Ivoirian ceremonies and clothing; Be acquainted with Ivoirian masks; Ivoirian traditional houses). I was the Whatcom Community College’s cultural consultant during its African Study Project in Grand-Bassam. My knowledge of the African culture and precisely the Ivoirian one could be helpful to those who want to experience the African culture which is made of many symbols as it is with the motifs of the cloths. |
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My name is Kathryn Glesne Reitan Roe. My first trip to West Africa was during a sabbatical in the fall of 1997 while teaching full time at Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, Washington, USA. I returned in 1999 to plan the Whatcom African Study Project which was successfully realized in the year 2000. Prior to the African Project I planned and implimented study programs in both Mexico and France for Whatcom Community College. As a retired person, I now teach part time at Whatcom during the spring and summer and spend the fall and winter months in Cape Coast, Ghana. I love West Africa with it's colors, art and very special people. |
