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Student Photo Gallery: Ghana

Akwaaba! The ships time in Ghana allowed students to get a deeper sense of Africa as students explored the history, nature, food, music, and pace of this welcoming country. Below are a smattering of the images SAS students submitted from their time in Ghana, from the Nzulezu Water Village to the lush canopy of the Kakum National Park to the streets of Accra.

A young girl poses outside an entranceway to a home. Photo by Jackie Robertson from Boston University
A baby looks back as she is carried. Photo by Sarah Bond from Penn State University
A crocodile lurks in the shallows. Photo by Brian McGuffog from New York University
Sunset outside the Cape Coast Slave Castle. Photo by Aylin Ozyigit from Penn State University
Students, faculty, and lifelong learners learned to play on traditional Ghanian drums during a music field program. Photo by Laura Pastores from Westminster College
On left: The school bell and blackboard in a classroom from Ghanian elementary school. Photo by Daniella Ferraro from the University of Miami. At right: Students saw the traditional way of making fufu, a staple in many Ghanian meals. Photo by Monica Scroggin from Florida Gulf Coast University
Skiffs line the beaches of Cape Coast. Photo by Mary True from the Culinary Institute of America
Vessels search for parking spaces in a busy Ghanian harbor. Photo by Lauren DeLeo from Syracuse University
Left: Students visited West Africa’s tallest waterfall, Wli Waterfall. Photo by Shari Kulberg from University of the Pacific; Right: Students Trevor Holden from the University of California, Berkeley and Sarah Higgins from Emmanuel College ride through reeds to the water village of Nzulezu. Photo by Cody Varela from Pace University
Sarah Higgins from Emmanuel College prepares to cross a rope bridge at Kakum National Park. Photo by Cody Varela from Pace University
Buildings rest on stilts in the Nzulezu water village. Photo by Jessica Zaksek from Colorado State University
Young Ghanian students teach SASers how to get down. Photo by Carly Davidson from Ithaca College
A young girl walks through a field under the hot Ghanian sunshine. Photo by Kaitlyn Squanda from Alma College
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