VIDEO: Into the woods and out of danger(?)
Some thoughts on being back in the U.S. and the "safety" of Ghana (for paid subscribers only)
Maya's Dusty Traveling Shoes
A serial, live memoir of my life in Ghana, named after Maya Angelou’s fifth autobiography, “All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes.”
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