Last Thursday, on June 15th, I had the privilege to attend the first ever Juneteenth Observance at the United States Embassy in Accra, Ghana. Speakers included Cassie Washington, a PHD candidate at New York University…
Restoring and returning. Learning and unlearning. The breeze flows, the sun shines, and I breathe. Sankofa. This is a journey into myself, one that was promised and prayed for. Sankofa. Martha, Amanda, Inez. Sankofa. Oscar,…
Top #traveltip... TAKE THE TRIP!We asked our Côte d’Ivoire #travelforlove group from last summer and fellow travel lovers for their top #traveltips. We'll be featuring them on Tuesdays this summer!Drop a ✈️ in the comments if you…
The Yam and The Sweet Potato 🧡What we love about our people is the evidence of our resilience and resistance in almost everything! The Yam is native to Africa and Asia and is…
"Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chastening rod, Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat, Have not our weary feet Come to the place for which our…
Learn More About Where We Are Going in 2022 and Join Us! Updated: January 1, 2022Reserve Your Spot Today! Book your travel and make a payment here UPDATE: Due to the spread of the…
Friends: We are so excited to announce our inaugural travel and tour season Roots & Reflection: History & Culture Experience. In 2022, we will be featuring three West African countries - Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire (also known…
Friends: We are featuring a blog from our dear brother sharing his reflections on his recent travels with Travel Deeper. It's funny, insightful and everything you'd expect from writings about vibrant and rhythmic Côte d'Ivoire…
Will Kwanzaa mean more in 2020, a year when Black Lives Matter, fight for social justice took center stageCeleste E. Whittaker Cherry Hill Courier-PostOur founder was quoted in this article about Kwanzaa, Black Lives…
We are soldiers in the army.We’ve got to fight although we have to cry,We’ve got to hold up the blood-stained banner,We’ve got to hold it up until we die.We Are Soldiers…
We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but…
By Karima Grady My beloved Ghana...as I sit in the airport, I’m musing over this photograph which captures the contradictions I found when my feet returned to your blessed soil at long last through the…