After each of my visits to West Africa, the real culture shock always sets in when I return to The States.

How long does it take before a victim simply stops turning to their abuser in search of relief from the abuse?

We are finally in Tema, in the compound of the brother-friend who named me, Okantah.

The real Africa is to be found in its villages. If this ... Year is to have a lasting impact, it has to take root at the village level.

Yes, we come from foreign lands, but we are not foreigners. As African Americans, Jamaicans, Haitians, Brazilians, etc., we are distinct new

Too often, encounters with Africans from the Continent are trapped in a vortex of mutual ignorance.

I am not dreaming. I am in West Africa once again.