I left Peru and my family in an extremely hard situation during COVID 19. I wrote a poem to my homeland before leaving and the poem is now in my first-year thesis acknowledgements. I also wrote a letter to both of my parents in which a piece of it said:
“Sueño con viajar a África
y comprender su realidad”
“I dream with traveling to Africa and understanding their reality”
The dream is now partially becoming true. At the beginning of January, I will be traveling to Ghana and I will stay there for four months. I will research the relationship between agricultural transformation and economic development. The previous year, I have also researched different topics about different countries including Kenya, Ghana, Rwanda, Uganda, and others. The idea of creating this blog has been in my mind for some time. I would like to share with my friends and network what I have learned so far and what I will learn in Ghana.
As many other Peruvians, I have known I have African ascendency. Nevertheless, I never knew exactly from where. Thus, before posting my research and academic experiences, I decided to research the continent from within myself.
With pride I can say that I have confirmed some of the traces. The story can be found
in the next post 😊
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