Barnard-Gilder Fellows Ghana Itinerary

Friday, August 3^rd: Accra

Arrive at Coconut Grove Regency Hotel

Bus tour Accra City Centre

Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park

Lunch at Haven Restaurant in Osu

Walk in Osu

Dinner at hotel

Saturday, August 4^th: Accra

National Museum of Ghana

Lunch at museum restaurant

Artists Alliance Gallery in Teshie with lecture by Professor A. Glover

Batik makers Peace and Bertha Degadzor

Coffin makers

Dinner

Sunday, August 5^th: Accra

DuBois Centre
            Lunch Asanka Locals in Osu
            Kokrobite: Dance and cultural performance.
            Dinner at Buka

Monday, August 6^th: Accra

Visit with Richard Akwei Memorial School (in Ayalolo)

Visit with Ayalolo J-SS and Ayalolo Primary school

Lunch at Ivy Coffee and Shop

Makola Market

Morgan State University Choir with the Tema Youth Choir at the National Theater

Tuesday, August 7^th: Accra

NGO visit: The Ark Foundation

Nando's

Crafts Centre

Dinner at Maquis Tante Marie

Wednesday, August 8 ^th: Accra, Elmina-- Conference Begins

"'The bloody Writing is for ever torn': Domestic and International Consequences of the First

Governmental Efforts to Abolish the Atlantic Slave Trade,"

organized and convened by the Omohundro Institute for Early American History and Culture in Accra and Elmina at the

International Conference Center, Accra. The full conference schedule can be found on the Omohundro Institute's website here.

Video of all conference sessions is located on the Omohundro Institute's website. The Omohundro Institute holds the copyright for the video material, which was created by Media Concepts of Salem, Virginia.

Video of Wednesday's sessions can be found at the Omohundro Institute's website here.

Welcoming Remarks, Emmanuel Akyeampong, Harvard University, presiding

Nana Dr. S.K. B. Asante

Hon Stephen Asamoah Boateng, Minister of Tourism and Diaspora Affairs,

The Minister of Tourism and Diaspora Affairs, Honorable Jake Obetsebi Lamptey

The Vice-President of Ghana, His Excellency Alhaji Aliu Mahama

Ron Hoffman, Director of the Omohundro Institute

Keynote Speaker: Adiele E. Afigbo, Ebonyi State University, Nigeria

Depart for Elmina Beach Hotel and Conference Center

Performance of Musu at Elmina Fort

Thursday, August 9^th: : Conference proceedings continue in Elmina

Video of Thursday's sessions can be found at the Omohundro Institute's website here.

Session I: Abolitionism's Contexts

Session II: African and European Discourses of Abolitionism

Session III: The Enlightenment's Equivocal Outcomes

Session IV: Textual Representations and Ambiguities

Friday, August 10^th: Conference proceedings continue in Elmina

Video of Friday's sessions can be found on the Omohundro Institute's website here.

Session V: Adaptations to the Pressures of Abolitionism

Session VI: Contradictions between Principles and Geopolitical Goals

Session VII: Shifting Internal Structures on the African Coast

Session VIII: Plantations and Labor Relations: The Gold Coast and Senegal

Tour of Elmina fort and Cape Coast Castle

Roundtable on Slavery and Abolition in Ghana, sponsored by The Historical Society of Ghana

Saturday, August 11^th: Conference proceedings continue in Elmina

Video of Saturday's sessions can be found at the Omohundro Institute's website here.

Session IX: Forced Labor Systems: The Realm of the Indian Ocean

Session X: The Law's Impact in Human Terms

Session XI: Emanations of African Cultural and Spiritual Power

Session XII: Legacies

Sunday, August 12^th : Elmina

Kakum National Park

Lunch at Hans Cottage

Dinner at African Pot

Monday, August 13^th: Elmina

NGO Visit: Food Preparation workshop with Women in Progress

NGO Visit: Progressive Women Credit Union

Dinner at Coconut Grove Hotel

Tuesday, August 14^th: Elmina

NGO Visit: Planned Parenthood of Ghana (PPAG)

Lunch at Brenu Beach

Walking in Elmina

Dinner at Elmina Beach Resort.

Wednesday, August 15^th: Accra

Depart Elmina for Accra

Lunch at Regency Hotel

Makola Market
Dinner at Sunshine Salad bar.

Thursday, August 16^th: Accra

Tour of the University of Ghana and discussion with Professor Akosua Anyidoho, Department of Linguistics

Lunch at Maquis Tante Marie

Madina Market

Farewell dinner at Livingstone

*Arranged by Professor Christine Cynn in consultation with Professor Elizabeth Schmidt and Landtours, Inc