by Meixi | Aug 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
So I met a wonderful man, Mr Dayo, who invited Raphaelle and I to his house today, who shared his own experience being a Rom in France, the struggles, but what was most amazing was the pride he had in his own people. “Many people think we are the bastards of...
by Meixi | Aug 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Life in Paris is slow, where it’s against the law to work more than 35 hours a week, and 60% of the GDP is spent of education. Even getting a master’s program costs close to nothing. 🙂 Cities are usually hustling and bustling at every hour, every minute,...
by Meixi | Aug 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
So I just arrived in Paris and it’s been SWEET! I met Raphaelle here and am in her sweet apartment! However, it’s been so crazy trying to adjust into a country where the streets are clean and everything is orderly, the butchery is spick and span and there...
by Meixi | Aug 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
I visited the slave castles yesterday and after seeing the dungeons of the slaves of the past, the canons and ships that were left at cape coast, I could help but feel a sense helplessness about the past but wonder at what we have today. In Ghana, as I’ve noted...
by Meixi | Aug 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
This school is an interesting mix of people from all over the continent and that is probably what I love most about this school. The number of perspectives represented and presented here is really wonderful. I was looking back at some of the interviews in the past and...
